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...last year's crew, Woodruff, Gill, Corbin, Hartwell, and Brewster are now in college, while Carter is expected to join the college soon. Caldwell, Yale's famous stroke, is in the Divinity School and could be easily persuaded to take a seat in the boat...
...next place, our management, wishing to bring about the game with Yale if it were possible to do so, telegraphed the following message to Captain Corbin early yesterday morning: "Would you be willing to play even in New Haven? Answer at once." Up to the time of going to press no reply had been received, which, in itself is an act of egregious discourtesy on Yale's part. It is too late now for the eleven to go to New Haven, therefore there will be no game this year...
...with some of our graduates this morning resulted in the following final decision: Harvard must play Yale at New York on Thanksgiving day (?) forfeit their championship game scheduled for that time and place. Yale' position on that question is unapt table and will remain so. Yours truly; WILLIAM H. CORBIN...
...manifestly impossible for Harvard to overrule the decision of the athletic committee on this matter, Mr. Corbin's letter made it necessary for Harvard to forfeit the game, which was done. The Harvard management immediately sent the following challenge to Yale, to which no answer has yet been returned...
...Signed) W. H. CORBIN...