g the players, and even by going out on the field
and playing against the first school team. But they should always play
against the team, not with it, except for the purpose of demonstrating a
play. By coaching the school players they are doing much good for the
school team and for sport. But by joining the school players in games
against other schools they do injury both to the players and to the
cause of sport.

The absurd reports which appeared in some of the New York daily papers
concerning the injury received by Captain Mynderse, of the Betts Academy
team, in the recent game against the Berkeley School eleven, only serve
to corroborate the statements made by this Department two weeks ago.
Fortunately Mr. Ely, the coach of the Berkeley team, came out promptly
with a statement to the effect that the boy was not at all seriously
injured, and that he returned to his school the next day with his
companion players, and was not, as reported, laid up in the hospital in
a critical condition. In closing, Mr. Ely remarks: "Any team of
school-boys who are properly looked after and cared for while playing
the game, and who are physically fit to play it, need have no fear of
doing so, nor need their parents have any fear that their sons will be
permanently injured or incapacitated from pursuing a collegiate or
business career from injurious effects sustained upon the football
field." Mr. Ely is perfectly right; and let me add that boys who are not
properly looked after while playing the game, or who are not physically
fit to play it, should not be allowed on the field.

The most promising eleven in the New York League, up to date, is the
Berkeley School team. Bayne has been made Captain instead of
Irwin-Martin, and he will, no doubt, put more life and snap into his
men. The change is a good one, for Martin is a good deal of a back
number in scholastic athletics, and has thoroughly outgrown the class of
players who properly belong on school teams. The protests against him on
the score of age will probably again this year pop up with persistent
regularity in the meetings of the I.S.A.A. Martin ought to get a
certified copy of his birth certificate from the Bureau of Vital
Statistics, and settle this disputed question once for all.

The league games began last week, and the schedule is divided into two
sections, as the baseball schedule was:

FIRST SECTION.

Oct. 22.--Cutler School vs. Hamilton Institute.

Oct. 29