PROGRAM OF WINTER SPORTS

For the benefit of men who desire to take part in some form of organized sport this winter, the following summary of the varied opportunities for athletic activity is given:

Track.

The regular winter track work will begin directly after the Christmas recess. A field event competition, however, will probably be held in the baseball cage late in December, as last year. Coach Quinn will have charge of the field event men in the baseball cage and the track event men will practice under the direction of Coach Donovan on the board track which will be erected at Soldiers Field.

The B. A. A. meet will take place on February 11. The usual entries from the University and Freshman teams will be made. Certain men will also be entered in the track meets in the neighborhood of Boston and in the New York Athletic Club meet. The annual winter carnival will be held about the middle of March. Only novices will be allowed to complete in this. The track events will be held on the board track on Soldiers Field and the field events in the Hemenway gymnasium.

Regular outdoor practice will begin as soon as the weather permits.

Hockey.

The University hockey squad will practice four times a week in the Boston Arena under Coach A. Winsor '02. When the ground freezes, the two hockey rinks in the Stadium will be flooded, and at that time the Freshman candidates will be called out. F. W. Paul '11 has been appointed coach of the Freshman team. Immediately after the Christmas recess the scrub hockey teams will be organized and soon afterward upper-class captains will be appointed. The games of the scrub series will be watched and men who do especially good work will be taken on the University squad.

Gymnastics.

The novice gymnastic meet will be held on December 16, and all men eligible are urged to enter. This will probably be the only competition in gymnastics that will be held entirely within the University, although an open meet may be held at the end of the season. Dr. Sargent has offered a cup to the winner of the greatest number of points and medals will be given to the winners of the different events. Regular practice is being held on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays under the direction of Coach Evans. After Christmas the University team will be chosen and will hold about twelve exhibitions and meets ending with the intercollegiate contest in March.

Fencing.

The candidates for the fencing team are practicing under the instruction of M. Leslavay, fencing master to the French Army, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, between 4 and 6 o'clock. Beginning after the Christmas recess the Fencers' Club will hold two meets a month during the winter. On the first Saturday of each month men are in- vited to take part in the B. A. A. fencing meets. The interclass tournament will be held in February as a result of which the University team will be chosen. The members of the winning team will be awarded the St. Gaudens cups. The University team will hold several important meets, closing its season with the intercollegiates which will be held in New York in March.

Rowing.

Candidates for the University and Freshman crews will commence regular work on February 10. Coach Wray, however, will be in the Newell boathouse beginning directly after the Christmas recess to help any candidates for the University or Freshman crews who report for voluntary work. Practice on the machines and in the tank will continue until the river is open. Coach Wray will have general supervision of all the crews and will coach the University crews and the first Freshman crew, while the rest of the Freshman squad will be under the control of Coach Stephenson.

Baseball.

Baseball practice for the University squad will commence in the cage about a week after the mid-year period and for the Freshman squad a little earlier. The pitchers will probably do a little work during the mid-year period. No curved pitching will be used in batting practice, as it is thought that this has tended to injure the batting in former years. Outdoor practice will begin as soon as the weather will permit