Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-13
Cornell and Yale Fights Not Likely
to Race.
DOYLE NOT OPPOSED TO COMING HERE
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The Yale-Cornell correspondence relative
to an eight-oared race has been published,
and from the tenor of remarks at Yale the
prospects are against crews of the two in
situations meeting. Cornell mas done the
generous thing in sacrificing what right
1uily belongs to her as the winner of last
summers race, the right to choose time
and select course. but though she makes
this concession she demands a race in 1899
in return.
II Yale does not See fit to accept Cornelrs
answer the blue and the carnelian and
white Will not meet this year. Harvard
and Cornell will surely meet this year. as
Will Pennsylvania and Cornell and Column
bia and Cornell
III Yale accepts Cornelrs conditional an
s"er and Harvard Is willing, there will
PROBABLY be two triangular races at New
London this year. In the event Of Yale
ana Cornell not meeting it is hoped that
columbia, Cornell, Harvard and Ptnnsyl-
Hanla VIII row quadrangular race at
Poughkeepsie.
The sentiment at Yale is strongly against
havlng any further negotiations with Cor
neil. Inc undergraduates say that Cornell
has not accepted Yale's invitation and that
therefore ends the matter. In the faculty
tne ieelng is even stronger. One member
OF the faculty said that Yale could only
cepted Yale's invitation and say nothing
more about the matter. AS this professor
is in close touch with the managers of the
boat club it is safe to say that this will
to Cornell's letter.
Toward the close Of November Capt Col
son of Cornell received the following letter
from Capt. Payne Whitney of Yale:
THE Yale University Boat Club hereby
challenges the Cornell University Boat
Club to row a four-mile cight-oared boat
race at New London, Conn.,, the race to be
rowed one week to ten days after our an
nual race with Harvard, next June. 1t
would be agreeable to us to have you join
our dual contest with Harvard and make it
a triangular one, if satisfactory to them"
The following communication was sent
to New Haven:
THE Cornell Navy wishes to express its
qualification at the receipt of a proposition
from the Yale University Boat Club look
ing to an eight-oared race the coming sea-
son. We Shall have great pleasure in ac-
ceptfng the proposition, provided such ar
rangements of place and time are made as
will insure fair and complete test, and
will enable us also to satisfy the just
claims of other competitors who have met
us in former years and may now wish to
meet us again. In view of the possible al
ternatives involved in the proposition and
Of the necessity of considering mutual con-
venience, we suggest an informal confer
ence of representatives Of Yale, Harvard
and Cornell"
The conference was held at Albany, Capt.
Colson of Cornell Goodrich of Harvard and
Whitney Of Yale being present. For five
hours they talked. though at the time of
breaking up nothing in particular had been
accomplished aside from the fact that
Capt Colson was led to believe that Yale
would under no circumstances arrange to
meet Cornell for another year.
Monday evening the following was unani-
mously decided upon by Cornelrs athletic
council and sent to Yale:
he
ton of the Yale Boat Club for four mile,
eight-oared race the coming season at the
place and time named by Yale, providing
Cornell be allowed in return to name the
place and time of a similar race for the
next year. Cornell expresses Furthermore
her acceptance of Yale's suggestion to
merge the race of this year Harvard will
ing) in triangular race with Harvard