President Lowell in his report to the H. A. A. said that he hoped there would be more interest taken in the sparring this year, and that there would be several contestants for each weight. We sincerely hope this may be so, as the sparring adds greatly to the interest in our winter meetings. As all the winners of last year's prizes have left college there is a particularly good opening for beginners, and we trust that a large number of men will take advantage of it. More men perhaps are kept out of sparring for fear of "making fools of themselves" than anything else. This feeling may be increased this year by the tendency to prize-fighting which was seen in the middle-weight sparring last of year, but as all who saw it were thoroughly disgusted we think there is very little chance of a recurrence of anything of the kind, and if a man begins to spar early and gets into good training he will be sure to make a good showing, even if he does not win a prize. As the out-of-door sports are almost over, we hope that a large number of men will begin to spar with the idea of going into the sparring in the Winter Meetings.
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