EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- There are few sports more worty of encouragement or which receive less support from the members of the University than cricket. It is a shame that this game which has been acknowledged for centuries to be a gentleman's sport should be so wantonly overlooked here. Few men probably realize what the cricket eleven has done, or what it might do, if it received its share of support from the students. Beginning yearly with a few good cricketers the eleven is filled up with raw men who practice faithfully by themselves unnoticed and disregarded, and by the time the season is well begun, we have at least a fair cricket team, but with hardly an extra man for a substitute. Last spring, starting under just such conditions, the eleven by hard work, succeeded in winning every match played, and yet what came of it? Not half in college knew of this splendid record, and the others didn't take enough interest to testify their appreciation. Scarcely any men go to see the matches, many have never seen cricket played, and so know nothing of one of the most scientific and refined of out-door sports.

To add to these disadvantages, the eleven has no suitable ground to practice on, and is obliged to practice on a wretched bit of turf back of Divinity Hall. Now, why cannot cricket have its share in the admirable grounds owned by the University? Why cannot the team players set up their wickets in the upper end of Holmes Field, say two afternoons in the week. Such an arrangement would not interfere with the success of a single sport; certainly not at this time of the year. If this were possible, it would probably be the means of adding one more to our long list of intercollegiate teams, and would give us the opportunity of adding to our roll a new championship. Such a thing is more than possible, and it will reflect on the heads of athletics at Harvard if the matter does not receive the consideration it deserves.

Therefore, let every man interest himself in cricket. Let him join the association and if he does not try to learn this admirable game at least let him support the team and show that he for one is interested in the welfare of Harvard. '88.