Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-12
American Rhodes Scholar
Defeats COuntrymen.
kansan Takes Hammer Throw
In University Contest
Four Events GO 10 U. S. Colleglans
and Five To British Teams.

was the scene today of the most eX-
citing contest in its long history, when |
oxford and Cambridge defeated Har-
ward and Yale III the fifth meeting oi
the Oldest universities of the two ma
ttons. The climax was dramatic IN the
extreme. each nation having won two
meetings and each had to its credit
four of the events of todays meeting
The struggle for supremacy depended
upon the last event which was the
one-mile race.
\ British sporting gathering such
as that of today is usually of the up
per class and this was purely uni
versity assemblage in atmosphere, be
cause the admission had teen purpose
ly been kept high enough to exclude
the masses Until the mai event there
was no demonstration of any kind
nothing hut q moderate amount OF APP
pause for the winners. But when six
young athletes toed the mark for the
crucial test silence fell over the scene,
followed by wild demonstration when
Baker of Kings College Cambridge
running clever race. sprinted In
winner by five yards from Moore of
oxford who was second and Lawless
of Harvard, third. The time was
AZ % Baker. who Will be forever IL
mstrious in the annals of the light
blues, was carried eff the field on the
shoulders of his comrades, while the
band played God Save the King" 1t
was such an upToar as might have
been witnessed at some American
meeting.
The two teams were remarkably
evenly matched. The Americans had
practically walkovers in the jumps
and hurdles. The hammer throw was
conceded to the oxford Rhodes sehel-
ar, Putnam of Kansas. but they count
ed on a fair proportion of the runs,
That the Englishmcn took four out OF
five of these, including the one mile
and the two miles. confirmed the fears
that the climate might weaken the
staying powers of the Americans. The
latter. as usual. appeared more highly
strung and more nervous than their
riva1s The records as a whole were
only average for a collegiate meet.
No unpleasant Incidents married the
meeting and all conceded that the
Americans are good sportsnen- Col
lege cries by groups of Americans and
college songs. notably Hail Columbia
By the University of California Glee
Club enliYened the occasion.
Speaking of the results tonight.
Richard G. Floyd. the Harvard mana
ger. who was in general charge of the
Americans, said:
The English distance runners de-
feated US. This goes 10 show as it has
so often done that it is hard for dis
lance runners to cross the ocean and
keep in the best of form under radi-
cally different climatic conditions
However, we do not offer any excuses.
We hoped to win the odd NVent and are
disappointed that we did not. Never
theless we have had a splendid time
and have been treated perfectly"
J. A. Carson, the Yale manager, said:
eve depended upon winning the
hammer throw and the 100-yards
When these We're taken away we could
not win The men worked their hardest
and gave all that was in them. Per-
haps if Kelly had not injured his an
kle the result might have been the re-
verse He suffered a great deal, but
pluckily ran
The summaries:
Hammer throw. won by G. E. Put
nam. Gichrist church, oxford, an
sas. Putnam made Isl feet. inches.
Childs. 14o feet. 7 inches; Cable, 157
feet. 10 inches: Bower of Cambridge,
1870 feet. 6 inches.
120-yard high hurdles. won by George
A. Chisholm of Yale. George B. Cum
mings of Harvard. second Time. Is IS
seconds. P, R. o'Rourke Phillips OF
Pembroke College. Cambridge. was
-
College, Oxford, fourth.
Running high jump-Won by Wooster
Canheld Of Yale whose mark was feet
IL 3-S inches. Albert D. Barker, Har
ward. was second with feet 10 3-5 inches.
Later Garfield made 6 feet So inch.
100 yards daeh-Won by Duncan Mac
Milan Trinity. Cambridge. Time, 10 10
seconds. Alfred Reilly of Yale was sec
ond
Half mile run-Won by b. NJ Preble,
Harvard Anderson oxford. second. JAG
ques, Harvard third. Time, one minute,
81 Is seconds.
Running broad iump-Won by John Il.
Holden. Of Yale, % feet ! inches J.
r. Fitzpatrick. Yale. second p feet IL
inches; ~. }. sus kind, Pembroke. Cam
bridge. third = feet inches u. J. J.
Hartley Merton, oxford, fourth, II feet
j - ibches.
Two mile Won BY L Gowan Tay-
lor. Pembroke Oxford c. II. Porter. Bras
memo. ozford second Paul r. Wthing
ton, Harvard, third: William + Ryan,
Harvard, fourth. Time, 8 minutes, % IS
Seconds. ~
Quarter mile run-Won by r. G. Elaek
Pembroke, Cambridge; Duncan MacMil-
Ian, Trinity, Cambridge. second Joen II.
stewart, Jr.. Ys.e third ;. Herbert W. Kel-
ley. Harvard, fourth Time 40 SIS sec
onds.
One mile run-Won by Philip J Baker
Kings, Cambridge W. c. Moore. Exeter.
oxford, second IT, r. Lawless. Harvard,
third. Time. 427 80
BURNS WE'RE FATAL.