Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-07
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HARV4RD'S GREY NAMED.
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OPENING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE OXFORD AND
CAMBRIDGE oARsasS-A CONTEST NEXT YEAR
DEEMED NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND TRAIN
ING OF TIE CREW.
Correspondence of the New York Ii nes.I
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Dec. 3.-Out-of-door ath-
leticS stop In the fall at Cambridge generally
about Thanksgiving. but this year the mldne IS
| OF the weather bids fair TO give season longer
| than usual to the devotees Of the oar, the bat,
and the football. Foot ball matches are played
| with results not altogether favorable to Har-
| vard) the practice of the candidates for Univer-
| sity ball nine is kept up, and the crew. no mat
| ter how cold. rainy, or windy the weather, dliy
dip their oars beneath the surface of the Charles
| The bicycle and the pedestrian may be seen on
pleasant days, anywhere within 10 miles of the
colleges. Every one, In short, who takes phySi-
| cal exercise shows his preference for plenty Of
| air and plenty OF room over the crowded quar-
re ana a close 10 air OF the IN sun It Is the
| that the new gymnasium was not finished this
| fall; but although the work has been pushed
| since frost came. and although the rafterS are
nearly all In place, SO that the building will
| soon be rooted, yet there is several months
| work TO be done and it is safe to predict that
the building will not be ready, at least for gen.
| eral use, until the next academic year. 1t is
| possible, however, that the room which is de
signed for the use OF the university crew may be
| put in such condition that Ii can be used for IA
! part of the winter
| The idea of sending a crew abroad next SIM
| WIFI So much FAVOR among all con-
nected with the college that every reasonable
| facility consistent with the purposes of the in
stitution will be afforded the members OF the
| crew in their preparation by those in authority.
| The prospects of the English race are discussed
| with considerable interest by the students. Mr.
| Roberts, the treasurer of the boat club, in ac-
| cOrdance with the vote Of the students, has
| written to the OFFICIALS OF the oxford and Cam
bridge University Boat Clubs for the purpose OF
| opening negotiations for a race on the Thames
next August. The general impression among
Harvard men is that favorable answer viii b
| returned. This impression is strengthened by
the expressions of several English university
men who have given their views on the subject
James B. Close, the famous Cambridge coach, In
| particular, said at the dinner given the Harvard
crew OF 1875, that In his opinion race could be
easily arranged with one of the English crews,
and that he wished that one could be Cam
bridge, but that in all probability oxford would
DE the n winner IN the Easter match and that
| Cambridge. race with oxford would
| better suit Harvard men. Graduates of tea
| years ago have still a keen recollection OF
Harvard'S defeat in 1869, and as one OF them tolt,
| the writer not long ago, they have waited pa
uently for the advent of crew that they coull
| confidently send abroad to uphold the reputa-
| ton OF Fair Harvard" Tie 1873 crew they
regard as the first which has appeared since
1869 worthy of their support. and IL is their de-
what the gallant 1869 crew failed to accomplish
During the fall, six OF the ISIS crew have roweI
regularly in the barge and shell. Lesate and
| Stow are not yet committed to row. the former
| because he thinks that he has had rowing
enough, and the latter because he lacks the per.
| mission OF his parents. The probability is. how
| ever that both these men VIII eventually row,
| and thus Harvard has good reason TO hope for
| the same aquatic representation which she had
last year at New London. The substitutes of
| last year. Littauer and Parker. both took Their
| degrees last year. and nave left Cambridge. I
| place OF these two, Richard Trmbe, 50, ami
| Edward DeslOn Baudegee. ST have been work
| ing during the fall rowing most OF the time
| with the crew. Francis Peabody. formerly c AZ
tain OF the Trinity College boat club, Cambrdse sc.
| England, and now member OF the Harvard la {,
| school, has been loking after the crew, and his
! coaching has added a much-needed polish in
details TO the strong bat somewhat rough exc
| cution of the various parts OF the stroke
| Mr.. Peabody has kept in condition. rowing his
single scull almost every day, besides OCCASION
ally going out with the - varsity 1t is pos
S!ble that in the failure OF Of the old crew 10
| row, MI. Peabody may occupy a seat in the boat
| next season. At all events, he will be Oh hand
and his connection with the law school makes
| him eligible to the crew. The work OF the crew
| during the fall has been light. The distance
| rOWed varied from two and half to four miles;
TINS row, with an occasional walk, is all that
| has been done. This winter the crew VIII
go into more careful training in their boat house
| quarters and while the Englishmen are rowing
tnelr college races ard preparing fort annual
| oxford. Cambridge match. the Americans viii
! be pulling on their hydraulic rowing machlnes
| and will scarcely have left them before the
| English rowing season is over. It is urged that
| for this reason-because the English crew would
| have to keep in training four months longer
| than uSllal-they Will not want to make a
1st OF August, but in 1860 they waited until the
| 9th OF August, and it is thought that, mas
much as they were successful in that year, they
are willing TO give Harvard another chance, no
matter II they have TO Inconvenience themselves
! by so doing. 1t is the expectation of the Hdr.
| ward crew TO finish the home races by July B.
| ana then sail at once. The list OF August, then
viii be the earliest date that they could row in
England with any justice TO their chances OF
success.
The races with Cornell and Columbia, wh,.,
| have been SO much discussed are not yet ar
ranged. 1t Is noticeable that, unless a chai-
| lenge is TO be accepted by one Of the English
crews, Harvard men do not seem eager to row
either OF these colleges, feeling that they have
! no issue with them. and preferring to encoun-
yer ale only IL Cornell and Columbia are
| r0Wed and beaten, the Harvard crew viii not
claim the Title OF champions, but, in the event
| OF their going abroad, will go simply as the
| Harvard crew, and as the Harvard crew they
i might so TO row against an English crew even
| if beaten at home, although on this point boat
| ing men at Cambridge are not so sure. The
| condition this year. under the supervision of
| the assistant treasurer, Richard Trimble, 81.
Through the eXertions of Frank Donaldson, OF
| the senior class, the faculty have given permis-
| sion to the Hasty Pudding club to give series
| OF dramatic entertainments i'm Boston in aid OF
the crew., These theatricals will take place In
Union hall, In BOylStOn street, On the evenings
CT December ~ and 10 and on the afternoon of
December Ii. There will be two changes In
The three performances, at which the glee club
VIII sing. Until the letter to England has been
heard from, OF course nothing will be done TO-
ward next years races; but in the meantime all
Harvard men who are interested hold them
selves In readiness to act, and apparently there
seems TO be little doubt at Cambridge and BoS-
ton that next year will be the liveliest for Ha-
Vard IN aquatic matters since 1862
Sarah Bernhardt and Her Precios.
Coffin.
Sarah Bernhard objects strongly to the in
putation of singularity, and yet, ii it were nq-
rude to contradict a LADY, one would have T.,
admit that She sometimes does 10