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...current issue of Harper's Weekly, in its column for amateur sport, discussed Harvard's athletic position at some length; and, among other things, it accuses of gross inconsistency the Committee on the Regulation of athletic sports. It says "Why, when the athletic team has been permitted to disport itself outside the hallowed precincts of New England, the base ball nine should not be granted equal privilege is not entirely clear." The article goes on to state that this decision from the Athletic Committee has proved the New England rule to be a mere blind...
...good of our athletics, it has been deemed best to set some limit to our intercollegiate contests. This limit the Athletic Committee has made New England-provided always in such a case that the highest interest in the sport can be kept up. They found that track athletics this year, unless allowed to be contested outside New England, would possibly be vitally injured. The nine would run no such danger. It could meet its strongest rivals in New England, and the greatest interest in the sport kept up. There is, then, no analogy between the cases of the athletic team...
Outing for March is unusually excellent. The table of contents shows a wide variety of subjects, and almost every article is written by a specialist. Of especial interest to college men are "The Sports of an Irish Fair," "Association Football," "A Bout with the Gloves." in "The Sports of an Irish Fair," Robt. F. Walsh puts in a claim for Ireland as the country where base ball had its origin. "Association Foot Ball" is a plea for this particular branch of football. The author thinks that football as played under the association rules ought to become the national winter pastime...
...vote of the colleges on the tug-of-war question at the Intercollegiate Association meeting was significant. At Harvard, Yale and Princeton for the last two or three years there has been a growing feeling that the tug-of-war is not a true sport. For that reason an effort was made to strike it from the list of events. In general the numerous smaller colleges combined, as they always do combine against the few larger ones, and defeated the measure. This stand of the smaller colleges is inexplicable; but it simply serves to show their unwise policy...
...impossibility at Harvard is an utterly false idea. As the records show, Harvard won the tug-of-war for many years in succession. What caused the loss of the event to us has been a gradual decline in interest, owing to the growing feeling against the sport. It is only necessary to renew this interest to gain our former prowess. It is very true that at present, after a year with no University tug-of-war team, the outlook is not encouraging. In our numbers, however, we have a great advantage. Hard work and a loyal enthusiasm from them will...