The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26
OXFORD RELAY
FOUR WINS, BUT
ONLY BY INCHES

special events swung to the side OF the
Westernsrs when ~. Butt Of Illinois car
red ON the discus throw.
The rain which began before the FIRST
event and continued with n slight In
PERMISSION throughout the day seemed TO
preclude all chance OF records being
.t-oken. Vet one was established when
.Jorizas. the strong man OF Penn. won
,e tavelin throw with 1853 feet Sk inches.
Whether this will stand as collegiate
record IL not sure, as the Greek was using
his national or free style when making
his throws. Cornell provided a surprise
by taking the high Jump with Morrison,
who also finished third In the broad jump.
Yale won the hammer throw with Lough-
ridge and the shotput went as expected.
to Beatty OF Columbia.
The West confined Its efforts In the
championship relay races TO the two miles
and with such good effect that In this
race, where the biggest field went to the
post. both frst and second places were
taken away from the Fasteners. II was
n fight to finish as TO whether Illinois
should have the premier honor. the former
carrying of the palm through the efforts
Of Sanders, who surprised the form
students by starting his relay three yards
behind Han. the quarter mile champion.
and beating him out In the run down the
stretch by a bare yard.
Only three came to the post for the
TntIe CnHUlplpnsHiD. WHICH,. uHtlI tHt Uu-
vent OF the International contest was the
feature of these games. Penn. despite
the absence of the Olympic champion.
Meredith had many supporters against
the admittedly strong team from Harvard.
There was rouslng cheer from the Penn
section of the stands when Ferguson. one
Of the Red and Blue substitutes, rushed
, TO the front at the top OF the stretch and
finished the first relay a yard ahead OF
Harvard and Cornell.
Cross took up the running and the
Ouakcrs were Just prepared to cheer
again as he was coming through In the
stretch, when he stepped on the curb
In trying to pass Lewis OF Cornell and
fell down He was on his feet quickly.
but Harvard had a lead OF twenty yards
when Rock turned his baton over to Bling
ham and Penn's chance was hopeless.
Lockwood cut down the lead little. but
Barrow. the Harvard crack, had lead
Of Is yards on Don Lippincott. the Penn
star, and only had to canter to win in
3:e23 as.
The rain stopped for while while
the championships were being run. but
came on again to greet the Englishmen
as they trotted out for the four miles.
Thousands had come late with the sole
idea of seeing the team, which may be
considered n worlds one, for under the
I oxford banner, besides A. N. e. Jackson
and u. S. Gaussen. were enlisted Norman
Taber a Rhodes student from Brown
University. and G.. NJ. Sproule. who
through the benefaction of Cecil Rhodes.
went TO oxford from Australia. There
miles. except that they served to dash
the hopes OF those who depended Gil Cor
nell to beat the Englishmen.
Sproule trotted away in the lead for
Oxford and led at the end of the FIRST
quarter. He Ia essentially a long distance
man. with rather high arm action. After
leading for the first quarter Sproule gave
way to Soudar and the Cornell man led
at the half Penn State then took a hand
in the game for the frst and only time
and Entwistle was leading at the three
quarters. Bacon of Penn and Soudar had
q tilt in the last quarter that carried them
away from Sproule. but the Australian
came pluckily and turned the running
over to Gaussen only Ave yards behind
Bacon. while Penn State was another Ave
yards back. two yards In front of Cornell.
The mile was run in :33
II was the race between Langner OF
Penn and Ganssen OF Oxford that showed
the helplessness OF Cornell. They trav-
elled along at a good pace. with Langner
In the lead and Ganssen at his shoulder
Tor the full mile leaving Cornell thirty
yards in the rear. The leader made this
mile in I IA.
Taber made the better pickup. and with
Madeira at his heels started Off for wN'
turned out to be by far the best mile OF
the day. He ratified on the first quarter
in 81 3-5 seconds and kept pounding away
with such vgor that In the third quarter
he began to show the effect OF the fas
work over the dead going by more
labored style. Behind him all the tim.
was the lanky Quaker. following the trai
with the tireless persistence OF hungry
wolf.
a.
even break with her own best miller from
Brown. but Madeira was unawed by thu
prowess OF Taber. and mighty shout
went UP as he tackled the Oxon!an com
ing round the top turn. The electrifyng
cheers spurred on the wearer OF the Blu,
and his swift progress down the stretch
was accompanied by a deafenng roai
twelve yards in front of Jackson. having
covered his mile in the remarkable tim'
Of <.22 40.
A stiffness that could almost be Eel
seized on the crowd as the magnihcen
stride OF the English captain lessened thu
distance between himself and the las
hope of Penn. In less than a furlong h
had regained the ground lost by Table
and WAS treading on the heels Of McCurdy
1t was when the last lap began that tn
spectators realized there was still
chance to beat the British Lion. for tn
okr0ru captain iVil u W'EIlth iboh as ~
went outside OF McCurdy at the beginning
of his final effort
The Quaker refused to yield an inch o
ground and kept his rival on the outs!d
all the way round the turn up 70 IN
back stretch. and stM had Ia n frht
ing for the lead as they turned into tn
stretch. The wonder grew when McCurd!
was seen to forge ahead az they straight
ened out for the last desperate dash ant
turned TO fear when Jackson snatchod m
lead away as the pair bumped togethe
twenty yards from home.
Then came McCurdy's last despairinl
leap after the waverng Briton before III
men were engulfed In the crowd. Th
final mile was run In :35 10 Jaekso
had to be assisted from the field, Will
the plucky Quaker made his own way I
the dressing room. The summaries;
CHAM PIoNsHIPS
Two Mile College Relay--Won by iii
nois' with W Goetitz, ii. Topping. y Hen
dsrson and H. sanders; Michigan, second
with Murphy Lamey. Jansen ana Ham
Chicago. third. with /. Campbell c. Stout
q. Leisure and II, Stegmnn. Dartmouth
fourth; PRINCETON NTH; Colby, sixth. an
Pennsylvania, seventh. Time. minute
seconds.
One Mile Freshman-won by Pennsyl
vania. with kaufman. Dorsey, Balloon an
Stout: Dartmouth. second, with y. Iaga,
T. Mcclure, d. Trenholm and w. Allison
Time. 8 minutes 20 As seconds
one Mile Preparatory Schools-Won b
Exeter, with l.. Williams. Jr, r. Radfort
J. Walker. IT. Snd NJ Orr; Me1Gsrshur.