The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-07-23

Upon f1af occasions have English
and American college athletes met
ga International struEEi~a ana nos
on the eve % the third invasion II
England BY an American college
team tie fIfih tsst of supremacy IL
about 20 be made
Twice have Harvard or Yale ath
Ietea Invaded England and ss many
times have oxford aud Cambridge
men come to this side iu quest uf
haunfa At present the result n
even Up 10 consequently Ereaf 20
terest Is manifested not only b.
college uen. but by the afhletirallY
Interested public iu the coming
trials 81 speed and eudurauFe
Since June lt Yale and Harvard
Athletes have been ~ training
table. preparing for the Information
al meet. To wear the university
coI8r abroad on aueh an raaaiou
Is the JroWuIuE glory that can come
20 an afhisfe. and the EnowledEe
that they viii probably compete BE-
fore kiuE Edward and his caHaoft
haz aaHHd romance ta the business
Of winning nraia.
In lksI the FIRST International
track meet vas held on the Queen 8
riah grounds. London where Is Yale
team met Oxford aud eaa defeated
hF a aeHgc 81 Ita to
The year following CawlfifEs
university sent a team to this Hauu
trY o. meet IaIe The latter uni#
vefaItF auu hy e score ~ fu 3 thH
meeting being held AZ Nse Haven
Prior - this tha members ~ The
Cambridge team ln connection WliH
several London Athletic club aif
IrfHa had hEHu alFnuHiF defeated b.
a collection ct star mau af IHaFerH
island s. s. The America athlete
performing under the r1.au ~ The
New York Athletic club
In Isa9 wHht may b. called the
.frzf repre- 6afatIFe International In
fefT1liaEata games aafa held a.
London between Yale Harvard and
oxford Cambridge teams The Eng
liah athlete defeated fhr visitors By
the score 81 90 (
In September 1901 Oxford and
Cambridge sent a team fo this #auu=
try 0nIy % boz defeated ~ team
~ yale Harvard men the score be
Ing s 70 3
4 glance 81 the results shows that
10 each case the home team Won II
does not take physician or a stu
dent 20 figure ont that this ia the
result ~ the climate American
athletes have always complained ~
the ruervatinR effect ~ the climate
Iu England. and the same can Dee
said Of the EnglIshmrn Who come
here
Americans have always been su
nrame in the daahsH and met de-
feat I'm the distance pvcufH The
distance men lose snap and enfu.
rance In England and the zuriHtrra
DO not find their squirt with thru
toward tho finish. after "a short H'ag
across the pond
The longer the time spent IN
I training In England the more ths
climate affects tho visitors Hence
[ It f. advisable 10 remain a. the sea.
shore Hhore che best conditions are
found until the day before the
games
This year tho games win be hold
on the Qucen'H club grounds and %.
I London I8 particularly noted faf Ifa
/ fog aud drpHr Ion on visitors The
/ Invading athletes viii doubtless hf
/ kept away from the big city until
just before the hour set for The
games
Tho events constituting the inter.
national games are the ii1=Farf
sH1.yarI one aud two mile runs the
f0H#vafd dash. lalFard hurdles
broad and high jump and The ham
mrf throw
" A. ghIek. af Harvard ls the
/ intercollegiate champion apr.ufrr
F. r. eiapu. The Yale captain "a
the winner ~ L8Ib the lz1 and ibs
lzazv1rd hurdles 90 tho recent in.
teraoliafIste games - % Parsons
Of Yale. has faHai0d tho IufHr#a.la#
RrIate time Of minute and SIS g.
seconds for fle half mile Thu
are the stars Of the collection Ut