The evening world., 1914-04-27
enoland's Oxford Relay Team
Wins Splendid Victory In Four.
Mile Championship at PhiIa.
delphia.

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- NGLAND has won an event. and
IL. n was one we'll worth win
ming. Jackson. the English
miller and Olympic $500 metre cham
pion. proved his Gamsness in the last
relay Of the four championship
1t Philadelphia.
The oficiais. after . long discus-
sion. declared that jackson had
crossed the nnish line . foot ahead
Of McCurdy. the Pennsylvania rum
ner. The race was 10 close that the
spectators couldn't sec that foot. II
looked like . dead heat to many. and
some thought McCurdy had won.
Jackson In built like . greyhound,
extraordinarily long and thin. When
McCurdy started that last mile twelve
yards In the lead the EnElishman
went After him to make up the DIFF
ference at once. II looked A II he'd
easily be able to run away from the
little fellow. whose head didn't reach
to Jackson's shoulder.
When he caught MoCurdy. Jackson
ran along right at his elbow. letting
McCurdy make tho pace. He was
relying upon his spranting ability.
But In tho last lap. when jackson
tried to sprint past the nyins Penn
syivanian. he found that he had made
. slight miscalculation. McCurdy
didn't intend to be passed. He held
his lead and the pole all around the
lower turn. jackson tried several
times 10 sprint by. but couldn't
make II.
A. they came Into the stretch .
hundred yards iron the nnish Jack
cen swung out and his long stride
carried him into the lead. All he could
get was q couple Of feet but he held
that until near the tape.
Here McCurdy gave his last "jump"
ara Just ut the nnish limo closed the
gap. He threw his arms up to strike
the tape with his chest, and the two
shot over the line touching shoulders
and almost exactly together.
l.ps Ssn IL: om. ssa the ns %a:
crossed. The tall Englishman had TO
b helped from the track to the
dressing room.
AcCurdy's exhibition OF gameness
brought him ~ much applause ~ II
he'd won the race.
L. Madeira. who ran the third relay
fer Pennsyivania, made the fastest
time OF the race. covering his mile
In t.33. Considering the condition Of
the traot after about forty relay races
rainfall that lasted throughout the a.
teenoon. this wa remarkably good
tine. And Madeira finished strong.
He beat Taber OF Oxford. an Ameri-
can Rhodes scholar. Taber waa con.
Gioore.. q sure winner Of his relay.
Before the big race was run Oxford
ves an overwhelming favorits. Spec
iatoro spoke Of Oxford a. . sure WIN
nsr. Ths result showed that "ad-
vanoe dope" In athletics 10 a. uncer-
tain - IN horse racing. Oxford won.
~ Oxford mon had to run them
0e1ves out to the limit.
WAT @vst the BIO Eastern col.
+ leees tktSk Of that small tNstit1.
Non oWt IN the sotId and sO0olly
West-the UNtVersttysof Southern
: Californian Thts college could no
Novbt be lost on the campus Of
Yale, Harvard, PrtSceton, Penn.
Or come Of the others IN the East.
Yet the Westerners soon the pole
I, coUlf, hurdles. IO0-ydyd sprint
end broad jump. bestdes a pIdce
or tsoo. Some climate out tkerei
TT must be considered that Drew
the sprinter. made good. Al
though Drew's best time was In
his trial heat. and was ten seconds
nat, no one doubts now that he
can run much faster. and did run