The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-06
AvrEICANATHLETES HOME
,,,s or THE riLE-HdhFdhD
NJ y,rTRN ON THE ST LOUIS

,,,o,i,,r liner 81 Louis. which landed
1h' AM ,,u ,'clork Yesterday morning.
~ ,h, tnm.n portion of the lalr- harvard
.',h,, r,rdo such gallant struggle against
t''t' . wv - oxford and Cambridge two
a. result Of the ocean voyage ana
.,- ,rloymrut # London pleasures.
.',,,,,,,he athletes w"r" bron2"d ana heavier
,I,,, O,hn, they lett this country. lhey TOOK
.ttr, rorcat hilosophrailr.w lew exceptions
..,r.I -, he IN Ia" best ot spirits anu were
,u ,I.osrd at the showing made uhder the
I..,L,,utasc IT tarklnE strong opponents on
,h.,rowu grounds The passengers OF the NJ
Nv, tl,,,,i,ni with the match were Henry 8.
r,n,k. Jr, Yale. and CoorS" Is. Morrison. mar
, r,orpcrs II the Juiut Committee: +. A.
, ,..o,, nixon Huardman. Yale. sprnters;
~ # r,r,Ae, Yale. hurdcr J. =. Adams Yale.
,,,,u.t,r. n = smith. Yale. miller. and {. ID.
I,Ir, Harvard broad jumper.
r,,t r f. ri-herof Yale is staying in Europe
i- p,,.iurrauI brother. who accompanied
,.,. ,hr trIp. and Capt. J. T. Roche. Jr.. OF
harvard. has gone with Exert j. Wendell W.
u,,l,rd { VI l.otch. also of Harvard. on
,,.rtI,rnugh II, Hand on their wheels.
= y.>. 'hr Harvard hurdlcr. who earned
.,,-,LrI,rIr. II FLYING Fox by his grand
n.o.,n ,hn hurdle race. will stay all summer
I.,h,r aida He is not likely to compete
=, lanes during hi- stay in England. but j, +.
I'm rI,p. tie Harvard sprnter, who also re-
r.,r.J lrhlnd. will probably try conclusions
:. IN .ou, II thu English flyers in scratch
race. at 100 yards brior" returning
S.ye,aI others IT the team. including Trainer
+ roplauI Of Yale and I. +. Burke OF llar-
ward. sa.|cl yesterday, while many others will
lc,ye England next saturday.
# +. smith. who2was the first American to
en..b in the onn-mile run. was the first Of the
foam ashore He was full Of enthusiasm
and spoke in tho highest terms OF the
ro1.irr reception accorded the Ameri-
r,r team and the cordial treatment they
,....i,.i after the games. Visits to oxford and
,,p,lriIgr AMI the House Of Commons and
,,uI,,rts. tea, and theatres made the week
nassau u,JuicNy II WI, one round of pleas
rr,. and the tiicnilinr-s. of the EnGliShmrn
was shown on every public occasion by the
band rlnylug the star Sranglcd Banner"
The Yale inter said that enough invitations
wore received by tn" team from theatrical
managers to keep them engaged every night
iramonth. ,..u
Discouraged was ]. T.. Adams. the Yale half
miller who. with Burke Of Harvard. was de-
tcated in the halt mil", one OF the events that
1t was Gxpect"d would b" won 10y the Amer
leans lu the intercollegiate games Adams
faed TO run w To- his form OF the Yale
Harvard meet and depended on the race in
Ihg.aud TO redeem himself, According 70 MS
tt4frmeut il was agreed that Burke should
make tn" running Tor, tho first nifty, yards.
and that after, settling down IN his
T. III he 81 Sprint Tor Tor lone. Burkc. however.
could nry,r hold the FnGlishmen, and Adams
ct out a,t%r M pnIewhaEGr, Strnhen ne was vas
first quarter. which was covered in ~ 20 see
oiio, Fearing tn" pace was t2o hot to last.
S'ruhcu looked around for his running mate.
Graham. aud the latter got good lead before
Adams. recognizing that Burke was out OF the
IDENTIFY the rh.cf drawhNck OF the Yale man. for
h. said that for three nights before the games
h. got scarcely any sleep
the them" Of every tongue. His trainer .ath-
roy, said that his cas-, wa most rcmarkable
t"st form on the saturday before the games
Hurk was IN bratnhI". He simply logged 500
yards in mnu,% II s""nds, and iintshed as
hut on m" Wednesday before the match Burke
was again in fine form. His chances We're con;
sld"rrd 50 good that after the Americans had
AMI hurdle race" and before the half nile was
run. odds ofGto were laid on their winning
I.ahrop does not attribute the defeat of the
team I" r.Imatir influence. Whore nerve and
aa.h were required he was certain it had noin-
fH"nc%, a. n" Nmcri"ans' performances were
a. good and IN ,ome Instances better than their
Standard established in America. only the
distance men fell of. and the Harvard trainer
thinks II probable that they might have been
TIE games
Iathrop was particularly enthusiastic over
"" win ~ Fox in the high hurdle race. He
~" that H." reports in the Englls papers ar"
wrong in stating that the G,antab Paget-Tom;,
,,r~@n wqN gaining on the Harvard runner AT
u" finish After the first hurdle Fox drew
s &c, am, E4,nl4g at every stride. won 10y
there 2
thn' h" nav not get an English record. as the
J. NJ .0 were Inherent to those ~ generatuse
o. winch loNs performance was made was
Easter than the cindor track. which. owing TO
w. not dry weather, was trine loose and
,,G"org" + Morrison Of Boston. one Of the
naLNai3 m"lnh"r- If TIA" Joint Committee said
tlia' the games were the best he ever saw.
her" wa~ no hitch whatever in the prelim-
J. ary arrangements and the officials Of the
smi " wrt" absolutely lair and impartial Mr.
u" 'hi'h IN tn" hundred was much closer
t''~n G"m'IrG,i hrIH'n1 '9uinlan beat the oX,
T.atgu W. l"-~. H.'.L Tiulal. til" old Cam
hT.'E" THHr'"r-miln runner, who was the other
!s1E'' agreed with m" On foot. and the ref
cree, NTnt!Eu Hh"armnn. another old Blue,
e lr'ni"d. The custom in England is for all
~" Iu'lee@ !" stand on one side Of the tape.
.r T,~ n''L"areI curious to me. and scarcely
h'N.'s as ,"I AT opportunity for correct judR
t''M'. IN 'h' rae" IN question there was no
,"'Hl' however. H. t. N" winner.
A.
~" 'IE IshWru throwing the hammer from a
,'''ry' "lr'". VIII" our representatives
""t" united - the S"N"n- foot circle. usual in
a ""ri"'. In" aIvantng" to- the Engl Shmen
'.b NpPIuHI, A. our men ar" more expert
a. ~ '"2~ .h'I"'n tout in the srven-foo circl"
!. :, t,"r "il"h"ntS in the larger ring. At
hly iht", "" iG IA" better Of them in the
t'lI.r h" hr.tshors still adhere to tho old:
it.I"n"G, ~'rA gNf. wooden handle, hut |
thlhh th"N WiIi tax" loaf out 81 our hammer
,nW'r lo"N and adopt the wire handle in
Il Brooks. Jr., the Yale member Of the
"".Nl'', echoed tn" IraiSc bestowed by the
Yam "h TIE lug ,shm"n for their sportsman
! A. n'hHN' throughout the meeting and their
a. .-I "hi' ''"inrt"'t nft"rward. When asked
a. - ~" 'in't""is O! n return match h" said:
..' 'HI 'N hh~ been talked over fire.
~ ''''" ~" games. and. though nothing
:, W" rs T'N|"!, II = practically assured that
J." uE 'Nh HLNer-'il"S will compete in Amer
~ ,-I,mEEt laI" aud Harvard either next year
=, Whom, SUPPOSE, youconscr your chance
] rl"r
/, W" could not have better chance than we
h4t London, reIiIcd the Yale man.
a. Nh- M aud tuck to the last event, and
u ~" ~ stories to III" contrary. Workman
y" lmhrdg" 'hroc. miller was forced to do
r. R,ln3S' To- win tn" deciding race. In the
rs, zap ~ IN" Palmer and Work man passed
ahu lrlIi~s"d "'"h other frequently, and VIC
,,b a. INNS APPEARED to be in the grasp Of
ne u"n rrrorrrd a pleasant passage with
-" sing ~" ~ ecHSicknrSS among the
members NJ III" team either going or return
mac