The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-09
INTERNATIONAL GAMES.
"f1eld' Points Out Thai both sides
Ma, Denrat by Recent Contests.

TIE Fl'id Of sept -. which has Just arrived
In this country admits that the oxford and
Cambridge athletes were fairly beaten by
Harvard aud Yale In the recent international
match Referring 60 the breakdoNa Of Cor
uish. the guhrter-milc runner and broad
Jumper, the following Comment j. made
Clubs aud crews have to stand by their
accident. and therefore, though English
men may ~leglumat-ly lament the spriin
which crippled Mr l. = Cornish and rendered
him too DE- combat for two events tin both OF
which hl, pro poets. Oh public form. acre
good. 1t would he unsportsmanllks TO 20
further and to make technical excuses upon
Tho fat that Harvard and Yale were
represent "a VA each event ou ~" programme
t.at Old nValry ahd jealousy vas account
aulo tor "a. state 81 ahHir~ abe FUto points
out that both countries may brnent by tho
lessons received from rayh Othet in the IOi-
owing WutG-
-iti- no Encouragement to Amcricanatalctos
to tav that. a. Whol., they take their sports
tar more seriously than 10 bnti,her~ me
latter Hr- I ruv~rbl1ls vApe,ts~i to tai" their
IicI-srcs sadly the former appear 10 take
their pIsttues very much a. a business
more t. heart than Ne do az home. Not
only 40 they devote on the average more
tim" % PREPARATION. anu give greater nroml-
but they alsp feel uVulrtrs more strongly
than - th" custom bet ween our own univeI-
sites. p-rhaps thu lAs,-named state ~
Affairs T. but the natural outcome OF the rrst-
namei zeal la PREPARATION. ~ has been re-
cott'4 more th1u one" that American OARS
men Nhcn vi~itihg Henley have ehIr'ssrd
surprise ~ the umity which seems 90 pre-
vail bet w"cn rival british oar~uru. aud er-
p%ocinitv tho-c u N" uniNrrsitl"s When ~"
British pair we're -,rn 10y Americans to char
Ter amirably one cram IA common t. Vou-
Vcy them 80 the start ,Nh.r" tL-lT racing
buHf- awaited them. aLI Co chat amicably
~ route. ~" visitors volunteered that such a
spectacle" would have been considered Iu-
pn>,iDi" h'tW"-n ~" lal" und Harvard
ptIT-, 80 iui'n~" was IN" athletic jealousy
bet wecu thos" Two institutions When Ne
p"fu-" the programme" ut Wednesday = siHort
"a similar reflection APPEAR M one detail TO
-ug '"si ITSELF " seems curtuu. that for
zach event Nal" aud Harvard should pro-
Nd" exactly equal ugr"-.utttiVn. where
equality l. numerically possible" with our
own universities 10" oI-" o, different the best
known performers compete. irrespective OF
lag " 4 % ~" i"r wards tambrtdg" iur-
uI-a both "lr-s"n'Itivr~. and All three IA
ih" nile. while in The long Iump and hammer
Oytut. supply both the performers The
caiuclienc". 70 sny tho hast. OF strictly equal
dual representation Of IA" American uniV-r-
siiio- seems 10 .-ugg".t that time-hoAored
r%INalrtc- and l"alou-i.s may have had much
g. do with this oxidation ~ hanor- divided.
We undoubtedly laN" something "a study
from our contact with American uthlste~.
even " W." do not 49, our. way to initiating
them too loosely IN SPECIALIZATION for given
ieats. ur iu mutual icalppsics of rival home
clubs IT. general oul, ~ activity for brief
spells Of ev"ttion Am"rtrHns seem 10 he ahead
~ cur HON" systems. ana to set morn out OF
their men than W. suo,ecd Ia doing tc'i'rs
yafibHs a. 10 cor fornIticn aud phvstqu"
IN Zach cn~~i. Some ~ this advance may h"
simply due 10 louFer and more 'N,lusiv"
p~rlCtiC~. to nm extent which british athletes
cannot spare time To- 60 but ~ would be- uu-
Ccn~ruu- 20 refu7H Co .'li"v" that some of u
may also be du" Go superior ehperienc" and
srirn'" In making ~" most ~ the material
end opportunities az hand N. on the other
hand. the contact 81 American athlete. with
our own shall have some eject ct I'll abusing
our consius II thciT prof"ss"d innate tradition.
90 personal uiiwosltie- NJ "a sentiment con-
CpWitHut To- athletic rlyulTtrs, ard 81 teach
lng them tlFt the hcoUc~i opponents may vet
b. the best 81 friends. mutual exchanges
~ instruction vii have been given 90 the
benefit of tho athletes 81 either nation