The Washington times., 1901-09-26
ENGLISH BEATEN
Six of the Nine Contests. Taken by
the American Cracks.
Workman. of Cambridge, Wins In
Two EvcntS-No Records Broken,
but Wonderfully Good Figures
Scorcd-sprnkcr's Splendid 'lvork.

NEW YORK. Sept. 25.-In struggle
that was replete with interest from the
moment the starters pistol cracked for
the opening event until the Rev. H. w.
Workman. OF Cambridge. won the two
mile race for his side. Harvard and Yale
athletes defeated the best men of oxford
and Cambridge at Berkeley oval today
by six events won to three for the Eng
lishmon. OF the first six gained by the
American universities, three were won by
Harvard and three by Yale. so that hon
ors are even between the two home rivals,
" hile Cambridge supplied the only win
ners of the wishing team.
Although no standard records were
broken, the performances were first class
throughout. The students came danger
ousiy near the worlds figures In some
cases. The individual honors Of the day
We're divided between J. S. Spraker, the
young Yale jumper. and the Rev. Mr..
Workman. President of the Cambridge
University Athletic Club. They were the
only dual winners. Workman's perform
ance was the most impressive, as both
his victories were gained In fiat races, in
which he outclassed his fields so much
that it is still a question whether he
could not have broken records, provided
there was man capable of pushing him
to his limit
In the half mile Workman did essay
to beat the worlds record of l minute
and 50 seconds, made by C. ]. Fitzpatrick,
of the New York Athletic Glib. The
Cambridge president did not have a man
fast enough to make the pace for hin.
Fitzpatrick had when Harry Lyo-is car
ried him along for the first quarter in
"a 3-5 seconds. Workman ran clear away
from his field at the start and his time,
1:55 S-5, was remarkable under the cir
cumstances. The other event won by
Workman was the two mile run. In this
also he made the pace the whole way. and
simply cantered away from the field in
the final lap, winning by thirty yards
in minutes 30 seconds.
Sprakers two victories were achieved
with as much ease as those of the Cam
bridge crack He had a foot to spare
over Ristine, of Harvard. in the broad
jump, Whine in the high jump he cleared
the bar on his first attempt at each
height. and after getting over feet III
inches neatly as he had negotiated
inches less, ne stopped competing, not
trying for a new record. as the competi-
ton ended when Herman, OF Harvard,
failed to clear the bar.
The meeting of the four leading uni
versities attracted a crowd of 1850 persons
10 the picturesque Berkeley oval The vis-
fting team was entertained at dinner at
Sherry's tonight and the races run over
again in after-dinner speeches by promi-
nent men. summary:
1Oo-yard dash-w on by Hargrave, Yale;
Hurd, Cambridge. second; ha.Sht Har-
yard. third; Churchill. Cambridge, fourth,
Time, U:l0 20.
Half-mile run-Won by Workman. Cam
bridge; Neave. oxferti, second; Boynton,
Harvard, third; Franchot, Yale. fourth.
Time, 1:o5 3-5.
Throwing l6-pound hammer-won by
Boal, Harvard, distance, 136 feet inches.
May, Oxford, second, l2S feet inches;
oxford, third, Ill feet AZ
inches; Sheldon, Yale, fourth.
44O-yard run-Won by Rust Harvard;
bridge, third; Neave, oxford, fourth.
Time. 0:5G
Running high jump-Won by Spraker,
Yale, height feet l5a inches: herman,
Harvard, second, feet u inch; Smith,
Cambridge, third, feet 1914 inches; Hen
derson, oxford. fourth. feet 94s inches.
One-mile run-Won by Cockshott. Cam
bridge; Gregson. Cambridge. second;
knowles, Harvard. third; Ciark. Harvard.
fourth; Waldron, Yale, fifth Cawtlier,
Cambridge, retired. Time, 4:z5 Ia.
lau-yard huruIe-Won by Converse. Har-
ward; GARNER, oxford, second: Aiieock,
Cambridge, third; Ciapp, Yale, fourth
Time, ola 3-5.
Yale. distance, y feet inches; Ristine,
second, q feet inches: Hender-
son. oxford, third. l9 feet inches; Cor
n.sh, oxford, fourth.
Two-mile run-Won by Workman, Cam
bridge; Mills, Harvard, second: Swan.
Harvard, third; Dawson, oxford, fourth;
TeeIe, Yale, fifth; MacNaughton, Cam
bridge, retired Time, $3.50.