The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-28
YALE MUST BEND TIE KNEE
IN SIZE DESIRES ANOTHER ROWING
CONTEST WITH CORNELL.

As the Victor In the Race Last Friday She
| ia Ready to Receive Any Proposition
Yale or Harvard May Submit, but win
nition-O Other Aquatic Notes.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, June 2.-Sever-
al important facts about the future Of
college aquatics in this country are in
evidence here to-day. First, Cornell
will as victor, receive almost any prop
osltion from Yale and Harvard that
those colleges wish to make, but will
not present a proposition as to future
engagements.
Second, no proposition will be ac-
cepted by Cornell that compels her to
Join in an exclusive class with Yale
and Harvard, at the sacrifice of her re
lations with Columbia and Pennsylva-
MIA.
Third, Cornell, Columbia and Penn
sylvania will combine for races proba-
| bly, upon this course, and will invite the
| University of Wisconsin to come in.
Yale and Harvard may also enter if
their exclusive dual agreement is not
handicap.
Fourth, Cornell may try and arrange
to race again in England with purely
American methods and as the repre-
sentative of American college rowing.
Cornell holds that her victory over the
other colleges compels recognition if
Harvard and Yale wish to hold or at
| tempt to hold the record for American
college rowing. She also holds that as
Cornell, as victor, condescends to row
with Pennsylvania and Columbia in
spirit of true sportsmanship and to
make the American championship as
great a victory as possible. Yale and
Harvard should come into the combi-
nation until at least such time as it is
demonstrated that they are superior to
these other colleges.
Coach Courtney of Cornell says;
Cornell stands ready to meet Yale and
Harvard and willing to row them at
any time and all times, but it is not
ready to be an unwelcome guest in the
three cornered arrangement
American spirit is against withdraw
ing while beaten. 1t has been custom
airy over here to keep at 1t until pluck
and skill crown their efforts
Captain Boyle of Pennsylvania to-
day said, with much emphasis: II don't
want to throw cold water upon any
| scheme that will lead to wide-open
competition upon the part of all row.
ing colleges In this country, but don't
| believe that Harvard or Yale will row
| with Cornell again unless Cornell
agrees to a three-cornered game. I am
quite positive that Cornell will refuse to
listen to such proposition, but will in
sist that Pennsylvania and Columbia
be admitted. What we of Pennsylva-
MIA expect to see is a quadrangular
race on the Hudson river course be-
| tween Cornell, Pennsylvania, Columbia
and the University of Wisconsin. Wis
consin would undoubtedly like to come
in and I think she will be invited OF
course if Yale and Harvard broaden
out, they too, would be welcome"
Cornell's navy is very much averse
to the proposition to again have two
sets of races, and one of the directors
said to-day: Cornell will not agree
next year to row twice 1t is our idea
that it is too trying and as the victors
we believe that we should have the
say as to who will be allowed to row
in any one set of races which we may
arrange"
The Poughkeepsie course is as good
as settled upon for the races next sea-
son. Professor Wheeler, who domi-
mates the affairs of the Cornell navy,
says that Cornell is perfectly satisfied
and he believes it almost a perfect
| course.
DR.. Walter Peet, who may train the
Columbia crews next year. is an enthu-
| siast over the Poughkeepsie course
and Ellis Ward of Pennsylvania and
Captain Boyle are both in favor of the
| course.
There are rumors Of changes in the
coaches of the university crews next
year. 1T is said that Mr.. Cook, the Yale
coach, is to retire, and that VIII Beard
of Poughkeepsie, who rowed in the
| Yale-Henley crew, is slated to take his
place. This statement cannot be con-
| firmed tonight. Courtney will remain
| with Cornell, and it is generally under
stood that Harvard will have another
try at English methods, by having Mr.
Lehman come over again next spring
1t is expected that DIR. Walter Peet
| who coached the Columbia crew in it's
| successful year, will again take hold of
Columbia. Ellis Ward will remain with
Pennsylvania and says that he sees
very good material in this years fresh
man class for big Varsity crew next
year.
The crews did not go out on the river
this afternoon, but there is nevertheless
speculation as to the outcome and in
that speculation Columbia stands first
pick for the freshman race. AS to the
Varsity race Mr.. Courtney said to-day
that he believed the Cornell crew
would have to row a harder race on
Friday than they rowed on last Friday
The crews in the Friday race will make
every endeavor to beat the time of last
Friday in the hope of demonstrating
they they are very much faster than
the Yale and Harvard crews.
At Columbia quarters the men spent a
very quiet Sunday. The Varsity crew
went for a long walk and the freshmen
loafed about in the sun during the
morning and in the afternoon took d
ride on Jarvis B. Edson's yacht, the
Claymore. Longacre, the regular man
at No. Z. in the Varsity boat, who has
been out for some days, will go back
to it tomorrow. Shattuck, who rowed
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