Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-13
Yale-Harvard
Team Wins Over
Oxford-C Cambridge

Cambridge, Mass, July 11.-(AP)
The combined Yale and Harvard
track team defeated the Oxford
Cambridge combination in an Inter-
national track and field meet at Sol
diers' Field today. Z IL to 4 IL.
Under the English system of scoring
only first places count but In the
event these are evenly divided the
point system reverts back to second
places. The teams divided first
places in today's meet, each winning
six out of the II events, but the
Americans had a decided edge in
second place victories, winning
seven outright and, splitting with
their opponents in another, while
the invaders could do no better than
win four seconds outright.
Under the American system Of
scoring on 81 point basis, the
American athletes enjoyed a margin
on their English rivals, scoring I'll
points to but Al for the Oxford Cam
bridge athletes. OF the 81 scored by
the combined Yale and Harvard
team, Yale athletes sccoC2tcd for w
points and Harvard 70.
The meet, the seventh Of the In
ternational contests in which Oxford
and Cambridge have combined
against American teams. brought
out three new records. At the same
time two others were equalled.
In winning the pole vault, Sabin
Carr of Yale shattered the meet rec
ord OF II feet with vault of IL feet.
This was the most outstanding per.
Torrance of the meet in the matter
of the records. The former record
was made by s. s. Scholpp ofYale in
1923. Carr attempted to vault over
the bar at dizzy height of IL feet,
e inches, but he failed in three at
tempts.
L. l.. Robb of Harvard also con-
tributed a record-breaking perfor-
nance when he topped the sticks in
the 220 yard low hurdles in 70 sec
onds, is of a second better than the
meet record established by T. HUM
of Oxford in 1923.
But the outstanding individual of
the meet proved to be a determined
English runner, S. d. Lowe. of
Cambridge, the only double winner
of the meet. Lowe won the half
mile in the record breaking time of
1.53 2-5 and then gave his team an
even break on first places in the fin
al event, winning the mile in AZ,
two fifths of a. second slower. than
the record for this event.
loves time for the half mile was
one and three-fifths of a second bet
ter than the meet record established
by Tom Campbell OF Yale in l921.
Lowe is one of England's Olympic
winners in the 1924 competitions at
Paris. Against the greatest half
milers in the world Lowe ran what
Paavo Nurmi claimed to be nearly a
perfect race when he won. the 500
meter event in 1.52 2-5, giving him a
place with the immortal Ted Mere
dith. Lowe is the last of the Cam
bridge Big Four" Abrahams, But
Ter, Stallard and Lowe, of Olympic
fame.
In winning the 100 dash, A. H.
Miller, Harvards 200 pound football
star, not only defeated Bayes Norton.
Yale's crack sprinter, but he equall-
ed the meet record for the event set
by w. A. Schick OF Harvard back in
the 1900 competitions.
A. E. Porritt, of Oxford, the crack
sprinter of the English team, came
home in record time in the 10,
eaualling the mark of p 3-S seconds,
established by H. M. Abrahams Of
Cambridge in 1923.
Lord Rurghley OF Cambridge, won
the J20 yard high hurdle event
handily but received setback In
the 900 yard high hurdles. Burghley
topped the timbers In is 3-5 seconds
on the high hurdle. which was 10
of second slower than the record
for the distance. In the low hurdles,
the English nobleman tIailed. Robb
CT Harvard and Cole OF Yale to the
tape.