New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29

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The rules OF the game as agreed
upon did not include the second places,
as was the case in the first appearance
of the Englishmen in this country at
Cambridge last week, and the meet was
officially adjudged tie.
England won the 100~yard dash, one
mile run, hammer throw. broad Jump
and half-mile run, while the Americans
we're first in the shotput, high jump.
quarter run, three-mile run and
12o-yard high hurdles.
Harold Abrahams, of Cambridge. and
Devil Rudd, Of Oxford, are the pair
that turned the tide for England. Abra-
hams won the opening event on the
program and when he toed the MARI,
in the eighth event. the running broad
jump, although the odds were against
his leaping into the "doubIe-winnern
class, it was necessary that he DISPOSE
of his opponents in the jump if Eng
land was to earn tie.
Wins by Three Inches
The Cambridge star outdid himself
and when the returns were IN 1t was
found that he had beaten his nearest
opponent. Lourie, of Princeton, by a
scant three inches and had achieved
the honor of being the only man to
win more than one event. He also put
his team in the running for point
honors.
Then came Captain Rudd, who had
previously been beaten in both the 100
yard dash and the quarter-mile run.
The sturdy little leader of the opposing
forces ran an amazing race in the half
mile, the last event of the day, winning
easily from Milligan, teammate, and
the score was tied
Although it was Rudd and Abrahams
who turned defeat into victory those
two men must step aside for few mo-
ments while we turn the spotlight upon
the two other athletes who literally
covered themselves with glory before
the $500 persons who made colorful
picture, surrounding as they did the
lightning fast track on the picturesque
grounds.
Foresman Springs Surprise
We refer to Don Foresman, Prince
ton, who defeated Seagrove, the vet
eran Oxford distance runner, in the
three-mile race, and Malcolm Nokes,
Oxford, who created new interna-
tional Intercollegiate record in win
ming the hammer throw with a mark
of 100 feet inches.
The threemile race, which developed
into duel between the slender Prince
tonian and the none too sturdy Sea-
grove, will go down in the history of
amateur athletics as one of the great
est races of its kind ever staged. The
time was by no means sensational, but
for downright grit, logged determine
tion and rare fighting spirit as dis
played by both Foresman and Seagrove
the affair was a classic.
The Tiger runner got away first, with
Brown, of Cornell; latham, of Cam
bridge, and Seagrove following in the
order named. On the second trip
laps to the mile, latham went to the
front, carrying seagrove with him. On
the third lap the Englishmen had taken
15-yard lead over Brown, with Fores-
man g poor fourth.
Starting into the fifth lap Foresman
drew up to Brown, passed him and set
sail for the leaders, who were setting
fast pace abut eighteen yards in the
van The little Tiger athlete, who was
figured by many to be the weak link in
the American chain, increased his
stride and at the end of the sixth cir
cult was taking the pace of Seagrove,
the latter being directly behind Tat
ham,
Brown Leaves Track
Foresman jumped into the lead on
the tenth lap, but Seagrove, fighting
hard. took the pacemaker's job a few
strides later. Brown, hopeless fourth,
left the track at this point and latham
who appeared distressed, began to fall
back in the ruck. This left the race
pair. alternating in the lead, fought
every inch of the ground to the finish.
Racing UP to the point where the
gun would sound for the last lap,
Foresman went around the British star
Tor the last time. Seagrove tried hard
to hang on, but the Princeton man
gradually increased the distance be-
tween tn EN- until on the far side Of the
track the Englishman was seventy
yards behind.
Here Seagrove made his last effort
and mighty one it was. The English
man was staggering blindly and run
ming all over the track. Where he got
the reserve strength for his final squirt
VIII ever remain a mystery, but he
had it.
As if imbued with new life, the
briton came down the stretch and his
great running cut the lead of Fores
man materially. When the Princeton
man crossed the finish line Seagrove
was only fifteen yards back. Truly 1t
was superhuman effort, and it result
ed in the utter collapse of the game
sSeagrove, who fell into the arms of
Nokes at the tape. The weight man
carried his teammate bodily to the
turf, where he was revived after ten
minutes.
Pair Receives Ovation
Foresman, the unknown until he
proved his worth against one of the
greatest runners of the world, was the
center of interest after his great race.
ne waited for Seagrove to recover, and
as the pair walked across the green
'here was as much applause for the
Vanquished as there was for the victor.
The Englishmen drew first blood
when Abrahams was declared the win
ner of the century" dash, but the
americans retsliated quickly, and went
INTO the lead when Charlie Halsey, of
Tnnceton, the metropolitan junior
champion, won the shot put and
stake, Of Cornell, captured first honors
N the running high jump.
Bill Stevenson, the national quarter
mile champion increased the advantage
when he raced to a brilliant victory