The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-23

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
being 10 badly used up that he had to be
supported TO It's pavilion and carried up
had gone back on him
There was level start for the quarter
mile run aud Boardman cut our the pace
~ a Tremendous rate. Entering the stretch
for hosne. Helms Just led Boardman vita
DAvtdson last About seven yards from
home. Davidson came up with q ,remend-
Gus rush on the outside and won By Ave
yards. Bsasdman rolled considerably near
home. making grand but hopeless ssrug-
sic.
Great Teaa work In Smile Rsn-
The ihree-mGie run was the next event OF
the day. After going about fifty yards the
three EngiAhmen singled themselves cut
In line. Wiibesforce just leading Workman
and Smith. Foot. Clark and Palmer. Of
the Yaie-Hsrvard team following closely.
This order was retained during the second
hp except that Palmer went up fifty feet.
AT she mile the time was s-5s, wilberforce
stu led. hnt shortly afferward retired. and
Smith took up the running just ahead OF
Workman with; Clark aud Palmer couple
Of yards behind and Foote forty feet away
on the snckstretch- Clark suddenly pluax-
ed head foremost on the track. leaving
Palmer to take up the contest with Work
man. Shortly after this Smith fell in front
OF the pavilion. The race was now left TO
Workman and Palmer. IN the eighth Jap
both led alternately, and coming BY the
Yale stand the piaudits Of his fellow coll
legiases caused Palmer 10 make a Anal
effort, but Workman was running very
strongly, and again went TO the front and
won as he liked
In the mile race England enjoyed q
monopoly from start to finish.
Burks's defeat In the haK-mile run
again evened results and brought disap-
pointment 10 the Americans. who had
counted on winning with Burke Burke.
however. had been suffering from a weak
stomach for nearly year. and this proved
fatal TO his success.
The Engilshmen exhibited splendid judg-
ment in the quarter mile, haif-mje and
three-mile runs the second string in each
race making the running for his comrade
20 come through at the finish.
w
OF the royal family left before the last
TWO events were finished. -
Iosers Accept Their Defeat.
NJ c. n. jackson. eursar OF Hartford
college. who had charge of the oxford
Cambridge team. said TO the Associated
Press Of the contests:
II am really sorry tina. the Americans
had to lose. but they did II In a sports
manlike manner. which is highly appre-
ciated by every Englishman who was OPP
posed to them and BY all who saw their
performances. They have been frank and
open with us throughout
While Mr.. Jackson was talking Mr. Wen
DELL who had charge OF the American
team, came up and shook hands with Mr..
Jackson, saying;
II heartily congratulate you. We could
not both win. and | am sure today's con-
test viii cement the friendship between
the universities and that our athletes VIII
always be good friends
IL was learned that Burke has been
troubled with his stomach ever since the
arrival OF the team Ia England although
MIR Wendell managed to keep the secret.
and the athlete was by no means aimsel.
today.
THO Prince OF w aies was especially de-
lighted with the hurdle race and sent a
message os eongratula,iou to Fox. the VIM
nsr 81 the event. Steward s. Brooks, Of
Yale. who held the Yale auartes-anlle rec
ord, said az the conclusion OF the games:
The friends OF Yale and Harvard are
satisfied that the team lest tile games oa
merits, OF course Burke's failure was the
crucial test, That In where we went down.
That was due 10 causes that could not
have hesr prevented. and We have no ex-
plsnstIoa or excuses TO offer IL was evil
dent when the race was half ran that
Burke was net in The form we anticipated
We expected 80 have lest the hurdle race
and the dash rather than the haIf-niie.
ha, that only shows how difticuit II i 70
determine specific results on the day before
a race"
f J. Wendell the Harvard steward said +:
mo word of explanation or excuse can
conse from any friend ~ the American
team. We were met IN the hands an ast
merits Certainly no enc can say more ~
English hospitality or ~nsnship. ana
70 friend % Yale os Harvard has wera
Of complaint 80 utter
VIII Make R~tarn Visit.
Judging from an announcement made BY
several speakers at TIRE elmer given BY
/ the oueen's Cfah tenfgas - the conte<sfnx
club. Il Is evident that she two Englssn
| universities contemplate a return vlsi; 20
America nsxt year. The aianer. which was
given at th~ Hotel Ceesi zhounaa3 IN saaes