The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
AMERICANS and ENGLISH TIE IN DUAL MEET AND
America and England
Battle to a Draw in
Spectacular Dual Meet

London. Sept. 4.-Great Britain
and America fought to a draw to-
day in one of the most spectacular
dual athletic meets ever seen here.
The rival teams. composed of
stars Of the recent Olympic games,
won ive events each. BY the Brit
ish method of scoring only first
places counted.
The Yankees tied the score by
completely upsetting the dope and
winning the last event-the four
mile relay-in dramatic fashion.
The Britons were counted upon
as sure winners in this race and
the huge crowd Of 10000 was al
ready celebrating the expected
British victory in the meet when
the Americans flashed in winners
IN the long relay, and the games
ended a tie.
The ten selected events were
mostly to the liking of the British
athletes and London sport writer's
freely predicted their team would
be returned a winner. This pre-
dictiOn seemed likely to be borne
out when the British won the first
four events. including the high
jump, which had been conceded to
the Americans.
British Rely on Rudd.
Great Britain relied upon Rudd
and costerlaak of South Africa,
Phillips and Thompson of Canada,
and Baker of England.
In the 44O-yard hurdles and the
broad jump all the fHalists were
Americans.
. Thompson. the Dartmouth star.
who raced for Canada. set a new
turf track record in winning the
12O-yard high hurdles in II 4-5 sec
Onds.
Davidson Of New Zealand crossed
the tape six yards ahead Of his
American rival in the SS0-yard re-
lay.
Driscon gave the Americans an
eight-yard lead in the first stage
OF the two-mile relay. but his team
mates could not hold it and Rudd
won the final stage by six yards.
In the team race. Brown was
first. Dresser second. and Nichols
of England third.
The British won a big lead at
the start in the four-mIIe relay,
but in the fnaI stage Shields ran
away from Baker. crossing the tape
seventy yards ahead. The British
athletes claimed BakeE was weak
ened by the strain OF previous
races.
The summaries:
12O-yard hurdles Thompson, Canada. first;
II. z. Barrpp, PhiladeIphia second; Walker
Smith. Cssoago, tBi rIls Time, Il - seconds;
breaking sYorlI-EsS9Ed for grass track.
ss0-yard rslay-England first, America sec
Ond. Time. minute - 81 seconds. Ameri-
team-F- J. Shsa Navy; J. h. Scholz. Uni
versity u bIissoglEi; Allen WuOdring. Phila-
delphia; H0E-is KiTkSPy, San Francisco.
TwO-miIe relay - England first America
second. American team. ". DriscoU. BoS-
ton; D. NJ. Scott. Army: J. W. Ray, Chicago;
NJ. Devanney. New York.
High jumP-Baker England, first: r. W.
Laudcn. New York. second. Heights feet
81. inches.
TwO-mile team race--America first. Eng
j nj second. : points 10 IL Time, min
utes 80 - seconds. Americans finished in
this order: II. II. Brown. Boston; l. c. Dres-
ser, New York; {. Furnus Purdue UniyPr-
sity: p. Flynn New York; L. b. Watson.
Syracuse University.
One-miIe reIay-Engl land first America sec
ond. Time , minutes 10 - seconds. Aneri-
can telm-J- W DriscuIl. Boston; =. : Bot
u1Il. Cornell; Il. ). Emery. Chicago. D. VI.
scott. Army.
Broad jpmP-B. Hamilton University OF
Missouri, and J. H. Merchant Sau Francisco,
tied for irst: Z. l.. Bradley. University Of
Kansas. third. Distance. - feet.
40 yards. hurdles =. smart. Chicago.
first. J. VI. Watt. Ithaca. y. y second: W
McsniE. Boston. Third. Time 80 Is seconds
I'd rel first nj
Ond. American team. NJ Merchant San
Francisco: p J. Shea. Navy: Allen WOOdriuG
Philadelphia; J. '. SchOlz. University Of
Missouri
FOur-miIe rplay-America first. England
second Time I minutes So seconds
American team: L. NJ. Shields. Philadelphia:
J. ". Ray. Chicago: J. J. Connolly Boston.
z. B. Curtis Navy.