The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-17
Finishing Practice for Track
Games With Representatives
of Oxford and Cambridge.
WELL SUITED BY WEATHER.
Trainers Hope to Overcome Diff
culties Experienced in Pre-
viOus Internationl Uni
versity Contests.
SPECIAL ny CABLE To THE -. LOUIS RE
PCBLlCA AND THE NEW YORK; liEL:ALA

PtjBLliitc AND T HE; NEW W ofk iiIfii:tksLEDH
Luadon. July le.-,Copyright. lsJiJ-laIe
and Harvard athletes. who are To enter
into friendly rivalry with representative
Of Oxford and Cambridge universities a
fortnight hence at Greens Cub, West
hehsinston. had a pleasant passage by the
White Star steamer TeutOnic, watch got
into Liverpool Thursday morning.
Instead Of stopping in London and finish
ing their preparation at the Queens Club
track, as WAS expected, the teams went on
to Brighton. where they will remain until
the day of the contest.
The boys did not reach the south coast
resort until 3 O'Clock OH Thucsd.y after
noon, but they lost no time in getting 10
Work, as within u couple OF hours Of their
arrival at the Hotel Metropole their train
ers, Messrs. NJ. Murphy and j. Graham.
had the teams busIiy Engaged on the
Preston Park track.
The boys are all In good condition. and
The very best of heath ana spirits. which
were not interfered with in the least by
their voyage. the trip having been Of the
pleasantest-
They spoke OF their forthcoming match
Win much enthusiasm, ana. II confidence
mas anything to do with it, outcome, they
should Win easily. They are simply fun
or It. They look upon winning tin hun
ured-yard dash. the l3b-yard hurdles and
the hammer for certain. and hope to an
mex some OF the other events, including
the quarter and half mile and The pol,.
ana lons jumps. which they regard as he
ing open: but they do not fancy their
chances greatly in the mile anc two-Ipi o
events.
american university boys said Mr..
Murphy, Yale's trainer. do not shine
greatly over here in races of a milo and
upward 1t Is very seldom we get Xoou
men at those distances. but when We do
ana tney are brought over here the eli
mate or something or other seems to up
Set them.
FAIL OF SECOND WIND.
For Instance. on the las; visit OF Yale
and Harvard to England, the American
universities had some very good material
to represent them. but they proved disap-
pointing, and did not by any means show
up to their best form. 1t is rather strong,
nut nevertheless a fact that on that occa-
SION all or them told me they failed to get
what you would call their second wind.
We were beaten on the visit referred
TO-, continued Mr.. Murphy, but we
present match to get a win 10 the good. !
'Thi weather suits the boys 10 n nicely, |
ana II 1t ally keeps like il is to-day, we
shall hav0 nothing absolutely TO com
plain of.
Il should like. however. to be a little |
more certain as to whether the leg of AIR.
f.. J. C!app has quite recovered from tho
injury it received at the intercollegiate |
sports in America on May IS"
The Yale captain assured The Republic
Herald correspondent yesterday that his
ieS was all right again. though it was no.
tlceabie during practice that Mr.. Clapp
lavored 1t somewhat. Unfortunately. it is
the leg that tho Yale hurdler lands on
.iter jumping. end it therefore behooves
him to use care.
Both the Oxford and Cambridge repre-
who are to oppose the Amerl-
ans have been making the best OF their
line during the week. Light Blues have
oeen using Fenner's track for their prac-
Ice and the Oxonians have been doing
heir work on Queens Club grounds. Yes,
.erday most of the British university men
we're on view. Messrs. q. lie Blanc Smith
I. CORVALLIS. II. W. Gregson, H. -
Holding. H. W. Barclay J. Churchill, G.
Cleech and F. 3. Wilson were ali ri
practice. though nothing in the nature of
rails took place.
The Americans were expected at Queens
Iiub Yesterday. and n good many people
VINO visited the fashionable Kensington
were greatly disappointed at
heir nonappearance.