The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-22
BEFORE The BATTLE
INTERNATIONAL VARSITY sTRUC-
GLE WILL BE CLOSE, BUT AMER
ICANS ARE CONFIDENT
ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION

Three Are in DOubt-American
College Boys Make Favorable
Impression by Gent1emanIy Con-
duct-Great Crowd VIII Be There.
LONDON, July 21.-The calm preceding
battle marked the eve of the varsity
struggle, both the London and Brighton
teams resting today and harvesting their
strength for tomorrow's contests No
competitors appeared at the Queens club,
where score of workmen were engaged
in fitting up the track boxes for tomor-
row. The demand for seats has long
since exhausted the supply, and the ex-
orbitant prices asked by spectators
caused the management to refuse all ap-
plications, so that tonight e5 and $40
were vainly offered by late Corners.
The value of a victory on English soil
is fully appreciated by the American con-
testants and visitors. The hotels have
been invaded by American arrivals from
the continent to witness the sports, and
by large contingent of Cornell, Penn
sylvania and Columbia university stu
dents, who are swarming the American
theaters and other rendezvous tonight,
and college yells and coIors are every
where prevalent. Following is the Off
cial programme of events:
Throwing the sixteen-pound hammer
]. D. Greenshields, of Oxford; L. o.
Bains, Cambridge and w. A. Boal and
H. J. Brown. of Harvard.
Broad Jumps: G: Va Oxford; L. L;
and j, T. Roche. of Harvard.
One hundred yard dash-C. R. Thomas
and A L. Hind, or A: M. Hollins, of
and F. BIount, of Yale.
Mile run-A. Hunter, of Cambridge,
A. L. Dawson and Freemantle, of OK
ford, and c. B. Splitter and H. M. Smith.
of Yale.
Hurdle race-w. Paget-Tomlinson, of
Cambridge; H. r. Parkes of Oxford;
F. z. Fox and J. w. Hallowell, of Har'
ward.
Half-mile run-H E. Graham, of
ford; L. E. Burke, of Harvard, and J. p.
Adams. of Yale.
High jump-H. s. Adair, of Oxford;
A. N. Rice and G. T. Rotch Of Har.
ward
Quarter-mile run-A M Holins, of OK
ford; G. Davidson, of Cambridge, and D.
Boardman and It. R. Fisher Jr., of
Yale.
Three-mile run-H. w. Workman, of
Cambridge RIG. Wilberforce,o of Oxford
SnlIn, OF OXIOEn, y. N. FARMER, OIL
Yale; H. w. Foote and H. B. Starle, Of
Harvard.
Unless something untoward occurs be-
tween tonight and tomorrow afternoon,
the Yale and Harvard athletes will ap-
pear upon the track tomorrow in the
very pink of condition. Every man is in
the best possible form, and the American
team is in even better condition than
when its members sailed from New York.
Not an accident of any kind has &C.
CURED and the change of climate, if 1t
has had any effect at ALL has only put
the young athletes in better spirits. Not
a man missed a meal aboard ship, or
since they have been in England. Their
training has been very light during the
work, Mr. Wendelrs idea being merely
to keep the men in form after they had
arrived at their best.
No work was done at Brighton to-day.
and after a bath in the sea, this morning,
the men boarded a train for London. They
will not don their athletic garb until the
eventful hour when the sports begin.
The athletes have made the best i'm
preston at Brighton among the few Eng
lishmen with whom they have come in
contact They scarcely left their hotel
except for a swim in the morning, and for
their training al Preston Park in the
afternoon, spending the rest of the day
lounging about the corridors of the Met
ropole or the portico facing the sea. TAX
ing snap shots of typical scenes and incl
dents of England's famous watering
place. Every member has at least one
kodak, which has served to perpetuate
every interesting incident of the voyage
over and Of their stay here. Their gen
tlemanly demeanOr, good looks and high
spirits have been the subjects of admiring
comments. They have never been noisy
nor INDUCED i'll horse play.
CONTEST WILL BE CLOSE.
Mr.. Wendell preserves admirable disci-
pline, without making 1t irksome, and he
is very popular among his young charges
The men have scarcely been out Of the
sight of their trainers since their arrival
but the very best of feeling exists There
has been only one exception to this and
that was made in the case of a member
who was allowed to make trip to Lon
don in order to try on some clothing.
The prospect is that to-morrow's con-
test will be close and won or lost, prob
ably, by one event.
The Americans are confident of winning
three events, three are considered doubt
full and three are virtually conceded to
the Englishmen. Adams or Burke is
pretty sure to win the half-rniIe race
while Rotch and Rice outclass Adair and
Paget-Tomlinson in the high jump, and
Boal and Brown will find little difficulty
in beating Greenshields and Baine in
throwing the siXteen-pOund hammer On
the Other hand, VasSal and Bevan are al
most certain to secure the long jump from
Roche and DAILY, while Hunter and Free
mantle have proved themselves better
men at mile than are Splitter and
Roche, and Wherefore and Smith hold
a slightly better record for three miles
than do their American competitors.
The Englishmen and Americans are
fairly evenly matched in the 10O-yard and
hurdle races. and also in the 44O-yard
dash, although Boardman and Fisher are
confident of winning this match Mr..
Wendell said this evening:
The men will go to the Queens club
tomorrow with very good prospects of
winning on their merits, although we re.
alize that our adversaries are thorouehly
worthy of our steel If we do not win
we shall have been beaten by better men,
and shall accept defeat as gracefully as
we expect to claim victory"
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