The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-03
YALE'S REPLY.
CAMBRIDGE SAYS 1T Is A SPORTS
MANLIKE DOCUMENT.
Action of the American College N
Great Surprise to the English
AfhIetes-What May Follow.

London, July 1.-THE reply of the
athletes of Yale to the challenge of
Oxford and Cambridge has been COM
municated to the latter exclusively by
the Associated Press, and is praised
by the athletes of the two last named
universities as being a sportsmanlikei
document. But neither university will
make a plain statement on the sub
ject till the Oxford and Cambridge
committees confer. The Oxford and
Cambridge teams are training for
their inter-university sports at a place
about fifty miles from London.
A representative of the Associated
Press went to the training grounds
with Yale's reply, which was read
with intense interest by the members
of both teams. The action of Yale
was great surprise to the English
athletes, as they all thought that
Harvard's refusal ended the matter
and it required some minutes for Mr..
e. S. Koran, the Cambridge president,
to recover sufficiently to express any
opinion. After reading the cable dis
patch handed to him by the repre-
sentative of the Associated Press, Mr..
Koran said:
This is so unexpected that 1 do not
be discussed before I can say what
we will do. We must also consult
with the Oxford men. Part of Yale's
reply is a little ambiguous to me. For
instance, they wish 10 except the
three mile run. If that was agreed e
Yale would be expected to substitJ4
something else. I cannot understand
Yales challenging both Oxford and
Cambridge and think Yale should
o,o inc
the winner of our games here. The
challenge certainly shows that the
Yale men are true sportsmen."
All the members of the Oxford team
We're lounging in a large room, looking
fit for anything when Yale's challenge
was handed to Mr.. w. j. Oakley, presi-
dent of the Oxford Athletic club by
the representative of the Associated
Press. Mr.. Oakley took the cable MS
gathered around him and manifested
great interest when the president be-
So i reading 1T TO them. After having
thoroughly perused the cable message,
Mr.. Oakley said:
Oxford cannot accept The date
determined upon is too late. The col
lege authorities would not permit us to
be absent in October, as we must be
at Oxford on October O. But any day
during the latter part OF September
would do. ] don't understand Yale's
both Oxford and Cam
bridge She certainly cannot mean to
take us both on. That V-Ould not be
fair. 1t is pity that the challenge
has come SO late. 1 viii consult WITH
our people as soon aA possible andr
confer with Mr.. Koran. 1t lis likely.
however. that whichever is the winner
IN our intercollegiate games will ac-
cept Yale's challenge provided an
earlier date can be arranged
Later 1t became apparent that with
out exception the Oxford and Cam
bridge athletes are opposed to
combining their teams to meet Yale
alone. President Koran, discussing
noon, said: THE issuing OF the chal-
enge was not regarded as a purely
International affair, but Harvard and
Yale were named because they are
The two representative universities. IF
we had regarded the challenge on1N in
It's international significance we 8a&Sht
nave had made up a team fromA -
ty college, Dublin and other q Eng
OF Great Britain. well
Is from Oxford and Cambridge Ok
ord defeated Yale in 1894 and why
should Yale now feel capable of de-
eating team from Oxford and Cam
bridge combined?"
1t was the unanimous feeling Of the
members present that if Cambridge
defeats Oxford in the approaching in
games and if Yale will
hen challenge Cambridge, Cambridge
will accept the challenge. The COM
nittee of university athletics called a
similar meeting to consider Harvard's
etter and arrived at practically the
same conclusion as arrived at by the
Cambridge men. Messrs. Horton and
Oakley exchanged views this evening
N the subject of their reply to the
challenge of Oxford and Cambridge
md came to the conclusion thatf Ok
ord and Cambridge could not Meet
Tale alone. Cambridge alone is Aex-
remedy anxious to meet Yale. -