It is a wise provision also that any school entering a team for the baseball or football championship must play all games for which they are scheduled under penalty of $5 fine for each game forfeited. My only criticism is that the penalty might be doubled or trebled. The championship series of football games last fall, in Brooklyn, was greatly interfered with by the continual forfeiting of games by the weaker teams. This Department spoke of the evil at the time, and I would now urge the Long Island League legislators to insert some such by-law in their code as the New Yorkers have just established.
Athletics are progressing so vigorously in Philadelphia that a new interscholastic league, in addition to the Inter-Academic A. A. of some years standing, has been organized. Tho new association held a meeting a few weeks ago, at which delegates from the Central High-school, Wilmington High-school, and the Central and Northeast Manual Training schools were present. A committee was appointed to see the Friends' Central, Catholic High and Swarthmore College Grammar Schools, and invite them to join the association. The meeting then adjourned to meet at the call of the chair to receive the report of this committee. This committee should at once communicate with the officers of the National I. S. A. A., and apply for membership. The new league has some strong schools in it, as readers of this Department may see by glancing over the list. The Central High-school of Philadelphia is probably the largest school in that city, and both the Wilmington and Swarthmore Grammar schools have already acquired enviable records in sport.
An Interscholastic Polo League has been formed in Boston, under the auspices of the B.A.A., with the following schools as members: Melrose High, Cambridge High and Latin, Roxbury Latin, and English High. A provisional schedule has been arranged, but as the weather is an important factor in polo, it may be necessary to postpone several of the contests. The dates chosen are:
CAMBRIDGE H. AND L.
| Dec. 31.—E. H. S. on Spy Pond. |
| Jan. 17.—Roxbury Latin on Spy Pond. |
| Jan. 25.—Melrose on Spy Pond. |
ENGLISH HIGH.
| Dec. 31.—Cambridge on Spy Pond. |
| Jan. 14.—Roxbury Latin (undecided). |
| Jan. 17.—Melrose at Melrose. |
ROXBURY LATIN.
| Jan. 14.—English High (undecided). |
| Jan. 17.—Cambridge on Spy Pond. |
| Jan. 21.—Melrose at Melrose. |