New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-26
ntdtimers Pronounce Race
One of the Greatest Ever
Run on Cinder Path.
HARVARD CAPTURES
THE ONE-MILE TITLE
ur,rois. Michigan and Chicago
Divide the Honors in Two
Vile Championship.
By Herbert
&c. Herbert Daley

vNnsSelphfa. April 25.-Oxford UNI
-.--.v Won tne rour-1iile college to
,,1 Championship Of America on
--.-k',n Field here to-day by the span
- mans hand. by the nerest frso-
-cn q = second.
Ans s. Jackson. winner Of the clss-
~ : seo-r-etre race at the last Olyrn-
~, 1nes. and ". 2. McCurdy. the
yon-hes-ted miller Of tne University OF
PENNSYLVANIA. lunsed across the finish
g.e af-er the last gruelrng mile so
,,,sa together that only the judges
,,-l5 say who broke the worsted IN
t-ort The time was 1905. fast un-
Ter the conditions.
Never. perhaps, has such foot race
beer run IN this OF any other country:
never. IN truth, was such scene Wit
messed as the men struggled through
tie stretch with tired muscles tsnse
ara hearts fairly bursting. Men and
women rose as one n the dripping.
sorrv rain, with nerves stretched 10
TIE breaking point and reason almost
fed Emotions stirred so deeply could
r5t be restrained, and a roar went up
q spontaneous. relieving roar that be-
spoke IN vivid way the excitement that
no longer could be restrained
Theu came the relapse with the out
esne still unknovn-and some faces
we're hlanched and some were burning
rsd
Down 70 the track rushed the crowd
ard swallowed up the runners. Il was
ere wav % give vent 20 feelings. Nc
Curdy vas strong enough 70 good
nsturs6ly hght his way 20 the dress
ing room, but Jackson, close 70 col
zpss, mad TO he helped, almost dragged.
70 a breathing space.
So ended z race that never will be
s1aeed from the minds OF twenty-five
thousand men and women. who sat
through the rain and a programme Of
ff.y-Ave events 70 be repaid By one
Of the greatest struggles IN the annals
Of track and field
Harvard Wins One Mile Title.
Before going any further. II must be
recorded that Harvard captured the one
-.s relay championship from PennsyIa-
"a ard Cornell. and that Illinois ran OF
Eta TIE two-mils t.tle after a bitter fight
sih Michigan and Chicago. Il also must
Eisey Be told that Howard Drew, the
Foacs-trl negro spr1nter. now al the Uni
F'fs.ty o. Southern California, won the
3-yard dash. rornping. IN 10 Is seconds,
and TIE broad jump with leap OF p feet,
While E. " Kelly. the Olympic hurdle
hampton. was hard pressed 10 top the
a-gh hurdles IN 10 3-5 seconds and 10 beat
= Ward O. Chicago, by the proverbial
aoss- Other races there we're OF rare
Merit but they faded into insignifcance
'eiore the real feast Of the day.
4 Iornel, Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania
q STATE were the only colleges 10 send teams
" he mark 70 10 battle with Oxford Uni
'Hsity IN the four-mile relay, and Penn
"Nania was the only one 20 furnish
ate after the first mile. Incidentally,
u
'--A and state bad last.
Was o'clock, with most everybody
sa and impatient, when the big race
j sne but as the runners sped about the
1s1o Track IN the fast gathering gloom
peTt1lng IN the world was forgotten; II
sud not be otherwise. so gripping was
struggle almost from the first jump.
Il VNoro was represented by Sproule. An
4 'usian; Gaussen. an Englishman;
-&0er' ar American and the man who.
sh a. Brown. ran a dead heat with
an Paul Jones at the one mile in the
'ooAegiate games Of 1912. and A. y. s.
a ~son' an Englishman. who ranks with
s greatest milers Of all time They ran
u ne order named.
oAhsylVanla colors were carried by
vi Langner MADEIRA and McCurdy.
ia vel did they prove their speed and
snnng courage.
kSined by the international flavor.
II Go"d vas quickly on edge as the
a - Ot the starters gun sent the first
away Sender, OF Cornell. and Ent-
- OF state. shared In the pace max
-. anu played a prominent part until the
n quarter. when Bacon and little
e drew out in telling sprint TO
n the first mile and pass the pa
1ons 10 Langner and Gaussen' re-
II h.. Thereafter the Cornell and
4 -. runners dropped further and fur
i A. Oenind, and soon were forgotten In
pss battle out in front.
On LED the Oxford man to the tape
yards as he ,ntrusted the fight
n .sNsner, and the last named made
running in the second mile, but