New-York tribune., 1901-09-01

UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS.
PLANS FOR THE YALE-HARVARD AND
OXFORD-CAMBRIDGE GAMES

New-Haven, Aug 81 CSpeciaD.-The university ath-
etic of the early fall will be the track meet
between the picked teams from Yale and Harvard
and oxford and Cambridge. and both sides have
this week begun their long course of training
Yale. with Trainer Mike" Murphy is situated at
Travers Island. and Harvard has just started her
season at North Cohasset. Mass. at the country
home of Henry L. Whitney. The Englishmen will
be in Montreal shortly and will there prepare for
the two contests for which they have crossed the
Atlantic.
The exact date for the international meet is yet
TO be determined. In the early correspondence
concerning the date il had been decided to set Sep
tember p at Berkeley Oval. New-York for the
time. But later developments have conspired
to make this date inadvsable. The Englishmen
are to meet the McCiill College CMontreaD boys
on September II for a preliminary meet and this
would make September p too early. The yacht
races also at about that time. another rea-
son why postponement would be advisable AS
Harvard, by faculty ruling, however, must hold
the meet. if at Berkeley Oval previous to Septen-
her &c, the opening date for Harvard and Yale
fa terms il would If date about
September % would be the best This will be
definitely decided at conferences to be held in the
future between leaders of both sides.
As the meet draws nearer interest in the proba-
BILE outcome becomes greater. and college
throughout the country are figuring on the re-
suit So evenly matched are the Combatants, how
ever that anything like accurate prophecy is at
this early date impossible One or two things may
be said though. that will throw light
what is likely happen. Fortunately, the exact
records of the men who to contest obtain
able, and from these some idea of the relative
merits of the two teams may be obtained
So pre-eminent are the records and performances
in training OF the leading athletes in the several
contests that there is little for question
cept in three of them. AS Yale track experts look
the records and abilities of the contestants the
following should be victorS
Half mile. Workman. Cambridge: mile Gregson.
Cambridge; mile, Workman. Cambridge; hur-
dies. Clapp Yale; high jump. Spraker. Yale; ham
mer throw. Boal, Harvard
If Boardman. of Yale wins the quarter mile. or
Hargrave. of Yale, the 1OO-yard dash. and spraker
of Yale. wins the broad jump. the will go TO
America. 1t looks If the question were up to-
Mike Murphy TO decide.
In the half mile England has two favorites.
Workman, Cambridge. has a record of 1919, and
Cleave. oxford, a record OF 1888. The nearest
American this fast pace is Behr. Harvard. with
2:c0ls. Applegate, Harvard has a record Of 202,
while Yale man is worth mentioning.
The mile is Englands. critics believe. Gregson,
Cambridge. has done the distance regularly in
4.26. and Cockshott, Cambridge is four-ifths OF
second slower. The fastest American to enter will
be Clark. Harvard, with 4:292s to his credit
The two mile again shows the superiority OF Eng
lands long distance training for the mile and two
mile men Workman. Cambridge. is the favorite.
with 1854 to his credit and the nearest American
in a sensational Yale field in the dual games
and is not sure to touch 1t by four seconds in res
the sI1rer man with a consistent 9:57. This, how
ever, may not be fast enough to win
is stronger, and the reverse OF the situation IS
ought to go to either CIapP Of Yale or Converse.
Fin6kc OF yale. Viii enter Ciapp is considered
on the whole much the better man. as his work
He do the l20yard hurdles in consistent 0:5&,
and is able 10 clip a hfth from that figure Con
and has never yet beaten Clapp on the track The
English contestant is Carrier, OF Oxford. with n
slow II seconds
The high jump should go TO Rotch. of Harvard,
inches in open meet. and Rotch one inch below
that. The Englishman is Smith. of Cambridge. with
The hammer throw may go to Boal. Of Harvard
TO win. as his only English rival May. OF oxford.
ca can do do no better than lls feet II inches suman
The 1oo-yard dash will be close contest Hind
to enter has done the @ distance S in ods Is twice in
open meets and expects to DO It again at berkeley
ward" Yale either. The best men whom the
S6 and ghtner Ugh f ioTa Of HaFvard ard H o6 # HaT
grave regains the use of his strained leg he will
likely be factor in the situation but this is not
The quaTter-me nj run presents serious problem
distance sprner to come me- up to the scratch Board,
record better by seconds than Engand's best man.
o~ii,s 10 sIrht ,, @oHi anb ms con-
qiuon IS yer my ystery- Nike AuTPhy eAPects
more than doubtful. Boardman. Clerk OF Har-
the banner on the day Of the meet Clerk Is a re-
markedly swift man and he Is 10 second better
than Cornish, OF oxford, that II Boardman
does win Clerk has a fighting chance The
race will be an important factor in the days out
The broad jump completes the list, and in
the quarter-mile and 10O-yard dash split, even
this viii decide the day Each OF the three leading
entries has a record Of % feet Cornish OF
oxford, has done p feet inches; SDraker. Yale
% feet 3la inches. and DAILY, Harvard, 22 feet
inches. Spraker in practice has often done much
better than this record but he is not at all certain
10 do anything, his performance in the dual
games showed 1t may rest with Spraker TO de-
termine which way the to go.
The photograph of the oxford and Cambridge
athletes which appears page OF to-day's Illus
trated Supplement. made by hoffman, of Mon