Evening star., 1896-12-17
YALE MIGHT ROW FOUR.
ihtImatiOn That the Blue VIII BE
seen In the POughkeepnie Rnce

ihtlmatiOn That the Blue VIII BE
seen In the POughkeepsie Race.
Inc nrst fntimation that Yale would row
In race in which Cornell was a competitor
mas just come from New Haven. A promi-
heht 1ale graduate. who is decided factor
In intercollegiate athletics, Is quoted in the
following language:
think that the outcome Of the thing
Will be Yale and Harvard will meet in the
intercollegiate race at Poughkeepsie, and
that the other competitors will be Cornell
fennsyIVania and Columbia. Harvard will
haIuiy row Yale a separate race and Vale
VIII hardly agree to meet Cornell in a trian-
guar race. Harvard will likely agree tn
secure Yaies entrance into the Poughkeep-
% PIE race or to row Yale alone. Yale will
consent, and Harvard will make Yale's on
trance into the quadrangular race the con-
oltion FOR her own entrance"
II ale does agree to enter the four-crew
tace tas'e on the Hudson. 1t will be a satisfac-
Tory solution of a problem that is troubline
dt ieast nVe universities. Harvard ia az
eager to defeat Cornell as Yale. and does
not want to row two races Cornell has
asa asaes 10 row Columbia and Pennsylvania,
anu mas also a two-year agreement to row
harvard Cornell prefers one long race to
TWO pennsylvania has agreed to row Cor
nel, put she has established cordial reIa-
tions with Harvard and would like to row,
the crimson's crew Columbia ia COZ. -" ~
wipe out this years defeat by Cornell onS
"oula also like to show her old rivals YaIe
ana Harvard, that she is Just as good at
the oar as in days of old.
This reunion of the five boating oo,,o,o.
WIZ restore several Customary events Eor
instance, in 1881 Columbia and Haryard
agreed to row in eights over the Thames
lour-mlle course at New London. There
were seven annual races. Then in 800
harvard and Columbia agreed to row an
elght-oared freshman race ANNUALLY over q
two-mile course. Yale subsequently on
tered Yale and Pennsylvania made an
Ssieen1ent IN 1886 to row in eights over the
ne" LONDON course. and four annual
events took place, when the affair was
gwen up In 1889 Cornell, Columbia and
pennsylvania began a series of ANIMAL
races In eights. Cornell has kept these IN
WIN one or the other institutions ever
since. Last summer four of the oId-time
rivals met at Poughkeepsie, and the finest
boat race ever rowed in America resulted
Ihe eights finishing first and second broke
sne record Tor the distance. unprece-
oented accomplishment. The Cornell and
Harvard crews took first position among
college oarsmen. and 1t was conceded thai
Yale was obliged to defeat them to secure
lne leaders position. 1t is doubtless
sense of this obligation that is intimatinq
that the New Haven boys will be seen nn
the hudson next summer, appearing again
IN an intercollegiate regatta for the FIRST
time since 1878.
r. c. Lehman, the English coach, who
der his training since his arrival at Cam
bridge November II, yesterday sailed for
Europe. Mr.. Lehman said he would be
ready to return in March, when he would
and added:
Il can say that I think the crew is In
very good trim, composed of good material,
and In the few weeks that 1 have been
coaching 1t a great deal OF Improvement
Eas been made In the style and strength of
the stroke"