BASE-BALL.

THE third game in the Yale-Harvard series resulted in an overwhelming defeat of our Nine. The game was lost in the first inning by the poor pitching of Ernst, he being literally batted out of his position. Yale scored eight runs in this inning, off of six base-hits and a two-baser assisted by fumbles of Coolidge, Olmstead, and Cohen.

Base-hits by Wright, Nunn, and Cohen, aided by a fumble and wild throw by Ripley, gave Harvard three runs in the second inning.

Hopkins scored in the third off a base-hit and a wild throw by Tyng. Holden took three bases in the fifth on a wild throw by Lamb, and scored on Coolidge's safe hit. Ernst reached his first in the sixth on a muff by Hopkins, second on Wright's safe hit, and scored by sacrifice hits by Olmstead and Winsor. This was the last run scored. Tyng, Wright, and Winsor made safe hits; wretched base running, however, easily disposed of our players and shut out all Harvard's hope of winning the game.

Our Nine played a remarkably fine up-hill game in the field, and if Ernst will only use as much strategy in the remaining games as he displayed in the last eight innings, Harvard will secure the base-ball championship for 1879.

The base-running was simply execrable; out of thirteen men who reached first only five being able to score. Clarke and Olmstead made fine fly-catches, and Parker made a double play on a hot line fly to third.

Lamb, as usual, occupied much valuable time in posing for the crowd, and it would seem fitting to introduce in the new rules for the College championship some regulation in regard to unnecessary delay in the delivery of the ball.

R. 1B. P. O. A. E.

Coolidge, B. 0 1 3 0 1

Tyng, H. 0 1 5 0 2

Ernst, P. 1 0 1 3 0

Wright, A. 1 3 10 0 1

Olmstead, L. 0 0 3 0 3

Winsor, M. 0 1 2 0 2

Munn, S. 1 1 1 3 0

Cohen, R. 1 1 1 1 1

Holden, C. 1 1 1 6 0

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Total 5 9 27 13 10

R. 1B. P. O. A. E.

Hutchins, S. 1 1 0 5 1

Parker, C. 1 1 2 2 0

Lamb, P. 0 0 1 4 1

Camp, L. 1 1 1 0 0

Clark, M. 1 2 2 0 0

Walden, B. 1 1 2 4 0

Hopkins, A. 2 1 13 0 1

Watson, H. 1 1 4 3 0

Ripley, R. 1 1 2 0 2

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Total 9 9 27 18 5

Harvard 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 5

Yale 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 9

Earned runs, Yale 2, Harvard 1.

Umpire: Mr Nickerson.

Struck out, Harvard 3; Yale 2. Passed balls, 1, Watson, 1. Wild pitches, Lamb, 1.