Base-Ball.

The score of yesterday's game against Columbia will be disagreeable reading for Harvard men. It is a long time since a Harvard nine has been 'blanked,' and the experience is an extremely unpleasant one. The game was not marked by any incidents deserving of mention, except the fine play of Cooper at short. The visitors got their runs by bunching their hits and by Harvard bunching their errors. Ayrault pitched a fine game, allowing only two scattering hits to be made off his delivery. Nichols - as was to be expected - did not show up in his usual good form. Donovan, the League Umpire, did not appear, and his place was filled by a Columbia man, who was a little off on 'balls' and 'strikes.' Columbia secured two runs in the third inning on a muff by Phillips and two hits, one in the sixth and seventh on errors, and one in the eighth on a home run hit by McElwain. Harvard had several chances - get runs, but the hit necessary to bring them in was not forthcoming. In the eighth, with the bases full, and only one man out, it seemed as if a run must be made, but Foster struck out and Willard went out, pitcher to first. Harvard lost the game through their wretched batting. Such a weak exhibition by a Harvard nine has not been seen for a long time. The score:

COLUMBIA.

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

Finnley, c., 4 1 0 0 8 3 0

Edwards, 2 b., 5 1 2 2 3 0 0

Cooper, s. s., 5 0 2 2 3 5 1

LeMarsh, r. f., 4 1 1 2 0 0 0

McElwain, l. f., 4 1 2 5 1 0 1

M. Lyon, 3b., 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

W. Lyon, c. f., 4 1 0 0 1 0 0

Ayrault, p., 4 0 0 0 0 11 3

Wheeler, 1b., 4 0 0 0 11 0 0

- - - - - - -

38 5 7 11 27 19 5

HARVARD

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

Wiestling, s. s., 4 0 1 1 0 3 1

Smith, 1b., 4 0 0 0 14 0 1

Foster, l. f., 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Willard, c. f., 4 0 0 0 1 0 0

Allen, c., 3 0 0 0 8 0 1

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

Edgerly, 2b., 4 0 0 0 0 3 0

Boyden, r. f., 3 0 1 1 1 1 1

Nichols, p., 3 0 0 0 2 10 2

- - - - - - -

32 0 2 2 27 17 8

Innings. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Columbia, 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 - 5

Harvard, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0

Earned runs - Columbia, 1. Two-base hit - Le Marsh. Home run - McElwain. First base on balls - Nichols, 1; Ayrault, 2. First base on errors - Columbia, 6; Harvard, 4. Struck out - Nichols, 7; Ayrault 5. Double plays - Boyden and Smith. Passed balls - Allen, 1. Wild pitches - Nichols, 1.