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...physical sports, however, such as riflery and sailing, do not exert the same athletic effort as does a football player. Thus they do not deserve the same recognition. These presently minor sports would have to forfeit this status and remain organized as clubs. Already several actual sports, such as cricket and rugby, are, because of their limited nature, only clubs. In return for this sacrifice, the H.A.A. should continue its services to these activities, such as scheduling their meets. The physical sports which are still "minor" should in turn raise their letter-awarding requirements to equal the standards...
...been said that England is separated from the rest of the world by a vast gulf called cricket. If this is true, a small bridge was built across the abyss on Monday night when the Harvard Cricket Club held its first meeting of the 1955 season. For the first time since the reformation of the club three years ago it discovered enough prospective members at its organizational meeting to fill an 11-man team...
...previous season, however, was a different story. Undaunted by losses to the Staten Island Cricket Club, a team of Bostonian West Indians, and a loss to Princeton, the Crimson came back to crush Yale in the final match...
...cricket club, which is not recognized by the H.A.A., is entirely self-supporting. It has a good supply of equipment, and, through the courtesy of the Boston Parks Department, the use of a pitch on North Harvard St., just beyond Soldiers Field...
...Cricket may not be Harvard's leading spectator sport, but at least it has a noble pat to look back on. On the main staircase of the Union is a picture of the 1902 Crimson cricket team. Underneath, it says in big letters, INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONS...