The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-06-18
HARVARD MAY DECLINE.
Objects to Other American Colleges Beinl
Excluded from the Contests.

Objects to Other American Colleges Being
Excluded from the Contests.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June ia repre-
sentative of the Associated Press deliv
cred to Professor Ames, chairman of the
athletic committee of Harvard college, a
copy of the challenge sent by the Oxford
and Cambridge universities Of England to
Yale and Harvard as representatives of
America Professor Ames read tho chal-
lenge fully and thon said:
II cannot give you my opinion as to
what the outcome of this challenge will
be, in view of the fact that will be called
upon to pass upon 1t officially, and it
would not be just the thing for me to
make statement for publication until
the matter has been consideredsand 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 tho other
members of the athletic committee be
found who would be quoted. The As
ISOLATED Press can state, however, that
there is but very little chance that Harvard
will accept the challenge as 1t 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-
sidcration.
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
ISOLATION, 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. ." 1880
Harvard men believe that an interna-
tional meeting Of college athletes should
only BIO 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 II
tho 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 tho chal-
lenge Of the intercollegiate association.
The University of Pennsylvania men sug-
gested this challenge and feel hurt be-
cause it 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 1t would be bad policy and
an injustice to accept this challenge, Har-
wards answer 90 the proposition will I'M
doubleday be transmitted to the Yale au-
thorities within few days, and If tho
latter have no suggestion to make it will
then be forwarded to England.