Word: rudd
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Princeton athletic authorities have received definite word from B. D. D. Rudd, captain of the Oxford track team, that Oxford and Cambridge will meet Princeton and Cornell in a dual meet to be held in New York or vicinity or about July 29. Travers Island will probably be the scene of the contest, though no final arrangement has been made as yet. The conditions of the meet will be the same as those of the University-Yale duel with the English colleges July 23 in the Stadium. The American and English teams will enter only two men in each event...
That a dual meet between Princeton and Oxford to be held probably July 30 may now be considered almost a certainly is assured from a statement made yesterday by George M. Murray, graduate athletic manager at Princeton, and by a cablegram sent to the Princeton authorities by Captain Rudd of the Oxford. Nothing official, however, has been received as yet in regard to the University-Yale meet with Cambridge and Oxford proposed for July 16 or 23, not concerning a possible Cornell-Cambridge dual meet...
Yesterday's London dispatches declared that according to Captain Rudd of the Oxford University track team either date would satisfy the English colleges. Captain Rudd added, however, that it would be necessary to confer further with the Cambridge athletic authorities before sending a formal acceptance of either of the July dates...
Anxious accept, but combined team unable leave England until early July. Is end July possible for meet? or middle September, and could Oxford-Princeton dual meet and Cambridge-Cornell if arranged take place as well during visit? Writing. (Signed) Rudd...
Last year Cambridge and Oxford were represented at the meet by a combined relay team, and Oxford led by Rudd, established a new world's record for the two mile event. Dr. Orton also stated that although it had not definitely been decided, it was hoped that the same team would return for the games next April...