THE Yale men, with characteristic skill in such matters, are throwing all possible stumbling-blocks in the way of our Nine, and the timely letter of our Captain reveals a persistent desire on their part to delay or defeat the arrangements for the spring games.

The offer of the Nine to play Yale any time during the two months preceding Class Day is sufficiently liberal, and cannot be consistently refused.

This year, of all others, Yale should not expect us to play after Class Day, since five of our Nine are Seniors, and would therefore find it very inconvenient, and perhaps impossible, to play during the busy days attendant upon graduation.

With two months to choose from, Yale ought to find an available day, and if they refuse to do so, it will be with an evident desire to avoid a contest with us. As the Yale games are the most interesting and exciting of the season, we hope that they may take place this year, and as the matter has been brought forward thus early in the season, some satisfactory arrangement of the difficulty may yet be looked for.