The age-herald., 1901-09-26
AMERICAN PACE
 WAS TOO SWIFT English Athletes Badly Beaten
 on BerkeIy Oval POINTS WERE SIX TO THREE  In the Field Events the Boys From Harvard and Yale Had 1t All Their Own Way-Some
 Great sprlnting.
POINTS WERE SIX TO THREE

New York, September 25.-The athletes of Yale and Harvard met the athletic representatives of Oxford and Cambridge Universities today at Berkley Oval in track and field events, and as was ex- pected, the brawn and muscle of the American collegians proved too much Tor the visitors, the Americans winning SIX out of the nine events on the pro- gramme. One point was counted for each win, so that the Harvard and Yale men defeated their English opponents by a score of six points to three.
 Better weather conditions could not have been desired, as during the greater part of the afternoon the athletes were favored by warm sunshine and cool breeze which blew down the home stretch but was not strong enough to aid the flight of the runners.
 Between the American universities honors were equally divided, Harvard and Yale each winning three events The oxford representatives failed to gain point for the visiting team, the light blue of Cambridge being in front in all three contests which were won by English men.
 The Hurdle Race.
 The greatest race and closest contest of the day was the 120-yard hurdle race Garnier of Oxford and Converse of liar yard had the issue between themselves from the crack of the pistol. To the eighth hurdle they were abreast several yards in front of Allcock of Cambridge and Clap of Yale
 Going over the last hurdle Converse gained a couple of inches, and as he threw his hands up at the tape the Harvard man was barely six inches in front Of Garnier. the time being 15 S-5 seconds.
 Hargrave of Yale won the 100-yard dash in 10 2-5 seconds by about a yard.
 In the half-mile run Franchol of Yale won the toss for pole position, but as Workman of Cambridge wished to try for a record the Yale man conceded the po- sition. Workman was unable to break the record of 1 :53 2-6 established by c. P. Fitzpatrick six years ago in the interna- tional games at Manhattan. Workman won very handily, w. Cieve of Oxford second in 1:55 3-5. just PIE seconds behind the record
 Rust of Harvard won the quarter-mile
  his closest attendant. neither of the En- glishmen being able to get on even terms with the flying leaders at any stage of the game.
 In the one mile run Cawthra, Cock shot and Gregson, all of Cambridge, held the lead between them into the last lap. Knowles of Harvard then made his eff fort, but the best he could do was to pass Cawthra, who immediately dropped l back Clerk of Harvard running into fourth place. They ran in this order into | the stretch with Cockshot twenty-five | yards ahead. So far as the American runners were concerned they never had a ghost of show, as Cockshot won cas- fly, while Gregson, his club mate, finish ed five yards in front of Knowles, who made a plucky effort.
 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 Feel of Yale running as named. There was no change in these positions during .Ae first mile. but in the second mile MacNaugh- ton and Feel were out of It. Workman was running well within himself and without faltering for a second he went on and won by forty yards Mills and Swan fighting 1t out for second honors with Dawson fourth, three yards back. Field Events.
 In the field events the Americans had 1t all their own way. May of Oxford caused a good deal of surprise by his exhibiion with the 16-pound hammer. His first throw was 119 feet 2 inches, but his second attempt was 12S feet inches gaining second place 10 W. A. Boal of Harvard, who won with a throw of 136 feet inches.
 Spraker of Yale carried off the honors in the running high jump, as we'll as in the running broad jump. In the high jump Herman of Harvard tied Spraker at 61k inches. The bar was then raised one inch and Spraker cleared it, Herman failing to get over. G. H. Smith of Cambridge dropped out of the contest after clearing five feet 101h inches and Henderson of Oxford, who also took part in the running broad jump and hammer throwing contests, was fourth with a jump of feet inches.
 Spraker won the running broad jump with jump of 22 feet inches, Ristine of Harvard being second with 21 feet 4 inches. Henderson cleared 1s feet g