The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-18
HARVARD MAY DECLINE.
Objects to other American Colleges Being
EKoluded from the Contesta.

objects to other American Colleges Being
Excluded from the Contests.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 1S.-A repre-
sentative of the Associated Press deliv-
cred to Professor Ames, chairman of the
athletic committee of Harvard college,
copy of the challenge sent by the Oxford
and Cambridge universities of England to
Yale and Harvard as representatives Of
America Professor Ames read the chal-
lenge fully and then said;
II cannot give you my opinion as to
what the outcome of this challenge will
be, in view of the fact that l will be called
upon to pass upon it officially, and it
would not be just the thing for me to
make a statement for publication until
the matter has been considered and dis
posed of by the athletic committee with
the decision in question rests. A special
meeting Of the committee will be called at
once to pass upon this challenge, and
think the matter should be decided within
q day or two"
Captain Bingham, of the Harvard track
athletic team and President Crompton,
of the Athletic association, are not in
Cambridge. Neither could any of the other
members of the athletic committee be
found who would be quoted. The AS
sociated Press can state, however, that
there is but very little chance that Harvard
will accept the challenge as it stands, and
participate in an international meeting
with Yale as the only other representative
of the American colleges. This is not be-
cause of the present strained relations be-
tween Yale and Harvard in football, but
because Harvard's athletic advisers be-
lieve that she cannot justly accept the
challenge and ignore other colleges which
! Harvard men believe are entitled to con-
sideration.
Harvard is very anxious to have some
of her men meet the English athletes in
an international meeting but as she now
holds third place in the intercollegiate as
sociation, Yale being in first place and
the University of Pennsylvania second
the athletic authorities believe that it
would be very bad policy to ignore the
University of Pennsylvania and the other
minor colleges, and accept the present
challenge.
Harvard men believe that an interna-
tional meeting of college athletes should
only be arranged according to one of
three propositions. First, that the win
ner of a meeting between Oxford and
Cambridge should meet the two leading
colleges in America. Second, that the
TWO leading colleges OF England would
meet the two leading colleges of America.
, Third, that if the Englishmen wish Har-
ward to be represented in an international
meeting Oxford and Cambridge would
? meet the three leading colleges of Amer
lea, Harvard being thus included, or if
the challengers so desire, the third college
in England might also be represented in
the team from the other side.
This feeling is all due to the fact that
Oxford and Cambridge ignored the chal-
lenge of the Intercollegiate association.
The University of Pennsylvania men sug-
gested this challenge and feel hurt be-
cause 1t has been refused. Other colleges
in the association are now much agitated
because of the counter challenge which
has come from the other side and which
ignores them entirely. Harvard is friendly
with the University of Pennsylvania and
with other colleges in the association and
believes that it would be bad policy and
an injustice to accept this challenge Har-
wards answer TO the proposition will un-
doubtedly be transmitted to the Yale au-
thorities within a few days, and if the
latter have no suggestion to make it will
then be forwarded to England.