New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-13
COLLEGE SPORTS TO-DAY.
CONTEST BETWEEN YALE AND HARVARD
STRUGGLES ON MANY FIELDS


The athletes of all the leading Eastern colleges
will have a busy day to-day Among the leading
contests will be the dual track athletic games that
will be held Yale Field this afternoon between
Harvard and Yale. the first match game Of base
ball OF the between Harvard and Prince
ton and the boat race between the Columbia var
sity crew and the Naval Academy eight at Annap-
oils These three struggles will attract the great.
est attention Of the college world. and in addition
20 them vast number Of minor contests Will be
held. While the Yale and Harvard athletes are
running and jumping on the greensward at yale
Field the doughty Ell baseball men will be playing
the Brown nine at Providence. Another track ath-
letc match that Ia attracting considerable atten-
ton locally is that 10 be held this afternoon at
University Heights between the New-York Uni
verslty athletic team and the Lafayette College
track team
Yale expected last year to win the track games
at Cambridge but the Crimson came out ahead by
narrow margin. This will therefore be the last
opportunity that Yale will have TO prevent Harvard
from becoming a permanent owner OF the dual
cup. The best sort OF material has been unearthed
at New-Haven this spring. and more interest has
been taken in track athletics than for several
years past. II Is certain that even though Yale
should fail to come off winner to-day she will have
the nucleus Of a magnificent team next year. for
many of her athletes are freshmen or sophomores.
who naturally have their best performances yet TO
make. As II s, however the Ellis have lurking
belief that the Blue VIII noat triumphant to-ud!'
and that although Harvard has on paper trhing
better chance Yale luck and pluck VIII pull out
Just a shade ahead. Harvard will send down a big
delegation from Cambridge and Boston TO cheer
her athletes. while number OF members OF the
Yale and Harvard clubs of this city VIII journey
TO the City OF Elms. II,
New-York supporters of Harvard however. will
Der Of them who devoted to baseball will be
found on the Princeton diamond cheering Harvard
in the stronghold of the Tigers. Princeton is sup
posed 10 be much stronger than Harvard In the
tox and has three clever twrlers TO rely upon.
The Princeton nine is also batting hard, ana mas
been shaken down into pretty good fielding form
Harvard usually fails TO round into shape In base
ball until pretty late in the season. and while this
year II seems TO show trihe OF Improvement over
previous seasons at the same time there Is cocoa
reason for a fair degree OF confidence on the part
of the Princeton men. The return game between
Harvard and Princeton will be played AT cam
bridge on May q. -, -,
The Columbia varsity crew left this city. on
Thursday morning for Annapolis to take part In
the first intercollegiate boat race OF the season
The crew is rowing in pretty fair form, the body
swing is first rate and the boat moves along on an
even keel though the cupboard work H. little
rough. Dr. Walter b. Peet the coach mas peen
drilling the men In a hard catch. and has elm
mated almost altogether the slump at me
finish The able 10 raise the stroke WIN
out much effort and the boat gives the appear
ance of going through the water rapidly. Inc Or
der in which the will probably row IL as fol-
lows: Bow Thomas 2, LAWRENCE; Meyer; = lie
Prince; 5, Nash; 6. Erdal; :. Mackay eaptaih''
stroke, Falconer.