New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-23
INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICS.
CORRESPONDENCE WITH OXFORD AND
CAMBRIDGE MADE PUBLIC.

wow THE CHALLENGE or THE AMERICAN IN
rrRco1l.rGrArE ASSOCIATION CAME TO
RE prc1lNEp-yAIE ACCUSED OF
procKiNG THE ENTERPRISE
Phna lclpha. June 22-S Murdoch h'nu,'N, ~
INF. city, president Of the intercollegiate N'h''"'
Association made public this evening the CORR
spondence with oxford and Cambridge in the en-
dcavor to arrange an international in'er'o"'s"'c
athletic meeting The letter submitting the propo-
stion TO the English universities was as follows:
Philadelphia. March g. 1895
College. oxford: President Cambridge A. A. care
Of the Rev f. H. Morgan. Jesus College. cam
Dear sirs: At the annual meeting OF the Inter
collegiate Association Of Amateur Ane'gs Oh N'"'''
Resolved That the Executive CTmmI,tee pe ,he
10 inviting competition In track ana hen iarrs ~
ENGLAND d%ps the the 2s and seconds in the
tercoleglate championship games TINS spring np, ~
renrescntative team OF university athletes Of Great
Britain may be selected by me sau r,,,iee
70 70 have full authority to represent the lntercoilS,
giate Association OF Amateur Ath.etes OF "
making all necessary arrangements for the coh'es''
In accordance Herewith am nsrneTd by y ,nS
Executive Committee TO o'hcaliy iop". W. Exec,,
tive Committee desires to earnestly urge yGur ,aV W
able consideration Of the pToP sensra pPPeposon
avnrably received by You the arrangements made
by oxford last year in .ho mf sa be taken basis
for the proposed competiiion modyns arrecI
npon. Ne would also suggest that you submit TO US
al an early date general statement OF fou' 1870
g. - anI we viii n once make such changes as may
seem fair II there should then De any o I~'' one TO
personally in se1 co M5h y0 ali
arrangements Io"F; SfTy p9tH KENDRIcK.
President l. C. y. ~ a.
I'll. ren,v ,,on oxford and Cambridge was re-
ceived Yesterday II is as follows:
Hartford College oxford June 10. 1899.
My Dear Sir: We cabled to YOU on June nav
the iCn5 ,S Gomm nd Sam % e nversty Athletic
Club, after their second conerenc the chaienge
which you had been good as 70 sena 'ne nnn gs
behalf Of team be selected from the w.n''v ~
were unable send this cablegram as soon as ~,
could have wished You mus or inability TO con-
vene conference until after the Easter Sav
". 's secmring ADEQUATE conferences at oxford ana
! Cambridge until our summer Term was 'o"'''''
We beid two conferences to discuss the matters
which were before and after having siyen y ,b
nnTeS regret TIA, it would not be possible i9r
g5a H4ssr IN a ,a 'his
inansneed BY this feeling: We had. throughSSMt
all these gye he mrs, refusal to Yale II ,hat
University should its way TO INIT WIN n 49,
vaTa IN Acting under the spr, Of his
obliga ton. decided 10 make proposal o u, ago
and aF Summer w9 Yae and Harvard following me
suggestion OF Yale would prooao1 d so You sii
| thus see that We were placed in position Of con
~ chac4ee we thought that you were *
messing the views OF all the American nniV' ha
ies|ncludng Yale and Haryardnen, as 81, cd mas
and that Yale certainly ana na,E1 hainee We fet
| the more constrained 70 give the hrs' REFUSAL 10
We Ca" can only hope that We have arrived at a.
decision which MAJ seen TO y9n o az regard for the
Interests OF ali the parties concerned. Yours very
ruy w GHKI ll I rTcs,Gsn' @ Q. + ! 6
To s Murdoch Kendrck ESQ, President Of In
tercolcgiate Association. Philadelphia Penn.
When Mr. Kendrck was asked what ne n"r ~
! say abou; the reply In behaii OF 'h' '"'''
| Association. he said: ,
The letter from the British universities shows
that the chaenge @, ihs iro"sered 0xfori and
Cambridge assumed that the ASSOCIATION VIZ ''n s
m mn1~r m s by the Ensshmen active rep
| resentations were made 70 them ma, l'l' h" %
nosed The plan Endorsed by all the other COLLEGES IN
70 assnciaf,on II seems that the Enrlshmcn felt
themselves under an honorary Obligation 10 are
Haven Institution with The delicate power Of per
hitting or preventing the holding Of me 70" in hofh
SIDES o. the water The letter makes IT clear that
cnterpp g and to make It impossible TO crafty the
wishes OF the athletic world in this resHec'. IN
OF
this question. / venture TO think that twenty I'VE
out OF the twenty-six colleges composing inc IN
tercollegiate Association are today Wishing fhht
| Harvard instead OF Yale had happened 10 be me
recipient of the Englishmen's confidence
| II will be observed. also. that among the reasons
| assigned for the refusal Of the challenge IN thls
letter no place Is given TO the alleged disparity IN
| tho numbers OF students in the universities whcn
| sent the challenge and the universities OF Great
| Britain When were first notified by cable that
| the challenge had been refused. a number OF rea-
sons for the action found their way into this
| country from England. having emanated from n
| source which turns out not TO have been
| either oxford Cambridge.
| We could hardly believe that these alleged rea-
sons the ones. because our original email
| lenge challenge which contemplated the So
| lection by oxford and Cambridge OF athletes from
| all the British Notwithstanding whose stu
| dents greatly outnumbercd those In attendance at
all colleges which won points at the recent games
| in \ew-York We at first thought that possibly
| the oxford and Cambridge authorities had mis-
read our challenge. but this letter makes 1t clear
| that they entirely understood the situation. and
were and are willing to meet US provided that
| their honorary obligation TO Yale was not insisted
| on BY the New Haven institution.