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Cricket has never promised to be a more popular and successful sport than it does this spring. The members of the eleven of last year who are still in college are doing all in their power to train new men for the team. Ellis, Markoe and R. D. Brown have each taken an hour in which to direct the practice of the new men and to give them instruction in batting and bowling. Men who are interested in cricket and are willing to work will be welcomed as candidates for the eleven. There are enough good cricket players in college...
...years there has been an alarming decrease in the number of men who can be considered good ball players. The number of candidates this year is exceedingly small. There are, perhaps several reasons for this, but the chief one is, I think that too few are engaged in the sport seriously. If a man fails to become a member of the University nine he may continue to play, but it is solely for pleasure that he does so. He does not consider that by improving himself he aids the cause of base-ball in the University. The plan proposed...
...undertake another such meeting this year. The meeting could be conducted on very much the same plan as that of two years ago. A small admission fee of seventy-five cents or one dollar should be charged for admission, with a certain amount extra for reserved seats. The sports could be made very attractive if the management of the H. A. A. would enter into the matter in earnest; and ladies should be admitted as at other winter meetings. This special meeting could easily be arranged for the 31st of March, the Saturday before vacation begins, and it might...
...exercise in the world for foot-ball training. That is what should be done here. Every foot-ball player who is not rowing or playing base-ball should be trying for the lacrosse team. It should form a part of the training for foot-ball. In this way the sport will take the high stand in college sentiment which it certainly deserves. Either something must be done, and soon, to rekindle enthusiasm in lacrosse, or we shall have to throw away almost our only championship simply because it is "not the thing" to win it any longer...
...writer of the communication published this morning makes a suggestion which is a good one. The faculty has persistently refused to allow our base-ball nines to play against professionals, on the ground that it is degrading to college sport, and to the college spirit of gentlemanliness and fair play. There is no use in our going into a discussion of the subject, for it is one that has been worn smooth. But we do think that a petition, couched in plain but respectful terms and signed by the majority of men in college, might have weight with the faculty...