Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-19
WILL TAKE PLACE PM. SATURDAY
The Coming International College
Athletic Contests

Messrs. Jackson, Wendell, Morrison and
Brooks of the international University adj
Vlsory committee held a final meeting at
the Queens Club, Brighton, Eng, yester-
DAY afternoon, to complete arrangements
and decide upon the order of Saturdays
events in the athletic coaies between Yale
and Harvard and Oxford and Cambridge.
1t was agreed that the program should
open at 4 O'Clock Pm. with the long jump
ana hammer throwing concurrently, clos
ing with the three-mile race and high Jump.
The question as to the number of trials to
be allowed in the hammer throwing and
long jumps was the occasion of consider
able discussion. the English rule being 1oIlr
trials each and the American rule six trials
"A compromise was reached on six tries
Tor hammer and five tries for the jump
For the high jump the usual custom on
noth SIDES is three tries at each bar. Runs
uhder the bar do not count as tries
Information gathered at all the training
quarters gives promise of close contests
especially for the 1DO-yard hurdles, the
quarter mile and the bong jump
Nearly all Of the Oxford team were on,
the grounds today. s,7,S
Smith will supplant 'Winterbotham Cam:
bridge in the three-mue race
The demand for seats on Saturday ia in
creaSing daily. - : : :
The hot weather continues to favor the
The Yale and Harvard men continued
their training at Preston Park near Brigh-
ton. yesterday They were in excellent
form; The question of who should make
the selection of j. W. Hallowell of Har-
ward, who beat w. NJ. Fincke of Yale by a
few inches in 16 seconds
The entries for the 100-yard run were re-
CONSIDERED, with the result that c. Dupee
OF Yale and F. A. Blount, also Yale will
compete to decide whe shall assist F. j.
teuinlan of Harvard in this race. All three
men practiced hard. The three-miIe and
the mile runners logged, while the men en-
tered for the half-mile event were called
on for several swift sprints
The jumpers will do light work from now
on, excepting j. T. Roche and ]. T. Har-
rington, both of Harvard, who will go up
to the Queens Club grounds to compete
with C. D. DAILY of Harvard for the broad
Jump winch Is regarded with more appre-
hensfon now than any other event, as g. C.
Vassail OF oxford Is regarded as very for
midable.
Montague Sherman, an old Oxford rum
nor, has been chosen referee and Mr. Will
klnson starter for the Oxford Cambridge
team both names being suggested by the
Americans.
Both the American and the English tea,ns
In their practice are doing good work, but
the records given out on each side are in
accurate, as the trainers prefer to under
STATE each- performance. The American
members of the team are lighter and more
agile than the English athletes and are in
nne physical condition. The experts now
concede the hammer throw the high
jump and the quarter mile to the Ameri-
cans and the broad jump mile and three
miles to the English. The remainding three
events are doubtful, with the probability
tnat the the Americans will take the half mile
and have fighting chance for either the
hurdles or the 100-yard dash.
Carr NeeI Beats Allen
Carr Neel defeated Allen of Yale in the
final singles in the western tennis tourna-
ment yesterday at Chicago, and will today
meet Kreigh Collins for the championship.
Neel Is looked upon as almost a sure win
ner IN the games with Collins. as the latter
has not this year been putting up any such
game as Neel has played throughout the
tournament.
The game between NeeI and Allen yester-
day was long and hard fought, some of the
sets running up to - and IA before a win
ner was shown Allen played with desper-
alton. but Neel. put up the same steady,
careful game that has carried him to VIC
tory so many TIMES. and Allen. although
he made a good showing at all times, did
not look like winner at any time
The score: Finals in singles, the winner
to meet Collins for the championship, Neel
beat Allen GA, 81. e. ~
Base Ball at Van Ness Park
The game of ball.yestsgday at Van Ness
Park between the machine division, bureau
of engraving and printing, and the inter-
state commerce cosnmiasion resulted in a
victory for the former team by a score of
q to 13. ~.
Gilchrist wo{i tli& Tie shoot.
BIsLEY, July 19a9Gilcflrist, the Canadian
rifeman, won in the tie IL the Premier COM
petition, defeating Fleming Mayne and Pat
tison, and taking fist prize, bicycle.
The Duke of Cambridge competition. at
900 yards. commented today. There were
several scores of 40 out of a possible so.
The Canadians scores We're as follows:
Bertram and Rennfe, 43; Wilson, Al; Lieut..
Robertson, 3S; Bayles 2S; Ross, 10.
Joke Was on Sp1ints.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Awfully good joke on young SpIints,
isn't it,?
Didn't hear it,
He sized up man for appendicitis and
favored him with hasty operation
What's the joke? Mans dead?
Mans dead all right enough, but that
amt the joke. They found out at the
autopsy that he was born without any APP
pendix. Hew's thatT'
The steamship saltwater, at New Orleans.
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