Little progress has been made by the managers of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club Interscholastic Games, which are to be held in the Madison Square Garden this winter. So far, at the meetings of the executives many questions have been left undecided, and the events that are to be contested have not even been announced. Neither is it possible to announce as yet the names of any of the prominent athletes whom we shall see come together there, but as soon as there are any developments we shall take up the subject again, as this meeting will undoubtedly prove the most important interscholastic athletic event in New York this winter.

The skating races this year in New York are to be sanctioned by the Interscholastic Association, although they were not so sanctioned last year. Arrangements have already been made, and I hope to be able to deal with the subject more fully next week. It will be remembered that last season Morgan of De La Salle carried off all the honors. His records were as follows: 220 yards, 23 sec.; quarter-mile, 50-1/5 sec.; 2 miles, 6 min. 36-2/5 sec. He was also a member of De La Salle's winning team in the 1-mile relay race. This year undoubtedly there will be a greater interest in these skating races and surely a larger number of entries, for a number of skaters are already in training for the several events. I believe that arrangements have been made to hold the contests at the St. Nicholas Rink instead of at the 107th Street rink, which is no doubt a change for the better.

The Cook County League has adopted a schedule for the in-door baseball season as follows:

January 9—North Division at Hyde Park.
January 9—Austin at Lake View.
January 9—Englewood at Evanston.
January 16—Austin at Hyde Park.
January 16—Lake View at Englewood.
January 16—Evanston at North Division.
January 23—Hyde Park at Englewood.
January 23—Evanston at Austin.
January 23—North Division at Lake View.
January 30—Hyde Park at Evanston.
January 30—Austin at North Division.
February 3—Hyde Park at Lake View.
February 3—Austin at Englewood.
February 6—Englewood at North Division.
February 6—Lake View at Evanston.
February 13—Lake View at Austin.
February 13—Hyde Park at North Division.
February 13—Evanston at Englewood.
February 20—North Division at Evanston.
February 20—Hyde Park at Austin.
February 20—Englewood at Lake View.
February 27—Austin at Evanston.
February 27—Englewood at Hyde Park.
February 27—Lake View at North Division.
March 6—North Division at Austin.
March 6—Evanston at Hyde Park.
March 13—Lake View at Hyde Park.
March 13—Englewood at Austin.
March 20—Evanston at Lake View.
March 20—North Division at Englewood.

In every case the first-named team is scheduled to play against the last-named at the home of the latter.

It was decided by the managers when they laid out this schedule that it would not be required of the teams to play on the exact dates specified if another, earlier, day of the same week proves more convenient. The only stipulation is that if the managers of any two teams cannot agree upon an earlier date they must play no later than upon the day specified.

There is so little interest in this winter sport among the students of English H.-S. that no team has been entered by that institution, and South Division will prove a weak contestant on account of its lack of facilities for the development of athletic material, there being no gymnasium connected with the school. Englewood and Hyde Park are new members to the League. The former's team has played some good practice games, but the latter's has not as yet showed of what material it is composed. Austin, the champion team of last year, has but two new men on this year's team, so that the prospects are they will finish near the top if they do not get the pennant. Lake View's is another strong team that has been playing excellent ball. North Division has played several good games, but also several poor ones, and its final make-up is undetermined. Evanston will undoubtedly send a team that will be the strongest ever put out by that school. From present indications the championship seems to lie among Austin, Lake View, Englewood, and Evanston, their chances being in the order named.

The comment upon the division of spoils in Connecticut, recently made in these columns, has elicited a number of protests from readers in the Nutmeg State. Most of my correspondents, however, in their arguments have seemed to miss the main point of the evil. One argues that it is necessary to charge admission-fees to football games because the public interest in high-school athletics is so great in Connecticut that a stiff admission-fee is the only barrier against a disorderly crowd. He writes that where no charge is made a rough element lines the ropes, and frequently creates a disturbance for which the schools are in no way responsible, but which naturally reflects upon the management.

In support of these contentions he cites the disturbance at New Britain a year ago, when a number of the town rowdies destroyed a Hartford banner. If the conditions, therefore, are such that it is necessary to make the spectators pay an entrance-fee, purely as a means of protection, I believe by all means in retaining the box-office and the turnstile. My suggestion to do away with the sale of tickets was offered merely as a means to cut down the accumulation of an unnecessary surplus, not because there is any objection to the system. On the contrary, if the box-office keeps out the undesirable element, by all means let the box-office remain. But the fact that a rough element compels the Connecticut schools to charge an admission-fee to their games has no relation to the subsequent spoliation of the treasury.