Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
Two Teams From England Will
Strive for Honors.
LONDON A. C. TO MEET new YORK
Cambridge University to Compete
With Yale.
OLD ELS MEN AT WORK

brings the finest lot of English amateur
athletes ever seen in this country The
athletes consist of two teams, one Of which
will represent the London A c. in a tour
nament with the New York A. c. at Man
haitian field on September p. The other
consists Of Cambridge University men.
ready to meet Yale in the same arena on
October 5.
The London Club Men.
The L. A. C. men aboard and the events
for which they have been selected are said
to be:
One.hundred-yard dash-Bradley and
Downer.
Two hundred and twenty yards-Eowner
and Jordan.
Four hundred and forty yards-Fitzher-
bert and Jordan or Levin.
Eight hundred and eighty yards-Horan
and Shaw.
One-mile run-Lutyens and Wilkins.
Three-mile run-Horan. Lutyens or VIII
kins.
Hurdle race-Shaw and Oakley.
High jump-Williams and tombstone.
Long jump-Oakley and Mendelson.
Weight putting--Watson.
Hammer Observation-Disclosures and john
stone.
The Cantnbs.
OF these FitZherbert, Levin, Koran. Lut-
yens, Watson, tombstone and Mendelson
are eligible for both tournaments, and
after getting through with the winged-foot
cracks they will form the backbone of the
Cambridge team.
The other Cantahs on board are said to
be Jennings, Pilkington, Hemingway.
Fletcher, Conner, Williams, Wildng and
Davenport.
Special provision has been made for the
comfort of the visiting varsity men at
New Haven and there will probably be
Gemonstrative Yale delegation at the dock
to receive them.
The visitors will be taken in carriages
from the pier by committee from the
N. Y. A. c. to the Murray Hill Hotel,
where suite of rooms has been engaged
for them. A formal reception will follow.
The Cambridge athletes their arrival
will Immediately go to their quarters in
New Haven. The Yale field has been put
in good condition and placed at their dis
posal, ard they will do their training there.
Yale Men at Work.
The hustle and activity about the track
and club house at Travers Island were in
creased yesterday by the arrival and first
days work of the Yale track team in prep
ration for the games with Cambridge,
which will be held at Manhattan field
October 5.
All the candidates reported yesterday
and vent through their regular days
work. They will remain there until the in
ternational games on September II, when
they will return to New Haven in time for
the opening of the university. and finish
training on their own grounds.
For the 100 and 3OO-yard dashes there
are w. NJ. Richards, D. c. Byers. r. V.
Burnett, c. Gillette and F. Z. Wade; quar-
ter-mile, Wade and Richards; haif-mile, P.
w. Crane and w. II. Wadhams: j. E. Nor
gan is the only candidate for the mile: E.
II. Cady, G. E. Hatch and C. E. Perkins.
hurdles; Capt. Sheldon and j. Thompson,
Ligh jump; r. Mitchell and Capt. Sheldon,
broad jump; putting shot, W. o. Hikok, A.
Brown; throwing hammer, w. o. Hikok
and H. P. Cross.
An international Contest.
While the meeting on the 2lst is called a
match between the London Athletic Club
ard the New York Athletic Club. it is
really all-Great Britain against all-America.
AS soon as the negotiations were brought
to successful conclusion the London
Athletic Club reached for the prominent
athletes of England, Ireland and Scotland,
and the New York Athletic Club was not
far behind in enrolling the best men of this
country
The Winged Foot management was just
bit more circumspect in its membership
hunt than the English club. Eager and
anxious to win this most important match.
the New York Athletic people were yet
bit cautious about the company they
sought. and at least one record-holder and
over because he did not come up to the
necessary qualifications. The London Ath-
letic Club, it seems, had no such scruples,
fo- In enrolling F. E. Bacon. England's
greatest distance runner, they offended SO
much on the social question that the ulti-
mate result was q disruption of the orig
irally selected team, and the British con-
t1ngent coming over on the Aurania Is
short Sc veral Of it's best men.
The detection seems serious in the case
of three men: E. c. Bredin, who has a
quarter mile mark of 4S1a seconds, and
half-mile figures of minute 55 seconds; +.
the worlds amateur mile record of 1 min
Ctes II seconds, and ]. M. Ryan, who
created worlds record August 10 for the
high jump, clearing feet AZ inches. The
other absentees cut no figure.
A Tournament ut Newton.
NEWTON. Mass, September At is an
nounced today that arrangements have
been made with the Cambridge University
athletes, for a tour ament, under the aus
here. while the Englishmen are in this
country this fall.
The Newton athletes favor open contests,
but will be governed entirely by the wishes
OF the visitors in the matter, and If they SO
desire Will select college men exclusively.
Some Comparisons.
The following is a comparison Of some of
the records of the men who will take part
in the first meeting:
One Hundred Yards.
ENGLAND. Time. America. Time.
Bradley. 45s. Crum .............9 4-5s
Downer. o 45s Afford. .........9 4-5s.
Two HundIc ed and Twenty Yards.
England. Time. America. Time.
Downer (2OO 10 4-5s. Crum. ............ 22s.
Quarter Mile.
England. Time. America. Time.
F1tzherbert 10 S-5s. Burke. 40 LIS.
Half Mile.
England. Time. America. Time.
Koran Qess ydS 1.55 As Kilpatrick. lbs 20
One Mile.
England. Time. America. Time.
Lutyens. a. 10 AS Connect 4. 10 3-5
Hurdle.
England. Time. America. Time.
Shaw. Is 4-5s. Chase. Is 3-5s
Sporting Notes.
The fall trotting meeting at Chillicothe
Ohio, has been declared off. There are no