The first Winter Meeting, held in the gymnasium on Saturday went off better than was expected. Butler, L. S., although not in training very kindly consented, just a short time before the meeting, to spar with Crane '94, in order to make another event. Ellerton James '95, failed to put in an appearance and the Heavy Weight Wrestling was therefore awarded to the only other entry, H. R. Allen Jr., '92.

The first event was the Shot Putting. This was contested by H. R. Allen '92, W. H. Shea '92, and S. H. Evins, L. S. Shea won with a put of 37 ft. 8 in., Evins, second, 35 ft. 7 1-2in. Allen's best distance was 33 ft. 9 1-2 in.

The next event was the Welter Weight Sparring between J. P. Roman, L. S., and H. L. Newman, '94. This was fought in three rounds of three minutes each. New-man started out with several face blows and Roman retaliated by landing some very clean hits on Newman's body. Both then sparred for wind until Roman led with his right and reached Newman's face. He tried it again but Newman ducked very prettily and escaped the blow. The second round was opened similarly to the first. Newman took the aggressive side and sent in several solid blows, for which Roman returned one on Newman's ribs. Both sparred for wind, then Roman rushed, but Newman met him with a hard blow from his right. Roman appeared somewhat tired then and allowed his opponent to get in several effective body blows. In the last round, telling work was done by both sides. Roman rushed twice with success and forced Newman to the ropes but in doing so received some stinging punches in the ribs and face. Time was then called and the bout was awarded at once to Newman.

The preliminaries of the Middle Weight Sparring were between Hunt '92, and Linder '95. Linder for the first two rounds, acted almost entirely on the defensive and forced Hunt to do most of the leading. Hunt did some sharp quick work which seemed to discourage his opponent. In the second round, Linder held off evidently not relishing Hunt's attacks which came in quick succession, but in the third round Linder took a most creditable and plucky brace. He seemed to wake up for the first time and the round that followed was the hardest and most exciting event of the afternoon. Both men rushed repeatedly and throughout the blows were very evenly distributed. Toward the end both men were more or less groggy and pretty well covered with blood. The decision of the judges was in favor of Hunt, who, taking the three rounds together, clearly out matched his opponent.

The Light Weight Sparring between C. H. Crane '94, and W. J. Butler, L. S., came next. Crane forced his opponent throughout the three rounds, except occasionally when Butler did the leading. In the first round Butler and Crane for a while tested each other's ribs by frequent soundings, then the former returned a lead from Crane and landed on his face twice. Crane's turn came a few moments later when he placed a blow on Butler's neck and followed it up with one from the right on his face. Butler hit back and time was called. In the second round Crane again punched Butler in the face and in return received a bloody nose. He then began to work more rapidly and repeatedly hit on the chest, throat and mouth, but was interrupted now and then by good blows from Butler. In the third round Butler seemed to be in the worse condition. Crane took advantage of this and kept Butler busy defending himself. The bout was awarded to Crane.

C. B. Earle '94 won the Light Weight Wrestling against E. C. Ellis '94. Ellis was much the quicker but Earle though shorter appeared the stronger. Neither succeeded in getting a fall during the first six minutes, but after about two minutes in the second bout, Earle caught a body hold. Ellis made a bridge but was forced down and the bout was awarded to Earle.

The last event of the meeting was the finals in the Middle Weight Sparring between J. H. Hunt '92 and J. L. Thompson '95, who drew the bye. The first round was rather evenly fought. Thompson was quick on his feet and planted several hard blows in Hunt s face. Hunt was stronger and showed more experience than his opponent, He landed oftener and followed up his blows with better judgment, and the bout was awarded to him.