ance, in the
neighborhood of Boston, only to the old association made up of the
Boston and Cambridge schools. It is only a year old, but it is in a
thriving condition, the principal schools of its membership being the
Medford, Malden, Melrose, and Winchester High-Schools. The championship
last year, the first of the League's existence, was won by Malden H.-S.,
whose team defeated Medford H.-S., 10-0, in the final game of the
season. This fall the Suburban League teams will start playing their
championship games on November 2d, when Medford and Winchester meet at
Medford, and Malden and Melrose come together at Melrose. The two
winning teams will decide the championship on the 9th.

The Malden H.-S. team is in better condition at this early date than any
of its rivals in the League. Captain Flanders, who has been a member of
the team for three years, is putting his men through a course of
training that is developing all there is in them. He is a capable player
himself, having held almost every position on the team. In his first
year he was used in the rush line, and finally occupied one end. The
next year he went in at right half-back, and this season he will play
full-back. He is a strong runner, and is better at half than anywhere
else; although at full he will probably do a good deal of running with
the ball, and play close up as a sort of third half-back most of the
time. Swain at left guard has also played three years on the team. He is
the heaviest man in the aggregation, and there is no better man in the
League at breaking through or making holes. Priest will leave end and go
to right half-back, and Atwood will be taken from the line, too, to go
in as Priest's partner. Both men will require considerable coaching, but
Atwood is a fast sprinter, and ought to turn out well in his new
position.

The Medford H.-S. team is made up mostly of new men, but it is full of
good material. Captain McPherson has had experience on the team for two
years, and will have good control over his men, his position being at
quarter. But he has a hard row to hoe, and will deserve no end of credit
if he moulds all this awkward and green energy into a team of players by
November 2d. At Melrose the prospects are but little better. The new men
are light, and most of them are inexperienced, only two ever having
played on school teams before. These two, Harris and Libby, will no
doubt take care of the ends, as they seem best fitted for those