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Again this year the cricket team has been obliged to abandon its season because no suitable ground on soldiers Field is available for play. The Leiter Cup baseball series has also been given up for the same reason. Unfortunate and irritating as these necessities have been they would be more bearable if there was some prospect of more room on soldiers Field next year. But such is not the case. By the recommendations of the investigating Committee, which were recently adopted by the Governing Boards, the Athletic Committee is instructed to apply the "entire surplus of athletic receipts beyond...
...Athletic Committee at present a provokingly indeterminate body, feels bound to carry out this recommendation--and we can get no assurance to the contrary--cricket and the Leiter cup series in baseball and football must be abandoned for several years at least. The cry against college athletics is that they afford only a comparatively few men helpful exercise, and yet by this single, narrow recommendation, more Harvard men than participate in training for any two of the major teams are deprived of their opportunity to enter sport. It is indeed a near-sighted policy, to blindly insist upon the payment...
Owing to a lack of available space on Soldiers Field to be used for baseball, it has been found necessary to discontinue the Leiter Cup series for this year. The building of the 17 new tennis courts on the field, and the necessity for a large field for lacrosse, has left no room for the diamonds which were used last year. Last year there were 21 teams entered in the series, the final championship being won by the "Alphas...
Students, even if on probation, may take part in Leiter Cup baseball and in dormitory and graded crew races. Students on probation will not be allowed to take part in tournaments on class contests...
...game between the All-Leiter team and the University second nine scheduled for yesterday afternoon was not played as only four of the All-Leiter team appeared on the field. Several men were unable to play yesterday on account of examinations, and the game has been postponed until Thursday. Any member of the All-Leiter nine who cannot possibly play on Thursday is requested to leave word at the CRIMSON office for the manager of the series, in order that a substitute may be appointed. The team is made up as follows: p., D. C. Brennan '08, C. E. Lincoln...