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...trials are to be conducted. We fully realize the difficulties in the way of a satisfactory arrangement, but it seems to us that something better could be devised for a preliminary trial than merely having the Boylston Professor select twenty of the speakers to take part in the final contest. When we consider the fondness of judges for making an award which shall astonish everybody, we cannot help feeling that it is impossible for one single man to pick out twenty men, and say that they, and none but they, stand a chance for the five prizes that are offered...
...also seems unjust to refuse a cup where there is only one entry. The chief object of the H. A. A. is to encourage athletics here. Now, as the contestants in many of the events of the in-door meeting practise together daily, it is well known beforehand who is likely to win; and often the man whose chances are best is left to enter the contest alone. Hence, under the present rule, a man is actually discouraged from trying to excel, knowing that if he acquires a decided superiority over others, no one will enter against...
FOOT-BALL.The annual international contest between England and Scotland, at the Rugby game, occurred recently at Edinburgh, Scotland, and resulted in a tie. The Calcutta cup, therefore, goes back to England, where it was held last year...
...rowed on the 9th of May at Lake Quinsigamond, the distance being two miles with a turn. Each side is to appoint two judges, one to remain at the start, and one to be at the turn; the referee has not yet been selected. As the contestants hold the championships of their respective colleges, the race will be as interesting as if it were an acknowledged contest between the two colleges for the single-scull championship, and not a private match. As the place is within an easy distance from Cambridge, there should be a very large attendance of Harvard...
...upper-cuts. The third round was a repetition of the preceding, though more even. Two or three times the ushers were obliged to separate the sparrers, to the amusement of the audience. After a long consultation the judges decided the bout in favor of Mr. Guiteras, who will finally contest with Mr. Gaston tomorrow, when any entries in "feather-weight" sparring - hitherto omitted through oversight - may also be made...