The First Winter Meeting.

The gymnasium was comfortably crowded Saturday when the first Winter Meeting took place. For several years past this meeting has been long drawn out and tedious; this year by exception it was interesting and as short as could be expected. There was not a large number of entries, most of the contests being decided in one bout, but the men who had entered had trained well and made creditable exhibitions. For the past two years, since Mr. Lathrop has had classes, the wrestling has been good. This year it was no exception. The sparring, too, was scientific and satisfactory. The management is to be congratulated for the prompt manner in which the events were started and the smoothness which characterized the whole meeting.

PUTTING THE SHOT.The entries for putting the shot were E. J. Manley, '87; W. J. Bowen, '87; C. E. Loud, '87; H. B. Gibson, '88; J. H. Slade, '90. In the three trial puts, Manley came out ahead with a record of 32 feet 7 1-2 inches. Loud was second with 31 feet 11 1-2 inches, Bowen third. In the final puts between these three men. Manley kept the lead and won with a put of 32 feet 8 1-2 inches with Brown second, 32 feet 6 1-2 inches. The are all contestants new men, and consequently the records are poor. This is an important event at the Mott Haven sports, and we must hope that these men will do better in the spring. That there is good material represented in the above names, we are sure, but it needs to be brought out.

HEAVY-WEIGHT WRESTLING.The heavy-weight wrestling was between A. F. Holden, '88, and W. J. Bowen, '87. When time was called both men showed a commendable tendency to get to work without delay. Bowen got several good holds but was unable to get his opponent over on his back. At the end of two and a half minutes he got a good neck hold and Holden struck full on his back.

The second fall was even more quickly accomplished. Bowen got another neck hold and threw his adversary. Holden formed a bridge but not quickly enough. The referee decided that it was a fall and the bout, together with the heavy-weight cup, was awarded to Bowen.

MIDDLE-WEIGHT SPARRING.G. M. Ashe, L. S., and F. G. Curtis, '90, met in this event at the M. I. T. games two weeks ago. Ashe won on that occasion, but the sparring of Curtis was so good that there was much doubt as to who would be the winner Saturday. Dr. Appleton, the referee of sparring, could not be found for several minutes. He appeared, however, to call time for the first round. Both men went to work in a business-like manner and his hard, not wasting their strength on blows that fell short. Curtis got in several swings on Ashe's jaw; his countering was also good. Ashe showed a disposition to clinch, and just as time was called he got in a hard, straight left-hander. The second round was harder, and both men were less careful not to get hit, preferring to counter rather than ward off the blows. Ashe struck Curtis many body blows, evidently trying to wind him. Towards the end of the round both men acted tired, although there was no sign of weakness in the force of their blows. The third round opened in a lively manner, Ashe getting in several lefts on Curtis jaw. He also tried to wind Curtis, and towards the end of the round there was not much strength in Curtis' blows. Ashe had much the better of this last round, and he was awarded the cup.

LIGHT-WEIGHT WRESTLING.S. Paine, '90 and A. E. Sterne, '87, were the only entries for this event. Both are new men, Sterne evidently the stronger but Paine quicker and more scientific. Sterne immediately got a neck hold and threw Paine, who formed a bridge. While Sterne was trying to break down his bridge Paine won much applause by getting up in some inexplicable way. He secured a neck grip and won the first fall in three and a half minutes. When the contestants again entered the ring Sterne lifted Paine off the ground and tried to land him on his back. Paine turned quickly and came down back up. While Sterne was trying to turn him he seized one of his hands, and pulled Sterne over on his head and thence on to his back. Paine's wrestling was remarkably good.

FEATHER-WEIGHT SPARRING.To make an even number of contestants so as to prevent any one having the advantage of a bye, one bout of the feather - weight sparring was decided Saturday. A. C. Coolidge, '87, and E. W. Grew, '89. were drawn for this meeting. The first round opened smartly, although more than half of the blows fell short and those that did reach the mark had little strength in them. Grew did not seem to have command of the situation and ducked in a very tempting manner. Coolidge took advantage of this and landed several upper-cuts, without, however, swinging his body into them.

The second round was characterized by the same activity and the same tendency to hit without reaching home. Grew got in several good right-handers in this round.

The third round opened at a tremendous temperature. Again Grew got in some good right-handers, and forced the fighting. Throughout the three rounds the honors had been fairly even, but Grew sparred in much better form than Coolidge and he was consequently awarded the bout. The entries in the event for next Saturday will be Clement, '88, L. S.; Thayer, '88; Grew, '89, and Dame, '90.

MIDDLE-WEIGHT WRESTLING.Although W. J. Bowen, '87, has won this event for the past two years, G. L. Hunter, '89, a new man, made some hard work for him on Saturday. The bout was opened by Bowen, who got Hunter down, and spent much time in ineffectual efforts to put him on his back. Hunter showed great strength, and, turning the tables when Bowen had him by the neck, won a neat fall in nine minutes and thirty-five seconds.

Bowen lost a fall to Finney year before last, and another to Guild, but it was because he had broken his grip after the men had been given a hold. This is the first fall ever won off him under other circumstances.

Ten minutes' rest was allowed before the men came to the scratch once more. Bowen got several good holds, Hunter turned quickly and avoided a fall. Bowen gave up ground work, finding it useless to turn over his adversary. Bowen was hurt, and three minutes were given for repairs. After several minutes more of good hard wrestling, time was called without either man having secured a fall.

After the middle-weight sparring, wrestling was renewed, and in two minutes Bowen secured a neck grip and won a fall.

Both men struggled bard for the third and deciding fall. Bowen did most of the offensive work, but Hunter avoided every grip, and Bowen knew the uselessness of trying to turn him over. More time had to be given for the men to rest. Finally Hunter got a good grip, Bowen broke it and put him squarely on his back. Bowen won two falls to one.

HEAVY-WEIGHT SPARRING.G. M. Ashe, L. S., and F. G. Curtis, '90, met again in the heavy-weight sparring. The first round opened with cautious sparring. Ashe did most of the leading and Curtis countered him nearly every time. Both men were evidently saving themselves.

In the second round Ashe got in some hard ones on Curtis' body, who for his part led towards the end of the round and hit Ashe often.

The third round was opened briskly by Curtis who landed his right and left on Ashe's jaw several times without getting hit in return. Ashe suddenly gathered himself up for a last effort and visited Curtis with a right and left. These he followed with a right on the jaw which knocked Curtis off his feet. When time was called Curtis made one rally, but at the first hard blow he received he went down and was unable to finish the round. The cup was awarded to Ashe. Curtis was very plucky, and his reappearance a few minutes after was greeted with prolonged applause.

FEATHER-WEIGHT WRESTLING.S. Paine, '90, was unable to come down to weight, and the event was in consequence a walk-over for A. C. Coolidge, '87.

TUG-OF-WAR.In the tug of war, '89 was represented by P. Marquand, W. G. Rantoul, J. Endicott, G. Perry (anchor); '90 by R. Jones, C. L. Crehore, J. P. Hutchinson, A. Amory (anchor). Mr. Morrison, '83, started the teams after the usual number of futile efforts; '90 won the drop by two inches. '89 worked hard and Perry struggled to straighten out his knees; nevertheless '90 had two and a half inches at the end of two minutes. Amory only came down once, and that time he got a couple more inches; '89 mean while was fighting for all it was worth; Perry was not only sandy, he was foxy as well, and tried to win back the precious inches by head and legs. It was no use; '90 had three and a half inches when time was called. The joy of the freshmen knew no bounds. They rushed in and carried their team off with uproarious joy. Beware, '90, you may strike a snag yet.

The officers of the meeting were Mr. Outram Bangs, '84, judge of wrestling; Dr. William Appleton, '72, referee of sparring; Mr. J. S. Fay, Jr., and Mr. J. P. Hawes, judges of sparring.