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...after defeat they are more nearly disgraceful. He further says that the spirit of interference shown by the faculty is very detrimental to the welfare from an athletic point of view and is particularly unfortunate just at the present time, coming as it does when athletics at Harvard seem to have taken a new lease of life, and when such interest is manifested in them. The immediate result of these regulations, he says, will be to prevent Harvard from meeting Princeton in the ball field unless Princeton is willing to play in Cambridge, an entirely unlikely thing. Finally the graduate...
...four miles, on your own course, and at such a time during the week of races as would be most convenient to you. Heretofore you have not found it at all trying to row two races in one week, and Cornell, by defeating Pennsylvania so decisively last year, would seem to merit as much consideration as has been shown to Pennsylvania in the past...
Over one hundred and ten men have been tried for the Ninety-three crew, more then twice the usual number, but it does not appear that the unusual number has produced unusual material. The men do not seem to row very well nor do they look very strong. Although they have not been told to row hard, they do not exhibit enough snap in their work. They have been so far rowing with their arms straight without sliding. No men have shown themselves so good as be sure of a place on the sight and changes are made almost daily...
...must be said of the regulations in general, however, that that they seem without sufficient consideration to cut cricket off entirely as an intercollegiate sports, although it is plain that the case of cricket is distinctly different from that of any other branch of intercollegiate athletics. It is to be hoped that some further regulation may be made to cover cricket...
...feature of college athletics first came into prominence at Harvard, and was copied from us by other colleges. Until within two years our teams have taken, almost consistently, first place at the Mott Haven games in this event. Now, however, there seems to be little or no interest in the sport and no attempt to prepare a team for this year's contest. Our men seem to have been completely discouraged by the defeats of last year. Meanwhile Yale and Columbia are putting forth every effort to put a winning team into the field...