The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-04
THE DARK And LIGHT BLUE.
The Contest To- Morrow Tor the Inier-
national Championship.
YALE and CAkBalDGE TO MEET.
Names and Records of Competitors Train
ing at Trayers Island and the
Yale Field Probable
Winners.

Tomorrow, for the first time IN inc
history OF track athletics. the intercol-
lesiate champions Of England and
America will meet on this side OF the
water IN contest Tor physical suprema-
cy. The flower of the Cambridge Uni
versity athletic team. which won the an
nual competition with oxford last spring,
and which arrived IN New York on Sep
tember 4th will meet the finest attn
letes which Yale can put in the neic
against them.
For weeks past the fifteen broad
sbouldcred. muscular Cambridge boys
have been practcng quietly and stead
nv at Yale neld. New Haven, in fdh
view OF the hundreds OF visitors VINO
iourneyed up the hill through the dust
every afternoon TO watch the tnsiisA
method Of training, and TO argue on the
number Of events they considered GER
tainties for their Connecticut fayorlte-
The 1.-the. brown-skinncd laicnsians
have been every bit as busy at the Ne"
York Athletic CLUB grounds at ifaFeis
Island. Here. under the careful super
vision Of mike" Murphy probably the
best trainer I'm America, they have been
training once, and often twice, day
The events to be contested are: lVo
wards dash. 800 yards run, 40 yards
run. half-mile run. one mile run, ~
wards hurdle race on turf, 10 yards
hurdle race on the cinder track, high
Jump. broad jump. throwing the sixteen
Mound hammer, and putting the sixteen
pound shot.
For the lOO-yards dash, Yale has w.
NJ. Richards, with q record OF ten sec
onds for the distance. Richards was
the intercollegiate champion ia ls53. was
out OF form in 1891, ran second 10 Cruii'
of Iowa. at the intercollegiate meeting
,his year and also won the 100 and -
wards dashos at the Yale-Harvard meet
ing. For the second string. Yale VIII
have either ID. G. Byers or II. W. Bur
nett. both with records OF 10 10 SECONDS.
Rivers is i'm the best condition just now
and will probably be chosen.
For this event, Cambridge Will depend
largely on Conner Williams. with
record Of 10 Is seconds. lie mas run
19o wards I'm j. secOr ds. and I'm 1893 won
his race I'm the annual contest against
tho London Athletic Club. Williams
viii be supported by +. u. Wilding, who
can do much better than 1929 seconds
for the distance.
This event should go TO Yale as Rich
ards easily out-classes any of the other
men. and is now in the pink of condi-
tion.
I'm the 300 yards run. Richards Will
again carry the Yale colOrs. He has
no record for the distance but he won
the 20 dash at the intercollegiate cham
rionsbips i'm 1893 IN - seconds. This year
he ran second 20 Crum in the same event,
and won the 90 yards dash at the ! ale
Harvard games. He will be supported
By +. l.. Wade, with a record OF - -
seconds for 22O yards.
W. Fitzhorbert Will be the Cambridge
first string for this event. Though TINS
is not his favorite distance he IS won
derfully speedy traveller. lie Is very
tall, and has a phenomenaily long slride'
IL is a very awkward stride. but iairN
eats up the ground. lie IS member
of the London Athletic club team. The
second string for this race is c. h. LEVIN
who has a record Of 30 10 for the dis
tance.
This is one Of the doubtful events, nut
the chances arc little in favor OF Cam
bridge.
In the absence of Sanford. who has
a bad leg. Yale may have 10 con on
Richards again Tor the quarter-miie run.
II is. perhaps. q trhe further than he
cares to 20. but he has record OF ~
seconds.
This is Fitzherbcrt's favorite distance,
and Of course he viii represent cam-
bridge. He has a record of - 80 secohds.
He is the champion OF England anu
also the intercollegiate champion Tor the
distance. and also won the quarter-mile
run al the London A. C.-Cambndee
University meeting this year on the
latter occasion and also at the cham
rionship meeting he defeated +. {. Bre-
ain one OF the fastest men England has
ever produced. Levin, with a record
of 30 as. or +. 5. Horan Will support
him.
Fitzherbert should easily win this event
for Cambridge.
Yale is badly handicapped In the half
mile run. having practically no one bul
Z. w. Crane, who Is piucky enough, but
cannot do much better than two minutes.
+. :. Horan. she candidate for Cam
bridge has a very enyiable record. lie
is president Of the Cambridge Universi-
~ Athletic Club, and is twenty-five years
old. He became famous Is runner
when a school-bOy. i'm 1885, and after
wards went out TO Ccylon for several
wears. lie came back and entered cam
bridge in 1872. His first athletic per-
formance thereafter was the winning OF
the two-milc run AZ his college sahlea'
in minutes 50 seconds, ana the 4OHoM-
ing afternoon ne NoH t"F N-''. 80 ~
I'm Al-5 seconds, the half-mile IN
minutes ~ seconds, ana the Vlhe IN !
minutes IS 2-5 seconds-a most wonaeiiai
performance for a freshman, or, indeed
FOR any runner. TO-.
W. L. Lutyens may also run i0'
bridge in this event. ~.
Cambridge cannot well lose the nan
mile, with two such performers d i''
ran and Lutyens ,,.
In the one-mile run, }. y. Morgan
yaIe's representative. has record OF
A minutes 2s seconds. He finished second
60 Jarvis at the intercollegiate meeting
tr tS,4 and went 20 England with the
Vate team last year. lie was defeated
hy Creenhow. OF oxford, I'm minutes,
OF - seconds. He will be supported by ".
II waddams With a record OF 4 minutes
"a seconds.
carnbrtdge is very strong In this event.
having az her champion ". T.. Lutyens
,,,,tn a record OF minutes 10 80 sec
o,,ds which BIZ the way, is the English
tnteruniversity record. lie is twenty
two years Of age. and entered Cambridge
IN fs, In 1877. he won the mile at the
oxford Cambridge games, In minutes
% s-b seconds. and in 1895 he won the
London Athletic Club-Cambrdge mile IN
4 minutes 20l-5 seconds. His best rec
ord. minutes 10 As seconds. was MADE
AT the OxfordCambridge sports. In
March. 1891.
Barring accidents Cambridge can count
on winning the mile easily
Yale has some good men Tor the ~
wards hurdle races. one Of which IS TO
be run on turf. English fashion win
stiff hurdles. and the other to be on ein-
ct