New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-01
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wAnyARD REFUSES 10 ROW ooLUMBaAs
,rsxesoR GOODWIN THINKS THAT HARVARD
= nor xExrINe HER AGHEEMENT-A RE-

-rvsesoa GOODWIN THINKS THAT HARVARD
- nor xExrINe HER AGnEEMENr-A RE-
x1Ew OF THE coLLEeE RELATIONS:
- ! besn pretty definitely settled that there will
=. go VARSITY race between Columbia and Harvard
selleecs It's year. as Harvard refuses to row. There
3 : standIpg agreement between the two colleges
ss.s,or ther 10 an annual race. except when the
sv a either college is entirely unable 70 row. whom
sce Of such inability must be sent to tho opposing
s.1ees before March 1. This contract Harvard VIII
:teoak this year she persists in maintaining The
s,suud she now holds In refusing 10 row Columbia
thss spring Tho facts Of the case were given to
r,4buns reporter by Professor Jasper T. Goodwin,
sss rowed In the famous Columbia crew that went
= uueiand and won 30 much honor for American
sars.aen in 1878. The Professor said
. the trouble dates back as far as TT. In that
,esr Columbia challenged Harvard 10 race and the
sta;lenge was declined. The Columbia carsnen went
,s of training, and did net expect to do any boating,
,,ctfl along In June Harvard sent telegram saying
nat Il Columbia wanted to row she would row her
3. souSuile race IN ten days from that day. The
fsluubs men wore out Of trainfng and did not oven
s.ys an elghtoared shell IN their bcathonse bat they
1870 10 accept the challenge, and that night one
= shrn. Mr. Kelley, went up to New-Hsven and
tov,oveA sheil from tho Yale navy The next day
sayxb tssu went into training In the Yale shell,
"a : Columba shell was ordered 10 be built. The
~ befoye TIE race the sheil was completed and the
s,sv sat- m 10 for the first time The next day the
,,sU met the famous Bancroft crew of Harvard and
.d he rsco. beng beaten BY less than boatiength
- -, yvstsr rowed in the boat. The following
~.sy wa ehalisnged Harvard again, and again
yssv,.-a refused. 80 We decided 70 send
~, ersv 70 ENGLAND. and you know
-. IN. rssuft was That was our Henley crew.
.s,sr that Hxsvssd vsated to row Us, but We would
net row raIess harvard signed an agreement to row
:. annual race. TIVE years afterward Harvard Game
= our turms, and was one OF the agnors Of thu
.srsouaat. We put in provision that in the case
d ~ liability of sither crew to row any year through
l,ek 81 fnas or lack OF proper material, notice
ssud be sent 10 the other college stating the ina
nisy before March l.
s . LAST year the Harvard management sent word
i sbe last moment permitted BY the agreement that
they could not row at the usual time, and suggested
tina when Il was impossible for Columbia TO rev,
AZ IL vss In the middle Of tho final examinations at
Columbia After some correspondence the race was de-
c,sred or for the yeag This year the management az
Huvard sent . letter to Columbia ono week before
March !, Substantially follows; In order TO pro
vert sny misunderstanding We wish TO inform you
s ,sss s Our men replied that Is Harvard had Grew
and expected 10 row against Ysie tney eoniu not sse
ys s s n, sso Ssa s.d Hsr m
pred as once that they would % unable 70 row. lar
sssa sds wants e row Tas ana r oS s SDna
rsas Va Coiursbia and SO / cannot see anything
sSs IN Hsrssrds position than violation Of her com
Captain Kiayp, of tho VARSITY crew, expressed
subSfantia,y the sapae views as Professor Goodwin
sn6 sdded !: q Although We Will not have race with
Harvard, Columbia WIN probably have two three-eor
usred races this year. She VIII row . Columbia.
0orer University Of psnnsyiyans Varsity race, ana
r,<obably \ Columbia Hayward Yale freshman race,
eoth az NewLoDdon. The Yale freshmen have chaL
Iengsd Coisnbla and the college boat club has al
rIe8d the freshmen 10 accept provided an Arrange
met can be made by which Yale Dan enter the Ceiuin
b:erHarvard fseehInan race, which Is already deter
mined UPON Both our crews are tfaning hard.