ATHLETICS IN AMERICA.
OXFORD TEAM'S VISIT
Z\vc Tel. Cupyrigbt—.fintierl Tress Assn .Australian ami N.Z cable Association.) NEW YORK". April 28. At Philadelphia, England's colors were lowered in the first ©vent of the University of the Pennsylvania relay carnival, when Morgan, of the Oxford team, .finished a. bad sixth in the two-mile international run, which Columbia won. Morgan started well and led the field for.nearly half the distance, but ho gradually dropped back. Oxford won the mile sprint. Medley Stevenson finishing seven yards ahead. The British representatives led at 650 vards. but yielded at 880, when Milligaii. the Oxford captain, began reducing Georgetown's lead. MHligalt leaped ahead hi the last hunched yards, gaining seven yards lead, which Stevenson maintained to the last. According to telegrams from Philadelphia, the State college won the twomile relav, setting a new record of 468 4-ssec. Oxford dame second in a Held of six.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16113, 30 April 1923, Page 9
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