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...that the latter crew thought that there was any difference in the courses. In the second place, our men wanted to get away. And, thirdly, our men were unwilling to sacrifice their personal conveniences for the reasons given by Columbia, (which, by the way, are mentioned in Mr. Baylies' statement) which appeared contradictory and trivial. As to the agreement to row at half ebb tide, I think no such agreement existed, for, as you are well aware, there must be two parties to an agreement, and neither Captain Hammond or I knew anything about it. Moreover, I think, speaking...
...course it did. It was also voted that the secretary of the Boat Club prepare an account of the facts as stated at that meeting, and cause it to be published in the New York and Boston papers. In accordance with this vote, I have prepared the following statement, which gives the facts of the case (so far as they were known to the Harvard crew), and thoroughly explains Harvard's position. Mr. Hammond, the captain of the Harvard crew, and Mr. Goodwin, the coach of the Columbia crew, met at Boston in the office of Mr. Watson, the referee...
...supplement we publish the full official statement of Harvard's position in the difficulty with Columbia. We present below the complete statement of Columbia's side of the affair, as contained in the Acta Columbiana. By comparing the two our readers, perhaps, can form a fair and independent judgment on the whole matter. The Acta says...
Subsequent events are best recited in the following statement, published at the time in Columbia's behalf...
...afternoon of July 3d the Columbia crew pulled over the course alone in the presence of Mr. Watson, the referee. Mr. Watson took the statement of Columbia and heard the Harvard side of the case afterwards in Boston, as we understand. He finally rendered the following decision...