The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-26
BRITONS ARE BEATEN
TEST ON BERKELEY OVAL WON
BY THE YANKEES
FINAL SCORE SIX TO THREE
Amer1cans Take Everything Except
the Half-MiIe, Mile and Two
Mile Runs Won by Cam.
bridge Men.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-The athletes of
1ale ana Harvard met the athletic ran
resentat1ves of Oxford and Cambridee
uIiVersltles today at Berkeley Oval in
track and field events and, as was ex
| pected the Drawn and muscle of the
american collegians proved to be too
| much for the visitors. the Amarioe ~ 9
winning SIX out of the nine events on the
programme. Points were colnte6 fo1,
WINS only, so that~the Harvard and Vale
| men de1eated their English opponents h,,
score of 6 points to g.
"A petter condition of affairs could NOT
nave peen, and during the afternoon tho
atnletes were favored with warm sun-
siillle llle ana cooling breeze, which blew
t ao"n -.he homestretch, but was not
sIrong enough to aid the flight of tho
runners. Between the American ,,riI,arz,
les honors We're equally divided. Har-
Nard and Yale each winning three events
Inc oxford representatives failed to gain
d point for the visiting team. the LIGHT
niue OF Cambridge being in front in all
lnree contests which We're won bv ENC
iaho. Inc greatest race and closest con-
.es. oi the DAY was the 120-yard hurdle
tScT, 6arnler' OF Oxford, and Converse.
OF harvard, had the issue between them.
serves from the crack of the pistol I'm
10 the eighth hurdle they were abreast
severaI yards in front of Allcocl, Of
Cambridge, and Clapp, of Yale.
Going over the last hurdle Converse
gained couple of inches, and as he
t tnreW ms hands UP at the tape. the
harvard man was fairly six inches in
front OF GARNER, the time being tx r.
seconds. Clapp's showing was disanO
pointment to many, who believed tbe+
the Yale hurdler would have been a con-
IeStant at the tape, but he finished a
couple OF feet behind Allcock. who. ran
thlro, nearly three yards behind the win
ner
Hargrave, of Yale, made a superhuman
eHort toward the finish of the Toward
uash, Whlch he Won in 10 2-5 seconds
Halgh, OF Harvard, who was on the in
side, led for nearly fifty yards. when he
was passed by Hind, of Cambridge. who
was next to him. Hargrave was eo,sl To
the occasion, and with wonderful snurt
assumed the lead and won out nv ahont
yard.
IN the one-half mile run Franchot of
fale, won the toss for pole position. but
% Wofhinan, OF Cambridge, wished to
49,, ioi a record. the Yale man conceded
the position. Workman is certainly a
great runner, but he was unable TO break
the record of 1853 2-5, established hv q
II. fitzpatrick six years ago in the inter-
national games at Manhattan. worlxnoon
won very handiiy, with Cleave, of OK
ford, second, In 1:55 3-5, just 2 1-5 seconds
behind the record.
Rust, of Harvard won the quarter
mile run in SO seconds with Boardman.
OF Yale, his closest attendant. neither of
the Englishmen being able to get on even
terms with the flying leaders at anv
stage of the game.
In the one-mile run, ,Cawthra Cockshott
and Gregson, all of Cambridge. made the
running and held the lead between them
into the last lap. Knowles, Of Harvard.
then made his effort, but the best he
could do was to pass Cawthra, who~im-
mediate1y dropped back, Clark, of Har-
ward, running into fourth place They
ran IN this order into the stretch with
Cockshott twenty-five yards ahead. So
far as the American runners were con-
cerned they never had ghost of a show
as Cockshott Won easily, while Gregson.
his clubmate, finished five yards in front
OF Knowles, who made a plucky eff
fort.
In the two-mile run, Workman and
MacNaughton, of Cambridge, and Daw-
son, Of Oxford, cut out the running with
Mills and Swan. of Harvard, and Teel. of
Yale, as named. There was no change
in these positions during the first mile.
but In the second mile MacNaughton and
Teel were out Of It, Workman was al
ways running well within himself. and
a sure winner. Without faltering for a
second. Workman went on and won out
by at least forty yards, Mills and Swan
fighting 1t out for second honoFs, with
Dawson fourth, three yards back
In the field events the Americans had
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