The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-13
N INTERNATIONAL MEET.
Selected Athletes Froa Harvard
aaA TALE Wili Compete With q
Teas made Up ~ Oxford sA1
Cambridge Men On Jsly -.

NEW HAVEN. csna-. Jane i1-cApt
Fisher os the Yale Track team. authorizes
the Following statement.
We hsve rec~i-s1 ward FROM England that CUR
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Yard athletes. ss1 sass frozs N~w Vera July S.
Tia cate Ex%d fsr the rnees is Jaly = The RAILS
scased. Asd the Anesscze ssAseees wfu BE- sov-
ernec u the ru5ex 81 ssSfsssisy that held IN the
sxnes between Yaie and Harvard rhs English
1rs,r<r Careian1 wfH accompany tie Tale team
and Harvard Win also havs szaiaer. The Amer
= a Fan =. s'.s sssn 1850 ss and .sn nss
and Harvard management
Terms ~ the CAallenge.
LONDON. June 1.-The following 10 the
text OF the challenge sent respectively &c
the presidents OF the Harvard and fais
athiefsc clubs:
Oxfosd Cairersisy Athletic Cab Nay g.
Dear sar; TIE eaunirsse uf Oxford Un:rer-
stfy Athletic Cab and til Canhr1dee Cnsver-
ssfy Athsstic CiHb hare requested 70 forward
tion:
70 inssss selected representatives ol yonr uni
.er,ssy esse e unite sifA .slesssd Representatives
II fais or Harvard university club ii fornfns .
tsfnt team - rompefe Ia track athletes against
taan. team Of representatives similarly selected
from the athletic eiuhs of Oxford and cambradse
universities
We venture to think snch an athletic meeting
wil prove very desirable far many reasons We
s.seh international athletic sports between the
two leading universities 81 Great Britain and
the United States could not fail 20 aroase the
spon. and could not fan 10 impscse the status
a amateur athletics in beth countries or to re-
we The kindly feeling enesndseed b. the Waits
q former years Of Yale 70 Oxfofd ard Cam
bridge TO Yale. We would sugsest ths foIioviag
conditions for your approval:
J. That the meeting sshe place at the Qnsen's
I'M Sfyxe n hR RrH ~
ls9s which may Be most consenient Ia yeu and
20 tie Qneen's Club with regard to curipeti-
tons
z That the pxograums ahall be the regular
Oxford Camhrdse programme N nine events.
subject to the foflnwins notifications. -, That
weight; tel that in the l3Hyards hurdle race the
nishts Of hurdles should not be fixed with re-
gard 70 ccmpetitors
chooes representatives cniy from actual students
nov In residence and On the college books II
membership
That such representatives 70 Be eligible to
compete must conform In all respects 20 the
rules and regulations which govern the athletic
sports respectively Of Oxford and Cambridge and
Harvard and Tale
That such Representatives shall have never
received pecuniasy assistance fowsrd their sup
portion ef their university career or ans period
prior thereto
And generally that such representatives.
lutely and essentially. In accordance With the
desniticns of amateur afhietn, as laid down b,
the Amateur Athletic Association Of Great Brit
I. That the appointed stewards Of the four
the honorary secretary 81 the Amateur Athletic
Association In London, OF serne date pricr to the
above meeting. lists az TIE selected teams. 70.
sesher With certificates that each member Of
said teams is bona fde student and bona
a4e amateur athlete.
Having thus formulated views. we submit
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