The New York herald., 1921-07-29
Oxford Cambridge Lead in Sec
ond Places, but Officials
Decide on Draw.
ny WILLIAM b. HANNA.

ietics for the first time, tied each other
in first places won The Englishmen
won five contests. the Americans five.
A f1ne meet and one which could not
have been closer. a fine meet with
courageous 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.
Even the second places were close, and
In the matter of second places an i'm
portant and decidedly interesting point
arose. Tho Englishmen scored five
and half points in second places to
question arose whether or not second
places decided the victor, inasmuch an
first place points were even.
Captain Rudd Of the Oxford team ex-
planned that the meet was a tie, that
second places did not count and that
that was the understanding as well as
the way Of 1t in the Oxford Princeton
meet in England year ago. John T.
McGovern Of Cornell, executive secre-
tary of the joint committee, 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 1t
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 discus
sion by declaring to Mr.. Rudd and others
who were debating the point oxford
and Cambridge win the meet" Which,.
so far as could be learned to the con-
trary. was official. at the time at least,
and if the Englishmen hadn't got the
victory that way they deserved to; and.
moreover, they had the no inconsiderable
balm Of outpointing their opponents
after their one-sided defeat by Harvard
Yale the week before.
Conference of OmciaIs.
At a conference of officials and team
captains following the meet 1t was de-
cided that England was the winner in
accordance with the rules that applied
last week at the Britons meet with the
Yale combinations
was held and it was brought out that
when arrangements Tor the meet were
being made by cable 1t was agreed that
the rules governing the Oxford Prince
ton meet at the Queens Club. England,
last year should govern yesterday s
events. Under these rules second places
did not count in final score.
The Britons finished strongly and
gamely. They were two points behind
when eight events had been decided
and had to win both to tie. The count
in points was five to three against them.
Then came the broad Jump. Abrahams
of Cambridge won 1t by three inches
from Don Lourie OF Princeton. A right
useful man for the Union Jack was
this particular Light Blue. He also
won the hundred and was the only man
TO win twice.
Next and last the half mile run, the
contest which was to decide whether
Princeton Cornell won or Oxford-Cam-
bridge should catch the combined Tiger
Cornellian coalition. Here Albion was
clearly the class. Two Oxonions, Rudd
and Milligan, ran one, two.
In winning the SHOT put. Nokes, the
Oxford stalwart with the deeply muscled
shoulders, broke the intercollegiate in
ternational record with fling OF 100
feet 7 inches. He made that throw on
his last try. Both he and Baker COM
mitted fouls by whirling themselves out
OF the prescribed circle.
Tho ceremonies began with THE Star
Spangled Banveri1 then God Save the
King" and first s1e Stars and Stripes.
then the. Union Jack went up the tall
pole to be whipped by the wind gayly to
the northward. The wind betimes be-
came boisterous and pranlsish. 1t blew
Il l.. - L. - -
the $500 spectators occupying the north
terraces Of the green slopes surrounding
the green flat where the jousts took
place. but it tempered the heat and was
a welcome wind.
Sunshine. Clouds and Storm.
IL sent white caps scudding across
Pelham Bay to the reedy waters of
Huckleberry Island: IL toppled the up
rights and bar OF the high jump and IL
played gusty pranks with the hurdles.
1t was part OF changeab1e afternoon
of sunshine, storm clouds, thunder. a
passing shower, then the sun In full
radiance again--capricious but bright
and friendly weather for the most part
for the athletes to make the most of.
Gen. Winn. Mr.. Yencken OF the British
Embassy. Nelson O'Shaugnessy and
the rather small crowd.
The rivals fratornized before and after
the contests as chummy as boys in a
prep. school. A young Brjtisher who
wasn't competing. but connected with
the British squad, stopped his conver-
sation with a young son OF Nassau
long enough to take an earnest interest
In n grasshopper which jumped UP from
his feet. He chased after that vivacious
insect and for the moment was more
concerned In knowing what 1t was and
what II was doing there than In the
athletes.
Abrahams finished strong and full OF
running I'm tho hundred yard sprint. the
first event. and led most of the way.
lie struck his clip early. He hit the
tape eighteen inches ahead OF Lovejoy
OF Cornell. He runs with every part
OF him. but he runs. The timo was
slow. though the wind was Mt their
backs. This same Abrahams came
through in the broad jump. He Is a
vigorous performer. lots OF pep. II they
know what that Is In the tight little
island. don't you know.
Stevenson Of Princeton won the 440
yard run In saggressive and clean cut
style. He was out there running all the
time. his stride long and smooth. lie
ran as II he liked it--no laboring and
lots of determination. The oxford star.
Rudd. stuck to him for n while, but Il
was hard work, and at the half way
post Rudd began TO recede. lie ran n
far better race In the half which evil
dentK was his dish. Stevenson came