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YALE ATHLETES TRIUMPH.
They Win Eight Out of Eleven Events
From Cambridge.


Yale University won the international
athletic competitions with Cambridge eng
lnnd) representatives, at Manhattan Field,
New York City, taking eight events out Of i
possible eleven.
Six thousand spectators saw the American
athletes win event after event. until 1t came
to the question OF lungs and legs. Here
England had the upper hand. Levin,
the square-shouldered Cambridge rur-
her, after one of the most exciting hu-
ishes ever seen on an athletic field. won the
440-yard run, beating Richards, OF Yale. hya
scant six inches. Koran the cadarerous looS-
Ing middle distance nun. made show OF his
opponent in the half mile. and Luttyens, the
specialized student OF Sidney College. had
things all his own way in the mile run. Thess
were Cambridge's only victories.
Yale won the 100-yard dash and the 12C-
yard hurdle on the eindar path. as we'll al
on the turf. The Americans also won the
high Jump, the 3J0-yard run. the shot
event, throwing. the hammer and the broad
Jump.
A fairer or more discriminating crowd
never gathered at an athletic field. Every
effort was rewarded with burst ofapp'ause,
and the Cambridge athletes had no reason
for complaint rs to the cordiality OF their
reception. N6ttn6f COutu lucy couiPtain W
the weather, which all admitted was just to
their liking.
The following is a summary OF the events:
One-hundred-yard run-Won by W. NJ.
Richards. Yale. '95: r. W. Burnet. Yale. 81,
second; G.. H. Levin. Trinity College, Cam
bridge, third. Time 10 1-5 seconds.
One NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. hurdle
Won by E. n. Cady, Yale, '95: G. B. Hatch.
Yale. 90, second; L. E. Pilkington. Kings Co.
lege, Cambridge, third. Time, 1G sec IN Is.
Running high iumn-Won by j. 81:
Thompson, Jr., Yale. '97. with a jump ot 8
feet 81 inches; F. NJ. J-pnings. Gains Col-
lege, Cambridge, and L. P. Sheldon. Yale,
'96. b tie for second at S feet ~ inches: 4.
B. Johnston, Pembroke College. Cambridge,
fourth, with Jump OF feet 81 inches.
Three hundred-yari run-Won by W. NJ.
Richards, Yale, 49, C. d. levin, Trinity
Hall. Cambridge, second; ". Fitz Herbert.
Trinity Hall, Cambridge. third. Time. 81 20
seconds.
Putting sixteen. ponnd shot-Won by W.
o. Hickok, Yale s.. '95, with put OF AZ feet
inches; A. Brown. Yale. '9S, second: with
q put OF 40 feet inches; E. J. Watson, Trim
ity Hall, Cambridge, third, with put of 81
feet ~ inches.
Half-nile run-Won by F. s. Horan. Trim
ity Hall, Cambridge: P. ". Crane, Yale, '95.
second. Time. 2 minutes D 2-5 seconds.
Running broad iump-Won by L. P. Shell
don. Yale, '96, with jump OF q feet 41s
inches; F. NJ. Jennings, Gains College. Cam
bridge, second. with jump of 81 feet; 4.
Mitchell. Yale s., '96. third: with a jump. OF
20 feet 9% inches.
One-mile run-Won by W. E. Lutyens,
Sidney College. Cambridge; J. E. Morgan,
Yale L. g.. '96, second: H. J. Davenport:
Trinity College, Cambridge, third. Time.
rninutas az AZ seconds.
Throwing sixteen-pound hammer-Won
by W. O. Hickok. Yale s. '95. with throw
OF 1S0 feet 7 inches: H. P. Cross, Yale '96,
second, with throw of 1T feet inches; A.
B. Johnston, Pembroke College, Cambridge,
third, with a throw Of 107 feet inches.
Quarter-mile run-Won by c. b. levin,
Trinity College. Cambridge; W. M. Richards.
Yale, 's5, second; W. Fitz Herbert: Trinity
Hall, Cambridge, third. Time. 40 As Sec
onds.
Observation-Disclosures hurdles
Won by G.. B. Hatch, Yale '66: ". NJ Flet-
cher. Trinity College, Cambridge, second;
E. b. Cady, Yale S.. '95, third. Time, IL
seconds.