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...agitation current during the past few years for the recognition of boxing as a regular minor sport has taken a concrete from in the shape of a petition bearing the signatures of about 200 students, among whom are many of the leading athletes in College. The petition was circulated during December and has been presented to the Athletic Committee for consideration at its next meeting on Tuesday." Mr. W. J. Bingham '16, assistant graduate treasurer of the H. A. A., said in an interview for the CRIMSON yesterday...
...season ends, attacks which are often aimed primarily at intersectional contests, the fact remains that such games can be of immense good. Publicity of the right sort does no harm. In the case of colleges more publicity is gained through football than through any other single means. As international sport events have proved their worth in furthering friendship between countries, so intersectional games should foster a finer and more sympathetic understanding among the colleges of the country. Harvard has been slow to take advantage of this. The fact that we shall become acquainted in 1922 with nine teams from nine...
College athletics are again under fire. During vacation, a minor barrage has been set off by various groups of collegiate authorities in congress assembled, who are fearful that the present tendency of over-emphasis on "big" athletics will make college sports professional in spirit even though amateur in letter. The Boston Herald comments editorially at some length. It is feared that "Victories may come to cost more than they are worth, more in money and more also in the dulling of the fine edge of moral sensitiveness that makes the charm of so many college boys today..... The great...
...spirit"; and smaller gate receipts, leading to a decrease in facilities for all-round physical development. Such a proceeding would be entirely destructive; it might indeed rob athletics of much of their present importance but it would not result in any transference of interest from the field of sport to the class room. The obstacles to a general intellectual awakening would still exist...
...impossible. Whether or not the new era in track athletics will be marked by continued success depends on how many answer the call for candidates now. The coaching staff must have a mass of material to work with if Harvard is to be victorious this year. In no sport has a green man a better chance to develop and win recognition than in track; there is great need for second and third place men. Today is the time to start work with the aim of making the 1922 track season a success from every standpoint...