The twelfth annual indoor meet of the Boston Athletic Association on Saturday night brought out some close and exciting contests, in two of which records were broken. The best showing by Harvard men was made in the relay races, in which the University team easily defeated Pennsylvania, breaking the indoor record. The interclass relay races were won by the Sophomores in fast time. In the other events Harvard won one first and three third places. Although the men entered in the B. A. A. games last year won more events, this can be accounted for by the fact that the best men now on the track team either did not enter the games at all, or were kept out of the open events for the team races. Of the other universities, Yale won one first place, Pennsylvania two firsts and a third, and Georgetown one first and a second.

In the first relay of the Harvard Pennsylvania race, J. E. Haigh '03, by sprinting at the start, took the pole, which was a great advantage on the narrow track, and finished about five yards ahead of Cook of Pennsylvania. W. G. Clerk '01 ran a hard race and opened up a gap of about 40 yards over M. J. Westney, which was increased to almost half a lap by E. C. Rust '04. J. G. Wills '02 also gained on the last relay and won the race by over half a lap. The time, 3m. 11 1-5a., lowers the record held by Georgetown by one-fifth of a second.

The first interclass race, between 1901 and 1902, was won by 1901 rather easily as W. F. Chase of the Junior team fell at one of the turns and gave his opponent a large lead. The race between 1903 and 1904 was also lost by a fall. B. M. Maynard '04 injured his ankle near the start and although his successors regained much of the lost ground, 1903 won rather easily. In the final race 1903 took the lead at the start, and maintained it throughout, winning in 3m. 15 2-5s.

The 40-yard scratch novice was run in eleven preliminary heats, in which G. M. Leonard, 03 and W. F. Chase '02 qualified. Chase won the second semifinal heat, but in the final he was beaten by Williams of Noble and Greenough's and C. S. Sumner of Andover, getting third place. The time, 4 4-5 seconds, was very fast for a novice race. In the 40-yard handicap E. H. Webb '01, R. P. Kernan '03 and B. C. Lancy '03 won their preliminary heats. The final heat was very exciting as R. G. Leonard of Newton High School, with a handicap of 8 feet, won by a few inches from A. F. Duffey of Georgetown, the record of 4 3-5 seconds, B. C. Lancy '03 was unplaced.

F. W. Bird '04 and R. Abercrombie '03 won heats in the 45 yard hurdle handicap. The final heat was a hard contest between the scratch man, F. C. Scheuber of Hopkinson, and Tewksbury of Pennsylvania, who had a handicap of 3m feet. Tewksbury won by a foot with Aberermbie third. Scheuber ran one heat in 5 4-5 seconds, breaking the indoor record.

The 440, 600 and 1000 yard runs were a doubtful criterion of speed, as it was impossible for the large field of competitors to run a fair race on the narrow track. In the 600-yard handicap M. W. Long of Columbia was practically crowded out by the slow men in front of him and could do no better than second place, J. M. Burke of Holy Cross winning in 1m. 18 4-5s. D. W. Franchot of Yale was much faster than his opponents in the 1000-yard run, but because of the crowd he won by only a few feet. The time was 2m. 24 3-5s.

The one mile handicap was won by F. C. Lynch of the Cathedral Y. M. C. A. in very good time,--4m. 42 2-5s. The two mile scratch race brought out an exciting struggle between A. Grant of Pennsylvania and F. M. Kanaly of the Cambridge Gymnasium. Grant took the lead at the start, and soon lapped the whole field except Kanaly, who easily kept near him. Toward the end Kanaly sprinted, but Grant had a good lead and won out in 9m. 40 4-5s. R. Grant '97 was third. R. Sheldon of Yale, the scratch man in the shot-put, was too heavily handicapped and could not win a place in the event. S. G. Ellis '01 took third place, with a handicap of 3 1-2 inches, his actual put being 41 ft. 4 1-2 in. The winner was G. W. Patterson of Dummer Academy.

The most encouraging event for Harvard was the high jump. The field was the high jump. The field was the strongest of all the events, as A. N. Rice '00, C. M. Rotch '01, I. K. Baxter of Pennsylvania, and S. Jones of New York University were entered. R. P. Kernan '03 had a handicap of 5 inches, and by making an actual jump of 6 ft. 1-4 in., won the event. Jones and Baxter also made the same actual jump, and took second and third places respectively.

The most exciting team race was that between Andover and Exeter. Exeter took the lead on the first relay and increased it on the second because of Watkins's fall. On the last two relays Andover gradually made up the lost ground and won by twenty yards.

Dartmouth defeated Columbia very easily in the fast time of 3m. 12 3-5s. Williams won from Amberst, Cornell from Princeton, Bowdoin from M. I. T., and Cambridge Y. M. C. A. from Boston Y. M. C. A.