The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-05
RHODES SCHOLARS CAUSE STIR.
Athletic Success at oxford Brings on q
WOrdy War.

Athletic success at oxford Brings on q
wOrdy War.
The good work Of the American Rhodes
scholars at Oxford University in the domain
Of track and field sports has attracted q lot
OF attention to this class Of students In Eng
land and quite q controversy has arisen
about them Of late. Englishmen have awak-
\ ened to the fact that the foreign athletes
at Oxford are asserting themselves in athletic
sports. but especially those from America
and the English colonies. In the recent
intervarsity match between Oxford and
Cambridge Young. Stevens and schutt scored
effectively for the Dark Blue. Stevens's
performance with the 10 pound hammer
broke all former records, as the former Yale
man sent the missile I4e feet 0 inches. and this
Is. feet further than the old Oxford Cam
bridge record Of 1888 feet 3 inches. made by
O. H. Hales. Cambridge. Is far back as 1874.
This throw byHaies was made with unlimited
ruin aud follow.
Speaking OF the prominence OF American
athletes al: Oxford and the Rhodes scholar
controversy. "old Blue" makes some hitting
remarks: But is this any new thinsG A glance
at the Oxford and Cambridge records win
Of the Rhodes scholar. Americana. Canadians.
New Healanders, DO, have won fame on the
bank Of both Isis and sns. CAM in large numbers lumber,
scholars always represent one side which
only " short time back Indignantly repudisted
the general idea that Oxford had . monopoly
of colonial students. And Cambridge boasts
members to date. Clearly. thsrefore. The
various Cambridge sporting clubs, are not
in. such sUOhb ssr f0 .S SSss sft En- all Iitb For %o II i s, Sely
graduates and quite as many colonial stu
dents, in evidence. the .varsities' chances are
practically equal in athletic fray.
What In more. the lpO6-O7 records 40 far
matter Of fact Cambrids &c has more than held
o1ford.. ' TSs ssnt ieGain' us sa his pRTsss II IN
s sSoHs0' sna Te@srt shs .fo fsoe out o ta's GTfGsd'ys
scholar. EzsetlE: and why not5 They are
equally prominent In the schools. : by the
way. Had there been any suspicion Of. their
p psTposes eess h amP Ssee SOMETIMES sl@RIS IG Che a oase h
A AaSi Z Rave ! am e1i sGFfY to Is saK- Is, rs saoS sr ssSSes.
noM indulges ip such. but certain cembridgs
sonsHr,ia them to crude Vspld sentimenl
iii is seriously stated that Il a, Rhodes
qualified q a professional. And this. II You
given In accordance with Mr.. Rhodes's eIam aae
t ass'I ssn sisaasH'x xSS e es9IstIs df'tRSsiG s goqs En-.
a We sites { AatAhietioo i P%rooedure Si"Y IT, so u Bis
Joke is 4 peer enc; II not why talk unad-
distin guished American athlete. now In this
country and he laughed the idea to .scorn.
! !oI I:IiSlnG .S 0n,cisl o Tb our l. GEn A r.t 4; 4 wa;
only hone many Rhodes scholars will COM
pete at Manchester this year For the rest.
the ban for sImllcr petty reasons how many
would escape a whipping on both sides Of the
Atlantic?
fancy some o. these, agETieyed ones are only
having their little joke, Yet another equally !
absurd objection to the Rhodes, scholars
most ali the Rhodes scholars are graduates
in their own country before going UP to Or |
ford: Let that previous period be reckoned
the Rhodesians viii not be eligible to repre-
sent the university for more than two years
At the most i d SssaTs natter m..a a BIZ Nhat =
graduate. Of course. and rem.ins such until
he hem tSsss s nss ee Sss tn. Sh soIo N 1he ntme o.
status got to do with matters' Then the
preset ent gentlemen insist that the. powers
To toa FATHER n ' younger men instead q Srsduates
uuest Trustees know their own business best.
entitled to make upon that point: But.
speaking. frankly. y much younger fellows
were 50 IGNORED they world have seriously
nursery Rovernesses also. am deeply
sorry that any such. questions have been de-
,bsted at all, Y looks as n the Csntabs were
case. And I those responsible for the above
stat emen knew. what the ordinary Cam
man think Of them we should be
that we shall not be- |