The San Francisco call., 1899-07-23
YALE-HARVARD
ATHLETES LOSE
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gray hat. Others who arrived early were
the United States ambassador, Joseph II.
Choate the secretary OF the embassy
Henry. White; Lord and Lady Clarendon,
Lord and Lady Wentler, Sir Richard Web.
ster, the Attorney General; the Earl Oh
Chesterfield and VisCOunt Howe.
Promptly at 4 o'clock BOaF and Brown
of the HarVard-Yale team came down the
pavilion steps and took the field amid
hearty applause their two opponents
joining them and all walking 10 the cen
ter together They were soon followed by
all the competitors for the long Jump
both events occurring simqItaneospsI1iy,, Ii,o
had arrived, the band playing COO save
the Queen The royal party was en-
Enthusiastically greeted and the Prlne OF
Wales appearing at the front of the, plat
form as the royal anthem was played,
returned the salutation of the crowd and
Immediately extended his hand TO 0nteo
States ambassador Choate. The Prince
was followed by the Duke of York. The
American and English flags at the center
of the grounds Were at once lowered a.
the royal standard hoated above the
In the 100 yards dash BIount got away
first and led for forty yards when Quin-
a splendid' sT1urt, won an exciting race
by half a yard f. A tremendous waving OF
American flags and a shouting Of the
Harvard and Yale yell greeted the victory
Of the Harvard man. as, d.. ,...
The grounds We're now completely filed
and presented beautiful picture. The
great quadrangle was banked on tour
sides with tiers of seats, where gorgeous
summer tOilettes were displayed, while
the sunshine was Just strong enough 10
emphasize the perfection of the scene. AS
the stands filled up masses OF blue and
crimson manifested themselves at inter-
walls where al Yale and HarvarditeS col
lected. and the familiar blue flag with the
white ''Y'' center surrounding the Ameri-
can cOlOrs on the same stick gave these
sections of the stands Thanksgiving day
poIo ground aspect. In honor of the Amer
10 hands plaVHd selections
from eel Captain" and the Belle OF New
York"
In the one-mile run Fremantle took the
lead going at a good pace. and led for
the first two laps, Hunter closely follow
ing, with Smith and Splitter next an. and
Dawson at the rear. On the last lap Ere
strong, soon put a wide gap between him
self and the others, Dawson going up TO
second place. Entering the stretch Tor
home Splitter made a gallant attempt Tor
second place and drew even, but after
a few yards Dawson again passed MIN
and finished second. Sptizer being. third.
All the men were greatly exhausted and
Splitter especially was unable TO walk and
had 10 be almost carried to the pavilion.
| Hunter won by thirty yards.
In the hurdles Fox led from the start to
finish and won by two and half yards,
there being a half yard between Paget-
Tomlinson and Parker There was ire
mendous cheering from the Yale and
Harvard stands when it was announced
that Fox had equaled the British anna
teur record
IN the half f-mile run Streuben led for
the first lap, followed by Adams, Graham
and Burke in the order mentioned. AS
half this lap had been completed Graham
went to the front and, running in splen-
did style, won by nearly eight yards
amidst excited cheers from the English
men and depression and silence on the
part of the Americans Streuben was sec
ond and Adams third. Burke was last
and did not finish. being so badly useo
up that he had to be supported to the
pavilion and carried upstairs. His trainer
said that his stomach had gone back on
him.
There was q level start for the quarter
mile run and Boardman cut out the pace
at tremendous rate. Entering the
straight for home Hollins just led Board
man, with Davidson last. About seventy
yards from home Davidson came up with
a tremendous rush on the outside and
won by five yards. Boardnlan rolled con-