New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-07-29
AMERICAN ATHLETES |
TIE WITH BRITONS'
Captain Rudd Insists on Result
Being Called Even

New York, July 29.-The COM
peting Oxford Cambridge and Prince
tonrCorneu track and field teams,
meeting at Travers Island yesterday
afternoon in international athletics for
the first time, tied each other in first
places won. The Englishmen won
1--WE contests, the Americans five A
fine meet and one which could not
have been closer, a fine meet with
courageout running, with perform
Ances generally better than the times
or distances of them and some good
time considering the strong wind
which Jared the runners when they
were moving to the southwark
4 Even the second places were close,
and In the matter of second places an
important and decidedly interesting
point arose. The Englishmen scored
hve and half points in second places
to four and half for the Americans
The question arose whether or not
second places decided the victor, in
asmuch as first place points were
even.
Captain Rudd of the Oxford team
explained that the meet was a tie,
that second places did not count and
that that was the understanding as
well as the way of it in the Oxford
Princeton meet in England year
ago. John T. McGovern of Cornell
executive secretary of the joint COM
mittee, however, presumably with
authority to do so, ruled that the
English team won the meet, this by
virtue of winning the most seconds.
Captain Rudd protested, mo, no."
he exclaimed, then Mr.. McGovern,
let it go as a tie"
Donald Herring, Princeton and Ok
ford, reckoned the result a tie, as did
others connected with the meet.
But Mr.. McGovern closed the dis
cussion by declaring to Mr.. Rudd
and other who were debating the
point: "Oxford and Cambridge win
She meet Which, so far as could
Ae learned to the contrary, was Off
cial at the time at least, and if the
Englishmen hadn't got the victory
That way they deserved to- and more
over, they had the no uncomfortable
balm of outpointing their opponents
after their one-sided defeat by Har-'
Conference of Omcials.
At a conference of officials and
team captains following the meet it
was decided that England was the
winner in accordance with the rules
that applied last week at the Britons
meet with the Yale combination.
Later. however. another confer
-
that when arrangements for the meet
were being made by cable, it was
agreed that the rules governing the
Oxford Cambridge and Harvard Yale
meet at the Queens club. England,
last year, should govern yesterdays
events. Under those rules second
places did not count in final score.
The Summaries.
100 Yard Dash-Won by H. M
Abrahan,s, Cambridge; F. K. Lovejoy,
Cornell, second c.. McKim. Prince
fourth. Time, 10 2-5 seconds. Won
by one foot and a half; six inches be-
tween second and third; two yards
between third and fourth.
Putting the Sixteen Pound Shot
Won by C. D. Halsey, Jr., Princeton,
with put Of 40. feet 9 inches; A. J.
Reece, Oxford, with a put Of 40 feet,
z inches, second; G. N. Goodnow, Cor
nell. with put of 80 feet, IL inches
third; H Waterhouse, Cambridge
with a put of 81 feet, "a inches,
fourth.
40 Yard Run-Won by w. E. Stew
enson, Princeton; B. G. D. Rudd, OK
ford, second; Carl Frank John, Cor
nell, third; R. C. Gregory, Cam
bridge, fourth. Time, 40 3-5 seconds
Won by 10 feet; yards between Sec
ond and third.
One Mile Run-Won by H. B. Stall
lard, Cam bridge; c.. G. Irish, Cornell
second; R. McCuHoch, Princeton
third; W. S. Hughes, Cambridge
fourth Time, 4:25 As. Won by 81
yards; so yards between second anc
third; 0yards between third anc
fourth.
Running High jump-Won by j.
Stack, Cornell. with jump OF
feet 8 "a inches; R. j. Dickinson
Oxford, and w. G.. Brunder, Prince
ton, tied for second place; each clear
ed the bar at feet 7 IL inches.
12O Yard High Hurdle race-Wol
by w. E. Massey Princeton; l.. F
Partridge, Cambridge, second. LINZ
80 As seconds. Arthur B. Trema1
of Cornell and r. ]. Dickinson of OK
ford, the orA~< starters, fell.
Throwing the Sixteen Pound Ham
mer-Won ~ M. G.. Nokes, Oxford
with a throw of $50 feet inches; II
F. Baker, Princeton, with throw o
145 feet inches second; H. r. Wa
gar Jr, Cornell, with throw of IL
feet 3-16 inch, third; N. F. Burt
Cambridge, with a throw of 121 fee
8 "a inches fourth.
Three Mile Run-Won by B. Forse
man, Princeton, with w. r. Seagrav
Cambridge, second. Time. 1918 81
Won by IL yards. The other starter
were w. G. latham of Cambridge an
r. E. Brown of Cornell. latham re
tired after racing two miles. Brow
stopped entering the third mile.
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