The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-13
UNIVERSITY NEVIS.
Basket Ball Team Again Victorious Hockey Team Defeated Other News,

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 Hockey Team Defeated other News.
 The Yale university basketball team won a second victory from the New Britain Y. M. c. A. team on Saturday night. The final score was 13 to Il. It was hard fought contest from start to finish, but Yale's superior team work was again in evidence and they won in consequence. The first game was played in the Yale gymnasium and re- suited in q victory for Yale by the score of 40 to 12. Yale's record for this sea- son is still clear. having won all the games that were finished. The next game will be on Saturday night in Newburgh, N. Y., with the Newburgh Y. M. c. A. team.
 The hockey team was not so success full and was defeated by the New York hockey team at the St. Nicholas rink in New York city, The first half was played without either side scoring. In the second half the playing was fast from the start. Two goals were made by the New York team and only one by the Yale team. The Yale team won the
 
 still several exhibition games to play. They will not quit training until late next month, and will in the meantime make trips to Philadelphia and Pitts burg. 9e
 It is stated that negotiations have been commenced between the managers of the football elevens of Yale, Harvarl Princeton and the University of Penn sylvania and the University of Califor- mia, whereby the latter team will make an eastern trip next fall. Many foot ball enthusiasts are hopeful that ar- engagements may be made as it will af- ford splendid opportunity to judge of the relative merits of eastern and west ern teams.
 The eastern teams have long claimed supremacy on the gridron and there has never been a satisfactory test of this claim. Such claim Is based on the fact that the eastern men are more ex- perienced and have had the benefit of being coached by veterans. This is true, but the eastern college graduates, men having experience in football, go west each year to coach football teams
 
 the game are instilled into the western players. This has caused the western style of play to be considerably chang ed and it is not at all unlikely that the elevtn from the University of California coached as it is by eastern men, would give the teams representative of the big four unusually hard games.
 The question of a spring race for the university crew will doubtless be given early attention by the boating authori- ties of Yale. In fact, it is stated that the University of Wisconsin has been made an offer to come east and compete with the Yale crew. Such an event as a spring race would create much more interest in boating than is at present manifested. The university crew is still hard at work thought it is confined within the narrow limits of the tank. The harbor being frozen over, it is of course impossible for them to do any outside work and the tank will have to suffice for the present. Work on the harbor is so much more satisfactory in every way that it is the earnest desire of all that 1t may begin very soon. There are still about thirty-five men in training for the crew and the squad will probably not be reduced until af- ter the men have been given some work on the harbor. The freshman crew can- didates now number about fortw men. They are given daily work under the in- of Cartain Allen of the uni verslty crew and other members of last years crew.