The meeting yesterday of the Inter-Collegiate Lacrosse Association marks an important step in the history of lacrosse in the United States, and indicates that lacrosse has at last secured a firm foothold among other legitimate collegiate sports. With flourishing teams at Princeton, Yale and Harvard, the association may reasonably hope to see a rapid spread of the game to other colleges. The adoption of a modified list of playing rules by the convention was a move of great importance for the future of the game. These, if published, will afford all an opportunity to acquire acquaintance with the theory of the game, and this will tend to add great interest to it for outsiders.
At Harvard the game has been steadily growing in favor, and the university team has well vindicated its claim to popular regard by its uniform success throughout its entire career. The organization of a freshman team assures the university organization a constant supply of trained material and gives it good assurance of permanent strength.
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