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...Chas. H. Norton; the "Lake Champlain Yacht Club," by Fred. G. Mather, and "Hints to Football Captains," by Walter C. Camp. In addition to these are the concluding installments of two excellent papers, the first of the series on "American College Athletics," Harvard University, by J. Mott Hallowell, and "Sport-Past, Present and Future," by Alex. Hunter...
...Yale and Harvard. Of course it will be impossible to arouse as general an interest in bicycling as exists in foot-ball, base-ball, or rowing, but a race like the one proposed will tend to lift bicycling from the comparatively insignificant place it now holds as a college sport. Yale has many good riders, and the race would probably be very closely contested...
Some men interested in the sport issued a call for a meeting last night, but so few men were present that nothing could be done. Another call has, however, been made, and it is to be hoped that it will be better responded to. Let every man who is interested in fencing, whether he can fence or not, attend, and if only by his presence, encourage and help on the club. There is no reason why there should not be a fencing club as well as a sparring club, or a club for the encouragement of any branch of athletics...
December's Outing opens with a fresh and interesting article on Sport. It deals mainly with shooting around the Potomac and abounds with anecdotes of that region. There follows an article on the Detroit Athletic Club, giving the positions of the various athletes in their respective branches. It also gives a description of the club-house, one of the finest in the country...
Secondly, hire some professional base ball trainer for the nine, or at least allow the nine to play with professionals. We have a profess ional trainer for track athletics-the only sport in which Harvard has been almost uniformly successful-why not have one for base-ball? The secrecy which has surrounded the actions of our base-ball teams of late has insidiously brought about many abuses which only openness and frankness in the matter can eradicate...