MELROSE HIGH.
| Jan. 17.—English High at Melrose. |
| Jan. 21.—Roxbury Latin at Melrose. |
| Jan. 25.—Cambridge at Spy Pond. |
It is to be hoped, if the season proves a successful one and the cold weather holds out, that the winner in this Boston League will arrange for a championship game with the winner in the Connecticut League.
H. D. CAREY, JUN.,
Hamilton Institute.
THEODORE LUTKINS,
Brooklyn Latin School.
On account of this delay in receiving the portraits of Messrs. Carey and Lutkins, who were selected for members of the All-New-York football team, the pictures could not be reproduced until this week. Carey of the Hamilton Institute would play right half-back, and Lutkins would rank as first substitute on the All-New-York eleven, the full details of which were given in the Round Table of January 7th.
The game of basket-ball promises to become popular among the colleges and the larger schools of the country this winter. This Department will devote some space to the game at an early date, which is taking up the attention of scholastic sportsmen in Connecticut.
J. A. Baker, B. Bay, Massachusetts.—There is no rule prohibiting tackling above the shoulders, unless Section B of Rule 27 of the Football Rules of 1895 can be construed as such. It is a matter for the umpire to decide in every case.
H. C. Morris, Evanston, Illinois.—There will be an article on running in this Department some time during the winter. I should advise you to use sprinting shoes without spikes to train in, but wear spikes in a contest or when running for time.
W. H. B., Minneapolis.—You can find out what you want to know in Walter Camp's Book of College Sports (The Century Company, New York), or in the American Boy's Handy Book (Charles Scribner's Sons, New York).
J. J. Smith, Ridgewood, New Jersey.—There is a very good chapter on "Toy-boat Making and Sailing" in Coventry Pastimes for Boys (Longmans, Green, & Company, New York).
H. C. D., Meriden.—The arrangement of players for the game of ice polo, described briefly in Harper's Round Table for January 14th, is as follows: