Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-07

100 yard dash with Hargrave, the 40
yard dash with Boardman, the hurdles
with Clapp and the high jump with
SPEAKER Harvard has only TO win a
single first. according to this outline
TO assure victory TO the American
team As Haryard's two hammer
throWers are, on a basis Of past rec
ords. able 10 do this, / believe the
gaines win go against the Brltlshers.
one Of the odd features OF the meet
Is that the conditions OF 1899, when
Yale and Harvard visited England, are
exactly reversed In respect 10 the point
winning ability Of the American teams.
Harvard was the only American scorer
In England. winning four flrsts, while
Yale won none. This year the Blue is
practically sure Of four events, while
Harvard has but one in sight. The
English athletes arrived in Boston re-
Gently and went to Canada 10 compete
against the men OF Toronto and Mcglll
universities. The personnel OF the WIS.,
TORS Is az follows; one hundred yards,
Hind and Churchill; quarter mile. Cor
nish and Barclay: half mile, Workman
and Cleave mile, Cookshott and Greg
son; two miles, Workman. Dawson and
McNaughton; hurdles, GARNER and
Allcock high jump. Cornish and Hen
derson hammer throw, May and Hen
derson.
Englishmen are, as a rule, better per-
formers In long distance events than In
dashes This was noticeable In the last
International meet held In 1899 in Eng
land, British runners capturing all |
long tests, II. W. Workman is one OF |
the ablest runners In the United King |
dom, and his work in the half mile win |
make American competitors do their |
best Workman is president of the |
Cambridge Athletic club. Beginning |
with a victory in the public schools |
mile championship Of 1897 Workman |
has a long string Of victories to his |
credit speed and stamina being shown |
by the fact that AT any distance from
a quarter Of a mile to three miles his |
performances are equally meritorlous |
Americans had taste Of Workmans
quality In the international match two |
years ago. when he won the three mile
in l5m, 2ls He first ran the half UNI
der two minutes at the Trinity sports
in 1898 and afterward reduced his rec.
ord to I'm. 50 los. In the Cambridge
handicap. At the Cambridge sports In
1899 he brought his figures for the dis
tance down TO I'm. 6ss. This season his
work has been even more brilliant He
won the half mile at the Cambridge
sports in I'm. 81 35s and week later
defeated the best London Athletic club
man in dual meet In one-flfth OF
second slower time
J. h. Cleaye. Brasenose college, Ok
ford. is great half miller. though re-
Gently developed His best perform
ance prior to the last intervardty meet
was Pm. l lbs. He proved one of the
surprises at the intervarslty meet
March 29. when he sailed home an easy
winner by five yards from J. Gilman,
Jesus college. Cambridge. IN I'm. SO 2-5s.
The Cambridge man had a record Of
i'm. IS lbs. for the distance, and his de-
feat attcsts the merit OF Cleayes time.
Which was made under unfayorable
conditions.
The long jump Is probably the event
about which clusters the greatest
doubt. Neither Yale nor Harvard has
men who are certain to make a strong
showing.
L. ]. Cornish, the winner at the inter-
varsity sports, Is a consistent perform
or. His best record In the long jump is
% feet inches, and on several occa-
sions he has cleared over % feet. Mel
Their Of the other Englishmen has clear
ed % feet, and Cornish will probably
be the only one TO beat c. ID. DAILY of
Harvard cleared % feet 3 inches against
oxford and Cambridge 10 1899, but IL
now West Point cadet. At the Har-
vard-Yale games J. II. shlrk won for
Harvard with q feet II inches with A.
w, Ristine Harvard, second, with p
| feet inches. Ristine was the only one
to show prominently at the intercollegi.
ate games and he only took second