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896 Each competitor followed the rules prescribed in his own country, the Eng- lishmen throwing from a nine foot ring with a three foot handle and the Amert- cans from a seven foot ring with a four foot handle. The form-of the Harvard men was quite a revelation to the Brit- ishers, who kept their hammers far off the ground while making the prepara- tory turns and failed to secure the neces- sary elevation on the final revolution. Then the Stars- and Stripes had mounted the pole and each side had scored an expected first, the real strug- gle began. HUNDRED YARDS DASH. The toss for positions in the hundred yards dash gave A. E. Hind of Cam- bridge the inside path, with J. R. Quin- lan of Harvard, C. R. Thomas of Ox- ford and F. A. Blount of Yale next in order. The course lay along the South side of the track in front of the Yale and Harvard stands. In this as in all races the start was made from the single warning, “get ready,” substituted for the “on your marks” and “get set,’ em- ployed in America; but the Yale and Harvard men had become accustomed to the English system in their preliminary practice. Blount jumped away from the bunch on the crack of the pistol and at five yards had a four-foot lead. At half distance the Yale man was still in advance by a good half-yard, with Thomas, who was coming along rapidly, in second place, followed by Quinlan a yard behind the leader. The Oxonian and the Harvard man continued to gain, but the latter was showing wonderful speed and at the eighty-five yard mark the three first men were abreast. Then the positions previous to that point were reversed and Quinlan finished first, scarcely a foot ahead of Thomas, who led Blount by a similar distance. It was a glorious race, won in Io seconds. Blount ran the fastest hundred he has ever done, but did not have sufficient strength to maintain his speed through- out the distance and retain the lead he secured at the start. Both branches of the Anglo-Saxon race cheered lustily as the men crossed the line, for both saw victory in the close finish. When it became definitely known that Quinlan had won, the Yale and Harvard sympathizers were wild with delight, for the uncertain event was theirs and they thought they saw their way to victory. THE ONE-MILE RACE, C. B. Spitzer and H. P. Smith of Yale were the American runners in the one mile event, and the Englishmen were represented by three men, as allowed in this and the three-mile event, President A. Hunter of Cambridge and J. M. Free- mantle and A. L. Dawson of Oxford. Freemantle was sent ahead to make the pace and led the other four around the first lap at a clipping gait, which seemed to be bothering the Americans. As the runners turned into the West stretch at the beginning of the second lap Hunter was in second place closely followed by Dawson and Smith and Spitzer following in order. Freemantle was forced to drop back at half distance and Hunter took a aga Erp = ALUMNI WEERKILY rw the lead. Freemantle retired at the end of the second lap and the Cambridge president was full six yards in advance of Dawson, Spitzer nd Smith retaining their former position. Hunter at this point began to draw away from the remaining three and had the race well in hand. About a hundred and eighty yards from the finish Spitzer made a plucky effort and passed Dawson, but the Oxonian soon regained his position and finished in second place some twenty yards behind Hunter, with Spitzer third, a similar distance in the rear. Hunter’s time was four minutes and twenty-four seconds. | The event had. gone as had been expected, and the Americans and Eng- lishmen each had two points to their credit. HURDLE RACE. As J. W. Hallowell and F. B. Fox of Harvard, W. G. Paget-Tomlinson of Cambridge and H. R. Parkes of Oxford took their positions for the 120-yards hurdle race in the order named, count- ing from the pavilion, intense excitement prevailed throughout the crowd. This was another doubtful event, and it was generally felt that its outcome would determine the issue of the meet, should it be won by the Americans. Fox and Paget-Tomlinson had both been accredited with excellent times in recent practice and thus it promised to be a elorious race between them. The course ran from North to’South over the turf on the East side of the grounds. Mov- able hurdles were used, a concession to the Americans in return for their sur- render of the cinder path to which they were accustomed. ‘The men left the mark together, but at the first hurdle Paget- ' Tomlinson was a trifle in advance of Fox and Parkes, side by side. The two Englishmen and Fox rose to the second together but Fox was first at the third, having opened the gap, which he had in- creased to three yards when he finished in fifteen and three-fifths seconds, with Paget-Tomlinson leading Parkes by a yard for second place and Hallowell a foot behind the Oxford man. Fox took his hurdles in perfect fashion and kept his stride with wonderful accuracy. His time was two-fifths of a second faster than the best previous English mark; bat can not stand as a record because fixed hurdles are prescribed by the English rules. With the hurdle race over, the Ameri- cans had won three events and the Eng- lishmen two. Of the four remaining unsettled the Americans felt winning the high-jump and half-mile and reasonably certain of the quarter, so their enthusiasm was unbounded when Fox’s victory hoisted the Stars and Stripes. HALF-MILE RUN. But then came the surprise of the day, the half-mile run, with J. P. Adams of Yale, T, E. Burke: of Harvard, H. E. Graham of Cambridge and C. F. W. Struben of Oxford entered. Burke’g previous performances had justified his selection as a sure winner, but a weak stomach, from which he has been suffer- ing all Spring, so affected his condition that he was at no time a factor in the race. Struben was in first place as the — Quinlan, Harvard, winning 100-Yards Dash. Hind (C.) — Quinlan (H.) [By the courtesy of the British Mutoscope and Biograph Co., the English connection of the American Mutoscope and Biograph Co. ‘These pictures form part of their permanent record of the games. | Thomas <(O.) Blount (Y.) sure of. oe oe EE ERIE Lae ae ON Nd A TE Fie ees - quartet took the turn, with Adams Graham and Burke following in order. Their positions were maintained until shortly after the half-way mark had been passed in 54%, when Graham be- gan to work by Adams into second place. The first three men were well grouped at this point, but Burke was struggling along some fifteen yards in the rear. About three hundred yards from home Graham forged past Struben, whose duties as pace-maker during the early part of the race had began to show their effects, and finished a dozen yards in advance of his fellow-country- man. Adams was third by seven yards, with Burke well in the rear. Graham had won his race in I minute 5744 seconds. The unexpected outcome of the half- mile run and the consequent tie in the score, with three all, served to transfer all the American enthusiasm with in- ceased vigor to the English stands. Two minutes before the Britishers had seen nothing but defeat ahead; now they felt that they had a fighting chance. It was a question of the odd event; the quarter mile was to decide the day. € “HIGH JUMP. Arthur N. Rice and Charles Rotch of Harvard: He S. Adair “of Oxtord: and W. G. Paget-Tomlinson of Cambridge were the competitors in the high-jump. This event, which took place on the turf, came rather in the nature of an anti- climax and little interest was taken in it as the result was a foregone conclu- sion, and the tedious trials continued throughout the running of the quarter and the early part of the three-mile races. Vhe outcome was very much as was expected, although Adair did better than ever before and Rotch’s work was. disappointing. Paget-Tomlinson dropped out at 5 feet 6 inches, Rotch at 5 feet 10 inches, Adair 5 feet 11 inches and Rice 6 feet. The straight run and clean form of the Americans received much favorable comment from _ the English sports. 7 QUARTER MILE RUN. The excitement was intense when Cap- tain T. R. Fisher, 2d and Dixon Board- man of Yale, A. M. Hollins of Oxford and C. G. Davison of Cambridge took their positions, in the order named, for the quarter mile run. The start of the race was in the Northeast corner of the grounds and the course continued along - three sides of the quadrangle around - two sharp turns, finishing with a hundred and -twenty yards straight. Fisher took the lead on the breakaway, but was soon passed by Hollins, who had started out at a terrific pace with Boardman at his elbow. As Boardman and Hollins took the first turn the Yale lad came to the front, but Hollins re- sponded and the two fought desperately all the way down the second side. In the meantime Davison had made up the distance which the Yale captain had taken on the start, and was running evenly with him some four yards behind the leading pair. Boardman led around the last turn, in evident distress, with Hol- lins at his heels. The big Cambridge man had gotten fairly into his stride in his pursuit along the second side, and mak- ing a wide sweep around the last corner to avoid Hollins and Boardman, came into the stretch like a whirlwind. Hollins had been sent out to make the pace and his great speed had told on both himself and Boardman. A hundred yards from the finish Davison passed Hollins and twenty yards farther on forged by Boardman, who was wabbling in his course, with face contracted. Hollins rightfully felt that he shared in Davi- son’s victory and stopping some twenty yards from the tape called encouragingly at his fellow countryman. Davison covered his quarter in forty-nine and two-fifths seconds, establishing a new English university record. Boardman, completely done, was four yards in the rear, with Fisher in third place. Cer- tainly Davison’s race was one‘of the finest quarter miles ever run. There is no doubt but that Boardman made a mistake in following Hollins’ fierce pace so closely during the early race, but better judgment would have only served to reduce Davison’s lead. The last hopes of the Americans were shattered by the loss of the quarter mile run and they were now thoroughly dis- consolate. The Britishers had again tied the score and the three-mile run was to decide it all. THREE-MILE RUN. C. K. Palmer of Yale, H. B. Clark and H. W. Foote of Harvard, H. W. Workman of Cambridge, A. R. G. Wil- berforce and T. Smith of Oxford, were the starters in the three-mile run, the last and most exciting case of the day. All estimates as to the final outcome of the games had conceded this event to the Englishmen and it was generally thought that the American representa- tives would be completely outclassed by the English runners. But those who waited to see the first two or three laps of the contest to reassure themselves that there was absolutely no chance and then start home, soon found their atten- tion centered on one of the gamest strug- gles ever fought on a cinder track. Smith was sent ahead to make the pace, with the other runners well bunched behind, at the close of the first lap, in the following order: Workman, Wilberforce, Foote, Clark and Palmer.These positions were retained throughout the first two laps but then Foote began to drop be- hind and Palmer moved up into fifth place. The first mile was run in 4 minutes and 56 seconds and at the close of the fifth lap Smith dropned out of the race, having performed well the pacing duty assigned to him. Then Wilber- force took the lead, but soon he dropped back, leaving Workman in advance. As the group of runners were going up the east side of the track on the sixth circle, Clark, who had fallen into fourth place behind Palmer,was seen to falter for a moment and then fall prostrate on the ground. Half a lap further on Wilber- force retired and Workman and Palmer were left to fight it out, with Foote fol- lowing some two hundred yards behind. The two miles were covered in 10- 16. Up to this point Palmer had made no attempt to get ahead of Work- man, but had followed close on his heels throughout the race. The Yale man had been moving with a fine, easy stride, and as he held his place for lap after lap within a few yards of Workman, it became evident that the race was not to be the expected walk-over for the Eng- lishman. On the seventh lan Palmer felt that he had his chance and twice passed Workman, but the latter regained his position without difficulty each time. This was the critical point in the race: it was here that Palmer made his supreme effort. As the plucky pair went on the circuit of the eishth lap it was apparent that the special exertion had told on the Yale man, for, while he retained his place within two yards of Workman, his step had lost its spring and the bluish tinge of his face showed that he was in distress; still he clung on with dogged determination through- out the eighth lap. With the report of the pistol, which announced the begin- ning of the last circuit, Workman quick- ened his pace and Palmer, who had never before entered a three-mile race, was unable to respond but trotted sandily around as best he could, finish- ing a hundred yards behind the English- man, whose time for the three miles was I5 minutes and 24% seconds. . Foote, “now fully half a lap behind Palmer, gamely struggled. on and covered the distance. Oxford and Cambridge had won. The officials were: Stewards—Charles H. Sherrill, Yale; Evert J. Wendell, Harvard; C. N. Jack- son, Oxtord; ~Lees: Knowles, M.P., Cambridge. Press Stewards—H. S. Brooks, Jr., Yale; G. Jordan, Oxford. Judges—Rev. H. C. Lenox Tindall, Cambridge; G. B. Morison, Harvard. Referee—Montague Shearman, O.U.A. Gu tane., dad A, M. Time keepers—Walter Camp, Yale; C. Herbert, Hon. Sec. A. A. A. Professional Starter—J. Wilkinson, Sheffield. Previous Records. The results of the various events in ‘Yale’s previous meets with the English universities and in the Yale-Harvard and Oxford-Cambridge contests of this year, follow: Yale vs. Oxford. Queen's Club, Kensington, July 16, 1894. 100 yards—C. B. Fry (Oxford), 10% sec. Throwing the hammer (16 lb. 7 ft. circle) —W. O. Hickok (Yale), 110 ft.
