The New York herald., 1921-07-24
YaIe-Harvard Athletes
Score Glorious Triumph
Oper OxfOrd-Can1bridge
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inc thousands Dack In the seats
weren't so sure yet that the South Afri-
can had succumbed to the Yankees
speed But they were reassured-and
sent into O thunder Of joy-when the
announcer sang out the tidings. Rudd
turned to his conqueror and congratu-
lated him. Now there was a look Of as
tonishment on Rudd's face He seemed
dazed.
Douglass great victory in the two mile
run was accomplished in no great finish
The Yale man had earned SO big a lead
that W. r. Seagrove of Cambridge had
yards behind the Ell, whose time was
s;s2 1-5. e G. Van Der Pyle Of Yale
was third.
Where was N. A McTnnes Of Oxford.
overwhelming favorite7 McInnes ran,
but he could not finish. After passing
the mile and running furlong in the
most acute distress McInnes collapsed.
Only a few seconds before he had as
sured team mates that he was feeling
we'll. They had run UP to take him off
the track. for he was staggering in last
place. No sooner had he declined to
quit than nature decided for him and he
fell in heap. McInnes was III some
time ago and apparently had not recov-
cred sufficiently to run even a good mile.
Douglas Led All the Way.
However. even with McInnes out OF
at the dope" pointed to victory for Sea-
grove But Douglas ran two miles the
like of which he never had run before.
The Yale man took the lead at the start
and he never gave 1t UP. His time by
quarter miles was as follows: :o5,
2:17 3-5. 3 80 2-5 and 4:43 8-5 for the
mile; 5:56, 1909 1-5. S:2l3-5 and
S:S2 LIB for the two miles. Seagrove's q
time was 9:37. The Englishman cut
down fifty yards of Douglass lead in
the last lap.
Gourdin was the star Of the meet. for
In addition to setting the jumping rec
ORD he won the 100 yard dash. The
negro was the only double winner of the
oay and earned an honor which had
gone to five others in meets OF a similar
character. The Harvard man came
through with his record leaps In his
first try Later he made a jump of "a
ieet. II. M. Abrahams Of Cambridge.
VINO had finished second to Gourin in
the 100 yard dash. was second in the
jump. too. with % feet IN inches. Gour-
din's mark will BE- recognized not only
as worlds standard. but as an Ameri-
can A. A. U. and American collegiate
record as we'll Dvery requirement was
met and recognized officials did the
measuring.
OF the eight men who won for the
Yankee team five came from Harvard
and three from Yale. The Harvard
winners were Gourdin in the dash and
Jump. j. r. Brown in the hammer
throw. G. g. Krogness In the hurdles, j.
r. Tolbert in the shot put. The Yale
winner in addition to Campbell and
Douglas was Dick Landon. who romped
away with the high Jump. The first
break against the Englishmen came
with M. G. Nokes of Oxford in the ham,
ner throw.
Greatest OF All Meets.
Taken all in all. the meet was by far
re most remarkable in the series of
eight which have been held between
college teams of the u. s. A. and Eng
land. incidentally 1t may be stated that
to-day's victory gives the edge to Har-
ward and Yale over Oxford and Cam
bridge by three meets to two. Six rec
ords for the international series were
bettered and one was tied. Only In the
two mile, the shot put tnd the hundred
yard dash did the old marks Withstand
the assaults Of the athletes to-day. In
the hammer throw Browns 159 feet 3A
inches exceIled the mark OF ib2 feet 8
inches made by Tom Shevl!.a Of Yale In
London In 1904. In the high jump Ian
don's 6 feet 3 inches outdid the leap of
feet 1h inches made by j. S. Spraker
of Yale in 1901. The other records which
went by the board were as follows: 44O
yards. 40 2-5 seconds. by G. @. Dawson,
Cambridge. In 1899; running broad jump.
nf Oxford
1899; one mile run. 4:21 1-5. by H. w.
Gregson, Cambridge. In 1904.
Conditions for the games were ideal.
The sky was clear. the air cool and the
track perfect.
100 Yards to Gourdin (Harvard.)
The Yankee contingent got away to a
great start when Ned Gourdin OF Har-
ward won the 100 yard dash. The
negro got the Jump on his eeld and at
the half way mark was two yards In
front. Then Harold M. Abrahams OF
Cambridge came along like blue streak
and challenged the leader. 8. HI. Field
man of Yale and b. @. d. Rudd of OK
olford were right at his heels.
Gourdin responded to the challenge
with all he had and just did manage
to lead Abrahams to the tape by a scant
foot. Most of the onlookers were under
the impression that the Briton had won.
Feldman came right behind the Cantab
and fought off Rudd for nothing more
than the satisfaction of beating some
one, for third place could not count for
anything In any event.
The race was not a particularly fast
one. Gourdin's time being 10 LIS seconds
AS fast as he could go. but fifth of
n second behind the Cambridge sprinter's s
best. The result might have gone the
other way II Abrahams had been thor
oughly alert at the crack of the starter q
gun But Gourdin was the most vigilant.
and his vigilance was well rewarded. In
the matter of sprinting form there was
little to choose among the first three.
Rudd showed that he was not exactly
cut out to be a sprinter, and with his
failure went whatever small chance he
had had to prove the first triple winner
in the America England intercollegiate
meet
The break In the dope" which Har-
ward and Yale had hoped for In the ham,
mer throw was realized. II had been
O slim hope indeed, but past perform
ances counted for naught when the best
of the Yankees and the best OF the
Britons had II out. NJ. 9. Nokes OF
Oxford had attained 160 feet In his work
here, and J. F. Brown of Harvard. the
American hope, never had done even
1856 feet But when the results were
compiled IL was found that Brown.
having exceeded himself and surprised
everybody. including j. r. Brown. had
thrswn the sixteen pound ball n distance
OF I59 feet 3% inches. Nokes could
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