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...Base-Ball Association has, as yet, taken no action towards arranging for the "amateur championship" games. There are many men in college who like to play base-ball, but who cannot play well enough to try for the 'varsity or class nines. All these men would be glad to have a series of games similar to that of last year. All that is necessary to make the scheme successful is for the management to offer cups to the winning nine and define the rules governing the contests. There will be enough nines to make an interesting contest for first place...
...action was taken at the faculty meeting yesterday afternoon, either on the report of the Board of Overseers restricting athletics or on the question of allowing the nine to play against professional teams...
Last Tuesday's New York Herald contained communications from a large number of college presidents on the subject of Intercollegiate Athletic Contests, called forth by the recent action of the Harvard Overseers. The opinions on the question seemed to be about equally divided...
...action of the Harvard college overseers in recommending the prohibition of intercollegiate competitions has caused much excitement in college circles. E. J. Wendell, the well-known Harvard athlete has decided views on the question. Mr. Wendell was captain of the victorious Harvard team which won the Mott Haven cup in '80, '81 and '82. In '80 he won the intercollegiate championships at 100 yards, 220 yards and one-quarter mile, a feat never before or since accomplished by one man in one day. Mr. Wendell is still actively interested in Harvard athletic matters, and his opinion reflects to a large...
...Board of Overseers have at last taken action upon the majority and minority reports made by the Committee. Their action seems to us in the highest degree narrow-minded, and marks a strong check to the liberal tendency which should prevail in a great university like Harvard. Their recommendation amounts, in substance, to simply this: To prohibit all freshman intercollegiate contests in baseball, football, rowing and lacrosse; to allow none but University teams to engage in intercollegiate contests, and those only with Yale and minor New England college, thus barring out Columbia, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania and others...