El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-15

that she can row boat at whatever
pace is necessary to keep her up even
with success. And by this demon,tra-
ton she has become the die atOr of the
| future intercollegiate boating policy,
| and there is no other college which can
presume to sit on her front porch and
give orders, though any one may refuse
| to call
OF course yesterdays race was 4
phenomenal exhibition Of skill and en-
durance. This every newspaper ac-
count makes clear, so that We need not
intrude upon our readers with a repeti-
ton of the fact. w hat in terests us
more and the public too. is the position
of authority Cornell has justly and
fairly acquired By her performances at
Poughkee psie. Whatever the person
al preference in the matter may be of
the great rowing universities, the fact
is that there has been entrust ed to her
Judgment the decision a. to what form
future intercollegiate boating shall
take. When Yale and Hazard agreed
TO row with her in triangular race
upon the hudson, though Cornell I'M
derstood, as well as any one else, that
Yale entered in order to revive dual
league with Harvard who was willing,
the Cornell claim to recognition was in
part conceded. 1t at once became a
necessity for the two New England
universities to row the New York col
lege out of their class, or take the
consequences whatever they might be.
Cornell recognized that her risk was
not SO great and that the odds favored
her. To defeat either one of the
crews, Yale preferred, was to entitle
her to standing at court. To defeat
them both in a smart and decisive race
was to become cock of the walk. We
should Judge from the result that the
situation made deeper impression
upon the Ithacan farmers" than her
more distinguished competitors, who
in watching one another overlooked
the only real crew on the river. How
ever this may be, the result was alto
gether favorable to Cornell and gave
her the position she now holds.
t is gratifying to know that since
this new aquatic power has risen in
the intercollegiate word that she has
the high sense of sporJsmanship neces |
sary to make a good use of it. Our
readers will readily recall the gracious
ness with which she aceded to Har-
ward plan for triangular race, and |
the patience wi b which she bore the |
decidedly ungenerOus comments made |
by few wei known graduates of y ale, |
who went out of their way to assure |
the world that its acceptance of the
arrangement was means to an end |
only. 1t was a superclliOus remark to |
have made and warranted a sharp re- |
ply from Cornell. After the defeat of
y ale and Harvard had been secured, |
the victors conducted themselves with |
modesty. The statement |
they made to the public was calm and |
q gnifed. They did not claim more |
than they are entitled to under the |
and traditional rules gov |
erning a fair conquest. They were. on |
the contrary, magnanimOus without |
sacrificing d dignity which they would |
have been cads not to have lived up to |
During yesterdays race, when Penn |
sylvauia was forced to drop out, rep |
resen tative of Cornell upon the ref |!
erees boat turned at once to the proper |
of the unlucky univer
sity and offered to row a special race |
today, Il magnificent offer which was
as magnificently declined. No one need |
fear that such a standard of sports
will be lowered for ignoble |
purposes.
As to whether Columbia and Penn
sylvania ought to be Included in a flu
Lure arrangement as a fair question.
The purpose OF these annual contests
should not be to throw the doors open
to all competitors unless classes are to
be establ shed: it should be to welcome
only the best university material 1t
: cIear, LuSreloTS, illat ho Il result Oh
his years regatta upon the Hudson,
one of two policies must be adopted.
Either triangular race must be
agreed to, or an American Henley
must be established, the races to be
owed in heats aud perhaps the dis
5ance shortened. No one need worry
bout the spirit in which Yale will APP
)rOach this consideration. She is
neither sulky nor ill-tempered. She
accepts her defeat philosOphically and
that a new intercollegiate
policy is inevitable. and that she must
oe feature of it. No university will
,ring more open mind to the council
.ham Der than Yale.