New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18
Rudd, Oxford Star, Crack
ALI Around Athlete:
Montague Distance Star
By Arthur S. Draper

LONDON, April 8.-A cold rainy day
in late March is not usually productive
Of high class performances on the
cinder path, especially if the. track
has just been remade; but the Oxford
and Cambridge athletes, who were
meeting for the first time since 1914
showed at Queens Court that thew
have some sterling runners in their
ranks. AS many of these men were
officers during the war there was con-
siderable curiosity to note the effect
of the long break in their athletic
! careers.
AS an sll-round performer, B. G. D.
Rudd, the Oxford president Captain
who is Rhodes scholar from South
Africa, gave an exhibition which will
not soon be forgotten. Of like a flash
IN the 10O-yard dash, he was beaten a
loot, by n. M Abrahams. Cambridge
freshman, in ten" flat-and this in
the face Of fairly stiff breeze. Twenty
minutes later Rudd finished in a dead
heat in the quarter mile, with Butler,
Cambridge. IN 40 3-5 seconds
Rudd's third event-the broad jump
was contested fifteen minutes after the
quarter-mile dash. The take-off was
sticky, but he managed to clear 81
feet 4 = inches.
AS the climax to rather full after
noon Rudd started in the half mile
run, the favorite for which was E. D.
Mountain, the Cambridge star, who
had been reserved for this particular
event. The result of the meet de-
pended upon the winner of this event.
Rudd assumed command in the final
turlong and won comfortably in
1859 go.
To Train For Olympics
| What Rudd will do if he confines his
efforts to the quarter and half-mile is
matter Of speculation. 1t is natural
to expect him to train on for the
Olympic games at Antwerp, and to be
at least three seconds faster in the
half" in August on hard track.
Rudd would compete for South Africa.
In my opinion, the finest piece of
running of the day was the perform
ance of E. A. Montague, of Oxford. in
the three-mile race. He finished easily
IN Haas 2-5, II 2-5 seconds ahead of W.
K. Seagrave, of Cambridge. Montague
Is cross country runner He should
De at his best in the 10000 run
at Antwerp. OF medium height. he has
powerful legs and chest, an easy stride
and cool head Seagrove, the second
man, is another likely Olympic prospect
In any consideration Of the possibili-
ties for the l00-meter at Antwerp do
not overlook Abrahams, of Cambridge
he must improve off the mark. In the
meet with Oxford he was last of four.
and still ran 0:10 fiat against a wind
He is Cambridge freshman, natural
runner, who revels in hard work. has a
heap of confidence in himself, and will
pc dangerous In any company In ad-
dltlon, ne is leaper of no mean abil-
ity, as his swimming jump of % feet 7
inches will testify. However. it is in
the sprints that he should shine at
Antwerp. -.-.-=- s.----s
The one-mile race was won by H. B
Stallard, of Cambridge, in 4 minutes
n 80 seconds. He and his teammate-
w. G. latham, an old Etonian-will fig
ure prominently in English distance
running. No one watched him more
closely than did Colonel A. N. Stroud
Jackson, the winner of the 1900 m etre
run al Stockholm in 1912 against Abel
Kiviat and Norman Taber Jackson
says Stallard looks like a champion.
He will be many seconds faster by Nu
! gust.
There is nothing in the field events
to enthuse over. H. S. White, Of Bow
doin, won the high jump at s feet 8
inches, and G. A. Feather, of the Uni
versity of Utah, won the hammer throw
with 100 feet II inches, both of which
might be bettered in almost any dual
meet between American colleges Eng