New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-01
HARVARD.
DECLINE OF INTEREST IN sPARRING-NoIES VI
THE FOOTBALL TEAM AND THE CREW
NJ. ,to-oh Of ciaD-The second

DECLINE OF INTEREST IN sPARRING-NOIES VI
THE FOOTBALL TEAM AND THE CREW
Cambridge. Mass March 81 SpeciaD-The second
winter meeting which was 10 have taken place TINS
afternoon for the first time in years. was ho' he'u
owing TO the almost general lack OF lh'e'eN' i"
wrestling and sparrns. There were 50 ie" e"''.e'
T., those events that the Harvard Athletic Associa-
ton was obliged to depart from ions-es'ao'iShei
custom, and declared the meeting off. This may be
in,orcrc,ed as a practical end of sparring ana
wrestling at Harvard. sports which rev years
ago were most popular with the students lheir
disappearance will occasion little regret IN ido'
there is 2 strong sentiment which is Thoroughly giad
to see the decline OF interest in the puohc eAnio
ton OF these forms of athletics
In spit. of President Eot's recent report COM
mentng so unfavorably upon the excess OF time de-
voted TO athletics. Captain Emmons OF the lootoali
team does not intend to be caught mapping by MS
Yale friends and will begin the usual spring loot
ball practice Immediately after the recess. Ihis
will be kept up until about the middle of May. and
in the mean time the college Is being canVasseu Ior
material TO fill the weak spots of next years eieVen'
So many football men are rowing on the class crews
that the work Is continued well on into the mohth
of May to give them chance to pay Tor on inc
showing made in this springs work Will depend the
choice of men for the customary summer practice
The action of the corporation in turning JARVIS
Field over to the Tennis Association, to be cut up
into tennis courts is apparently the first or the
inevitable steps which will be taken as opportunities
arise to force athletics from their present GROUNDS
across the river the campus, soldiers + elu'
All the football will henceforth be held on me new
grounds The permanent grandstands "nlcn were
erected last fall Jarvis Field at cost OF SUM
eight thousand dollars 70 %
about 1900. now practically useless lney WIZ
probably be taken down ana TenOVtd 10 ioIinv9 ,
held but the loss in money VIII doubtless "'''ou"'
the athletic teams have been working steadily
haon he'd bV
Watson. but 1t is still in a bad way; IN recent
he suptriorltv looked for u. G. Waters 81, has
begun 10 row regularly and has gone TO the training
table He is being tried chiefly al No. l. The nine
of battery candidates. Condry and SULLIVAN Two
~ the men for practice in batting Both nine and
crew Will remain in Cambridge during the Easter
Manager Williams has just completed his baseball
schedule. over ten more games have been ixed
ana some changes made since the provisional games
were announced. There are now thirty dates
ganits VIII be played in Cambridge, three OF which
come during the vacation. The completed ana hhai
April g. Andover at Cambridge; April 2. Tufts at
Cambridge April H. Exeter at Camor!gsG; april
at Cambridge; April 20. Andover at Andover April
p. Dartmouth at Hanover; April -, DARTMOUTH az
20. Dartmouth at Cambridge; April 2s Holy cross
at Worcester; April 20, Bowdon at CainDrid2e:
May 10 BTnW3 at at May
r. Amherst at Amherst: May II, open; May 49,
Trinity at Cambridge MAY 10. Brown at proyi-
dence: May q. open May g. University Of Mlchi-
gan at Cambridge: May 2G. University or Pennsyi-
vania at Cambridge: May 30. Princeton at cam
bridge; June ,, Princeton (place 10 be DECIDED IN
case OF tie): June g Georgetown at Cambridge I'm
case of tie with Princeton; June .. Holy cross
at Cambridge; June s. University OF Vermont ~
Cambridge June 9. Brown at Providence; June IL,
open; June b. Brown at Cambridge: June 10. open
Haven; June 90 Yale at New-York Din case OF tleD.
Albert A. Sprague. 3D. Of Chicago mas peen
elected permanent captain Of the freshmen crew
He was appointed temporary captain rev weeks
ago. and since then his work has been such as 10
Justify amply his selection permanent leader.
The rehearsals for the Hasty Pudding ana -atin
PLAYS are being held daily The libreto OF the Latin
''Phormio" has been put ON sale An Engisn prose
translation by Professor j. II. Morgan accompanies
the Latin text in parallel columns There - also
a new prologue. written by Professor }. - Green
ough Appended to the play is a series OF twenty
six half tone onCravings of miniatures in the Nal-
can manuscript of Terence. which are here Tor the
first time accurately reproduced from photographs
taken expressly for the classical department o. the
university.
IL is proposed to hold a reunion OF the class OF
'q} in New-York on April at the Hotel Martin;
Members who intend to go are requested TO send
their dinner subscription of g to W. Thayer Robo
Manhattan Trust Company, No. Nassau-st, New
York. before April 1.
The freshman Mandolin Club elected as officers
d. +. Mitchell. president r. l.. Seattle secretary
and treasurer and Z. L. Barry, leader.
The ninth ten Of the Institute OF l1D from - are
A. r. Holmes II. y. Arnold. NJ. G. Gouterman, +.
Hale r. Austin +. F. w. Hartol r. G. Morse, II.
Sclfrilge y NJ Sturgls and NJ Lincoln.
The Frank POLES Memorial Fund now amounts
10 $500 IS.