New-York tribune., 1874-07-21
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
,,,rrpCoIIEGIATE SPORTS.

r,,r INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS.
A LARGE GATHERING AT THE DEfor DisAfroiNihp
NY TIE NoN-ARRIyAL OF CHE 'iCioiioo'
CREW. =. ,
As on earnest of what the reception OF the
victorious Columbia crew by their college brethren III
this city promises to be. the gathering at the Grahu
Central Depot yesterday afternoon was very satisfac
tory The expected crew did not, however, make It's
appearance. No formal arrangements had been made,
but alumni and students seemed, by kind OF tacit
compact 10 have made their appearance at the depot TO
await coming OF the vctors. The Saratoga special
train. leaving Troy at 1918 was due at the depot
at 2i0 D. m but 1t did not arrive until an hour later
At about o. m. the crowd began to gather In Forty
secondst. IN front of the depot. Noticeable among
those gathered was the venerable form OF President
Barnard who wore huge blue and white rosette with
ribbons attached and the pride which glstened In his
eyes expressed itself through his spectacies
bedewed with moisture, told how deeply he felt the
victory which had been by the Columbia crew.
Reception Committeeiwas appointed consisting OF the
following alumni Chairman, Frederick r. Coudert OF
the Glass OF 1850 william II. Buterworth Of d. c.
Campbell of '65 W. T. Lathrop Of 'C2 j. T. Davies OF CO.
George g. De Witt OF 67, Clarence Branetd OF CO. J B
Lawrence OF 6 A. Van santvoord OF 65, and Seth Low
of 20. Among others present were Prof. George Mare
and lady DR.. Anderson the Rev. Drs Buell. and Corn
wall. At about 500 p. the whole gathering, wearing
the and white OF Columbia marched into the depot
While waiting few Of the older alumni began to sing
old college airs in which many present loned ana 10
the disiOnted cheer OF C-Ou--O-l-a AT abOut
$40 p the Saratoga special made s appearance ana
steamed through the entrance or the depot. IL was
greeted with chorus OF hurrabs ana cheers, when
were some what when 1t discovered that
none of the members or the winning crew were on
| board. on the train, however, came many Columbia
men who exchanged hearty greetings with their friends
| in the depot Among them was Prof Van Amringe,
| commodore OF the boat club who stepped on the
rear platform Of one of aud made speech to
the assembled throng telling them that the crew foupd
themselves unable TO come down from Saratoga, bet
that they would be In the city with their boats to-day.
During the delivery o. his remarks he repeatedly
cheered and at their conclusion he was tted upon the
shoulders of friends aud carried out OF the depot
The victorious crew will be received on their arTyai
dinner VIII be given IN their honor Frederick r. Co1dert
will preside aud make address OF graduation and
welcome which Will be responded TO by the crew. Al,
dresses are also expected from President barnard ahd
| others.
TIE POSITION OF THE WILLIAMS CREW IN sATUR-
| DAYS REGATTl,
| SARATOGA, ,July 2O.-The Williams College
pretty clearly established their claim TO the
fourth place in the race, instead OF Dartmouth The
Williams boat was awarded the fourth place Dy Inc
judges but the signal officers dispdted tho clan'
| FOOT RACES AT sARArOGA-COPELAND OF CORNELL,
NEvN OF YALE, DOwNES or WESLEYAN,
MAXWELL oF YALE, AND EUsns OF YVES
LEYAN THE WINNERS OF TIE SEVERAL PRIZES.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBUNEl
| SARATOGA, July GA shower this morn
ing caused poncment OF the foot till o'clock
| this 'aftcrnoon. Though the travelling was difficult
fully 1900 people gathered at Glen Mitchell and the
| races began promptly on time FIVE contestants en-
tered oncnle running namely. s. A. Reed of
Columbia f. Copeland OF Cornell, j. III. Van Devcnter
Of Princeton A. b Ellis and ]. b. Curtis OF Harvard.
! Ellis and Curtis dropped out, and the by
! Copeland IN 1851 minutes, Van Dcventer's time was
5:I2 and Reeds 5:IJf The hundred yards running
race was contested py r. W Van BDskerck Ol Columbia,
T. II. Herrick OF Harvard. "a Il. Nevin of Yale, B.
| Potter of Cornell, j. IL. Van Deyenter and A. Mar
| and NJ A
Nerin Of Yale time, iei seconds Potter
! at Ney!u's heels his umo being j..
seconds. j. T. Goodwin Of Coumba, ]. H. Van Dcyeuier
| OF Princeton, and w. H. Downes Of Wesleyan entered
three-nilc running DJwnes and Goodwin had
very close and made several splendid spurs but
Dowues kept the lead and IN lsl72 minutes. HIS
| first mile was made IN 6:lt, and ms second IN 1916.
Goodwin followed III lSii4 Van Deyenter witbdiew at
| the p mile point.
The prettiest and closest race was the hurdle. The
distance l2s yards There 10 hurdles, i2 yards
apart and A. Inches high. Coates Maxwell OF Yale, \.
L. Ryes of Harvard and a. MITQ1and OF Princeton ran,
ana Maxwell was the victor; time, 2oi seconds The
! seven-ple walking race was very exciting. J. H.
Souhard Of Cornell. g. II. H1pbr o. Williams, &. Eager
OF Dartmouth. T. Price of Columbia j. Eustis and H.
! C. UeerInsns OF Wesleyan entered They started OF
| well together, southard taking the lead. Hub
bell passed him the first quarter. At the
half-mne point, Enstis Spurted and passed
| both in E50 while the other three came up
several rods behind Several frutless attempts were
made by Hubbeil and SouthIrd to snatch the lead from
ElstIs, who made his first mile in gi7 During The
second mile Egdn dropped ont, ana the or Ter was;
ElsIs IIubDe, Southdrl, Germans, and Price Euss
finished miles in ~ minutes 80 seconds. SOu,hard
withdrew at the end OF the third mile Price, Hcernnns,
and HubDcl came NJ close together. with Hubbell
a few eot ahead while l. iss led by halfdozen rod
With slight dcyatiOns The same positions were kept 10
thc finish Eustls showed the most endurance, and
walked further away from his competitors every uN'
He completed The whole miles IN n minutes and
received with loud cheering. HuDb'lfs time was
72273. On the last quarter HecrmdGs was disqualified
for TGBuiUg The programme was finished al O'clock
Tn evening tle prZs were formally distributed IN the
ballroom OF the Grand UliOn Hotel.