The evening times., 1899-05-30
THE AMERICAN TEAM.

/ Those Who VIII Participate In the
+; Oxford Cambridge Athletics.
/ New York. May 30.-The performance OF
| the Yale and Harvard track teams in the
| intercollegiate meet at Manhattan Field
on Saturday practically decided the make
| up Of the American team which will meet
the pick Of the Oxford Cambridge athletes
on English grounds in July. The work OF
the New England cracks was evidently
encouraging to the Yale and Harvard men
who have been conducting the negotiations
on this side of the water for the interna-
tional meet, for on the evening of the in
tercollegiates passage for about twenty
! Yale and Harvard athletes was engaged on
the st. Paul, which sails for England on
June %.
Until the terms of the English chaI-
lenge, now on its way. become known. the
makeup OF the American team cannot,
however. be finally decided upon. 1t is be-
lieved that the terms will stipulate that
only two men shall represent the American
team and two the English team in each
event. II is probable that in that case a
number OF able substitutes Of general all
round ability will be added to the team to
meet the contingencies OF accident or re-
versal of form on the part OF any of the
regulars. Until the final details are ar
ranged, the best men of the Yale and Har-
ward teams will continue In training. A
number of them will compete tomorrow in
the Knickerbocker Athletic Club games at
Bayonne. and in different meets that will
be held next month. The Yale and Har-
ward trainers however, are confronted by
the serious problem Of keeping their men,
who were keyed up to championship form
for last Saturdays games, in condition for
games six weeks distant, and to be held
under the handicaps of the English eli
mate.
The events which will compose the meet
do not include the 220-yard dash. the low
hurdles, or the pole vault, fixtures in every
American meet. The three-mile run is
substituted for the two-mile run, and the
high hurdles event is to be run on turf
and over hurdles. Based upon Saturdays
performances and the past records of the
Yale and Harvard men, the American team
will probably be represented in the 100
yard dash by Dana Boardman, OF Yale, and
J. F. Quinlan, Of Harvard. Quinlan was
the only Yale or Harvard man who was
placed in the 100-yard dash on Saturday.
winning fourth. Boardman took second in
the go. in which Quinlan finished third.
Both are really 220-yafd men," Blount, the
best 100-yard man In either OF the two
American universities, sprained a tendon
in Fridays preliminaries. but may round
into form for the English meet. In the
quarter, Harvard has Tommy Burke and
Yale has Captain Fisher and Boardman.
Burke. barring Long, has no peer in the
quarter. and Fisher finished second to Long
in a record breaking quarter on, Saturday.
Boardman did not run in the quarter, but
has a good record for the event.
For the half-mile there are Burke and
Adams and Bremen of Yale. Burke easily
won the half at the Intercollegiate. and
his high powers of Endurance will allow
him to run in two events. Adams holds
the Yale record and finished third in the
Intercollegiate. with Bremen good
fourth. Yale has two good men for the
mile in Splitter and Smith, and for the
three mile run there are Foote of Har-
ward, and buckingham OF Yale. Fox OF
Harvard scored second in the high hurdles
on Saturday and Fincke of Yale ran
fourth. Both men are consistent hurdlers.
In the hammer and shot events the team
will be represented by Boal and Brown, of
Harvard. Boal took third in the hammer,
and Brown fourth in the hammer, and
third in the shot on Saturday.
In the high jump Rice of Harvard. and
Waller OF Yale took second and fourth,
and both are good for six feet. Both COL
leges are weak in the broad jump. and will
have to develop men for that event.