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...members of the nine, over $400 was lost by the association, owing principally to bed weather. According to the constitution of the Base-Ball Association the vice-president is scorer ex-officio. The captain of the nine suggests that the manager, or one of the substitutes, could often score, and thus a considerable item be saved by taking no scorer on some of our trips. I should suggest therefore that the vice-president be no longer scorer ex-officio, but that the captain shall appoint a scorer for each game, or series of games...
...number of years as they did for the past year it is my opinion that the athlete would spend far more time on his athletics than he did when there was a trainer and that thus, although the objectionable "professional" element would be taken away, the other objection so often urged "that athletics take too much time" would be greatly increased. Besides this if there is no trainer an athlete can not help worrying more than he otherwise would and thus another objectionable feature is introduced. From all this I conclude that a trainer of some sort or other...
...Phelps, you are right," almost shouted the Professor. "It doesn't give us 'X;' it gives us 'y.'" And from that hour, Prof. Newton looked upon Mr. Phelps as a mathematical prodigy. He was the first man who had ever caught the Professor tripping. "And so," Mr. Phelps used often to add, with his own peculiar smile in telling the story, "I achieved a reputation for knowing a thing I hate. It's the way many reputations are made in this superficial world...
...Chas. E. Farmer, in arguing the superior merits of volleying over base line play in lawn tennis, says: "I quite admit, that when you are on the backline you can hit "with all your force," and keep the ball in court, but how often in a game are you making strokes from the back-line? Perhaps not one in six. Of course, the aim of all good players is to deep their adversaries on the back-line, but how often does anyone do it in the course of a rally? I have frequently had the pleasure of witnessing Messrs. Lawford...
...made in the past year in general athletics, in tennis and in lacrosse, the college can reasonably afford to be well satisfied. The successes of the past will demand new successes in the future. A healthy feeling of confidence and hope must succeed the feeling of despondency that has often prevailed in the college. Thus with classes larger than ever before and with the cheerful spirit inspired by success, all those interests which occupy the leisure and constitute the recreation of the students may look to be well served...