Basketball News and Plans.

The first game in the intercollegiate basketball schedule which was to have been played with Cornell at Ithaca last night, has been forfeited by Harvard on account of the decision of the Athletic Committee that only three games which will keep the team away from Cambridge over night will be allowed.

Practice for the University basketball team will begin again on Monday afternoon, January 4, at 5.30 o'clock and will continue every afternoon until the end of the playing season. A cut will probably be made shortly after the recess, but three or four teams will be kept during a considerable part of the season.

Practice for the Freshman squad will recommence at 7.30 o'clock on Monday, January 4, and the regular team will be picked shortly afterward. The following schedule for the Freshmen has been arranged: January 9--Somerville High at Somerville; January 16--Browne and Nichols at Cambridge; January 23--Worcester High at Worcester; January 30--Melrose at Melrose; February 6--Dean Academy at Franklin; February 12--Boston University at Cambridge; February 17--Tufts 1907 at Cambridge; February 20--Andover at Andover; February 27--Brown 1907 at Providence; March 5--Yale 1907 at Cambridge.