The evening times., 1896-04-28
YALE And PENNSYLVANIA
Reconciliation Between the Two
Colleges Practically Assured.
Friendly Feeling Is Being Fostered
and They May Meet on the Foot
ball Field THIS Year.

The athletic relations between Yale and
University OF Pennsylvania are seemingly
! becoming more friendly every day. and
from present indications it Is not 1t all
improbable that a resumption OF athletic
contests between these two universities
will be an event of the near future. The
first evidences of a return OF friendly feel
ings between these two colleges were
evinced by Pennsylvania when she advo-
Gated the admission of Yale into the quad
ripartite race. Following closely on this.
| Chairman Townsend of Z Pennsylvania base
ball committee, announced that he had
scheduled a game Of baseball between the
! Yale law school team and the varsity
| freshman team, to be played on Franklin
Field. This was another straw that indi-
| Gated the direction in which the wind was
blowing. Shortly after this announcement
an effort was made to arrange for fresh
man boat race bet ween the Blue and the Red
and Blue, which was not successful. How
ever. advices emanating from New Haven al
that time stated that there is universal re-
gret expressed at Yale that the willingness
of Penns ylyania to arrange freshman con-
test with Yale was not known earlier.
The feeling of Yale for the University of
Pennsylvania has grown very friendly this
spring, owing to the assurances given Yale
of support If the blue would enter the four
cornered race"
Some little time after this came Ya'c's
acceptance of Penn's invitation TO compete
in the relay races on April %. The Yale
track mana gcment's decision in accepting
this invitation to enter the races was
prompted by the feelingof ftheundergraduate
body, which really was the deciding factor
and was regarded at Yale as the forerunner
of some sort Of agreement in other contests
Accompanying Yalc's acceptance 1T was
announced that Walter Camp. Yale's noted
football authority, would lecture on the
game to the Pennsylvania students at
Houston Hall on the evening Of the relay
races. Mr.. Camp came and his talk was
quite complimentary to Pennsylvania
football team. All of these instances are
strong evidences of the friendly feeling
that has been enCendered between the
Quaker Institution and the sons of Old Eli.
At the last meeting of the football con-
ference when the revised rules were
formally agreed upon by the committee,
this feeling was again in evidence. While
Harvard and Pennsylvania were firm in
their stand for their rights against Prince
ton nd Y ale still the readiness both thshowed
to compromise on disputed points plainly
| indicated their desire to avoid any un-
pleasant feeling.
As the football situation now stands.
Yale's attitude toward Pennsylvania is
very likely to result in the arranging of
| contest on the gridiron field between these
two universities for next fall. At present
Or,p n 10
next fall-that with Princeton-are very
small. She and Harvard seem to be as far
| apart rs ever in regard to the resumption
of their athletic relations. while Cornell
| has persistently refused to meet the Blue
| on the football field for several years The
| Blues only recourse now seems to be to
renew her football contests with Pennsyl-
vania. which the Quaker institution would
| undoubtedly agree to providing satisfactory
arrangements could be made. The proba-
bility that a football game between Yale
and Penns ylvania will be arranged for next
| fall is considerably strengthened ny the
present differences existing between lar-
ard and the Quakers as to the eligibility
rules governing the players.
| Penns vlvania has shown disposition to
| accede to any measures suggested by har-
| ward that we're within reason. but ny hcr
election of Williams rs captain of the team
| for this wear il is evident that she is deter
| mined to pla V both him and BROOKE the Two
pla ycrs Harvard has objection to on the
| ground that they have played their four
year limit.
while IT certain that Pennsylvania VIII
not make any arrangements with the New
| Haven college that would seriously inter
rere or conflict with the playing of game
with Harvard. If such game is finally and
definitely settled upon, it is equally certain
| that m the event of the Crimson refusing
! to meet Pennsylvania on the football
! field next fall that Quakers would gladly
avail themselves of the opportunity Of
| arranging a game with the Blue, as Penn
| sylvania. without game with Yale. would
| then be in the same position as Yale, with
| only one big game. that arranged with COR
| nell The scheduling of game between
1 PENNSYLVANIA and Yale would give each