The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-21
FAST RUNNING NJ COCkSHOTT.
Cambridge Man Govern Half . Nile In
Two Minutes & cornish Disabled.

2 q Cockshott. the crack long-disiance
runner OF the oxford and Cambridge team
ran a half milo yesterday Ia training at
Berkeley Oval that opened the eyes OF the
Harvard men present and emphasized
the fact that the Americans are up against
a hard proposition In all the long-distance
events at the games scheduled for next
" ednssday The Enghshmen, who are
staying AZ the Murray Hill Hotel. went up
TO the Oval on the as O'Clock train in tho
afternoon. and all worked except Cornish
Who h still laid up with the injury be- re-
ceived while taking his initial spin here on
Thursday.
for tho visitors. The truck was heavy from
the resent rain, but the moist and damp
news seemed TO make the Dark and Light
Rlue athletes feel at home. Cockahott %
Cambridge and Cleayo OF Oxford were tho
only ones who went out for speed, aud tho
IAght Blue easily carried Oh the honors,
although they ran only half a mile. which
In Clsa YES favorite distance, while Cuck-
shott prefers a longer route.
When tho men pulled "a their blazers.
several b~ystanders got their watches ready
and. NJ the men started To run. ~ tho
hands going. Geavc was on tho outside
and was practically setting the pace for
C0ckshott. The Cambridge man moved
with an easy style. getting over the ground
without an effort. The pace was SO fast
for the first quarter that many thought
went Oh without letting up, keeping in
close until forty yards from the
finish Of tho half-mile. Then Cockshott
broke away and spnnting ia grand stvle,
crossed the line nearly twenty yards in
front VI Cleaye. who ea-ed when Cockshott
drew away. The time was ? minutes.
A. r. Hind and J. Churchill, sprinters,
and tho Oxford high jumper. q. Howard
smith. practised starts without removing
their blazers Thcy we're Joined 10y Iightner,
the Harvard sprinter. but after his appear
ance among them, Tho Engli-hinan showed
little desire TO run. Hind. the Cambridge
crack, wa slow In getting away from his
mark, hut this appeared to be more from
oareles.ness than anything else, FOR. after
getting away ho only ran about twenty
or thirty yards whilo Lightner generally
ran through for fifty or sixty yardr. Hind
did nothing Yesterday Ia show that he IL
capable Of running lo yards In gt-S seconds,
but II Is the general opinion Of those who
watched him that lac has something up AIS
slecvc. Smith did a little high humping.
scrambling over the bar in the aide stvlr
peculiar TO Englshmcn. at about 5 feet
8 incl-~.
After the visitors had finished their work
the remainder Of IN" Harvard men iuins-i
.shturr OF the track
Tho Englishmcn ara al a disadvantage in
not having a professional trainer with th.m.
While the other mcnbers Of tho team Nern
a. Berkeley oval. J. j Cornish. the man
who va. injured yesterday. was IN bSi al
~" Murray Hil Hotel. practically without
attention pr. Nalscr 81 - hsI Thirty
thiri strset. Examined Cornsh's leg on
THURSDAY night and saId thu, he thought
the athloie might - Able 20 e. on tho track
Yesterday Tho leg wss no batter IN the
murutns and cornish was erpccting an
other visit from Dr Walker when a ~
porter of THr Sus Wa .hown into has
NON lsst hight H." Oxford mar was
very che~rful und-r III. circumstAncs~.
Although 30 fell on his kbe- IA. skin -
only gras~d ITO chief injury apt~Ar~d
- 10 Ia tho uuscle Ola tho ~idv ~ tho leg,
Nhiob d. swollen and make. the hmh very
s'r Cornish erplsin~i hts r,ur I-r-
fo-msnc~ In the hroad jump ~ Montreal
lssf SATURDAY nv sts'ine that TIER ~ss Q
grn-s runSay o. the jump. lie had also