Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-26
College Notes.

Pres. Shepley, of the base ball association, on calling the meeting to order briefly stated it's object. It was to see if Yale would indorse the action of her delegates in the recent con vention at Springfield. To see if the college considered themselves members of any associa- tion, if so, would they withdraw, and if they were not members would she enter one.
 MT. Morrow then made motion that Yale join no association which accepts professional players as members Messrs. Hutchinson and Innis then spoke of Yaie's action; advising the college to consider well the step she was taking. Mir. Hull thought that Yale by the action of her delegates was bound as member of the association, and although he favored with drawal, he thought it should be done in a proper manner. Mir. Porter severely criticised Yale's action in the past and said that she now had a chance to put herself right before the public. MT. Morrow then explained Rich mond's true position, commenting quite harshly on his plea of poverty put forward at Spring field. After several speeches in favor of MT. Morrow's motion it was carried almost unan- imously, and Yale for once in the memory of. the present college generation took stand against the semiprofessionalism which has of late years been introduced into college ath- letics MT. Moves then moved that the presi- dent be empowered to state to the coming convention that Yale did not consider herself member of any association and the reasons therefor and also, the conditions under which she would not enter one.
 YALE ATHLETIC CONTESTS.
 The trial heats of the Yale athletes took So &bo nasium. The attendance was very large all the reserved seats, as well as the benches, lad l ders and bars, being filled with men clinging to them in 8 manner that was an exhibition in ! itself The south gallery was filled with la dies, who added their applause to the cheers | and cries of the students. The committee were promptly on hand, and few minutes after o'clock Referee Oakes called the tug of war. Amid loud applause the teams took their sta | tions. Storrs, Knapp, Phelps and Sanford represented '82; Moorhouse, Rogers, Parrott | and Hull 'S3. The contest was short, '83 win l ming in twelve seconds. Teams from the other classes not presenting themselves, the referee called for the fencers, and Messrs. Harper and Morrow, 80, came forward and at the close of the bout each had scored point. McDon- aid, 's1, and Rice, '82, followed, McDonald
 scoring one point. Harper, 80, then met ! Welch, '62, and each scored one point. McDonald and Morrow now faced each other,
 and 'sMc.," after much disputing, was al-
 lowed two points, Morrow also scoring two. ! Welch then scored one on Rice.
 |. The middle weight boxers were then called,
 and Billings, 's3, faced Watson, 's1, s. s. s., by whom he was easily defeated. Enc, '82,
 then defeated l.. B. Hillard, 'S3. For light
 weights, McHenry, 80, and Davison, '82, &.
 s. S., entered. This contest was very exci-
 ting, but was somewhat marred by the con- duct of some of the friends of Mir. Davison.
 McHenry won and was loudly applauded by
 his classmates. Walker, 80, won easily over
 Atturbery, 'e2. This ended the boxing con-
 tests, no one appearing against Balts, 's2, as a
 feather weight. While preparing for the
 wrestling Messrs. Linthicum, 80, and Eaton,
 '82, took up the dumbbells. Linthicum was
 after long struggle declared the winner.
 The middle weight wrestlers next met and
 Wadworth, 80, s. s. s., won, gaining two
 falls on Rowe, '82, s. s. 8. Weaver, '82, and
 Graves, .'81, light weights, then began con- test which was continued at intervals through
 out the afternoon with no result. Durand,
 '81, light weight, gained two falls on shipley, | '82, and of the feather weights, Whetmore,
 L. s., and Warning, '81 gained two falls on ! Bates, '82, and Tucker, 80, respectively. | Another trial at fencing gave Mcdonald four points on Harper and Morrow two points on
 Welch. At bowling Bridgeman scored 29,
 Van de Graaf 29, Hill 31, Briggs 26 out of 8 possible 60. All were '81 men.
 The trial contests were on the whole not so
 good as those of last year, and the arrange
 ments were by no means perfect. Especial
 attention should be given at the next meeting
 to the keeping and announcing of the time, and also the announcements should be made much more distinctly than was done yesterday. 1 The Harvard Echo says ''it Is rumored that MT. J. Montgomery Sears, graduate of Yale, now residing in Boston, has offered to his alma mater present of $15o,00o for new | gymnasium. He goes MT. Hemingway fifty
 better. We shall be jealous" Nor is this
 entirely without foundation, although $780, 900 may be a high figure. It has been known \ for some time that it was MT. Sears intention
 to give Yale $1OO, 900 gymnasium, and, in addition to this magnificent gift, to build 8 | new dormitory.