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...plan which will give the Tennis Association a place in the regard of every student as high as that now occupied by the H. A. A. or the Boat Club. The mind's eye is filled with a pleasing picture of the future. A half-score of fine, level turf courts, and three or four times as many of hard roofed clay, scattered over the unused portions of Holmes and Jarvis fields, copying the portions not devoted to other sports, will present a pretty picture when of a pleasant May afternoon they are occupied by a hundred and fifty players...
...Cricket Association proposes early in the spring to turf a piece of ground large enough for practice. Practice will be granted every afternoon to all members of the Association, whether members of the team or not, and no one will be allowed to play on the team or otherwise who has not joined the Association. The membership fee is $2.25, and may be paid and shingles obtained at the Manager's room, 53 Thayer, on Mondays 10-11, and Thursdays...
...were inspected by a Contractor, and it was found that rolling, or in any way repairing the courts as they now stand, would be useless, as the soil is too loose and sandy, and that therefore each court would have to be made over entirely. The making of 50 Turf Courts, at their cost of about $150.00 apiece would be beyond our means, and therefore we have been obliged to resort to clay courts. Yet for players who are prejudiced towards grass courts, and also for tournaments, grass courts are preferable, and will indeed be necessary when the Inter-Collegiate...
...spring that seems so soon upon us we can again but offer temporary provisions. There will be the five very good clay courts ready in April, and the eight turf courts ready in the latter part of May. The other courts, of which the Association will try to have a larger number, will be laid out and rolled as well as possible. Their positions will be the same as those of the future earth courts, that we may see whether there is any inconvenience on account of sun, etc. The fee of membership for the spring will be 50 cents...
...Cricket Association has been granted the opposite end of Holmes Field from that occupied by the B. B. Association and enclosed by the track. It proposes early in the spring to turf a piece of ground there large enough for practice, and is now arranging matches with the neighboring clubs. Practice will be granted every afternoon to all members of the Association, whether members of the team or not, and no one will be allowed to play on the team or otherwise who has not joined the Association. The membership fee is $2.25, and may be paid and shingles obtained...