BOXING RECOGNIZED BY H. A. A.

The plans for boxing in the University this year were discussed at a well-attended meeting in the Trophy Room of the Union last evening. Ellery H. Clark '96, assistant graduate treasurer of the H. A. A., spoke on boxing from the Athletic Association's point of view, emphasizing the fact that it is an officially recognized sport at the University, and called attention to the great success of the sport last year when 40 men entered the preliminary bouts.

Dr. D. A. Sargent, director of the Hemenway Gymnasium, who spoke next, outlined the history of the sport in Harvard, where Theodore Roosevelt '80 and Robert Bacon '80 made records as amateur pugilists while undergraduates. The interest in the sport aroused by its revival in the University last winter was by no means local, for Cornell, Pennsylvania, California, Leland Stanford, Virginia and Fordham took up boxing last year.

Practice Starts Monday.

Work for the boxers will commence in the Hemenway Gymnasium next Wednesday. James Walsh, former bantam-weight champion of the world, will direct the work of the candidates. Gloves will be furnished. A tournament modelled after last year's will be held in the Union toward the end of February.