INTERNATIONAL GAMES TODAY.

The track meet between Harvard and Yale and Oxford and Cambridge will be held at Berkeley Oval this afternoon. This is in the nature of a return match for the one held in England in 1899, when the English Universities won by five events to four. As is usually the case in contests of this kind, each side is practically sure of several events, because of the uneven development in the two countries. The Englishmen are almost certain to win the long runs, and the Americans have a like advantage in the field events. To Harvard and Yale are conceded the high and broad jumps, hurdle race and hammer throw, and to Oxford and Cambridge the half mile, mile and two mile runs. Therefore the winning of the hundred yard dash or the quarter-mile run by Harvard and Yale would give the meet to the Americans.

The high jump should be an easy victory for Spraker. In the Harvard Yale trials last Saturday he cleared 5 feet, 11 1-4 inches with such ease that two inches more might be confidently expected of him. Smith of Cambridge, the best English jumper, has done but 6 feet, but with his awkward style, he will probably have difficulty in beating Kernan for second place.

Spraker will probably win the broad jump also. Cornish of Cambridge has a record of 23 feet, but is not in his best condition and can hardly be expected to equal Spraker, as the later did 22 feet, 3 1-2 inches on his first jump last Saturday.

The hammer throw ought to go to Boal, who is in fine condition and has done over 135 feet every day for the last week. Neither of the Englishmen are above the average at home, where the standard is not as high as in America.

In the hurdles Converse has done 15 3/5 seconds repeatedly, which is two-fifths of a second better than either Allcock of Cambridge or Garnier of Oxford have done this summer. Clapp should get the second place in this event, as he takes the hurdles more smoothly than the Englishmen.

Workman, the Cambridge captain, has recently cone a great deal of work in the half-mile run, and because of his wonderful ability to set a hard pace and keep a good reserve for a sprint, should win the event easily. He ran the distance last Saturday in two minutes flat without being hard pressed, and on the same day Boynton won the Harvard Yale trial in 2 minutes 1 1-5 seconds run out.

The mile run is also conceded to Oxford and Cambridge, as Cockshott of Cambridge and Gregson and Cawthra of Oxford are all superior to Clark of Harvard in both endurance and ability to sprint.

The same is true of the two mile run, in which Workman of Cambridge has probably no superior in America. McNaughten of Cambridge is only a few yards slower than Workman, and should take second place.

Thus there are four events conceded to Harvard and Yale, three to Oxford and Cambridge, and the two remaining events, the 100 yard dash and quarter mile run, are doubtful.

In the 100 yard dash Hind of Cam- bridge has done 9 4 5 seconds, as compared to Hargrave's record of 10 seconds made last Saturday. Hind, however, is so erratic that he cannot be depended on to do his best, so, although the race should be close, Hargrave has the better chance.

The quarter-mile lies between Boardman of Yale and Barclay of Cambridge. Both have records of 49 seconds; but Boardman's injury last June and Barclay's recent arrival in a strange climate will probably prevent any fast time being made. The entries for all the events follow:

100 yards dash--Hargrave, Y., Haigh, H., Hind, C., Churchill, C.

Quarter mile run--Boardman, Y., Rust, H., Barclay, C., Cornish, O.

Half mile run--Boynton, H., Franchot, Y., Workman, C., Cleave, O.

Mile run--Clark, H., Knowles, H., Waldron, Y., Cockshott, C., Gregson C., Cawthra, C.

Two mile run--Swan, H., Mills, H., Teel. Y., Workman, C., Dawson, O., McNaughten, C.

120 yards hurdles--Converse, H., Clapp, Y., Garnier, O., Allcock, C.

High jump--Spraker, Y., Kernan, H., Smith, C., Henderson, O.

Broad jump Spraker, Y., Ristine, H., Cornish, O., Henderson, O.

Hammer throw--Boal, H., Ellis, H., May, O., Henderson, O.

The officials will be as follows: Referee--R. C. Cornell of Columbia; track judges--Lees Knowles, M. P., of Cambridge, G. T. Kirby, J. E. Sullivan; clerk of course--H. S. Brooks of Yale; assistant clerk of course--J. W. Hallowell of Harvard; scorers--Walter Camp of Yale, G. B. Morison of Harvard; announcer--F. Burns; assistant announcer--H. S. Lyons, N.Y.A.C.; field judges--H. H. Baxter, N.Y.A.C., H. C. Buermeyer, N.Y.A.C.; timers--M. Bishop, N.Y.A.C., C.S. Hughes, K.A.C., R. Stoll, N.Y.A.C.; inspectors--H. A. Cleaves of Oxford, Chase Mellon of Oxford, H. S. Patterson of Williams, L. P. Sheldon of Yale; starter--S. D. See