Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-17
Are Well Received by the
English Athletes.
RULES FOR THE CONTEST
Were Decided UT01 at a Meeting OF
Of the Joint Committee -Quinlarl
and Burke are Eligible to Compete
in the Events.

Brighton, England, July l6.-The joint
committee having charge of the forth
coming athletic contests between the
teams of Yale and Harvard and Oxford
and Cambridge universities at the
Queens club, West k~ensington, London.
held it's first official meeting al the Hotel
Metropole this afternoon. The English
men came from Eastbourne and took
luncheon with the Americans. Evart
Wendell of Harvard presided and among
those present were Joseph E. Morrison,
Charles H. Sheriff. and Holcomb j.
Browne, on behalf of the Americans, and
c.. n. Jackson, r. C. Vassail and A. Hunt
err, on behalf of the home team. The meet
ing proved most satisfactory, the great
est good feeling being displayed on both
sides. The status of Burke and Quinlan
of the American team was roughly dis
cussed and the conclusion arrived at was
that no objection to them would hold for
a moment. Mr.. Jackson is very emphatic
in d~enouncing the English newspapers
that originated the controversy. He
asked the Associated Press to make it
plain to the American newspapers that
neither he nor his colleagues would in
any circumstances have considered any
objection to either Quinlan or Burke.
THE fact that these gentlemen, Mr..
Wendell and his fellow committeeman,
who are of such high standing in anna
teur athletics, vouch for them is entire
ly sufficient" said Mr.. Jackson. land if
any objection should be raised again to
either it will not proceed from the Ok
ford-Cambridge officials, and will not
have the sympathy Of Oxford or Cam
bridge men,"
The main object of today's meeting was
to harmOnize the Anglo-American anna
teur athletic rules, which vary in some
minor particulars. In order that the
contests may be carried out under Q
ditions that shall be in~disputable, it was
agreed that the hurdle races should be
run under American conditions over loose
instead Of fixed hurdles, and that each
side should follow it's own custom in
hammer throwing. 1t was also agreed
that the high jump Should be taken from
the turf in the center of the grounds, in
stead of the cinder path. Some minor
details with regard to the long jump We're
also adjusted.
The order of events has yet to be ar
ranged. On the American side there has
been no definite choice of the actual COM
petitors for the 100-yard and hurdle
races. 1t is possible that IN these cases
alternate names may appear on the pro-
nm The sports will begin punctu-
ally at 4 O'Clock in the afternoon, as the
prince of Wales will be obliged to leave
at . O'Clock for his yacht in the Solent,
The committee will meet again at the
Queens club next Tuesday to complete
the final arrangements. The American
team did not practice today. The men
went to church in a body this morning
and went for a drive this afternoon. To
morrow morning they will leave for Lon
don and will take their further practice
at the Queens club.
London, July 16.-The Sporting Life
this morning speaks in the highest terms
of the appearance and performances OF
Yale and Harvard men, and says: 1.-The
English athletes will have to wake up il
they wish to get anywhere near the
American hammer throwing record. Thu
hammer Of our visitors appears to have
a decided advantage over our style OF
supplement-"
The paper expresses disappointment al
the style of d. b. Pitts and Smith of Yale
The Sportsman is also immensely takel
with the splendid physique of w. A. Boa
and H.. J. Brown of Harvard. 1t says tina,
Boal especially looks good enough tc
shine at anything. But it admires mos,
of the American men. remarking that the
difficulty will be to select the competitors
where all are so good.
The Sportsman especially mentions
Burke and Quinlan, and lays stress upol
the special manner in which the Amer.
leans have been drilled in starting.