120 yards Hurdles—W. J. Oakley
(Oxford), 163% sec.
One mile—W. H. Greenhow (Ox-
ford), 4 min, 24% sec. :
Long jump—L. P. Sheldon (Yale),
22 ft. If im
~ Quarter mile—G. Jordan (Oxford), 51
sec. |
Putting the weight—W. O. Hickok
(Yale), ar ft. 7% in. . :
High jump—E. D. Swainwick, (Ox-
ford), and L. P. Sheldon (Yale), 5 fz.
834 in.
Half-mile—W. H. Greenhow (Ox-
ford), 2 min. 044 sec.
Oxford won 5% events, Yale won 3%
events.
Yale vs. Cambridge.
Manhattan Field, New York, Oct. 5, 1895.
100 yards—W. M. Richards (Yale),
104% sec.
Throwing the hammer—W. O. Hickok
(Yale); 130-17 a
120 yards hurdles (on turf)—C. B.
Hatch (Yale), 16 sec.
One mile—W. E. Lutyens (Cam-
bridge), 4 min. 353% sec.
Long jump—L. P. Sheldon (Yale),
21 ft. 4% in.
Quarter mile—C. H. Lewin (Cam-
bridge), 494 sec.
Putting the weight—W. O. Hickok
(Yale); 42 4 S:in:.
High jump—J. H. Thompson, Jr.
(Yale), 5 ft. 8% in.
Half-mile—F. S. Horan (Cambridge),
2 min. 0% sec.
120 yards hurdles (on cinders)—E.
H. Cady (Yale), 16 sec.
300 yards—W. M. Richards (Yale),
3236 SeC.
Result—Yale won 8 events,
bridge won 3 events,
Cam-
Oxford and Cambridge Sports.
Held at Queen's Club, March 23, 1899.
1oo yards—C. R. Thomas (Oxford),
10% sec.
Half-mile—H. E. Graham
bridge), I min. 593% sec. :
120 yards hurdle (10 flights)—W. G.
Paget-Tomlinson (Cambridge), 16 sec.
Long jump—G. E. Vassall (Oxford),
ae At 3 ih.
Throwing 16 lb. hammer (9 ft. cir-
cle)—J. D. Greenshields (Oxford), IIo
ft. 2% an.
440 yards—A. M. Hollins (Oxford),
51% sec.
One mile—A. Hunter (Cambridge),
4 min. 35 sec.
High jump—H. S. Adair (Oxford),
5 it. 8% in. |
Putting 16 lb. weight (7 ft. square)—
G. W. Clark (Cambridge), 34 ft.
Three miles—H. W. Workman (Cam-
bridge), 15 min. 323% sec. ~
Tie. Five events each, the half-
mile included for the first time, and
A.A.A. conditions as to weight and ham-
mer being also used for the first time
in these sports.
(Cam-
Eighth Yale-Harvard Contest.
At New Haven, Conn., May 13, 1899.
100 yards—F. A. Blount (Yale), 1st,
FEF; J.-Qtinlan (Harvard );> 2d. Time,
10% sec.
220 yards—Dixon Boardman (Yale),
ist, F. J. Quinlan: (Harvard), 2d. Time
224% sec.
Quarter mile—T.. E. burke (Har-
vard), ist, Dixon Boardman (Yale),
2d. Time 49% sec. —
Half-mile—J. P. Adams (Yale), Ist,
W. D.. Brennan. (Yale),. 2d. Time, 1
min. 574 sec.
One mile—C. B. Spitzer (Yale), Ist,
J. P. Clyde (Yale), 2d. Time, 4 min.
331% sec.
120 yards hurdles on cinders, loose
tops—F. B. Fox (Harvard), 1st, W. H.
Fincke (Yale), 2d. Time, 16 sec.
220 yards hurdles, low and _ loose
tops—J. Converse (Harvard), Ist, L.
Warren (Harvard), 2d. Time, 253%
sec.
High jump—C. M. Roche (Harvard),
Ist, 5 ft. 11.1n..W._R. Herguson (Har-
vard), 2d, 5 ft. 9% in.
Broad jump—C. D. Daly (Harvard),
Ist, 22 ft. .g.ite dL Masrinpton -( hare
vard.),.2d, 2) it. 5 4n,
Putting the shot—P. J. Brown (Har-
vard), Ist, 39 ft. 9% in., D. R. Francis
(Yale), 24,:38 41-634. m1: =
Throwing the hammer—W. A. Boal
(Harvard), Ist, 130 ft. 7 in., E. H. Clark
(Harvard), 2d, 126 ft. 3 in.
Pole vault—Yale walked over.
Harvard 54% points, Yale 4134 points.
A first place counts 5, a second 2, and a
third I point.
Hotel Cecil.
HARVARD-YALE TEAM.
[Photo. by Byron, New York.]
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THE DINNER,
Toasts to the Queen and President—
The Speeches,
(By Preston Kumler, the Staff Correspondent of
the ALUMNI WEEKLYy,)
Lonpbon, July 24.
After the games, the Yale and Har-
vard men proceeded to their London
headquarters, the Hotel Victoria on
Northumberland avenue, Trafalgar
Square. In the evening a dinner was
tendered the American and English
athletes by the Queen’s Club, at the
About one hundred and
twenty sat down, and among the guests
were scores of prominent former ath-
letes from the four Universities. The
dinner was an excellent one and the
competitors of the day seemed not in
the least reluctant to bring to a close
their long and tedious period of train-
ing. <A spirit of friendship and cordial-
ity between the men from both sides of
the water was shown throughout the
evening. “God save the Queen” and
“The Star Spangled Banner” were re-
peatedly sung with equal enthusiasm by
Americans and Englishmen, and the
Anglo-Saxon race and the Anglo-
American alliance were the key notes to
the excellent speeches. The Right Hon-
_orable the Earl of Jersey was chairman.
But a cockney usher of portly dimen-
sions, standing behind that dignitary,
performed most of the duties which
devolve on the toast-master in America.
His futile cries of “Me Lords and Gentle-
men, please to silence,” when the “game”
was on, his extreme disgust and wild
waving of hands when the band played
the “Star Spangled Banner” instead of
“God Save the Queen,” and his introduc-
tion of the Cambridge captain and Mr.
Sherrill, were sources of endless amuse-
ment to the guests.
The speakers of the evening were:
the Chairman, Ambassador Choate, Mr.
E. J. Wendell of Harvard, Mr. C. N.
Jackson of Oxford, Mr. Walter Camp
of Yale, Messrs. G. C. Vassall, Oxford,
A. Hunter, Cambridge, J. T. Roche, Jr.,
Harvard, T. R. Fisher, 2d, Yale, and
Mr. C. H. Sherrill of Yale.
To the Queen.
In proposing the toast of the Queen,
Lord Jersey said :—“Gentlemen, time is
advancing, but before it advances any
further, you will, I feel sure, join in
drinking the health of the Queen. Our
sports have been honored this afternoon
by the presence of the Prince of Wales
and the Duke and Duchess of York,
and therefore every true athlete may
feel that they have the interest of the
Royal family in what he does.”
The toast was drunk, the assembly
singing, “God Save the Queen.”
To the President.
In proposing the toast of the President
of the United States, the Chairman said:
“Your Excellency and Gentlemen, the
next toast will be received with equal
loyalty and equal enthusiasm, because it
is to the President of the United States.
You may see this when to-night we are
honored by the presence of his Excel-.
lency, the Ambassador, who was present
to-day to see the sports. I personally
had the honor of marking the card -of
Miss Choate, and whenever I marked it
right she was very much pleased, but
she scratched it off whenever I was
wrong. Here in this country, we may
feel sure that no toast will be received
with greater enthusiasm than that of the
President of the United States. of
America.” The toast was drunk amid
enthusiastic cheers and the band played
the “Star Spangled Banner,” in which
the entire assembly joined.
Mr. Choate’s Speech,
In proposing the toast, “International
Sport,’ Mr. Choate said:—. —
“Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I have
received many compliments since I
landed on these shores. I have received
many cordial greetings, but never I
think anything quite as equivocal as is
presented upon this order of the toast.
For you will observe that I am described ~
as “International Sport.”. “International
Sport—the American Ambassador.”
“Well, now, if you give me such a
cordial greeting when I rise here to
stand as the representative of a beaten
nation, what would you say if our side
had turned out victorious to-day? I
have taken a lesson in diplomacy this
afternoon, and a most far-reaching and
effective one. I have learned that the
representatives of two nations can en-
gage in the most heated and ardent con-
troversy, and fight it out to the bitter
end, and yet be as good friends as ever.
From this moment I believe that there
is no pending questior, and that no ques-
tion can hereafter arise between these
two great peoples, of whom you are the
representatives, that cannot. be settled
with the utmost friendship and: goodwill.
“T don’t know that I have any apology
to offer for my young countrymen who
appeared upon the field to-day: As it
was, they came within one of a most
‘signal victory. I may say for them,
however, that they are young in the
sports that were practiced to-day, while
Cambridge and Oxford have for the bet-
ter part of a century been practicing
these very sports, of which they made
such an illustrious sticcess this after-
noon. Our people are very young, and
green at it.. It was my good fortune to
be a member of Harvard College, and
Harvard made one or two points to-day.
I was a representative of the College 50
years ago, and there were absolutely no
athletic sports allowed within the do-
mains of the College. There had been
a boat club, which in a few previous
years had disported themselves on the
waters of Charles river, but having no
adversaries to contend with, they had
fallen into disrepute and had been sup-
pressed by the iron arm of the College
authorities. What you have witnessed
upon the field of Queen’s Club to-day
has been the growth of these few recent
years, and if such things can be done
in the green tree what shall be done in
the dry?
“IT heard some English fathers and
mothers this afternoon expressing ap-
prehension which to-night is fully dis-
proved. They were afraid that the lungs
of this young man would be seriously
impaired. Well, I think we have heard
to-night that there is no danger of that.
And then they said that their hearts
must be seriously affected, and what bet-
ter display of perfect hearts in perfect
men could you see than we have wit-
nessed here to-night. And then another
anxious mother: “That dear boy’s voice
will be all gone!” but these voices here
to-night have demonstrated that they
have only been strengthened. There is
a good old English motto which applies
to the Harvard and Yale team to-night,
which I believe will be put in: practice
by them from this day forward—‘f at
first you don’t succeed, try again”; and
if you will only give them the chance to
try again, and make one, two, three, or
four more journeys across the Atlantic
to compete with their brethren on this
side, why these Cambridge and Oxford
men will have to cross the Atlantic
another turn and see how it is them-
selves.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE MEETINGS.
“These great universities on both sides
of the Atlantic are great centers, and
great centers for good, and my belief
is that nothing better for the welfare
of the two nations can possibly happen
than the cultivation of friendship be-
tween Cambridge and Oxford, as the
representatives af the educated youth of
England, and Harvard and Yale as the
representatives of the educated youth of
America. We Americans are constitu-
tionally and nationally shy, diffident, and
modest (laughter), and yet with all that
I may venture to believe that each side
has something to learn from the other,
and when your representatives go over
there, we expect to be able to teach
them a great deal. eas :
“How far these modern athletics have
entered into English life I have, for the
last three or four months, had some
opportunity of observing, and if you find
a man in public life illustrious for quali-
ties of character that fit him for the
place, you are very likely to find that
he began his career on the athletic field,
or in the boat at Cambridge or at Ox-
ford. And I think that in America we
are following very closely on these lines.
