The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-21
HARVARD AND YALE WILLING.
to Meet the English students in
Truck and Eield Games.

anu tiu "h"eHs
The announcement in TIL Sun OF Yesterday
that Oxford and Cambridge had challenged
Yale and Harvard to compete In track and field
games took the athletic world by surprise.
The challenge is expected to arrive here soon.
and as prominent graduates OF both Yale and
Harvard are in favor OF the project. there APP
pears to be no doubt that the def ofthe English
universities will be speedily accepted. Yale and
Harvard will not only be meeting the British
ers on their own grounds. but. with u trining
exception. the programme will be identical
with that Of the annual Oxford Cambridge
games. Putting the 1O-pound shot is the event
which it is said is to be dropped from the pro-
grammc. The omission reduces the number
OF events to nine aud minimizes the chance OF
a tie.
In discussing the proposed contest the ath-
letic authorities were unanimous in the opinion
that the proposed match Is an ideal one. and
much faircr than the proposition which the
English universities rejected last year.
to have the winners at the ~intercol-
legiate games cross the water and meet
the winners OF the Oxford-Cambridge
meet. Experts agree that the competition on
the lines suggested will be very open. and
although on published records the American
universities appearto have slightly the better
chance OF victory, there are many circum-
stances that may upset the calculations.
The fact that the contests will take place in
England. where the American athletes are
liable to suffer from climatic changes. is alone
sufficient to Offset any advantage which they
may have on public form over their rivals. III
22O-yard dash Is included in the programme.
instead OF the three-mile run. the change will be
to the advantage OF Yale and;Harvard. but 1t is
doubtful II the Englishmen will concedc this. As
they are particularly strong at long distances
and the fact that the Tptercollepiate Assnoia-
ton has added a two-mile run to the champion
ship programme. the Britisharsc can reasonably
insist on the retention Of the long race.
games indicate that the representatives Of
those universities will be ,outclassed in throw
Ing the hammer and in tho high jump. while,
i IS scarcely likely that either oxford or
enmSih,' e. defeat Efa " either a B BoaraGramil the T Shei
nomenon deyeloped this year at Yale. or T +.
lematical.
and one.mile runs at the English initoryarsity
meeting. were slow on account Of tho u1fay3ra-
s S1s T Ss%ss took T&''S nla S q and The 5e H MSFsf; Ess Is
that the men on each side will be even
II matched in those evTpts There is also
son OF Cambridge. who won the hurdle race in
the English dual meet in ~ seconds on a grass
New HAyES. May 2o.-Cart. Thomas r.
morning that the proposed track and field
games between Yale and Harvard on the one
S TdsI ana sak ca "Iase. fs f Hmd { oTi snid t Rn the the E pIhss
for the meeting are well under way and that
although the formal challenge has not yet ar
conference took place when the Harvard team
was here at the dual meet a week ago. and the
the competition. The athletes expressed their
willingness To- take the trip, to England. and il
be induced to, return the visit next year. 1t
was decided at the conference that the power
10 fylGsi 5ae sh mfn be eG left fftF entirely t Mith A, The Sapl
tains OF the two teams, The list of events is
g ggS.yn4S %a tG be 44 g. l%!lpT Tsn. 1 49oy S5t1 dash ash.
the iT6-pound hammer, running : hiiE i'y jump
tied. but the Yale and Harvard teams will leave
this country about july. Capt. Fisher has
been corresponding with representatives of
the English universities n reference to the
9YG als sn ,HF H Hs"riT I facilities Sslii ane VIII iipn no9 E be 1 rue
CURED. as the meeting will take place during
ties. " However. viii be Secured Gmade as a II or N ityu'-
Oxford and Cambridge has been the one sub
Ject OF conversation among the athletes here
to-day, Everybody is hot for the games.
and only faculty interference can prevent their
and the CONDITIONS under which, they will be
run of have been pretty thoroughly canyassed,
trainer La ltbp sdlu tp-uiy llut ne Ulu not
think the change in the conditions would make
much difference; that Harvard and Yale ought
town. but that the records did mean very much.
The hurdles ana spirits should be very close
owing to the grass track and fixed hurdles.
1t will not. however, be an entirely new thing
to the Harvard men, as n good deal of the
spring practice has been on the grass. High
Hurdler Frank Fox was of this opinion. he
said:
u don't anticipate any trouble with the
grass course, and if the turf is as excellent as
It is reported to be it should be much more
springy, than a cinder track. The fixed hurdles
will make no difference"
Eddie Mills. who will probably represent
America in the threc-mile run, said:
Il hope the games can be- arranged. and
much good should come from them. 1t will
turn the attention of schoolboys more to track
athletics and should do no little toward help
ing the ethics of sport"
Champion Tom Burke said:
Nothing could possibly do moro for track
athletics than these games. OF course n cor
tain amount of planning must be done. Every
body must be willing to cOncede a point in a
pinch, and men VIII" will help the team most
must be picked in preference to stars. As | I'M
d~erstand it. there is to lie one man from each
college in each event. The chances are that l
shall run in the half mile. leaving the quarter
to Boardman.'