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...bloodhounds, Bennett or Sweetser have some natty offerings in spring shootings which they have been practicing with Duncan, and which are expected to prove teasers. Pitcher Gregg of the Cleveland team has been recruited to whisk the globule for the funny fellows and it is hoped by all true sport fans that he will have a little something unusual on the ball...
...best side of college athletics is one which Paul Withington recently described with ringing pride at a Harvard alumni dinner. I cannot quote his figures, but their purport was that on any fine afternoon Soldiers Field and the river can show a greater number engaged in outdoor sport than would have been dreamed of ten years ago. According to this view the most welcome item in that $127,000 budget is the $10,600 spent for "permanent improvements," and the most significant thing about Mr. Gill's article is that if, as he believes, there really is "a bare possibility...
...annual profit from the tennis courts on Jarvis and Soldiers Fields is about $1200. Considered purely from the commercial standpoint, this item in the report of the Graduate Treasurer of Athletics implies business-like management of a profitable sport. Considered from the standpoint of present conditions it implies something far different; in short, it reveals a situation which ought not to be permitted to continue during the present season...
...strange to say, in spite of this great popularity, the equipment provided for, and the care bestowed on, tennis is far less than that given the other minor sports. To procure a court on either Jarvis or Soliders Field from May 1 to Class Day, between the hours of 3 and 5 o'clock, is practically impossible. On the warmer days 4 o'clock sees at least thirty men waiting for a chance to play. The same situation maintains from October 1 until the frost comes. Moreover, on afternoons when there is a strong breeze from the prevailing quarter, clouds...
...Freshman lacrosse team will plat its second game of the season with Stevens School, of Hoboken, N. J., on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Stevens makes a major sport of lacrosse and always turns out a good team. Nevertheless, the Freshmen should make a good showing, being particularly strong in defensive play. Today's game takes the place of one scheduled with Brooklyn Boys' High which was forfeited...