New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-03
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New LONDON, July 2.-The Harvard Columbia
race has been abandoned and the Harvard oarsmen
are tonight enjoying the recently unknown luxury
of cigars in the lobby of the Crocker House. The
reason is simply that the Harvard crew. after having
waited three days TO row the Columbia were told by
the latter that the must be rowed at an hour
very inconvenent for the Harvard crew and which
would delay their departure. The Harvard men
held to the hour which had been acitly agreed upon
--noon-and as Columbia held out for o'clock,
there is to be no race. Colonel Bancroft yesterday
informed THE TRIBUNE correspondent that the race
would be rowed at II o'clock. This afternoon
Jasper L. Goodwin, the Columbia coach. said
" Columbia will row at 2 o'clock; or II Harvard
doesn't agree to this and the men are anxious TO get
away, we will row at 10 o'clock, and pull up the
course" In the afternoon the Columbia crew were
down at the Pequot House holding a consultation
with their friends, while the Harvard men were
dining at DR. Borland's house, and the uncertainty
continued as to the time of the race or
whether there would be any race at ALL
At o o'clock this evening the TRIBUNE corre-
spondent went down to the wharf in order to Sc
cure boat for visit to the quarters of the crews,
when steam-launch put in, containing jolly
crowd putting cigars and singing college songs.
Ii was the Harvard crew with their baggage, and
the Abandonment of the race was at once made
known.
Colonel W. A. Bancroft the Harvard coach, made
the following statement in behalf Of the crew
After the accident which caused the postpone
Inent of the race the Columbia men came to US and
expressing themselves as anxious to row, SAID
that they would row Us at any time we
fixed Therefore tho matter was left
10 us. We couldn't row them two days before the
Yale race, and it was only a question of rowing
afterward. Our men were naturally reluctant 10
stay here and keep in training longer thah was
absolutely necessary but we consented 10 row July
3. which made the men work three days after the
Yale race the thing of course for which we really
cared and had trained We understood from what
the Columbia men had said that the question of
time was left to us and as we were the challenged
crew we certainly had some rights. 1t was found
that high tide would make between IL
ard 1880 and that at noon the tide would be just
on the ebb. This seemed the best time for rowing
and il was tacitly understood that the race should
be rowed at that time.
yesterday. on speaking of the race to the
Columbia men, they said they would row at 3
O'clock. This was a surprise to the Harvard crew
and made them highly indignant They were un-
willing to be dictated to, and they had planned
most of them to leave the city early in the after
noon. Then the Columbia crew said thy would
row up the course at 10 o'clock, with
the incoming tide. This would have prevented the
people here from seeing tne race ana been almost
an insult to- them. and we would not agree to 1t.
After much talk went to the Columbia quarters
to-day 20 settle the matter Mr. Goodwin asked
Captain Cowlcs if he woud row at O'Clock, ana ne
said no but that he would row at l. Very well,
said. The Harvard ullmatum is ~ O'Clock. Then
w., 1i,ngiv saiI, there WIN be no race. We VOTED
4. az
house and hearing noflIiug further the men packed
up their baggage, went out OF framing ana WIZ
leave tine city OH a night train. We nave tried 10
our paticnce We came here 10 row Yale, and the
crew has beaten her. This ColGm9ia race IL OF no
particular Importance to us. and know no reason
whv we should keep on staying here and run the
added chance OF postpOnement tomorrow, when
there is no good cause for it,"
be onlv reason assigned for the Columbia men
insisting on . o'clock is that the tide would be run
ming ont more strongly then, and they wish 10
make as fast time A. possible IN order tla ther
time might compare well with that OF the Harvard
Yale race. The Citizens Committee had become
disrused by the uncertainty III regard to the race,
and announced this afternoon that 10 observation
train would be run press boat furnished. III the
race had been TOwcd up the course, therefore as
Columbia suggested. no one on shore would naYc
been a bic to see more than the start. Few Column
bia students have arrived hero, as the victory of
Harvard vas conceded At q meeting OF the Har-
ward crew tonight Mr. hammond was rejected
captain. All the crew except Chal1ant Will row
mex year.
Jasper +. Goodwin, the Columbia coach, came
down to he city late tonight and made a state
ment IN behalf of his Crew lie SAID Our un-
dcrstanding at first WAS that the race should be
rowed a good ebD tide, some two hours alter the
Hood. The hour liked at first for the race was tW
or three hours alter flood. After the accident,
when We agreed upon Monday someone asked Cap
tain Hammond at what hour we should row.
Auout r. l think; that IS about
two hours after the food but | Will
look 1t up he said. Nothing more was said about
If Tor a Jew days. until we found that 1t was flood
tide at ll2I a. IN, and that at noon 1t would be
nearly food. In that case Harvard, OH the
have strong advantage over U.s. Bat rowing on
a two-hours ebb tide | think the courses would
have been even. For this reason we wanted TO
row at O'clock Another point Is that rowing at
the Hood the tide would have been very poor, and
if we had been whipped 1t would have been SAID
that Harvard had only played with us"
At 1880 this evening Captain Goodwin
saiI it had finally been decided by the Columbia
crow to row over the course and endcayor TO beat
uaryards time of Friday.