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...council of the University Athletic Club of New York, which has charge of the annual Yale-Princeton football game, met yesterday and decided that the holding of the game in New York was injurious to amateur sport...
...undergraduates should appreciate what a precedent these older members of the track team have made for them-a precedent of victories not equalled in any other sport at Harvard, and they should do all in their power to get back again into the position that was formerly occupied by the Harvard Track Team. That the graduates are ready to do all they can to aid in this endeavor and that their interest is not lacking, will be shown by the presence of many of them, some coming from a distance, at the meeting on Tuesday evening. Let the undergraduates...
...putting 16 pound shot, running high jump. Other events were to take place but had to be postponed on account of darkness. It is hoped that by these games interest in track games may be increased so that Princeton may regain her former good name in that branch of sport...
...Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Rackets and Fives. The history of the game, in the same volume, should convince every intelligent sportsman that the "pepper boxes" should be restored. In England the stone "pepper box" court is gradually superceding the plain court. At all events, if there is any love of sport here as distinguished from galley slavery, the Carey Building should be thrown open during the winter months...
...spoke chiefly on the need of greater moderation and of greater spirit of honor in our athletics. Mr. Lehmann will teach us other things besides rowing. He is a lover of true sport who believes in it as a recreation but not as an occupation. Athletics in their true place will develop the best qualities, but if pursued as an end in themselves are sure to be harmful...