New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-15
CORNELL UPHOLDS HER POSITION.
PROFESSOR HUFFCJTT AND CAPTAIN Cot-sON RE
GRET THAT YALE CANNOT ASSENT
TILE rFPMS
TO THE TERMS.

Ithaca y 7 Jan. 1.-THE refusal 81 Yale 20
grant Cornes request contained in the latters a. G
ceptance Of Yales challenge has been the chlet
topic Of conversation al Ithaca to-day. The stu
dents In general are Indifferent but some OF them.
while saving little have given signs ot indignation.
which practically represents the feeling ~ Cornell
on the boatrace question so far as meeting with
Yale is concerned.
n an interview tonight. Professor Z W HUN
cult president Of the athletic council which. mad
full charge OF the negotiations with Yale. made the
following official statement:
"cor-ar regrets that Yale finds Il impossible 70
assent 20 terms which appear to Us 70 be in
every respect fair and sportsmanlke. The terms
nroposed are an exact equivalent OF the terms of
the challenge Moreover, they are precisely the
terms which Yale proposed to Harvard last year,
anc Z, which Harvard assented II seems. there
fore that Yale's disincliraion 70 accept them
mus, he due to reasons quite distinct from any OBJ
lection, 10 their fairness and having 70 do with
her general intercollegiate policy II this is So the
case resolves itself into a difference between Cor
nell and Yale as 70 intercollegiate relations N
general Upon such question gentlemen may
disagree without engendering any unfrendly feel
inc 30 long as the controversy Is conducted IN
language Of courtesy and mutual consideration
II this spirt Cornell accepts the decision OF ale
and trusts that the good understanding tnat os.
gan last year may continue, even though dllIeleIlI
5@i;cies a. the ,wo universities render future in
tercollegate contests between the TWO lhposSF
bic. , ?, ,.-,.o. -. .ha ,yars,v
crew made the following statement. 49,.
cornell considers that her answer 10 iaIe
proposition for boat race was perfectly iar rom
tpyetv pont OF view. l can only express my sur,
rrfes =, The refusal OF Yale 20 accord 10 Cornet'
paxf year what she claimed Of Cornell THIS year.
,!o1neil oarsmen regret that Yale has made It IN
Tossible for another test TO be ma OF me Two
tSsc,er. stvles OF rowing inseparaby connected
,i,b he names Of Courtney and Cook. AZ CorneH
has accepted Harvards challenge Tor SHat "a rae sSs
40 .tcb time and place may be agreeable % tle
o. craws II only remains 10 decide upon sucu
time and place All through the nesoua,ons N ,d
IIarvard and Yale II has been taken tor grdnS "a
hat Cornell would Pennsylvania ana coiun' 6a1
,hts var Only matters Of detail nave 70 De ue-
,nrr,ined upon Personally. | would IKE 70 see a
ouadrangular race arranged between Oo'1H'''"'
HarTard Pennsylvania and Cornell ..,,
prominent member Of the A,nstc - OS yaIes
salu ,o,st challenge and II -he does not feel like
s,csn-inc IL in true sportsmanllke spirit cornell
can do nothing more than arrange 4or idces with
si,ch competitors as VII - .-...-. .h.. . .hat-
srprofessor Vurcutt denied the report mat chai-
- "a heen received from Wisconsin by Cornell
IL statsd that II was impossible nor improo,
r.. ,5ar he Western crew should ne represented
d. tba general regatta. II one Is called.