There is one point to which we would like to call the attention of the officers of the H. A. A. It is an unfortunate fact that the spring games and the first freshman game with Yale have both been arranged for next Saturday. It is true that the fault does not lie with the officers of the H. A. A., for the date of the game with Yale has been arranged within the past two weeks; but if these two events come off at the same time, great difficulties occur: first, if the sports take precedence, the freshmen will be deprived of Holmes Field, on which, no doubt, they can do the best work; secondly, they will be deprived of a great deal of support by the division of spectators; thirdly, they cannot seat on Jarvis even those spectators whom they get. Now the freshman game being an inter-collegiate championship game, should rightly take precedure of a college contest, especially as to relegate them to Jarvis field, and to deprive them of more than half the support they would otherwise receive, will be very demoralizing. Now we would suggest to the officers of the H. A. A., that if, in their opinion, it is inadvisable to hold the sports on another atternoon this week, they should begin the meeting as soon as possible after 1 o'clock on Saturday, and "lump" some of the events, so that several of the more tedious exhibitions, (as throwing the hammer, putting the shot, the mile races, and c.) come together. If the events are started promptly, and consolidated in this way, the field could be left clear by 4 P.M. Those wishing to buy tickets for both the sports and the game, could do so at the beginning by an easily made arrangement between the B. B. A., and the H. A. A. The freshman nine deserves all the recognition possible at the hands of the college, for they have thus far shown their ability to "brace" by hard work, and not by any special ability of their own: if, therefore, they should lose this game through half hearted suppor here, they would certainly stand a poor chance of winning one at Yale in the face of an organized system of universal howling.
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