The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-02-15
ATHLETIC RECONCILIATION.
HARVARD AND YALE HAVE
SIGNED A TREATY.
Yale Will Probably Form a Third
Party in the Harvard-Cornell
Race This Year.

CAMBRIDGE (Mass.). Feb. 14.-Har-
ward and Yale have at last signed a
definite treaty and a complete athletic
reconciliation has been effected. Walter
Camp and William A. Brooks, Jr., drew
up the agreement last evening, but it was
not signed until this noon. 1t provides
for baseball, football and track ath-
| letics to be agreed to by the under
graduates managers and for an Arbi-
| tration Committee, in case of a disagree
ment. AS to the boat race this year,
Cornell appears to hold the key to the
situation. The text of the agreement is
as follows:
| 1t is hereby agreed by and between
the Harvard Athletic Committee and
the Yale Athletic management that
| there shall be annual contests in rowing,
football and track athletics between the
representative organizations of Yale
and Harvard, beginning March l, 1897,
and ending March /, 1902.
| The details of these contests to be left
to the managers and Captains.
| 1t is also agreed that all contests with
! the exception of rowing shall take place
on college grounds and the net gate re-
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the two contrasting organizations.
This agreement is conditional on the
appointment on or before April l, 1891,
of committee to consist of one gradu-
ate of each University, to whom shall be
referred all disagreements in any way
| relating to athletics and all questions of
| eligibility. The decision of the commit
| tee is to be final. In case of a disagree
ment between members of the commit
! tee it shall have power to call upon a
third person to settle the particular
| question in dispute.
| Exceptions to clause one: Owing to
Harvard's present boating arrangement
Yale is willing to make a third party in
the Harvard Cornell rate at Pough-
keepsie in 1897 if Harvard so arranges.
| Yale is to be definitely informed of the
| decision regarding the date of the race
on or before March l, 1897. If the race
for 1897 is arranged, Yale is to have the
privilege of naming either Poughkeepsie
or New London for the race of 1898 the
race of the succeeding years to be gov
erned by the main body of the agree
ment. If the race of 1897, is not ar
ranged, that failure shall in no wise af-
/
for the races of 1898 shall then be gov
erned by the terms of the general agree
ment w. A. BROOKS, JR.
WALTER CAMP.
| February 10, 1897.
The signing of the agreement puts an
end to a long suspense and will be re-
| ceived with great relief. The plan is
tacitly that which Harvard presented to
Yale months ago, but which, without
being actually refused, was strongly
objected to. Every one in Cambridge is
delighted
| Walter Camp said tonight: when
/ took charge of affairs a few days ago,
at Captain Bailey's request, believed
that the feeling at Yale not to row Cor
nell was practically unanimous, but
rather than put off meeting Harvard an
| other year, we gave i'm
DR.. Brooks, said that Harvard's posi-
ton had not changed in the last six
months and the same agreement was
sent to Yale six weeks ago. The agree
ment with Yale will not affect agree
ments with other colleges, or prevent a
boat race with Cornell in the following
years.
1t is understood that the first baseball
game will be played in Cambridge on
June 18th, which is the day before class
day, with the second at New Haven, on
June Both. If a third game is necessary,
it will be played week later. The track
athlete games will occur at New Haven
on May 18th.