"A man convinced against his will," the old proverb runs, "has the same opinion still," and we are faint to believe that this defiant attitude represents the present state of mind of our brethren of the News. "To show that we were right in the grounds we took," says the News, after reading our disproof of their editorial, "we published some facts which we obtained with great care, and which we know to be accurate." How accurate these "facts" were, our readers had an opportunity of judging by reading the letters we published, written by the managers of the teams called in question. The justice of Yale's claims, when based on the foot-ball games, we have shown in its proper light, by both disproving the charges, and hence, naturally, showing their conclusions were wrong. But, putting aside the whole question of foot-ball, we have still the base-ball game on our hands to deal with. Of this, we can only say what we stated in our former editorial, which the News, by its array of "facts," attempted to prove unfair. "It is evident, the News must concede, that if either team gains any advantage by playing the first game on its own grounds, in all fairness the custom ought to be that the game be played year by year alternately on the grounds of each team. This is the whole question in a nutshell. It has not been done. We ask that it be done hereafter."

This method of playing the games has not only the advantage of "facts" in reality, but it is based on the common principles of honor as well. This has been our only claim, and we firmly believe that this method is the only fair and manly basis on which the base-ball games can ever be played. It will be well when this idea becomes firmly fixed in all contests between colleges, to strive to make them as fair as possible instead of endeavoring to gain all the advantage which can be taken from an adversary.

However, as we stated, the college will support the freshman class if it thinks best to yield to Yale's autocratic demand and play in New Haven on May 24. And so, under the circumstances, we can heartily echo the wish of the News to stop all further discussion of the subject.