Word: yales
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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CORNELL, Columbia, and Yale are in a highly excited state over the prospect of our sending a crew to England. Cornell is particularly irritated, as she claims that the two races she won at Saratoga in six-oars entitle her to the "championship," and that Harvard has no right to go until she has defeated her in an eight-oared race. Yale and Columbia are equally anxious to have a race with Harvard, and let the winner of the race go to England as the "champion" college crew. What the "championship" has to do with it is not very clear...
...adjourned a week ago last evening. The generous offer of ten thousand dollars from the graduates to defray the expense of sending a crew to England had been declined; several members of the old Eight had finally decided not to row again, and the challenge from Yale had been laid on the table until an organization of a crew could be effected. In a word, matters looked very "blue." Since then a change has taken place in the state of affairs. Mr. Bancroft and Mr. Crocker have consented to take their old seats in the boat, and Mr. Legate...
...than the team are likely to suppose; and though there may be some who were surprised at the first match, every one was sorry for the second. The record of the Club, however, has been so good thus far, that we are inclined to ask if a match with Yale cannot be arranged this year. The novelty of an intercollegiate rifle match would cause a good deal of enthusiasm among us, and if a day could be named convenient to all parties, we think a challenge would be readily accepted...
...readers of the Crimson may be interested to hear what the Yale Courant thinks about the foot-ball Convention, and we should quote the editorials in full, if they did not contain a most undignified personal attack, written probably without sufficient thought, and which it would do the Courant injustice to repeat. There are two editorials on the subject, probably written by different editors in different degrees of indignation. The first would have done very well by itself. Its author rejoices "in once more looking forward to a good foot-ball season," for the Courant's "love of sport overcomes...
Harlem Regatta. - At this regatta, on October 19, over a one-mile course, B. T. Keator of Yale won his trial-heat in 7 min. 39 1/2 sec. (Junior single sculls), but was beaten in the final in 7 min. 40 1/4 sec., by Lyon of the Dauntless Club. H. Livingston of Yale was beaten in his trial-heat for the Senior single sculls by Mills, N. Y. A. C., in 8 min. 7 1/2 sec. The brothers Livingston won the double-scull race from three other boats...