CAMBRIDGE AGAIN

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 107, 8 May 1931, Page 5

CAMBRIDGE AGAIN

UNIVERSITY SPORTS

FINE XLL-ROUND ATHLETE

' (From "The Post's" Representative.) ■ I LONDON, 12th March. Cambridge, beat Oxford in tho University sports on Saturday for the sixth successive year. Of the cloven events, Cambridge won eight and Oxfird three. ' The meeting was remarkable for the fino performances of Robert Tisdall, the Cambridge president, and for' tho vii- .' pleasantness of the weather. New Zealand was represented in the Oxford team by W. G. Kalaugher (Ehodos scholar). Tisdall was successful in each of tho four events in which he chose to com- . pete. None of his performances' was quite worthy- of his superb ability, but 15-Jsec for the hurdles; 10 minutes later darting to the shot-put; alternating his 4.oft activities in that direction - with visits to the long jump pit; and then, within another ten minutes, running a capable and contented quarter-mile in 51sec; ranks as tho most prodigious re-cord-breaking performance the sports i havo produced. Later on he could have come out ancf won the 220 yds hurdles, but his discretion was equal to his modesty, for a man who'would not otherwise, have gained his full Blue did bo. " 'An additional half-Blue was also added to tbo Cambridge hurdlors, and both of them had Oxford beaten in the raen. i i NOT AVAILABLE FOR GAMES. Tisdall is to tako up farming in Rhodosia; and! will leave for South Africa » in September. He has been at Cam- ' bridge University for three years. In an interview Tisdall said that he would pot be available for the Olympic' Games of 1932.- Asked,whether he would represent South Africa in future international contests, he said Ireland was his country,-and that if he competed in international events he would do so as r an Irishman. In. the 120 yds hurdles, Kalaughor was first string' for Oxford. Misfortune overtook him, however, for he crashed hopelessly at the- first hurdles and retiro'd from the race. J.'St. L. Thornton (of Charterhouse and Pembroke, Cambridge) gave Tisdall a good race, which produced the very good time of 15^50c,., only 1-lOsoc outside (J. C. Weigh tman-Smith's record. ' ' The 100 yds was the first event,, and ■ its dramatic result decided the sports <« for Oxford's only chance of .winning tho day was in Goodwillio out-sprinting i Wade,'and starting one up in the crucial events. One crack of the''pistol was sufficient, and all four runners were launched in lino. The eager': Legon. (Cambridge) first showed to the front, and then at 50yds it looked as_ if Goodwillie was forging up to his muchiieeded victory. But Wade continued his challenge,'unearthed'the most astonishing burst of speed, and romped home ■with a two-yard lead. The time was 10 1-lOsec. THE MILE. Then came tho mile.. Comes, o£ Oxford, was irresistible from the outset —smooth, speedy, powerful—bnt this "was riot apparent to Oxford supporters. After the shock of the 100 yards the movements of the two Cambridge men, Bryan and Robins, were regarded with awe. • They might burst away as Wade had done. Onec or twice Comes .appeared to want to speed up the slow pace that was being sot, and Dark Blue consternation set iv when he hung back. But as soon as ho wanted to ho pushed ahead, and just before tho last; lap opened up an unassailable lead, which he kept unfalteringly to the tape. Bryan went after him with his noted tenacity, but when pursuit was 'hopeless ho allowed himself vo be b'eaten-. out of second plaeo by Robins, >who went past him in 'the last" few yards.' The quarter mile was run in lanes for the first time in the history of tho meeting. Tisdall was on tho inside," and was thus able to keep an eye. oji, the other three runners. For the first 150 yards he did not hurry., Then he. began to move, up, and had the rape in the hollow of his hand. Ho finished' 2Jsce ahead of' the next man—Skinner, the Oxford second string—and was -running delightfully easily. His time , . —Slsec on a slow track with a nasty cross wind —was the only one of his four performances which fell short of the standard of tho winners'for the past ten years. A PINE EVENT. ' The three miles followed the quarter, and was without doubt the finest race of the afternoon. The last lap pro-, » duced a thrilling duel between Mabey (Oxford) and, Denison (Cambridge). At ' the bell, Denison led, but not by much, • and for the next 200 yards he worried ■i the Light Blue supporters by glancing ". over.his shoulder as though expecting ( Mabey to pass him. This Mabey did a' "' furlong from home, ■ and. many .Cam- ■ bridge spectators resigned' themselves . to yet another addition to the long succession of Oxford victories in this ' event. Denison, however, ' not. Moving in beautiful form, ho camo again, challenged, and passed Mabey as they entered the short home straight, ' finally breasting the tape half a second to the good. Price (Cambridge) arid Benson (Cambridge) secured third and < fourth places after having done some , sterling pace making, which, without , doubt; helped Denison considerably. Comes also ran, but could not last the distance' after his effort in the mile. The pole jump was won by P. B. B. Ogilvie (Cambridge), who cleared lift ' 6in. 'His' second string cleared over lift. Both Oxford men were a foot behind. ■'.-'"/* ' - . OXFORD PRESIDENT'S WIN. Townend, the Oxford president, was successful,in the half-mile. J. N.-Mason (Cambridge) led off at a fast pace, and the first quarter was run in lmin 0 l-ssec. The race then became a struggle : between H. S. Townend (Cambridge) and F. T. Horan, in which Townend's medium lie of the arms and horizontal lift of the leg, combined with perfect judgment, left nothing to be desired ,from the aesthetic and athletic points of view. He finished with a strong burst of speod, a deserving winner, in lmin 59 4-ssec.