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...remarkably icy condition of Jarvis and Holmes seems to threaten considerable delay to the base-ball and lacrosse teams this spring. When once the nines begin out-door practice much activity will be necessary to recover the lost advantage. To the freshmen especially every day of practice on the field will have its effect in the result of their matches this spring. It seems probable that the changes soon to take place on Holmes will also seriously interfere with the practice of the freshman nine. In such a state of affairs nothing but steady and determined work on the part...
...university nine is making the most of its gymnasium opportunities before beginning out-door practice, which will probably be in about a month. The candidates at present are Lowell, Smyth, Fuller and Edmands from '83, Fletcher, Keep, Lovering, Hamlin and White from '84, Crocker (captain), Winslow, Hoyt, Follansbee and Beaman from '85, Allen, Phillips and Kimball from '86. Besides these are Coolidge, Nichols, Lemoyne and Baker, members of last year's nine, some of whom will undoubtedly play in the spring. Three squads have been formed which alternate in using the cage, chest weights and running track between...
...time to take this matter into consideration and to begin practicing for the spring season. But whether the candidate succeeds in securing a position on the team, or not, he may rest assured that he is adopting the best possible means for improving himself for almost any branch of out-door athletics...
...same theory that had proved so successful in the pulls on the cleats. It cannot be doubted that pulling on cleats is in many respects very like the way in which these tugs are now pulled out of doors, and it is certainly very much better practice for the out-door pulls than the old way of pulling on the gymnasium floor, but there is still an essential difference between pulling on cleats and pulling on the soft earth. Candidates for the team to be sent to the Polo Grounds can best be chosen from the class...
...only when cricket has become to some extent a national game that we can hope to see it occupy one of the first places in our college athletics. But the truth of this furnishes no reason for discouraging the growth of the game. Cricket is one of the finest out-door sports that exists, and we hope to see among the cricketers in college enough interest and energy to push the sport into more general notice...