The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-29
YALE OUT.
May Try to Get Into the Race With
Cornell.

may LEY W Ueb IHLO lie Race WITH
Cornell.
College Oarsmen Debating a Great Que,
ton Hopes of the Blue and Claims o
the Crimson.
New York, November 27.-Judginp
from the present situation among tn.
different universities there will be somt
very important questions brought VI
and decided before the schedule of In
| tercollegiate boat races for 1898 Is com
pleted. Now that there is possibilit,
that Yale may invite Cornell to row
with her again, there Is an interestin,
discussion going on as to what Cornell
will do with the challenge. If the New
Haven rowing authorities send to Ithaca
an offer to row, couched In such Language
that Cornell would have to alter her
present implied understanding with
Pennsylvania and Columbus, their is lit
tie doubt that. the offer. would bc 1atb
refused.
Pennsylvania would be willing to row
Cornell during q number of years when
she had no other aquatic company ano
| in view of this and because of the YER,
amicable relations that exist between
Cornell and Pennsylvania, the under
graduates of Cornell would strongly pre-
sent any arrangement unfavorable to
| the latter universities.
Cornell had during the past two sea-
sons a dual league with Harvard. Har-
ward and Cornell are very friendly and
| it is expected that Harvard will make
overtures for a race in due season. l
Columbia and Pennsylvania ask for their
ton is will the Ithacans accept these
two offers and reply to Yale that they
cannot undertake the work Of preparing
| for three contests.
| When it is considered that along with
the varsity agreement will go the cor
responding engagements and that some
of the regattas are likely to be held at
Poughkeepsie and some at New London,
| thereby increasing the work and expense
of transportation, it will be held by their
1 friends that the Ithacans would have
valid reasons for rejecting Yale. In
view Of Cornell men now in this city, If
| any one is to be left out, Yale is that
one. In other words, Yale has the third
chance of securing a contest with the
fCornell champions. Cornell men say
however, that this must not be taken
to mean that Cornell would not row
Yale, provided the Blue saw tit to enter
into rowing engagement of several
years standing with her. If FIVE year $
agreement, for instance. were signed,
Cornell would proceed to enlist suttic-
lent number of candidates for the crews
and train enough for all the races she
might be asked to row. AS it is, each
season has to be begun without knowl-
edge of what races will be rowed, and
Mr.. Courteney, the coach, and the entire
navy management, have often been hela
in suspense until spring of the year
when the races are to be rowed
An informal meeting of several Cor
nell alumni was held here tonight, the
chief object of which was to talk over the
rowing situation in general and the pro-
/
No definite conclusions were arrived at.
1t may be said on the authority of one
who keeps fully posted on Cornell ao-
quatics that every alumnus who chooses
to speak will be heard by the athletic
council, with which rests the determine
ton of the entire matter.
The same authority said tonight "Cor-
nell has no policy SO far as any UNIVERSE
is concerned, except that she is will
ing to row any or all corners under con-
ditiops fair to ALL
Samuel ST. Slater, Cornell alumnus,
said tonight Columbia and Pennsyl-
vania, If not challenged before Yale S
challenge is received, ought to be chal-
lenged and an expression Of their desire
should be requested. II Columbia and
Pennsylvania both require races, since
Harvard will also challenge, it means
| Cornell must row on three crew
course This will end in the erection
of Yale's challenge. if coupled with the
condition that the race be rowed at New
London, as New London cannot supply
three crew course. Yale herself always
urged this when she did not desire to
row Cornell. Only her present desire
| to row Cornell changes her conviction
on this point II Yale's challenge has
| no such condition then Cornell should
| accept the Columbia and Pennsylvania
challenge for race and also accept Har-
yard and Yale for q race and each con-
test on the same course. The dates and
places are matters that can only be de-
cided on at general conference of the
| five colleges Consideration on the mat
ter of dates should be accorded to the
college having two races to row."
| On the possibility of a challenge to Cor
nell from Yale, Leonard D. Baldwin, q
Cornell alumnus, said: cit seems to me
rather understandable for Cornell to
| voice her opinion as to what she should
do In case Yale should send her ohal
lenge. Modesty would dictate that she
should shape her course SO as to carry
out her engagements with Pennsylvania,
Columbia and Harvard at all hazards.
Cornell should row all races at one and