The Shady Side Academy Football team of Pittsburg finished the season with five victories and two defeats to its credit. This record places them second among the Pittsburg schools, with Kiskiminetas first. At the opening of the season things did not look very bright, as there were several important positions to fill and a scarcity of material. In the first game the team played very fast and snappy football, but against Braddock High-School the work was poor, and the coach was somewhat discouraged. However, the eleven showed some improvement when they met Pittsburg High-School, and easily defeated them. In the game with Kiskiminetas the team was in poor condition, and was easily defeated; but when Kiskiminetas played the return game, both teams were in good condition, and Kiskiminetas again won. In the second contest with Pittsburg High-School both teams showed improvement over their form in the first game, and it was only after a hard straggle that Shady Side won, 4 to 0. As to the best playing on the team, perhaps McConnel should be mentioned first. He was the best tackler on the team, and demonstrated this fact a number of times by the way he prevented opponents from scoring, and his interference was also good. He played his position at quarter-back better than any of the other quarter-backs among the schools. Scheldecker and Kirke were both hard tacklers, and the former was the best man in the line to run with the ball. The Brooklyn Association has begun early to prepare for the baseball season, and the baseball committee has completed the schedule for the games that must decide the championship next spring. Unless something turns up to modify the schedule, it will be played as follows: April 28--Adelphi _vs._ Brooklyn Latin. May 1--Brooklyn High _vs._ Pratt, and Poly. Prep. _vs._ Adelphi. May 5--Adelphi _vs._ Pratt, Brooklyn High _vs._ Brooklyn Latin, and Poly. Prep. _vs._ St. Paul. May 8--Brooklyn Latin _vs._ Pratt, St. Paul _vs._ Adelphi, and Brooklyn High _vs._ Poly. Prep. May 12--Pratt _vs._ Poly. Prep., and St. Paul _vs._ Brooklyn High. May 15--St. Paul _vs._ Pratt, Poly. Prep. _vs._ Brooklyn Latin, and Adelphi _vs._ Brooklyn High. _The All-Boston Interscholastic Football Team will be announced next week._ "FOOTBALL FACTS AND FIGURES."--By Walter Camp.--POST 8VO, PAPER, 75 CENTS. THE GRADUATE. ADVERTISEMENTS. [Illustration: ROYAL BAKING POWDER] The great popularity and general use of the Royal Baking Powder attest its superiority. It is absolutely pure and wholesome. It is combined from the most approved and healthful ingredients. It makes the finest flavored, most tender, delicious, and wholesome food. It has greater leavening strength than any other baking powder, and is therefore the most economical. It never loses its strength, but will keep fresh and of full leavening power until used.