New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-31
YALE IN ENGLAND.
,rp,CAN SORENESS-ENGLISH TRIB.
,,rr-s TO YALE-ENGLISH AND AMERI-
CAN CONTRASTS-THE PUBLIC. MR.
BAYARD THE YALE TEAM
AND ITS CAPTAIN
London, July 10.

americans are so sore says the New York
RESPONDENT Of the STANDARD" over the de-
10, Of the vgant and Of Yale. that they need
II the comfort they get from the modeIa-
.,on shown by the English In their hour Of tri-
umph. YOU will Judge how far that Ia true. No
aoubt IL Is true TO considerable extent-true at
Wv rate that our double defeat left us depressed
nd distressed. The witness whom cite is. as
rule accurate. and means to be fair infer
rom his dispatch that what ne rightly calls the
.,urteous comments of the English Press have
,sen cabled 70 New-York / need only say, there
TIRE that. as q rule, they bear out hts adjective.
ia tolls us also that II is remarked that, under
-sversed conditions, such tudicious tone would
,s unlikely from the American Press Who
made this remark he omts to state In any case,
. seems hardly necessary to have repeated II
here We have enough to bear without putting
tvnohetlcal burden our shoulders No doubt
.,sra are papers In America which would have
sbown little consideration for the vanQuished
rod the viz tory been the other way. But hope
tho number Of such papers Is diminishing. They
have already done quite enough harm abroad 10
their own country. Perhaps they do not care
how much harm they do. and perhaps they per-
,.uade themselves that foreign opinion is of no
consequence. That is what Sir William Harcourt
saems 10 think when the attitude of England to
,he Anarchists has to be settled. But 1t is not
the best opinion
TN our soreness at home any Of us sale harsh
,bines about our conquerors the harsh things
have been judiciously suppressed. The cost Of
h,,e them has been saved. When one thinks
That messages these much-enduring cables some
.,,oas bring one wishes the cost per word might
hs much greater than it IS regret that any
hodv should have thought II worth while to
ovow 10 the English that We were sore" The
taspe in this country is that men ought TO know
how 10 take a beating. The English do know
how They take Il. for the most part. manfully.
So hope do we. but II the account have been
oro,,ng represents the general feeling we have
been making more fuss over 1t than the English
,,o,Id have made. I say this the more freely
because suspect that was one Of those who
to,, core and in the dispatch sent you Monday
evening probably took more tragic view than
uos necessary. But II is one thing 10 feel keenly
an American defeat abroad when you are your
ss,> abroad. and when the victorious cheers Of
the English are still echoing in your ears-an-
other thing when you are at home. There is no
bitterness In the hearts or the winners anu
hone none in ours.
Cir Richard Webster struck the true note at the
dinner that Monday evening when he said that
,ha Vale team had fought gallant a struggle
as h. had ever witnessed on the running gath
Az Il was on the running path that Yale met
her worst defeats the tribute was the more well
come It expresses. ] am convinced. the general
English feeling which. indeed nobody IS more
competent to express than the late Attorney
General for he In his time very eminent
athlete and is one Of the two or three most emil
nent men at the Bar. The gallantry OF Yale was
freely recognized on the ground. Mr.. Fry. the
captain Of the oxford team said at the same din
ner that the Yale men had taught the English
much. That might pass as the language OF COM
pliment but II was seen how deeply he felt Il
when he added that he hoped oxford would be
able 10 put what they had learned into practice
when competing with Cambridge. He freely ad-
1ntted the disadvantages under which Yale had
had 10 contend. / doubt whether he quite real
ICED them all.
As think over all that happened during those
few hours Of Monday afternoon. doubt whether
anybody who was not there and who was not
on the losing side quite realizes all that Yale had
to struggle against. ! will say more OF ell
mate and diet and other physical hindrances.
What remains IN the memory Is the moral OBJ
stacles which our Yale friends had 70 face. and
did face with singular courage and composure.
There were suppose, from ten 70 fifteen thou
sand spectators-rnore II YOU count those who
thronged the windows and the roofs OF the houses
amid which the Queens GLIB Grounds are laid
out All but a few scores Of these were English
and Of course all burning with the wish 20 see
Oxford win The atmosphere was heavy with
mis-, and rain but much heavier with the IN
fuences Of race and sympathy. Do not make
light of them. Anybody who has ever entered
upon contest Of any kind in presence Of a
hostile audience knows how II weighs upon him.
II Is thunder IN the air, and may burst at any
moment stout heart will beat steadily against
al this. but some of the nervous energy or the
man Is consumed In confronting IT, and on such
an occasion Monday every Yale man needed
every ounce OF his nervous energy for the actual
business OF running and leapng;-in truth he
needed little more than he had. No excuses
but let US appreciate the facts and do honor to
The fortitude Of brave men in most difficult and
Trying circumstances.
English and Americans show marked differ
ences Of temperament in such circumstances
The Engshman. often reserved In private,
becomes an explosive sort Of animal when he Is
IN crowd and deeply interested by what Is
gong on. Then he grows open-hearted ana OPEN
mouthed expansive II not explosive. and what
tne French rather expressively call "debou-
"nM' He is an excellent public. The American
sometimes on such occasions shuts up. will
Jake as en- illustration the little open gallery next
as pavilion which was pretty equally divided
Oessen English and Americans. Among the
English were the directors Of the Queens Club.
LORD Londesborough. its president; Mr.. w. II.
1fehfel and Sir Richard Webster. both re-
n'wned In the athletic world at different times;
mrs Grenfell. Mr.. Agernon Grosvenor. Colonel
arthur Paget, Sir John Ashley. the Duke and
ouchess OF Abercorn. Mrs. Asquth. Lord and
usay Brassey. and some others The Americans
we're the American Ambassador. with Mrs.
oayard and Mrs. Warren, the whole Embassy
'an' Mr.. Roosevelt Mr.. Larz Anderson Com
s'ahoer Cowles Captain Ludlow. Mr.. Il. II.
JAWS Mr. and Mrs Henry White and their
laughter, and one or two more.
II was as you see. a company made up from