House Nines Swarm To Spring Practice

With a crew of 34 from Eliot House leading the pack, scores of unconditioned athletes descended on sunny Soldiers Field yesterday to organize for the heralded opening of the Intramural League next Monday.

Doctors reported that only two light sprains had appeared, but the head groundkeeper complained that 'those guys must all be part elephant. The field looks like Ringling Brothers just passed through," he added as the last Mastodon headed for Anderson Bridge.

Representatives from all the Houses and parts of the Yard arrived to test the turf with Winthrop, Eliot, and Kirkland carrying out spirited, if errorful, drills among their baseball and softball hopefuls. Each team thought it had men "as good as the players on the Varsity" but saw need for more spring training.