Invitation Athletic Meeting of the B. A. A.

Last evening an athletic meeting was held at the Boston Athletic club and was open to Harvard and Technology. There were no entries from Technology but Harvard sent several men and succeeded in winning two first prizes, one by J. H. Alward in the middle weight wrestling and the other by R. Kuhn in middle weight sparring.

The following are the events and entries: Feather-weight wrestling-H. S. McPherson, H. A. A. Middle-weight wrestling-J. H. Alward, H. A. A., A. H. Howard, B. A. A. Light-weight wrestling-Sumner Paine, B. A. A., Henry Taggard, B. A. A. Heavy weight wrestling: first bout-J. H. Alward, H. A. A., W. H. Shea, H. A. A. Light weight sparring-A. P. Hunt, B. A. A., and instructor. Heavy-weight sparring-D. W. Shea, B. A. A. Heavy-weight wrestling: final bout-A. H. Howard, B. A. A. and winner of first bout. Fencing: first bout-Samuel Gould, B. A. A., Curtis Guild, jr., B. A. A. Feather-weight sparring-H. S. McPherson, H. A. A. Special (125 1b.) class sparring-J. L. Dodge, H. A. A., H. S. McPherson, H. A. A. Fencing, second bout (bye)-A. H. Howard, B. A. A., Allen Lowe. Exhibition of broadsword fencing-Professor J. Castladi and pupil of Naval academy. Fencing, final bout-A. H. Howard, B. A. A. and winner of first bout. Middle-weight sparring-Edward Bacon, H. L. S., R. Kuhn, H. A. A.

In place of the feather weight and special class sparring, an exhibition match was given between E. W. Grew, '89, and J. R. Dodge, '91. A. P. Hunt also gave an exhibition with his instructor in light weight sparring. In the first round in middle weight wrestling Alward threw Howard in 181/2 seconds, an exceedingly pretty throw; in the second round Howard forfeited after a short trial. In the light weight wrestling Paine and Taggard were tied after wrestling fifteen minutes. The event will be finished tonight. The first bout in heavy weight wrestling was won by Alward in 2m, 41 3 4s. The final bout will take place tonight. The final bout of the fencing was won by Curtis Guild against A. H. Howard, 5 to 4. In the middle weight sparring R. Kuhn won.