Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-23
REGRET INABILITY
TO Do THEIR BEST
Social Activities Made 1t
Difficult for invaders to
Gain Top Form.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

- VIEW YORK, July 23.-While they
N may not show it. Englishmen
do not relish defeat any more
L than Americans do. They may
make less of an intensive eff
fort in preparation for victory, may
impose less stress upon details of form,
but, just the same, they like to win
and suffer about the same reaction in
defeat as any red-blooded band OF
normal young men of whatever nation.
The combined Oxford Cambridge
track team, which on two Saturdays
was defeated by Harvard-Yale and by
Princeton Cornell, are philosophical
about their defeat and at the same time
rather sore. This, as may appear, Is
not a contradiction in terms. Strange
as it may seem, a beaten athlete may
sustain himself by philosophy and yet
be bit peeved that he must so sus-
tain himself.
Give Credit to Rivals.
This Oxford Cambridge track team,
for instance. They give all credit to
Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Cornell;
they have the most glowing things to
say about the character of their OPP
ponents, the conduct of the meets,
American hospitality and the whole
hearted spirit of friendly rivalry that
obtained. There is, in other words, no
bitterness. But. dash it all-they did
not do themselves credit did not per-
form as was in them to perform.
And that always cuts. no matter how
otherwise philosophical one may be.
Tisdale of Cambridge, running in the
220 low hurdles, charged the last fur-
die like a bull moose when he had a
f1ve-yard lead, apparently an easy win
ner. and went to earth on all fourS
And Revans collapsed when contesting
with Woodruff of Cornell for honors in
the broad jump.
The writer does not recall the col
lapse of an athlete in field event. But
Revans certainly went out cold. His
pulse was going ! 10 when DR.. Salisbury
Wood of Cambridge examined him. He
was put to bed in the clubhouse and
came around all right eventually.
And the funny thinN," said DR..
Wood, rs that Revans is one of the
few boys of this combined team who
has really been taking his work seri-
ously here, really keeping in condition"
AS to condition the English were
of hospitality they were called upon to
weather When they got to Princeton
they settled down in the delightfully."-
rural environment and really went to
work But it was too late. Most of
them were all off at Travers Island. and
felt. as Leigh-Wood expressed it, like
bunch of silly buffers. But they for
Apawamis Club after the meet, where
the British Lion and the American
Eagle pledged eternal friendship and
plans were discussed for the visit of
Cornell and Princeton to London next
Summer.
New York Meet Success.
80 frIy
home of the New York Athletic Club
have every reason for satisfaction in
the atmosphere of the event. The
crowd, nearly 5000, sat upon the turf
embankment surrounding the field and
applauded both victor and vanquished.
For a background there was Long
Island Sound, dotted with sails, a
sleepy blue under the July sun, and upon
all sides the gentle wooded hills OF the
N. Y. A. C. property graced by men and
women in vivid Summer attire made a
setting that allured the eye and appeal
ed subtly to the Imagination. No con-
crete stadium. No bleachers. Nothing
save the admission cards depending
from buttonholes to suggest the mer-
cenary element.
Yet practically all the four-odd thou
sand spectators paid two-hfty to enter
the grounds, so from a financial as we'll
as an artistic standpoint, the meet was
o success.
Princeton Cornell will be well out OF
the red on this international affair,
whereas Harvard-Yale lost money on
the meet at Cambridge.
Matt Halpin, the inspiring genius OF
N Y. A. C. track affairs, ran the meet
like the Athletic Napoleon he is, and Bill
Bingham of Harvard made such an
an1iable, competent referee that they
gave him a glod whistle with the coat
Of arms of the four contending un1ver-
sites embossed thereon.
AS for the announcers, they were so
moved by this pleasant occasion that
thev announced achievements by the
athletes which aforesaid athletes had
fallen far short of making.