Word: heralds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...resume of the affairs to date, the Herald on the day of the meet mentioned the two previous international meets, in which Oxford beat Yale at London in 1894, and Yale beat Cambridge at New York the following year...
...Herald went on to comment on the hassle over the amateur standing of Burke and Quinlan, editorializing that the "solicitude of England as to the amateur standing of the Harvard and Yale men is amusing in view of the fact that many things are permitted at Oxford and Cambridge that would not be tolterated here at home." They did not elaborate on the "many things...
With the score tied 4 to 4 (the meets were to be decided according to the English custom; on the basis of first places only), and only the three-mile remaining, the Herald described the climax of the meet...
Under a banner headline, "America Conquers," the Herald shouted, "The meeting will probably go down in athletic annals as the best ever seen on this side of the water...
Giving its description of the excitement and local color, the Herald added, "The members of the visiting team were...really distinguished from the home candidates, if for nothing more than a cleanly aspect, in marked contrast to the American athletes, who as a class, have yet to learn of the launderers...