The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-12
BRITISH DEFEAT
j. 8. ATHLE TES
Queens Club Contest One of the
Most Exciting Seen in
Many Years.
CLIMATE AND LONG VOYAGE
AFFECT THE AMERICANS
EngIishmen Take Five Firsts
Out of Nine Events, Win
ming by One Point.

| contest IN It's tpNE history, when oNtOrC
and Cambridge defeated Harvard and
Yale in the ffth meeting OF the Oldest
universities OF the TWO nations
The climax was dramatic IN the cN-
l:cmc Each nation had Won TWO meet
! l0gs and each had TO its credit four OF
| today's events
Victory depended upon the last event
| the one-mile run.
British sporting gatherings. such as
that today. are usually Of the upper class,
and this was purely society assem-
olage Until the final event there was
no demonstration. and only moderate APP
plause ior the winners. When six young
athletes toed thr mark for the crucial
test silence Tcil over the scene. followed
by wild demonstration when Haker OF
Kings college. Cambridge running a
clever race. sprinteG in winner by five
yards from Moore of oxford who was
second, with Lawless OF Harvard third.
Tine, l:2l 30.
Baker Acclaimed Hero.
Baker. who will be forever iilustrious In
the ANIMALS OF the light blues was carried
of the field on the shoulders o! his COM
rades, while the band played God Save
the King" II was such an uproar as
might have been witnessed at some
American meeting.
The two teams were evenly matched,
the Americans practically having walk
overs in the jumps and hurdles, The
ammer-throw was conceded To the OK
ford Rhodes scholar. Putnam OF Kansas.
but the Americans counted upon fair
proportion OF the runs.
That the Englishmen took four out OF
1--WE OF these, including the one-mile and
the two-mile. confirmed the fears that
the climate might weaken the staying
powers OF the Americans.
The latter. as usual, appeared more
,!Igl,s nighiy strung IrrI and nervous fan their
only average for an international meet.
No unpleasant incidents marred the
meeting. and all conceded that the Amer
leans are good sportsmen. College cries
by groups Of Americans and college songs
notably Hail California" by the Univer-
sity Of California Giee club. enlvened the
occasion.
Speaking, of the results tonight Richard
c. Floyd, the Harvard manager, who was
in general charge OF the Americans, said.
THE English distance runners defeated
us. This goes to show. as IL has so often
done, that IT Is hard for distance run
ners 10 come across the ocean and keep
In the best of form under radically diff
ferent climatic conditions. However. we
do not offer any excuses. We hoped TO
win the odd event and are disappointed
that we did not Nevertheless. We have
had splendid time and have been treat
ed perfectly"
j. A. Carson. the Yale manager. said:
1--WE depended upon winning the ham,
mer-throw and the 100-yard events. When
these were taken away we could not win,
The men worked their hardest and gave
all that was in them. Perhaps II Kelly
had not injured his ankle the result might
have been the reverse. He suffered
great deal. but plucl1ily ran
In the first event hammer throw, the
American team was beaten by an Amer
ican. G. =. Putnam of Kansas. Rhodes
scholar at Christchurch. as a member
OF the Oxford Cambridge team. Putnam
inches; Gable, 1877 feet 10 inches; Bower
OF Cambridge. 12o feet inches.
Putnam, as was expected. had an easy
victory In the hammer throw. and his
victory was greeted with mild applause.
The American spectators found consola-
tion In the fact that three first places
went TO the Americans.
Americas Easy Win.
The 120-yard high hurdles was the sec
ond event. G. r. l.. Anderson OF Trim
ity. oxford. had withdrawn and America
made an easy race Of 1t. Half way down
the. course the two Americans. Chisholm
and Cummings. drew ahead without
in splendid style. three yards ahead OF
Cummings. When the time. 10 20 sec
onds. was announced and the American
from groups of American collegians. The
race was beautifully done, no competitor
touching the hurdles
The 1oo;yard ss;; dash was won by Dun
OF Yale, Edward L. Thatcher of Yale
and r. L. Lange OF Oxford following
In the order named,
Macmillan, whose time was 10 1-5 Sec
err was foot behind Reilly. The Brit
ish runners were we'll punched until close
TO the finish. Lange is a Rhodes scholar
In the running high jump both Can
held of Yale and Barker OF Harvard
made feet 10 inches on the first try,
bridge and G. n. Nicholson of Cambridge.
failed The Americans continued, Can
field winning with feet l1s inches.
Summary Of Events.
Hammer throw-won by G. K. Putnam.
Christ Church. oxford, an American
Rhodes scholar from Kansas.
7. l.. O'Rourke, Phillips OF Pembroke
college, Cambridge, was third, and w. l.
F. Macdonald OF New College. oxford,
fourth.
l2o-yard high hurdles-won by George
A. Chisholm OF Yale: ]. G. Cummings OF
award, was second. Time 10 20 seconds.
Garfield OF Yale. whose mark was feet
liz inches; Albert p. Barker OF Harvard.
was second. with 5 feet and inch. Later
Garfield made feet inch.
100 yard dash-Won by Duncan Mac
MILAN, Trinity. Cambridge. Time. 10 1-5
seconds
Fred A. Reilly of Yale was second.
Half mile run--Won by B. NJ Preblc.
Harvard Anderson. oxford. second:
Jaoues, Harvard. third Time. ! minute
81 Is seconds.
Gowan Taylor. Pembroke. Oxford: c. II.
Porter. BTazenesc oxford. second: Paul
X. Wilmington. Harvard. third; William
r. RYAN. Harvard. fourth. Time. Q min
utes 20 l-o seconds.
Running broad jump--Won by John r.
Holden of Yale, The marks were:
Holden, % feet 81 inches; J. r. Kilpat-
rick, Yale. second. II feet 9s inches: NJ.
J. suskind. Pembroke, Cambridge. third.
II feet inches: d. j. J. Hartley, Merton.
Oxford. fourth. 81 feet II inches.
Quarter run-Won by +. c. Black.
Pembroke, Cambridge; Duncan MacMll-
Ian. Trinity. Cambridge. second: John II.
Stewart. Jr.. Yale, third: Herbert w. Kel-
ley. Harvard. fourth. .Tlme 40 4-5 Sec
onds.
One-milo run-Won by Phillip John
Baker, Kings. Cambridge.
w. G. Moore, Exeter. Oxford. second:
II. T: Lawless. Harvard. third. Time,
4:2T 3-5.
The Englishmen won FIVE nrsts Of nine
events.