New-York tribune., 1901-04-28
PREPARING FOR THE ENGLIsHMEN
YALE ATHLETES PROMISE TO DEVELOP
INTO A STAR TRACK TEAM

1aBE ATHLETES PROMISE IL DEN t-I4O1
INTO A STAR TRACK TEAM.
New-H Haven. April 27 (SpeciaD.-Now that the ar
rangements nearly completed for the Amer!-
can English meet. Yale undergraduates are watch
ing the work of the the Yale track team
with than ordinary interest. AS the dual meet
with Harvard comes off two weeks from to-day,
there is interest in the abilities OF the
Yale TO win their contests. OF the men whom
Mike" Murphy has under his charge this season
several promise develop into track athletic stars
of the first magnitude. Foremost among these are
Hargrave. sprinter: z. ]. Clapp. hurdler; Board
man. quarter mile runner Spraker. high and broad
jumper: Peck and Sheldon. shot putters; Stillman.
hammer thrower Besides these men there are a
number who more than ordinarily good. but 1t
is the named upon whom Yale will depend
this season. in all probability.
Hargrave in the sprints cannot be depended upon
for anything like record breaking time, but he is
steady 10 1-5 man and can hold his own at that fig
ure Ciapp is perhaps the bright star of Yales gal
aXy. He is still freshman, but has been able to do
some remarkable things since he entered Yale Last
fall he took three rsts in the sprns and hurdles.
and a week ago he took the two hurdles away from
the best men In Yale's squad. beating his captain
handiIy He made remarkable time in both. winning
the 220yard hurdle in % 10 and the lO In 10 fiat
In the first Clapp equaied the best record ever
made at Yale, established by H. s. WlLlams IN
1891. II was on a muddy track and in bad rain.
which made the records all the better. He Is likely
do something interesting in the intereoIles'a'eS
and the Harvard meet
Dixon Boardman has been now tor TWO seasons
Yae's best In the middle distance runs. ana anu
he will represent the college in the quarter mile ms
year. His work is strong and under Murphy Is
In the field competitions Yales crack men will be
spraker. Beck. Sheldon and stinan and ana II VII & be
hard to find better quartet In the colieses ,pra
fss Feet Is sns oSer eass Murphy to
a much higher figure before the interGolieSlates.
has m Bet to Se, ada Ses1 sx under uTPy
guidance. Sheldon and Beck St course leae 2n0aS @
at Yale. expects TO win the lnterSolssiafe aye
this a shot put, and is WORKING nafu- ne
lready has the nterna tional amateur record
Stman at the hammer throw is among tne in19.
powerful men in the colleges, and should WIN I'r
The correspondence. between the Yale-Harvarl
pubiished this week in 'The Yale Alumni weekly.
The Americans T ste 1eTn 5ssfs 'hf
andtwentyyard dash, yaNTo None Of these how
ever e snSe We're ens Satisfactory to Enghmen The
meet will be confined TO the following: One-hun-
iI yns 1spyard hurdles high and broad jumps
and throwing the hammer; The M a reasons gwen w by
the issiesd Of july can now be definitely
stated. Their letter says;
We do not think 1t is possible FOR US 70 have
of July Our sessions do not end until June IS. and
the university cricket ms1fh In which one member
may possibly play does no. @ take place until nth, July
August l. We should greatly prefer a date about
a. or to se On sn esef sha Keen IN
them together, which appears TO be your difficulty
Consider whether this is an insuperabe difficulty
and whether there Is anything that makes Sep
M SO much easier TOR us that we beg that this point
be most carefully considered before asked To
to arrange meeting In the month OF July
While both Yale and Harvard viii probably lose
one moro men In consequence OF the late date