The Recess.

It seemed as if a larger number than usual remained in Cambridge during the spring recess. Nearly half of the tables at Memorial were occupied, and at night the college dormitories were not at all sparsely illuminated. Also the Cambridge and Charles River roads, for vacation, did a thriving business. The windows in the dormitories had their semi-annual washing, so that it will be some weeks before the "early-rising rosy fingered dawn" will see into the college rooms and disturb the sleepers. Thanks be to the goodies for this boon. The weather during the first half of the recess was as unpleasant as cold rains and low clouds and northeast winds could make it. But on Saturday there was a decided and most agreeable change. The change, however, of course had to have some drawbacks. For while the warm sun made the tennis nets and players sprout up profusely over Holmes and Jarvis, and started the struggling grass in the yard, it also brought up many weeds and muckers. These coarse plants were everywhere, and whoever passed among them seemed to hear them say, as they turned their foliage up to him, "shack, sir?"

But special interest will be felt in the work done during the recess in

BASE-BALL.The nine practiced daily, playing several games with picked nines. As a whole the weather was not good for practice. The game on Fast Day, which was with Dr. Pope's nine, was the most important game of the recess, but even that was not very exciting, and on account of the chill atmosphere the playing was rather poor. Following is the score:

HARVARD.

A.B. R. I.B. P.O. A. E.

Wiestling, s. s., 4 1 0 1 2 0

Smith, p., 4 1 0 2 12 4

Holden, 3b., 3 1 0 1 1 0

Willard, 1b., 4 1 2 7 1 2

Allen, r. f., 4 1 1 0 1 0

Phillips, 2b., 4 1 2 3 2 3

Foster, l. f., 4 0 1 0 0 0

Henshaw, c., 4 0 0 13 1 3

Edgerly, c. f., 3 0 0 0 0 0

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Totals, 34 6 6 27 20 12

DR. POPE'S NINE.

A.B. R. I.B. P.O. A. E.

Richardson, c., 4 1 1 2 2 1

Welch, 3b., 4 0 1 2 3 1

Coolidge, 2b., 4 0 0 3 0 2

Frederick, s. s., 4 0 0 1 7 1

Proctor, r. f., 4 0 0 0 0 0

Ayer, c. f., 4 0 1 1 0 0

Merrill, l. f., 4 0 0 6 1 1

Sawyer, 1b., 2 0 0 9 0 1

Pope, p., 2 1 0 0 2 2

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Totals, 32 2 3 24 15 9

Innings. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Harvard, 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 -6

Pope's nine, 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-2

Earned runs - Harvard, 2. Two-base hits - Phillips and Welch. Total bases on hits - Harvard, 7; Dr. Pope's, 4. First base on balls - Smith, 2; Pope, 1. First base on errors - Dr. Pope's nine, 7; Harvard, 9, Struck out - Dr. Pope's nine, 10; Harvard, 1. Double play - Merrill and Sawyer. Passed balls - Richardson, 1; Henshaw, 3. Wild pitches - Pope, 1; Smith, 2. Time - 2 hours 10 minutes. Umpire - Curtis.

ON THE RIVER.The crews have been busy through the recess. The freshmen spent all but Monday and Tuesday, April 12 and 13, in Cambridge, and were on the water every day but one, the weather on that day being too severe. The 'varsity was also in regular training. Of this crew an extended criticism will be given in to-morrow's CRIMSON.

NOTES.The lacrosse team will go into training at once.

On Fast Day the "Harvard Juniors" played the "Eagles" in Cambridge, and were defeated by a score of 19 to 15.

A barn, situated on Kirkland St., belonging to Prof. G. M. Lane, was destroyed by fire on April 7. The attendance of college men at the scene of the conflagration was large.

The annual army of Irishmen and rakes swept over the college grounds on Monday and Tuesday last.

The system of reserving seats at Memorial, initiated for the recess, proved very satisfactory, and should become a custom.