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...justice to the men who have no lockers in the gymnasium it is but right to say a word against the habit which some men have, of obtaining lockers with no intention of using them. There is, we are sorry to learn, a large number of such men. The lockers which they have obtained they make not the slightest use of, and their advantages are entirely lost. We would urge, therefore, the men who are in possession of lockers which they never utilize to surrender them to men who are in actual and daily need of them...
While we are on this matter we want to say just a word in regard to the management of the winter meetings. Last year they were hardly considered eminently successful. The cause of this lack of success lay in the small number of entries. This year the management has taken pains to publish the list of events fully three weeks earlier than last year in order that men may see what the contests are to be in, and may have enough time in which to prepare themselves. The men intending to enter will do well to consider that this year...
...entries for the foil, duellings word and sabre championships of the Amateur Athletic Union will close on February 1, 1890. An entrance fee of $2 which must accompany the entry for each event, should be sent to J. E. Sullivan, P. O. Box 611, New York. The contests will take place at the New York Athletic club, 104 West 55th St. The finals are appointed for Saturday, February 8, at 8 p. m. The time for holding the preliminary contests will be appointed by the committee when the entries are closed...
...scrimmages were," Mr. Camp goes on to say, "simply writhing masses of vigorous kickers, and no man escaped. The rushers were not scientific enough to carry the ball along with their feet, English fashion, while pushing their way ahead through the opponents, but one and all, at the word, started forward violently kicking everything in the way. Upon the practice fields, which is in reality where the rules receive their best test, the 'varsity players were stronger and heavier than the 'scrub' teams which played against them. It thus happened that, with the force of their pushing and the violence...