Record Numbers

And this year's competition has--so far--drawn a record number of participants. In touch football, for instance, 313 boys played in 90 games, as compared to last year's total of 289 players in 72 games.

The quality of play has apparently in-Straus South, the championship touch creased as well. Over the Yale weekend football team, defeated its opposite number at Yale, the South Unit, 40 to 19. And this South Unit had beaten upperclass colleges in New Haven.

Tayler attributes the fast start of this year's program to what he calls "increased spirit in the Yard." This showed itself again in the November cross-country meet when 121 freshmen--more than 10 per cent of the class--competed in the race. The figure was 50 higher than the previous record.

Such a fine start to the year should indicate that the Class of '60 will sustain its interest in intramurals for the rest of the year. The Athletic Council certainly hopes so. After the winter season closes, there will still be four more sports in which competitions will be held: softball, rowing, tennis, and track.

But in any case, regardless of how many freshmen do actually compete between now and the end of the school year, those connected with the intramural program will once again be able to say it accomplished what it sets out to do each year: to give individuals a chance to participate in competitive sports at a considerably lower, more relaxed level than intercollegiate sports afford.

Here are the final fall standings of the freshman intramural program: 1. Thayer Middle  125 2. Straus South  122 3. Straus North  102 4. Grays  96 1/2 5. Hurlbut  86 1/2 6. Mower  80 7. Hollis  73 1/2 8. Lionel  72 1/2 9. Weld North  69 10. Thayer South  60 11. Matthews South  59 12. Matthews North  50 1/2 13. Weld South  39 14. Holworthy  38 15. Greenough  32 16. Stoughton  30 17. Dudley  22 1/2 18. Massachusetts  20 19. Thayer North  6