Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-26
AMERICANS WIN.
English Athletes Fall Before
Harvard and Yale Drawn.
Six Out Of Nine Events Won by The
American Co|Iegians.
Honors Divided Between Americans Uniycr.
Stiles Some Of Contests Exciting.

Yale ana Harvard met the athletic rep
| resentatives of oxford and Cambridg,
Universities, today. at Berkeley Oval
| III track and field events, and as was
| expected. the American collegians
proved to lie tCo much for the visitors
the Americans winning six out of the
nine events. Points were counted for
wins only, so that the Harvard and
Yale men defeated their English OPP
pCnen;s By a score of s points to 8.
Between the American universities
honoTs We're equally divided Oxfor i
representatives failed to gain a point
Cambridge being in front in all tn! ee
contests which were wen by the Eng
lisiimen. The closest contest was the
10 yards hurdle race. The issue was
between GARNER of oxford. and Con
verse of Harvard. from the crack of
the pistol. Up to the eighth hurdle they
We're abreast. several yards in frcnt of
Allcock Of Cambridge. and Clapp If
Yale. Gong over the last hurdle Con
verse gained a couple Of inches and as
he threw his hands up at the tape he
was barely six inches in front Of Gar
ner. the time being Is 3-5 seconds.
Clapp was a disappointment He fin
ishcd a couple of feet behind Allcock
who ran third.
Iargravc Of Yale made superhu-
man effort toward the finish Of The 100
yards dash. which he won in 10 20 s G.
onds. Haigh of Harvard, ,Eo wa on
che inside. led for nearly 30 yards, when
he was passed by Hind Of Camb. idge.
who vas next to him. Hargrgvc then
won by about yard.
In the Cne-half mile run Frlnct OF
Of Yale won the toss for pole position
but as Workman of Cambridge. wished
to try for IA record. the Yale man con-
coded the position Workman il GER
tainiy a great runner but he was I'M
able to break the record Of 1.53 % es-
tablished by =. H. Fitzpatrick six years
ago in the international games at Man
haitian. Workman won very handlly
with Clcave of oxford second in
So 3-5. Just Is seconds behind the
record Rust of Harvard won the quar-
ter mile run in so seconds, with Board
man of Yale as his closest competitor.
In the one mile run Cawthra, Cock
shctt and Gregson. all of Cambridge,
made the running and held the lead be-
tween them into the last lap. Knowles
of Harvard then made his effort but
the best he could do was to pass Cav
thra. who Immediately dropped back.
Clark of Harvard. coming up into
fourth place. They ran in this order in
To the stretch with CCckshott - yards
ahead. while Gregson. his mate. fin
ished five yards in front of KNOWLES.
In the two mile run Workman and
NacNaughton of Cambridge and DaW-
son of oxford. cut out the running
with Mills ana Swan Of Harvard and
Teel of Yale. running as named. In the
second mile MacNaughton and Teel
Tel were out of it. Workman at all
stages of the race appeared certain
winner. He won by at least 40 yards.
In the field events the Americans had
all their own way May of oxford, cause
= good deal of surprise by his exhibition
with l6-pound hammer. He has an easy
ca rriaee but lacks speed. His first throw
was II? feet. inches. but his second at
tempt was Il wonderful improvement, for
he threw the hammer rs feet. ) inches
gaining second place to W. \. Boal OF
Harvard. who won with Il throw oi la6
feet. inches.
Spraker Of Yale. carried off the honors
in the running high jump. as well Al
those in the running broad jump. In the
high jump Herman of Harvard tied Spra-
ker at b feet. Y inch. The bar was then
raised one inch and Snraker cleared It.
Herman failing to get over. q. II. SIN N
of Cambridge. dropped out of the con-
test after clearing feet. loi2 inches. anil
Henderson Of oxford, who also took part
in the running broad and hammer-throw-
ing contests. was fourth with jump OF
feet. inches.
Sprakcr won the running broad jnmr
with - feet. inches Ristine of Harvard
being second with II feet. { inches. Hen
derson cleared ~ feet inches Cornish
of oxford. who wrcrched his knee short
" after lie arrived i'm this country. maur
an attempt but his leg twisted under him
and he had to retire from the contest
after this painful effort. The summaries:
One-half mile run-Won by ~ W. Work
man. Cambridge: J. +. C.eaves. OK
second: f Il. Boynton, Harvard, third
Time, 155 30. -
Rust, Harvard: Dixon Boardman, faie.
second: r. w Barclay. Cambridge third:
S A. Neave, oxford. fourth. Time. 3es
Throwing the i6-pound hammer-"On
by W. A. Boal, Harvard, distance, 10
feet, inches; G. q. b. MAJ: oNi1id'
second, rs feet, 8 inches; w. +: r. Hen
derson. oxford. third. Ill feet " inchc
one mile ruu-Won by +. G. Conkshott,
Cambridge: H. W. Gregson Camoilute,
seconu: H. s Knowles, Harvard, thira.
Time, 4.26 Is.
Running high jump-Won by J. ;. Spra-
ker Yale. height. feet. IL inches; X. \:
KERN. second feet, Z inch; G. Howard
Smith. Cambridge. third. rect. a. 2
inches.
12o-yard hurdle race-Won by j. II.
Converse. Harvard: G. r. GARNER OK
ford second: E. Allcock. cambridge.
third. Time. l. 5-5 seconds.
Running broad jump-Won By j. s.
Speaker. Yale distance. - feet. inches;
a. w. Ristinc. Harvard. second = teet,
inches: ". L. b. Henderson. OSfotu.
~ feet. 9 inches. third- 9, -,
Two-mile run-Won by H. t. ". Work v'.ar
second: c. S. swan, Harvard, third.
Time. $50
l0D-yards .ash-Won by IIarsrave, ilar-
vard: Hind. Cambridge. second; Haish.
Harvard third. Time. 10 - ,ecpi!ds
Prince Alert equalled the worlds
pacing record Of 2.o4a. on a half mile