The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-03-28

LEAVE ENGLAND APRIL :

The entry OF a combined Oxford
Cambridge relay team in the two mile
race a, the University Of Pennsylvania
earn. a, ~ April 30 and May at once
lends an International flavor 20 the
ryturc, and It will be but fitting pre-
.lIc to n season bound to be historic in
'.r realm Of sport, This team Of the
",aarso win sail from England on April
; ON the Adiiatic, and wit he in charge
os.rgl \. y. Stradc jackson, tn olympic
500 meter champion and the runner
,1.g lust snltchci defeat out Of the fire
,or Tie Dark Blues on their visit Of 1914
so Franklin Field When the English
mon first consented 10 make the trip II
WAS understood that they would essay
the mile relay. but they changed their
minds when it developed that G, NJ.
lmtlcr. the quarter miller of Oxford had
Z, stand down. Then the strength or the
,arsities was rounded up in the two mile
race, and it IL now calculated that the
,..au coming will take a world OF beat
..g. that is, il they will be beat at all
invaders II strong Combination.
Tho personnel IF the combination Is
sNi vet uCUuNtlN hH'Nll' bA1 wv N'''
svlyauia management has stated that
Il. q. D. Rudd the oxford president; T.
. Montague and Killegan will carry the
l.ocs Of the Dark Blues, while latham,
Mountain ana Gregory Of Cambridge VIII
-. n,nlete the invading team, Perhaps
Montague, who is long distance man.
v,Hl gCt in the capacity of substitute
lyt in any case he can be relied upon 10
,un a first class half mile In case OF
emergency. Rudd, who i9 just now one
rf tne best quarter miicrs in England, Is
,ne star of the team and the runn-r VINO
v.u carry the rspousibiity OF he.p!nE
,,, his men at the critical stage, lie
&. south African Rhodes Scholar at
,.nding Trinity Hall and ia spicho!u
'ype of the the strong, aggressive run
,,r with a wealth Of stamina ana all
f, other requisites that go to make
s5,sessful campaigner on the clhuer
,ath Capable OF negotiating any %is-
trpcc from the hundred yards to u nue.
ra is best at distances from i4O 10
goo wards, ana can be banked upon 10
,al of the four furlongs in ! minute
ia -.conds or thcrcabouts, even on
poor track. Mt. .,.,., .,,r
sample OF his real worth was seen
o., the oxford varsity sports ABOUT
r,r,night ago, when he accounted tor nc
Isss than four hrsts, and in'each event
ia met the stoutest class OF onpos'-'oh
lie won the 100 yards in shade worse
man even time" and his figures ior
tho 44o yards was 40 2-5 seconds ana
J., finished easing w. The general opih-
ion was. by a lot Of competent critics
,,at had he been extended he could have
srown better than 10 seconds. which
IN a cold. damp day and on a sticky
,rae; was a remarkable display o! quar-
fer mile running, II is Impossible no"
70 arure what the other members OF the
team win be able to show on Franklin
Field. but from their past performances
thav can be relied upon to do the SSo
,.rds in i minute IS seconds or better
50 that it is well to state that the team
Win steam enough to take the br;tisn-
,r,s measurement will be fully able 70
,aLe a fall out of the worlds best marK
~. minutes 50 seconds, made by the
Vale University team on Franklin FleIu
OIL April %, 1915,