Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-23
Harvard Took the
 100 Yard Dash.
Yale Captured the High Jump. Victor Making a Rise of Over Six Feet Big Crowd in Attendance Saw Americans Captured 6 of 9 Events.

London, July 23.-The keen interest of the English people in the interna- tional sports between Harvard Yale and Oxfordy Cambridge was shown by the early hour at which the throngs of spectators began to arrive at the Queens club grounds, West Kensing- ton. Before 3 o'clock the stands began to fill and by 8:25, when a pistol shot warned the participators in the first event to get ready, the stands had been crowded for long time and masses of spectators had gathered behind the ropes.
 At 3:27 the men appeared for tue 1O0-yards dash, K. w. Barclay ill the light blue of Cambridge, Chapman in the dark blue of Oxford, W. A. Schick, Jr, in the crimson of Harvard, and D. J. Torrey in the dark blue of Yale.
 The runners made the marks amidst the breathless attention of the specta- tors. who had greeted them with ap- lause when they first appeared. The men started at 3:32 D. III.
 Schick won the 1O0-yards dash, with Barclay second. Time 9 4-5 seconds.
 There was considerable applause when the result was known. But the crowd waited for the time to be an nounced. Slowly the British flag was hauled down from the pole, leaving the American flag flying.
 Barclay got away first, but ScEck caught him after thirty yards, passed him and held the lead to the end Schick's time, 9 D seconds, equalled his previous record for the same dis tance
 At 3:37 the one-mile race began, with Welsh and H. W. Gregson, both Eng l lishmen, in the lead Gregson increased his lead at the half mile and won. O.. lC. H. Hamilton, Oxford, was second; Welsh. Cambridge, third and F. l.. Ol- colt and Hill, both of Yale, came in last. Time, 4 minutes, 21s seconds, The mile race was never in doubt from the start off.
 The spectators then turned their at tention to the high jump. England was represented by E. E. Leader and Doorly, both of Cambridge, and Ameri- ca by c. F. Victor of Yale. At $40 the men appeared in the field and immediately began the tries. Victor won the high jump. Leader was second and Doorly was third. h Vietor's best jump was $ feet B inch
 After being declared the winner Victor continued Jumping, but failed to better his record.
 Cambridge second.
 l Shevlin of Yale won the hammer throw and Glass of Yale was second. l In Shevlin's first throw the hammer
 was gent 152 feet inches, his second was 145 feet 115a inches and his third | 150 feet 115 inches. Spicer of Cam l bridge was second on the first throw but Glass of Yale beat him out on the l two next throws. Tomlinson of OK
 ford never had chance. The best l throw Glass made In the trials was 125 feet 11A inches In the second I trial and Ill feet z inches in the third | trial. In the final throw Sheylin l Rhrew the hammer 14S feet 10A l inches. Glass passed all his other ! throws by putting 1t 132 feet 35a inch es. Sheylin was loudly applauded as l he left the field.
 CIapp of Yale won the hurdles in 15 4-5 seconds, beating out Bird of
 Harvard by six inches who beat out 1 Teall of Cambridge by four yards. I Tn the long jump Sheffield of Yale
 won with jump of 21 feet 10A inch l es. Ayers of Harvard was second
 with a jump of 21 feet 9A inches and
 Smith of Oxford was third with a l jump of 21 feet 61a inches.
 Godby of Oxford won the two mile l run i'll minutes and 90 seconds. The I Americans thus won the meeting, talk l ing six events out of nine, they win
 ming the che hundred yard dash, the l quarter mile run, the high and broad 1 jumps, the hurdle race and the ham. l mer throw, while England won the 1 two mile. one mile and half mile
 races.