We trust that the executive committee of the Base-Ball Association, to whom the matter of withdrawing from the inter-collegiate league was referred, will report adversely to such a step. In view of the proposed erection of a fence around Jarvis, which will largely increase the receipts from games played in Cambridge, and the action of the faculty in prohibiting for the future all games with professionals, which will materially shorten the time which it will be necessary for the nine to spend away from Cambridge, any action of the nature proposed would seem to be inadvisable. And even if these changes did not remove all objections to allowing matters to remain as at present, we should incline to the opinion that the advantages to be gained by withdrawing from the league, in the way of decreased expenses and a saving of time to the nine, would not compensate for the loss of something tangible to strive for, like the championship of the present league, and the hard feelings which would necessarily be engendered against us in those colleges against whom such a measure would be indirectly aimed. It may be urged that Harvard can afford to act independently, and according to the dictates of self-interest, in a matter of this kind. Undoubtedly she can, provided that it is clearly made out that there are substantial reasons for her action. But when there seems to be no just ground for the change beyond a slight inconvenience to the nine, it would be neither just nor courteous to the other members of the league for Harvard to sever her connection with the association.