Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-08
HARvARp.s REPLY TO YALE.

Reprcsentatlyes Of the Crimson Rx- press Regret at Yale's Decision Net to Arrange RsH Games For the Coming Season-Yale Challenged to Series of Five Games. -t ss- BOSTON, May 7.-The Harvard Base Ball association has sent its reply to Yale's note of May 1, in which the latter announced its decision not to arrange Harvard ball games for the ensuing season. The reply says:
 "We certainly regret that the Yale sen- timent is opposed to ball games with us, and that MT. Calhoun has been obliged to inform us of your unwillingness to meet our bsll nine in 0 series of games which has for many years been an undeniable source of pleasure to the friends of Yale and Harvard alike. We are, in 0 word, sorry that you have been inclined to officially check our negotiations so abruptly and we particularly regret that you have forced our discussion so prominently before the public eye.
 It is unfortunate that Harvard under graduate representatives agreed, so far as was in their power, with your delegates to an arrangement for series of five games under proposed conditions justly unsatisfactory to our athletic committee, which we fancy bears the same governing relation to our athletic organizations that the Yale faculty does to yours.
 In our letter of April 15, 1891, we ex- plained to you as carefully as possible the reasons for the exceptions taken to our proposed arrangement, and we cordially asked you to meet us for the purpose of amending the arrangement for the fifth game in the series, in regard to which alone there has existed any difference of opinion.
 So far as your reference to our relations with Princeton is concerned, we can only say at this time, that our agreement was made under written condition that the proceedings of the meeting should be sub ject to the approval of the respective Princeton Harvard university authorities. Furthermore. we are unable to realize why, in the arrangement of Yale liar yard series, there should be more justice in your stipulation that Harvard should play with Princeton than there would be in our possible demand that Yale should not play with Princeton, and the latter, we believe, would be an extremely untenable position. We regard the arrangement of Yale-Har- yard games as strictly and solely the con- cern of the baseball associations of Yale and Harvard, and as such we desire to treat them.
 Afte- a careful reading of the existing COrItSpOuOtuct Wo arc uudUlc u HUu any expression on your part of dissatisfaction in regard to any portion of our original proposition, save that which relates to fifth game and the arrangements therefor, as modified by us.
 In consideration of our unqualified agreement in regard to four games as ar ranged, we should think it very unfortu- nate if we could not drop all thought of fifth game and decide to play the four games.
 It is Harvard's desire in continuance of long established and agreeable custom to play ball this year with Yale, and we, therefore, at this time, challenge the Yale University Base Ball club to play the Har- yard University Base Ball club a series of four games, two in New Haven and two in Cambridge, the games in New Haven to be played May 16 and June % and those in Cambridge on May 30 and June IS, or on any other dates if more convenient for both-under the conditions, etc., govern. ing corresponding Yale Harvard games in 1S9O
 We trust that you will receive our fore going propositions in the friendly spirit of rivalry in which it is sent and that we shall have the pleasure of meeting your representatives at the proper time to make all arrangements which, as outlined, will stand officially authorized and without question as far as Harvard is in any way concerned. Very respectfully yours,
 D. S. DEAN, Captain,
 J. w. CUMMING, Manager H. U. B. B. A.