The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

London, July 22.-The Englishmen
won the dual athletic meet with the
Americans today, taking five out Of the
nine events. The Cambridge athletes
won the mile, half-mile, quarter-mile
and three-mile runs, and the Oxford
athletes won the long jump. For the
Americans, Harvard won the hammer
throw, 100 yards dash, the hurdles and
the high jump. Yale did not win an
event. Roche of Harvard, captain Of
the American team, did not capture an
event
The Prince of Wales and the Duke
and Duchess of York honored the gath
ering, at which there were some 5000
onlookers in the stands and around the
ropes. Not vacant seat was to be seen
anywhere, and the ground never pre-
sented a brighter or more brilliant
scene. Many of the spectators carried
flags or other tokens of sympathy with
one or the other of the contending sides.
A more exciting meeting was never
held. From start to finish the result
was in doubt The Prince of Wales
evinced the greatest interest In the pro-
| ceedtngs, remaining until the program
was nearly completed. Each event was
greeted with cheers, impartiaIly divided
between the Englishmen and Ameri-
cans; and never before was such rivalry
seen, and, at the same time, such a
manifestation of good. sportsman-lilze
feeling on the part of the contestants
and spectators. The interest and excite
ment was maintained throughout.
By O'Clock the spectators began to
arrive, although the sports did not
commence until 4. The wait in the
meantime was enlivened by music by
the London Victoria Military band.
Superb weather favored the gather
ing, the track was in perfect order and
everything combined to render the &C.
casion successful, not only from
sporting point of view, but also as the
winding-up function of the social sea-
son.
The Americans turned out in great
force to cheer the boys from Yale and
Harvard, while 'old blues galore
shouted like school boys when the Ok
ford Cambridge representatives scored
wins.
The summary of the events is as fol-
lows:-
The long jump was won by G. O. Vas
SAIL Oxford; c. D. Daily, Harvard, I'd;
]. T. Roche, Harvard, Sd; L. r. o. Be
van, Cambridge, 4th.
The hammer throwing contest was
won by w A. Boal, Harvard. Hol-
combe j. Brown, Harvard, was second,
and J. D. Greenshields of Oxford, was
third. Boal threw 136ft S1aln.; Brown,
122ft GIN. Greenshields 109ft Gin.
The 100-yard dash was won by Quin-
lam Harvard; c. r. Thomas, Oxford,
Cd; f. A. Blount, Yale, Sd; A. L. Hind,
Cambridge, 4th. Winners time, los.
In the mile run A. Hunter, Cam
bridge, won; A. L. Danson, Oxford, I'd;
c. B. Splitter, Yale, Sd; P. Smith, Yale,
4th Time, Am. 24s.
The hurdles were won by F. q. Fox,
Harvard; w. et-Tomlinson, Cam
bridge, I'd; H. r. Parkes, Oxford, Sd; ].
w. Hallowell, Harvard, 4th.
The half-mile run was won by H. e.
Graham, Cambridge; c. F. w. Struben,
Cambridge I'd; J. P. Adams, Yale, Sd;
T. r. Burke, Harvard, 4th. Time, I'm.
81 LBS. Graham won by II yards.
The quarter-mile run was won by C.
G. Davidson, Cambridge; H. Boardman,
Yale I'd; T. r. Fisher, Yale, Sd; A. H.
Hollins, Oxford. 4th. Time, 4s 2-5s.
Davidson won by yards.
The high jump was won by A. N.
Rice, Harvard.
Rice cleared six feet; c. M Rotch,
Harvard was out at SIT. lin. The
other three continued the contest.
In the high jump, H. S. Adair, OK
ford, was marked for 5ft. Hin; C. M.
Roche, Harvard, for SIT 10in., and w.
get-Tomlinson, Cambridge, SIT Gin.
The three mile run was won by H. w.
Workman, Cambridge.
c. K Palmer, Yale was second. The
others did not finish Time, Ism.
"a 3-5s.
In the one-mile run, Freemantle took
the lead going at good pace, and led
for the first two laps, Hunter closely
following with Smith and Splitter next
and Dawson at the rear. At the last
lap, Freemantle retired, and Hunter,
running strong. soon put a wide gap
between himself and the others, Daw
son going up to second place. Enter
ing the straight for home. Splitter made
gallant attempt for second place and
drew level, but after few yards Daw-
son again passed him and finished sec
ond, Splitter being third. All the men
were greatly exhausted, and Splitter es-
pecially. He was unable to walk and
had to be carried to the pavilion. Hun
ter won by so yards.
In the hurdles, Fox led from start to
finish and won by "a yards, there be-
ing half a yard between Paget Tom
linson and Parke. There was tremen-
dous cheering from the Yale and Har-
ward stands when 1t was announced
that Fox had equalled the British anna
teur record.
In the half-mile run, Struben led for
the first lap. followed by Adams, Gra-
ham and Burke, in the order mentioned
Graham came up and won by about
so yards. amid enthusiastic cheers from
the Englishmen, and depression and
silence on the part Of the Americans.