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...this is the time of the year when the greatest care has to be taken with the grass, we regret to see that through thoughtlessness or for other causes, so many men are accustomed to walk across the new athletic grounds. The sod is in anything but a flourishing condition, and can ill afford to bear the wear and tear which the continual tramping of men will bring upon it. Especially do these remarks apply to the baseball field which has recently been sodden at the expense of the nine, and which must receive special care...
...probable that most of the ball games will be played on Jarvis this year, as it is feared the new sod on Holmes will not be in condition to be used...
...cared for, could be kept in good condition under constant use and the wear and tear to which the college courts are subjected. They are played on too late in the autumn, too early in the spring and too soon after rains, and above all, too much for any sod to stay good. Last year the two courts by the society building had scarcely a blade of grass left on them, and they were by far the best. Indeed, if we cannot have turfintact, "the barer the better" is the rule. It is folly then to expect the Tennis Association...
...hoped that the new track will be in condition before the 24th, but if such should not be the case the meeting will still be held, probably on the old track on Jarvis field. Freshmen are advised to practice on the earth track on Jarvis or on the sod any or every day before four o'clock, when the foot-ball team begins its practice. Every freshman should do his best to make a good reputation for '87 in athletics, and should either enter one or more of the above events, or persuade some of his friends...
...three weeks it is believed the track will be completed. Care ought to be used when crossing the field to go on the boards which will be laid, and not on the newly leveled ground, for several hundreds of dollars have been expended on it, and unless a sod is formed before next spring the place will become hardened and a mere dust pan. When it is finally completed we do not think we overstate in saying that Harvard will have the finest track in the country...