The scores of matches played last Saturday in inter-club competitions occupied more than a column of fine type in The Sunday Herald. And that is not the whole story. Many men are at it whose performances do not call for the attention of sporting editors. The season begins in earnest after the Harvard-Yale football game, and from then until warmer weather the number of men who use the courts every day is high in the hundreds.

The sport has grown rapidly in popularity during the last few years, and it is rather surprising that Boston College, Boston University, Tufts and other institutions have not gone in for it as enthusiastically as Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since Harry Cowles forsook the Harvard Club of Boston and went to Cambridge, William J. Bingham has had difficulty in providing enough courts; and now M. I. T., under the direction of "Jack" Summers, sometime professional at the Union Boat Club, has become squash-conscious. At B. C., B. U. and other places, the development will be the same when the youngsters realize what they are missing.

Squash racquets has many advantages. It costs little. It can be played in a small space. In half an hour a man gets all the running-around that is good for him. A professional has called it "the most cruel" of all sports, but it is enjoyable and can be geared down to the capabilities of young and old. It provides more fun and exercise in less space at lower expense than any other game. The wonder is that it has been unappreciated so many years.