The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23
ENGLISH PRAISE OUR srUDENTS.
The Rival Teams Dine Together at the
Hotel Cecil,
Spseisi Gable p,,patcA 10 TIE sun.

| Hotel Cecil.
Sps,iai Gable psspdteh 10 TIE suN.
LONDON. July 22.-It was Treat contest we'll
| fought. we'll won and well lost and no interna-
tional event In this country has been such a
complete success The splendid spirit of good
fellowship was tho most marked feature. the
Americans who flocked to the Queens Club
joining In the cheers for the fine per-
formances OF Workman. Dawson and others,
| while the EnGl!shmen We'd with them In
, their enthusiasm over Foxs magnificent hurd-
! ling. Qunlan's 1OO-yard run aud Ricc's jump
| 1t was the general oninion at the Queens Club
| that there never was presented such stirring
scene. and that the attraction provided was
! worthy Of tho goodly company
The times and the distances need only
glance to show the excellent quality Of the
sport Fox lowered the British amateur rec
ord at the hurdles by one fifth OF q second and
| Quinlan equalled the same record for 100 yards.
| while the long ana high jumps and the hammer
throwing were all far superior to the average
seen in university sports here. In the hammer
| throwing the Americans used a seven-foot ring
and four-foot handle. while the English
| men used nlne-foot ring and a three foot
| handle. The Americans in this contest
| entirely outclassed the Britshers. Browns
| 1919 feet % inches was In great contrast to
| Greenshied's 100 feet inches. and Baines
| throw was never measured.
| In the evening the teams dined together at
| the Hotel Cecil as the guests Of prominent
| Americans and English officials. The Earl
| Of Jersey occupied the chair. supported
| by Ambassador Choate and Mr. Wendell.
| Chairman OF the Athletic Committee. The
| dinner SGT the coping stone upon the edilce OF
| good fellowship OF rivals. causing Mr.. Sheriff.
| to express regret that Yale and Harvard never
| came together In this way after their contests.
h.. AIaEt ..1n
| toasts wore given to international sport tho
competing teams and the Chairman. The
| speeches mainly echoed the frlendllness and
| good feeling between the universities and
| the nations. Mr.. jackson OF Cambridge
| touched especially on the delicate question
| Of the amateur status OF tho American contest
| ants. assuring to them that at no time had
| there been the slightest suspicious on
the part Of Oxford or Cambridge in
| regard to any athletes which Yale's
| or Harvard saw 1T to send. Anything which
might have been said Of aderogatory character
was simply the gossip OF those looking with
| jealousy upon international University contests.
In the course OF the evening Mr.. Grenfcll
| asked tho Americans to favor the company
with examples OF their war cries" and
in response came the Yale and Harvard
| yells. which were listened to with inter-
est. astonishment and amusement by the
Englshmen The Earl OF Jersey pre-
scented to the first and second place mon
| medals OF silver with the Oxford and Cam
bridge coats OF arms on the diverse and the
Yale and Harvard arms on the reverse.
Responding TO the toast to the competing
teams. Vassal OF oxford. the winner Of the
broad jump. expressed hope that the negotia-
lions which were already under way for re-
turn match in America in 1900 would be car
red out.
After the dinner the conversation OF the
NON bers OF both teams ELECTED nothing but
expressions OF satisfaction. The Americans
all frankly admitted that they were beaten
by better men" Mr.. Wendell said that the
Americans had no word OF complaint or ex-
PLANTATION. They only want similar meeting
In America
Mr.. Morrison said that as q Judge no had
never seen fairer sports. The American cal
culations. he said. had been upset. They
had no reason to expect that the English
men would do so seconds in the quarter mile
run. Tho performance" he declared, was as
surprising to the Englshmen as 1t was to us.
We expected Burke and Adams to run the half
| mile quicker than the actual winning time"
! These. he said. were the settling points.
Palmer Of Yale said he could not possibly
have won the thrce-mile race. but he could
have made better showing only he had un.
runs with his head thrown back. and Palmer
thought it sign that he was giving
out. Palmer made efforts IL the seventh lap.
several times taking tho lead. thinking to
| break Workman's nerve. thus arousinR the
| hopes Of the Americans. Workman. however.
| always overlook him again Palmer said his
| repeated efforts exhausted him. and tho EngA
| lishman in the last lap simply ran away from
him.
| The American trainers. though maintaining
| the same sportsmanlike demeanor over their
| defeat. are perhaps more outspoken In ex-
pressing the reasons for It. Both Lathrop and
| dences Of the bad effects OF the voyage and
the climate during the ten days practice.
| in England the contest showed that the form
| OF the distance men had suffered consid.
| erably. The times of the quarter. half.
| one and three miles were not up to
| the standard OF which they had proved
| themselves capable in America. The American
| athletes said they were greatly impressed by
| the large mass Of people at Queens Club.
| proving that interest In track sports was
| greater here than at home.
The teams have been invited to Ambassador
| Choate's reception on Monday. to the perform
ance OF "Kobespierre" on Monday evening.
and to the performance OF "El Canitan" by
De Wolf Hopper and his company on Tuesday
| evening.
| In Difference to the custom OF English ANA
| tours the Americans in the contests wore run.
ming vests with quarter-length sleeves.