14 MARCH 1931, Page 3

A Great Athlete The Oxford and Cambridge sports last Saturday

were made memorable- by the unprecedented performance of Mr. R. M. N. Tisdall, the Cambridge President. He won all four events for which he was entered—the high hurdles, putting the weight, the long jump and the quarter-mile. Actually he had qualified to represent Cambridge for a fifth event—the low hurdles—but he thought that four was enough. All the four events, however, happened to come in a sequence. He is the most versatile athlete whom either University has produced—if we use the word " athlete " in the narrower sense which excludes ball games. The versatility of Mr. C. B. Fry in the wider sense has yet to be beaten. • • *- *