The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-06
orr ATHLETES IN ENGLAND
.,,,u TrCTORY WOW ny THE YALE
ho' UiRy.iRD TEAM.

thrhdoh'' w. a.
I.SruN. jay -N--lh ouRh my ,U't wy
o,.e. at Queens tIub last Natutua'' ha, '",u
"l y,Io rpa. ly Won victory when stahus ny
r.a.l In the records OF university atnIe'Ics'
'rh.y yvrrra:no their Nlctors. ana through
,l,,. .ha I!giish ieopie. Nothlhg mas peeh
=, -, roraarn able about these sports thah the
,,.,ar,a. manner in when fhgIlshnich' u''ef
,,,,. natural sel'-congratuiatloh over 'nolt
,.rro,y yl'turv turned their atehlioh l" "na'
.cht cAl the social po"lIcai aspoe, y, NV
,re,,IuE Then /. was that ohloru anu .ah"
i-4ycfrr,v discovered America ana the Amer
L.,,. l. has taken them long tlme 10 40 IT,
hu, NV that it IS done not ohy are 'he' " oe
cnpgiatu,a'el by others. put they cons 'a'u-
le,o themselves. something Oh 'he iee''ns W
which refer is shown IN 1F"h cohiheh's oh
thrcpLte.t:
International events even IN our own
Islands when England ana sco'lanu, Na,es
or Irr.ant, are in rivalry. nave oi'eh leu 10 ue-
t,oruhio friction and indecent controversy
The history - other sports, using the term III
,swiIest -.'~e, has not been such as 10 ehcour-
agra desire for internatIohal contests AT iasS
n new page IN that history mas peeh "rtleh.
Previous contests between lale anu oAioru
and tuwlloEe have taught lessons "hich
have not Teen lost, ana these sports nave
marked an epoch in athletic history. IL
(. ~ secret that bnth AT 1hle anu harvard
there wer" sterling srortsmen VINO wlsheo 10
SEE. their university athIetics run on newer
6nl nuh.c~ ines. WIN 'heir intense Aecnhess
to VIII men had mistaken the shauo"s iof 'ho
substance. and had permitted a class OF uni
vrrsIty professionals TO grow up ne meet
ings with our universities nave stopped this
practice in al branches OF sport at laie anu
OF Harvard. At the dinner. wheh ooth teams
were guests OF the queen .lup. MS EAce!-
lrnry the American AMBASSADOR. MI ohoaIe.
Lori Jersey. and the other speakers hopeu
that these meetings would take place again
So may It lie. The more the men OF these -FOUR
universities learn TO appreciate one ahother
the better for both countries. euch meetings
show that the old idea that o1iord ana am
bridge are only good enough Tor one another
is exploded The TACT that our men VIII meet
those d Yale ana harvard IN athIe1cs VIII
max" all Englsh university men e'au u inset
q Yale aud Harvard man wherever ne may De-
What has been called the university UP -the
indeilnabe something man gets from Dc.
longing to q university becomes ihterhationai
IL is character. Inc lesson that we nave
learned is one that VIII do an immensely OF
good and it Is that the mon OF harvard anu
lae are real good fellows. SO very. very diner
ent from what many oe.leNe Americans 10 De-
The Idea that o1loru anu Ianlo rluRe are
only good enough Tor one another' ana 'he
surprising discovery that the men OF harvard
and Yale are real good fellows. may provoke
tsmlie OIL an uSe'He"'' 'u' INC iuea ""I ue'p-
rooted "hu Vhe u's."Ner, 10 ae eenu'"U t ne"
as VII! pe 'ha' Vi d 'ou' |" uihtenelon.
true s'Oty to'u Vi oi'o vi 'me ois ins''"
SCHOOLS een"'"s ''Ene' "a,."sT w -.o
! ne ''>9 IAN a. 9'",''' nau inv
MAJ ''' '.nH conle Vi. ~ So. w..
nave N'H pu' was nov ''I9 ~
H'MP'eu LION fer'' "h'cn was ~ , ,,'o Ioi
Twins so' w, ~, - -,
We A"u"' ou' %,io aie 20 "e' Wv ~ ~, W
h,o'' MAJ row. uEo'' "nN GU VI,
''"e' ss'.''o'S ~ Vi hns '""u S,o, '' l.l
'A"I" anu '"ui'i'nse INC 1Inoot 10
nv '"e university tne' tie an 'H'o'u N.o" VI
.H''' 'tNHe men, anu " "',e'' '''e'' - -"
"'u'' mas Ooe' va '''e ""o "i' 10 '"P
'"T 'a'.,'0' "o'' ee.'"e '''e "'i' u7Is o'.
,'' '"' 'i'o i''po' 'ah' s'to - etua"' p"'o '
1" l''I 'N'"s t"e 'O"S' VI I'o ''ti Po',"S ,o"
ii '"e u'"4eI he'u aiter the e'or's the CHa'f
man i"'u 'r'ee' ieA'"' Ne' ~" '"V e'o''!s
yea VI 'i'H 'e"'"'' nave oiouH"' 'o'i ny "
'"''' " "nVn " our rue '''a'' "'e''e' "' "h'oi
no'' NV ''' tunes VI VI" Id'Eei por'ioi' VI man
KIN" nave ieeh committed 10 thehi 10 mahe vi
!" "'"'' Inns o'l"E o. 'he i"ipo''u"co y,
''>' '"o p'a"'hes Vi .he race Aio"'nh anu
u""''s ''n"'"s oho announcer goes "nho"' say
MG, ana uh'' "Nioru ana Cambridge know
'"I"S u A''le''c" 1t ean no'ei oo e"'' ''i''
'".'"u "oes.
y" country - more Influenced by her uni
versl'!es than is England by Oxford ana cam
ttl'g'. All over the country oAtord ana
'hmhr!dg" men are found In the most inhueh-
Na' positions In society. in the professions ana
IN l"H'l's. oxford and Cambridge dominate
the Church 90 - Bishops 81 are Oxonians.
l"' hutahs and halls from Dublin. The edu-
cation 81 tn" English boy from the age OF 10 TO
IL is entirely in the hands OF Oxford and
'amhrldg" men, for the most part young
men 70 whom their university Is stu the
W"rIds centre of gravity. Oxford and Cam
hr'aG" rroyid" practically the whole OF
u" 'NiI Nervtr" Of India. and the higher
branches Of m" Home Service. They are the
nursery of irm" Minister'S and Cabinets The
London press i laid TO be dominated by Oxford
men certainly ia" higher places in 1t are. and
where can an American find moro astound-
ing lGn"ran"" ot things American than is con-
shh'N cropping up In leading London news
fai"is: THIS is but the merest indication OF