The sun., 1896-10-31
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
uARPARD READY TO MIKE PEACE
WITH HER OLD RIVAL, YALE.

The Athletic Committee MT Cambridge Fa-
vornbIy Disposed, Providing the New
Maven Univcrrity Issues n Challenge
Two Important Games for To-day.
The information comos from Cambridge that
Harvard will renew her relations With Yale and
that tho annual football game will be played at
Springfield next year. With the retirement of
Prof. Amos from lIarvard's Athletic Commit
teo the only obstacle to the games removed,
and Prof Beale. tho now Chairman of the COM
mittes Will. IL is said Mt once begin negotiations
for peace. During tho past year n num-
ber OF prominent Harvard graduates have
upon their own responsibility visited Now
Haven with the idea OF patching up a
truce and then urging Harvards Ath-
letic Committee to consent to an official
treaty. Just now the sentiment Mt Cambridge
is in favor OF renewing tho series with Yale.
providing the New Haven collegans issue for
NAL challenge. This seems n bit unreasonable.
ns Harvard was tho first to declare the games
with Yale off. but II both colleges are anxious
to play 1t is more than probable that the Uni
versity Athletic Club OF this city, which has
been q successful mediator in moro than one
college wfnngle, can easily pave the way for n
series of games. Tho establishment OF the old
football rivalry means that Harvard and Yale
will probably meet again In baseball! and
In eightoared shell racing. In the
latter event Yale will probably receive a formal
Invitation to enter the big boat race at Pough-
keepsie. With Harvard and Yale again playing
football. the question arises. will tho Cambridge
eleven play both Princeton and Pennsylvania
From an inside source IL has boon learned that
Yale may name as a condition upon which the
Harvard games will be played that the Quakers
tween Harvard nuu pennsylvania arc quite
friendly there may be dead lock over this
point.
Two very important games will be played to.
and the cafsIs IND indppns' pS' vii face Harr"fd at
Cambridge. The lthacuns will not be able to
Dit the strongest eleven against the Tigers, be-
and Left Tnc!.lc Lender, but they are sure 20
put up game tEht. The Princeton team will
be rs strong AS tho couchcrs can place In the
field. and should win. Tue Harvard team Is In
poor condition and will have harder time to
Saturday. Burr Mclntosh. who picked Latay.
ette to beat Psnn.rlvsnii., in a letter to THE
6UN predicts that Princeton Will score four
! mes to Cornells nothing and Harvard will bo
defeated by the Indians.
Fred Knowles, assistant Secretary Of the New
York Baseball Club, returned from Easton yes
h'rday morning in anything but happy tramo
Of mind. Knowles said he spent several hours
with the Lafayette men. ana offered to them
every inducenient 70 play game in this city
fusal OF every oder. Coach Davis claimed that
the team is In bad share, ana he did not want
his men to play any additional hard games for
fear that 1t would prove handicap in Lafay-
etie's coming conflicts with Lehigh. Davi.
also said that Lafayette will pay no attention to
the offers made by University Of PENNSYLVANIA
Athleric Committee said he did not feel an II it
would be proper to di opoint tho other teams
with whom games haa been arranged and
under no conditions would Lafayette disarrange
its schedule just because tho team had made u
reputation. The Lafayette manager denied
that n challenge had been received from Yale.
The New York Baseball Club will now try to
arrange q big game for Thanksgiving Day in
which two well-known college teams will be
involved. Negotiations are going on for
the game. and Knowles is sanguine that by the
end OF next week matters will be arranged
1.-The New York Baseball Club is aware that
the public want TO see two Of the Leading
Knowles. '' and they Will not be disappointed IL
VIII. turn out 'A'''Ae'0'''' as 0ei''Se they
. A member Of the Elizabeth A. C. said yester-
day that an offer had been made to the latter
team to play the Carlisle Indian School in this
City. According to President Freedman the
Indians will play another game at Manhattan
Field. and the Elizabeth A. C. may possibly be
selected to meet the red men. Both OF these
hrssls gave Yale lively tussle. tho latter play
rs bSrely winning. each game by score of
IL to 9.