Year: 1875

The withdrawal of tho Yale Navy from the Intercol-
legiate Rowing Association, though not wholly sur
prise, yesterday subject Of much discussion in
the clubs and hotels OF New York Yale had threatened
withdraw thrce years ago, but the fact that
she had vanqulshed in many equal struggle
well the hope Of victory in the future kept her to
her place until now when apparently conscious OF her
inability cope with her sinewy rivals, she with
draws from the association, Of which and her sis
ter, Harvard, may be regarded as the founders


OPINIONS CoLLgGIANs IN THIS CITY


HERALD reporter yesterday afternoon interviewed
this subject graduates of the different colleges which
are annually % baa SuaS
giate races, who the acquaintances OF
Captain Cook and whose sentiments may there
foro be regarded as representing the feeling
generally entertained by the newly fedged Alumni Of
our colleges and universities.


A PRINCETON


AT the Fifth Avenue Hotel were found three grad
yates Of Princeton Of whom during the past two
years have rowed in the races at Saratoga
81 am not surprised ut Yale's action said one OF
them. II expected she would withdraw last
year. She reminds me OF baby who, see-
ing a pretty thing before its eyes, and being
too weak to catch it. sits down and blubbers for IT,
Being unable to win In general contest wherein
many colleges compete she imagines that she may win
flag by narrowing the contest down 10 herself and
Harvard She mad much show in the last regatta as
any crew on the lake There was nothing
TO Interfere with her chances OF success. She had
everything she could ask for everything she needed,
save crew that could win. This she did not have; in
deed, she made such dreadfully bad show that be-
1NSeaao
self She from the very time that our
regatta became really intercollegiate. and
not contest between two New England
institutions always been peeyish and quarresome
Year year has regularly shown her weakness
and year after has tried TO cover her defeat by
wrangling with the rival crews and has endeavored
to convince the public that she was vanquished not
because she weak, but because she was wronged.
I'll bet that boys at Princeton with nothing but the
old Raritan Canal to practice upon beat any
that Cook pick out ! consider Yales action as
childish and cowardly."


NJ


ssIt's just like Cook He can't endure defeat If he
can't be king Of the heap he won't play And
dock at the morality the fellow puts on He objects TO
Saratoga because It Is mere show town attraction
How funny 1t IS to contrast this expression with the
disgusting in which he played part in the year
1873 Cook can't win race, and that's the reason
he is mad Could he last year have brought his
in ahead Of ours he never would have thought OF with
drawing from the association He wants TO be made
hero he wants to be carried about everybody's
shoulder. The only way think he can accomplish
this is TO challenge the girls rowing club up at Vassar
Even then think I'd rather bet on the girls"





At Columbia College the action of Yale was a chief
topic OF conversation yesterday. "Let Yale do just
as she likes, said OF the boys to the reporter.
"She has shown her weakness so often that she
really does us a kindness by Withdrawing from
fair and equal She has frequently created
disturbances annual regattas, and developed an
ger and III will in contest which, without her pres
ence would have passed OF under the happiest cond
tions I'm glad she's gone. We don't want her. We
have beaten her year after year. and it's waste of time
on our part TO measure oars with her"


or THE COMMITTEE.


The reporter then sought member Of the Regatta
Committee The gentleman informed him that mas
much as ne intended a few days to issue card in
which he would show the FOLLY OF Cooks excuse Tor
his withdrawal he did not wish his name TO be known.
He said 81 think Mr. Cooks action is entirely childish.
IL Is to me as his personal acknowledgment that
Yale Is unable to cope with what Mr. Cook denominacs
as the smaller colleges The Now York
press has already denounced Mr.. Cooks
action as cowardy. In case Harvard follows Yale,
sincerely hope that the press of the country will ignore
the race they propose to entirely hope TO SEQ
no allusion whatever made 1t in the papers fear
that Harvard will follow Yales examplen