Columbia Sports Proved Costly

Only two of Columbia's sports have been paying propositions so far this year, according to a partial report submitted by the graduate manager to the athletic association. In spite of a very heavy initial expense accompanying the return of football to Columbia last year, the gridiron game proved profitable, although the entire cost of erecting stands, fences, and of altering the playing field, were charged against the season's account. The other profitable sport is rifle shooting, adopted again this year after two years of suspension.

Basket-ball was played at a loss for the first time in ten years. Although Columbia was represented by one of the poorest teams in the history of basketball on Morningside Heights the reason for the loss is ascribed to a larger number of memberships in the athletic association, entitling each member to free admittance to all games, rather than to smaller crowds at the games. The report is not the complete one for the year. It covers only the period to date. By the end of the baseball season that sport will have netted a considerable sum, although at present there is a deficit, due to the cancellation of several important games because of unfavorable weather conditions.