Evening star., 1908-01-11
Yankees Have Won Two Out Of
Three Meets.
COMPETE IN LONDON STADIUM
Rough Riding in New Orleans
Races-Doherty to Play Tennis
Again-Base Ball Notes.

Cambridge. representing England. and
Yale and Harvard, as the standard pear
ers of Uncle Sans varsity athletics. The
last dual meet Of this nature was held
at the Queens Club grounds in London
July q, 1904 and was won by the Ameri-
can contingent. six events to three
Since then several attempts have been
made to bring the athletic teams of the
leading universities of the old and new
world together again, but without sue
cess Some unavoidable objection, whieh
could not be eliminated, each time cropped
up to bar the project. Now however,
there are indications that the scheme VIII
materialize. and that what promises 10
be q most brilliant year in American col
lege athletics will have as climax an
international track and field meet in the
great Olympic stadium now being bulit
dust outside the city Of London
Just how far the plans OF the promo.els
have advanced cannot be ascerta1ned at
the present time 1t is known. however
tha. some correspondence has passed De-
tweef, the college athletic authorizes IN
terested, and that the general schene
for the conducting Of the meet Is gradual
ly maturing So far as the plans nave
been completed 1t is proposed to hold the
NEE. in the olympic stadium. propaply
about August ]. 1908. BY that time the
the great athletic carnival for which the
stadium is being built will have peen
completed, and will leave the coiieglans
of the two countries with free neld
should the project become reanty. 90
far as can be learned. the English uni
versities are extremely desirous that the
meet should be held. and are urging their
american rivals to complete the oetaIls
for thA same as soon as possible: A ma
j6rity OF the Oxford and Cambridge ath-
Ietes who can be considered as available
material \for such- team will be IN eX-
celfent condition, owing to their prob
able participation as English representa-
xives in the Olympic meet :
May Be q Glitch"
There IS likely. however, to be hitch
in the American end of the arrangements
because bf the unsettled method in vogue
in the past for the selection of the Yale
Harvard team. Two plans for the Sc
lection of the American competitors ap-
pear to have been tentatively broached.
One was based upon the outcome OF the
Yale-Haryard dual meet which is held
annually, and the other was to pick
team in some manner resultant upon the
showing of, the two colleges in the inter-
colfexiate games. Neither method seems
10 be exactly in accordance with Har-
ward ideas. An equal representation
from the athletic ranks of both universe
tiNDs appears to be the solution of the
znIkfer as advanced IN Cambridge cir
cN8. II this matter can be arranged sat
isfAetorify thefe appears to be no, reason
why the international meet as proposed
should not be held.
It IL thought that the coming summer
In exceedingly propitious for such an
event al the athletes from all parts of
the world will be present in London dur
1nG July to attend the great interna-
t1onaI Olympic games. Representatives
Of Oxford and Cambridge win undoubted-
1xrf tad tn fnru ,o~f of Emo Q
track team and the same is probably
true Of Yale and Harvard in relation to
the American combination. According to
the general announcements of the men
in charge of the team which will repre-
sent this country the American athletes
will be selected as the result of COM
petitive tests. which will be open to all
amateur athletes in the United States.
This will open a field for the collegiaps
and undoubtedly a portion of the ath-
letes Of this class. who compete, will sue
ceed In making the team. t
Harvard and Yale men are said to be-
heve that their undergraduates will secure
q fair share Of these places, which would
materially lessen the expense OF sending
a dual team abroad. Those who made
the American team would be sent at the
expense of the Olympic committee and
only such men as were thought necessary
to bolster up tho Harvard-Yale combine
would have to go to England on the funds
OF their respective athletic associations.
exceedingly well for the two universities
this year in connection with the proposed
trip. Both Harvard and Yale appear to
possess material for track teams of more
than usual strength. and the supporters
OF the two universities are said according
to ono Harvard athletic authority to have
nothing to fear regarding the outcome OF
such a test of speed and endurance as the
program would call for.
Record Favors Americans.
The records preserved here show that
the first international meet OF this char
acter was held in 1S98 and was won by
oxford and Cambridge. Ave events TO
four. The second contest was won by
Yale and Harvard In 1901. when the
Americans captured first place in six of
the nine contests that formed the card.
During the following two years there was
no meeting between the four big colleges.
out In 1904 Yale and Harvard selected a
team which went to England and de-
feated their English cousins by the same
score that won the previous meet AS the
score stands at present the American col
ieges have won two out of the three
meets. In 1904 at the last meeting of the
Two dual teams the Americans won the
100 and 40 yard runs, the high and broad
jumps the 120-yard hurdle race and the
hammer throw. The Oxford and Cam
bridge collegians OF that year captured
o iouSei utStaHSe runs, which were the
half mile. mile and two-mile events.
The results of the competition in this.
the latest set Of games, were as follows:
Toward dash-W. A. Schick. Harvard.
0!9 As; 12O-yard hurdle race. f. ]. Clapp.
Yale. o.i0 4-5: 440-yard rum E. ]. Dives
Harvard, O49 As; SSO-yard run n, r
Hoiding. Oxford. 1.56 Is; one-mile run.
II. w. Gregson, Cambridge. 4al 10: two,
mile run, NJ. II. Godby, Oxford. 90
running broad jump, L. T. SheffieId
Yale, II feet, 104 inches: rlnnine
higsi jump. g. F. Victor, Yale. o fee
70 inch: sixteen-pound hammer throw. #
L. Shevlin. Yale. 152 feet inches Ii is
thought that should the meet be held the
program viii be composed OF the same
events. although this is only surrnise
IL Is said that the meet as proposed will
not interfere with the Olympic games. as
1t VIII take place later I'm the summer. and
the stadium will be utilized, simply be.
cause II Is more suitable scene for the
games. In place OF the Queens Club
course. where the last meeting was held
four years ago. Furthermore II is Under.
stood that the proposed meeting received
its conception in England and it is ex.
tremeiy doubtful If the Oxford and Cam.
bridge athletic authorities would have
proposed any such event IL 1t had beer
antagonistic to the English Olympic com
mittee ideas. So far as America is con
raised because the country will be rep
resented by an athletic team at ths
Olympic games proper. and in all prob
ability several Harvard and Yale ath
letes will succeed in winning places or
that particular team. In fact. IL would dt
no harm to the plans Of either body 4
rhe team as selected by Yale and Har