New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-24
TICTORY VAS EXPECTED.
-imericar Team Wamly Cheered
and Congratulated.
.Ry The Associated rre.sl

London, July -3.-Hale and Harvard vie
tors in the international held to-day the
Queens Club. West KensnStcn- They defeated
oxford and Cambridge in six out OF nine
tests. before immense crowd that never lost
interest In such tedious contest as the
hammer throwing. A mast vas placed on one
side o: the field from which flew American and
British flags. the victory went from one side
to the other 1t finally foated the Stars and
Stripes as official signal OF the success Of tho
Blue and Crimson
When won the high jump and the q-Iarter''
said Payson Dana, manager Of the Harvard team
we had doubt about the result"
The weather suited the Americans spIendidlv
being intensely and the clouds covering the
heavens, occasionally letting faH a light sprinkle
OF rain.
c y. Jackson steward for Oxford and Cam
bridge. sincerely congratulated the Americans He
said: while I anticipated the Americana would
win did not believe 1T would he by six 10 three
Our men In the high jump and quarter were not
up practice form. 30 believe We shall
go over next year. though the matter viii be
considered"
FIRST VICTORY GOES TO AMERICANS
W A shick IT, of Harvard took the hundred.
the opening contest. in 8 As seconds equaing his
best previous record. W. r. Barclay. OF Cam
bridge second. TIE Ensllshman got away
first but shick caught him after thirty yards
passed him. and held the lead 10 the end.
At 3:S7 the mile race began. with Welsh and
IL. w Gregs2n, both Englishmen, In the lca,,.
Gregson incr sased his lead the half mile and
won c. H. Holding. oxford was second c r.
Alcott ara c. b. Hill. both of Yale came in last
The race was never In doubt from the start
Welsh, Cambridge. was third The time
minutes p is seconds.
The spectators then turned their attention to the
high Jump. England represented by r. T.
Leader and Doorly, both of Cambridge and Amer
Tea by G. F. Victor. of Yale. At S:iS the ap-
peared In the field and Immediately began the
tries Victor won the high jump. Leader was
DCnr 1rd Nf.tN
was feet "a inch After being declared the win
ner be continued jumping, but failed better his
record. The high jumpers began with the bar at
. feet inches The two Englishmen went
when the bar at feet lO1s inches.
HOLDING TAKES THE HALF MILE.
The haIf-me followed the high jump II.
CORVALLIS representing Oxford. Holding oxford.
l. b. Parsons Yale and II. b, Young. Harvard.
Parsons got of ahead. but Holding forged past
him and Just passing Corvallis won in an ex-
citing finish in ! minute Sc 10 seconds Young
was third and Parsons last. From the start of the
half-mile the race was never-iR doubt far
as England was concerned the only question be-
ing whether Holding CORVALLIS would be the
victor.
Barclay and Wilson both OF Cambridge; Long
of Yale. and E. j. Dives. of Harvard were the
competitors In the next contest the quarter-ne
run Barclay led for two-thirds of the distance
when Dives. who had been keeping just behind.
forged ahead and won by TWO feet Long was
third
The hammer throw the sixth contest on the
programme. NJ. Spicer, Cambridge: Tomlinson.
Oxford T. L. Shevlin Yale. and E T. Glass. Yale,
were the contestants. Three rounds were thrown.
shevIin won making 152 feet inches in his first
throw l45 feet liz inches in his second and $50
feet l1s inches in his third
Spieer was second in the first round. but Glass
beat him I'm the two subsequent rounds. TomIinson
never had a chance. The best throw Glass made
was 125 feet 1la. inches Spicer's best throw
Ill inches. which he made in the second round
When the fourth round of the hammer throw was