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inches; second. R. Brogan. '02, 4 feet n 

 inches; third, Caleb Hyatt, 01, 4 feet 10 

 inches. One hundred-yard dash, won by 

 Arthur Denchfield in 11 4-5 seconds: Sam- 

 uel Jones, second, 12 seconds. Pole vault, 

 won by Samuel Jones, '02, 9 feet 5 inches; 

 second, F. Macdonald, 'oo, 9 feet 3 inches, 

 175-yard hurdle race, won by James Van 

 Vleck, '00, 21 2-5 seconds; Samuel Jones, 

 '02, second, 23 3-5 seconds; Stanley Malle- 

 son, 1900, third, 24 seconds. 



The intercollegiate gymnastic meet will 

 take place on March 24th, and so far 12 of 

 the larger colleges have formally notified 

 the management of their intention of being 

 represented. Six events constitute the pro- 

 gramme — horizontal bar, parallel bar, club 

 swinging, tumbling, side horse, and flying 

 rings. It is confidently expected that at 

 least 20 colleges will take part in the con- 

 test, and the team winning the greatest 

 number of points will be declared the inter- 

 collegiate gymnastic champions. 



Following is a complete list of the college 

 baseball captains for 1899: 



Amherst, Righter; Brown, Sedgwick; 

 Columbia, Pell; Cornell, Murtaugh; Dart- 

 mouth, Drew; Harvard, Haughton; Holy 

 Cross, Brennan; Lafayette, Nevins; Lehigh, 

 Grace; Pennsylvania, Gillinder; Princeton, 

 Kafer; State, Burns; Syracuse. Davis; 

 Tufts, Hazleton; Union, Wiley; Vermont, 

 Aldinger; Wesleyan, Townsend; West 

 Point, Cowan; Williams, Reardon; Yale, 

 DeSaulles. 



The Houston Club, at the University of 

 Pennsylvania, is doing its best to turn out a 

 winning water polo team. Swimming In- 

 structor Kistler, has the men in charge and 

 is rapidly creating great interest in the 

 sport on account of the fact that he is taking 

 such excellent care of the men. Among the 

 more promising candidates for places on 

 the team are: E. J. Schofrer, J. M. Ruegen- 

 burg, G. C. Smith, E. G. Shaffer, W. Rei- 

 benach, J. D. Park, D. W. Graham, P. B. 

 Coll, T. S. Stewart, R. C. Stewart, E. A. 

 Corbin, F. P. Richardson. 



At the annual meeting of the New Eng- 

 land Intercollegiate Athletic Association 

 the following officers were elected: Presi- 

 dent, C. L. Dewitt, of Amherst; H. S. Pratt, 

 of Brown, Vice-President; and C. Billing- 

 ton, of Wesleyan, Secretary. Three appli- 

 cations for membership in the association 

 were received. The University of Maine 

 was admitted, Holy Cross was refused ad- 

 mission, and the application of Boston 

 College was received too late for action. 



Ithaca. Cornell's other big game will be 

 with the University of Pennsylvania. Har- 

 vard will not meet the Ithacans in either 

 football or baseball this year, on account 

 of a misunderstanding as to the place of 

 holding the game. Cornell will also play 

 a game with Columbia at Manhattan Field, 

 New York. 



It is expected that the Harvard Lacrosse 

 Team will make a trip as far South as Balti- 

 more during the Easter vacation to play 

 Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore, Lehigh and 

 possibly Stevens. A game has been ar- 

 ranged with the Crescent Athletic Club for 

 May 13th. The Intercollegiate League 

 games between Harvard, Columbia and 

 Cornell are to be held on May 12th and 

 15th. 



Mr. C. A. Nichols of the Boston league 

 team began work with the Amherst base- 

 ball men on February 13th. He is paying 

 special attention to the batteries. It is prob- 

 able that Fred Tenney, also of the Boston 

 team, will coach the field men in their po- 

 sitions and give general instructions in 

 batting. 



The scl edub of the Princeton Track 

 Team follows: 



April 22, open handicap games at Prince- 

 ton; May 6, schoolboys' games at Prince- 

 ton; May 10, Caledonian games at Prince- 

 ton; May 20, Columbia at Princeton; May 

 26 and 27, intercollegiate events at Mott 

 Haven; May 30, Cornell at Elmira. 



The separation of the cycling from the 

 other events at the intercollegiate meeting 

 is a good arrangement. The bicycle races 

 have always been given second place to the 

 other events, whereas the sport is probably 

 the most interesting, from the spectators' 

 point of view, of all the track events. This 

 change should have been made long ago. 



E. H. Benner. Yale 1902, has broken last 

 year's strength test records for freshmen by 

 1,800 pounds. Though he weighs only 146 

 pounds, his total strength foots up 8.395 

 pounds. Mr. Benner is said to be the 

 strongest man who ever entered Yale, and 

 is only 17 years of age. 



Princeton has arranged her annual foot- 

 ball game with Cornell, to be played at 



The Yale Golf Club has decided to build 

 a $15,000 club house. Mr. F. L. Chase has 

 been chosen secretary and the following 

 named men, directors of the club: 



Professor W. L. Phelps, Joseoh T. 

 Whittlesey, Justus Hotchkiss, Walter B. 

 Smith and John Reid, Jr. 



