Evening star., 1923-07-22


/ victory must go to the Cambridge
captain, AbrahamS, who won first
place in three eyentS-the 100-yaEi
dash, the 220-yard dash and the broa1
| jump-and all by goodly margins.
This youth, who has been the SEN
sation of every college track meet In
England this year. sprang ahead of
his three opponents In the 100-yard
dash about thirty PAGES from the
starting point and kept stretching his
lead with every step until he finished
three yards in front of Comins of
| Yale in the time of 10 seconds fiat
on a new track that IS comparatively
slow.
In the broad jump he cleared % feet
212 inches. while Comins, who again
, was second, could do no better than
Y feet { Il inches. 1t was in the 22O-
yard dash on the straightaway track
that Abrahams had his moment OF
real glory. There remained only the
pole vault to be contested, and VIC
tory in the dash meant that England
would win the meet, while its loss
meant triumph for the Americans for
ENGLAND has no frst-class pole
Vauiters and first place in that event
was long ago conceded to the visitors
Inc Straightaway at Wembley
starts in d tunnel that comes out un-
! der the cement stands. The sound of
the starters pistol was heard and
! then there was tense wait until the
runners should emerge. Abrahams
broke into the sunlight first He al
ready had a lead of several yards,
ana this he kept to the end.
How Events Were Divided.
Besides the two dashes and tho
broad jump, the Britons won the
| haif-mile the mile and the 22o-yard
| low hurdles, while the Americans
took the 120-yard high hurdles, the
| shot-put, the quarter mile and two
! mile runs and the pole vault.
| me Americans had the 440-yard
! event their own way from start to
finish. For most of the route Gage
| OF Yale set the pace, but Just before
| the finish, as the turn was rounded.
his schoolmate. Chapman, cut ahead
and raced down the stretch to the
| tape Well in front of the others
| The mile run was one OF the most
! thrilling Of the events. The Amer
| lean entrants-DouglaS of Yale and
I Waters of Harvard-let Davis OF
cambridge set the pace. and he set
| 1t 50 fast that Seag-rove of Cambridge,
whom the English expected to win,
was winded and Jagged behind. The
! Hanks kept steadily at the leaders
| heels and twice challenged him, but
| he kept the lead. Then, eighty yards
from the finish. Waters began a
! great squirt from third place, passing
! Douglas and rapidly cutting down
| Davis lead. but he had started too
/ late and Davis won.
/ Yankee Strategy Effective.
| The rWo-nile run was another
! event in which brains counted as
much as Drawn and breath, and this
| time the Yankee strategy was timed
| perfectly and succeeded. For the
! first lap Cutcheon of Harvard set the
| pace and then let McInnes Of oxford
! take the lead and keep it. Lap after
| lap. Cutcheon and Tibbetts of Har-
! ward We're content to follow within
| easy striking distance. TibbettS, who
! had been in third place. decided to
| strike $50 yards from the finish, and
| he struck furiouSly. He breezed past
the leader at the turn into the stretch
| and, running well ahead of the tiring
! ONonian. had ten yards to spare at
the finish.
/ The sun was bright and the day
! warm, with a mild breeze, but the
| track was slow, and the times Of the
| various events were for the most
part considerably below the inter
national Intercollegiate records East
man of Harvard boosted the shot
put mark 9 ihches, however, with a
heave Of A feet 2 inches.
On point system prevailing in
| many intercollegiate meets held in
| the United States the Yale-H Harvard
team had the better of it. They won
| eight second places, while the Brit
| iShers were second in only three
events.