The formation of a second nine, as announced on our first page, is an excellent step, and the plan will no doubt prove successful if the members of the nine will only go to work in a business-like way. The second nine will be better suited to the immediate purposes of the university nine than would separate nines from each of the classes. The university will in this way get better practice, and men will be prepared from work in the second nine to step directly into vacant places in the university next year. Still there are certain advantages to be gained from class nines which cannot be so well gained from any other source; such as bringing out new men and extending a general interest in base-ball through the college. Would it not be feasible to have class games, something like those in '83's freshman year, for which, no special training or practice would be required, but which might, nevertheless, as happened before, prove close and exciting?