Baseball.

The game which the freshmen put up against Princeton last Saturday was a disappointment. Their fielding toward the close of the game was very poor, and no excuse could be offered for the six errors. These errors took all life from Harvard's playing; without them Princeton would have made just three runs; with them, she made eleven. To be sure Princeton touched up Ames heavily in the last two innings, making nine hits, with a total of eleven, but these hits were made mostly after chances had been given to retire the side, and with good support Ames would have allowed only one run in these disastrous innings.

It really did not make much difference what sort of a game Harvard put up at the bat, when she fielded so bunglingly, and yet the spectacle was piteous. Eleven hits were made, and only two runs resulted. Here Princeton's superiority was very marked. Her batsmen worked well together, and their hits came in bunches. The freshmen did not throw into their work the life and dash that bring victory; they seemed contented when they had men on bases, and, as a matter of fact, they left twelve of them. Princeton played a very steady game throughout, and deserved her victory. Anderson's timely hitting was the feature of the game. In five times at bat, he made four hits with a total of six, and brought in four men. The score:

PRINCETON '96.

AB R BH TB PO A E

Grey 3b 5 1 0 0 0 1 0

W. D. Ward 1b 5 2 3 3 13 0 0

Johnson rf 4 1 2 2 0 1 0

Small 2b 5 3 1 1 2 2 1

Anderson cf 5 2 4 6 2 0 1

E. P. Ward ss 5 1 0 0 3 4 0

Williams c 5 1 3 3 5 1 0

Gould lf 3 0 0 0 2 3 0

Wilson p 4 0 0 0 0 5 0

Snyder p 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

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Totals, 41 11 13 15 27 19 2

HARVARD '96.

AB R BH TB PO A E

O'Malley c 3 1 1 1 6 1 3

Brown 3b 4 0 0 0 2 2 1

Hayes 2b 5 0 2 2 3 0 0

McCarthy cf 5 1 2 3 1 1 0

Winslow rf 4 0 2 2 0 0 2

Whittemore ss 4 0 0 0 1 5 0

Gonterman lf 4 0 3 3 2 0 0

Griffin 1b 4 0 1 1 12 0 0

Ames p 4 0 0 0 0 11 0

- - - - - - -

Totals, 37 2 11 12 27 20 6

Innings, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Princeton, 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 5 11

Harvard, 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2

Earned runs Princeton 3. Two base hit, McCarthy, Three base hit, Anderson. Sacrifice hits, Small, Gonterman. Stolen bases, O'Malley 5, Gonterman, Hayes 2, Small, Anderson, Johnson, McCarthy, Winslow, E. P. Ward, Williams, Brown. First base on balls, Johnson, Gould, Winslow, O'Malley, Brown. First base on errors, Princeton, 4; Harvard, 1. Struck out, Hayes Anderson, Whittemore, O'Malley, McCarthy 2, W. D. Ward, Winslow, Wilson, Gould 2, Ames, Double plays, Gould, Williams, and E. P. Ward. Passed balls, O'Malley 2, Williams. Wild pitches, Wilson. Hit by pitched ball, O'Malley, Gould. Time, 2h 15 m. Umpire, Mr. Murray and Mr. Spalding.

HARVARD, 4; AMHERST, 3.The 'varsity nine barely escaped a second defeat for the week, at the hands of Amherst, Saturday. The Amherst nine led until the seventh inning when Harvard got three runs and gained the lead which they retained the rest of the game.

Amherst got two runs in the first on bases on balls to the first two batsmen and a two bagger by Hunt, and one run in the fifth on Stearn's close call at first and Smith's two bagger.

Harvard got one run in the second, by Trafford's reaching first on a slow throw, taking third on the next play and scoring on Sullivan's hit to Ellis. In the seventh Harvard got three runs. Sullivan made a hit, Wiggin got first safely, and then Upton made a hit to left field, the ball struck the curb of the running track and before it could be fielded in all three men had scored.

No more runs were made during the game.

HARVARD.

AB R BH TB PO A E

Hallowell cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0

Abbott 3b 3 0 0 0 0 3 1

Frothingham 2b 4 0 2 2 2 3 1

Cook lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 0

Mason rf 4 0 0 0 4 0 1

Trafford 1b 4 1 0 0 10 1 0

Sullivan 1b 3 1 2 2 2 1 1

Wiggin p 3 1 1 1 1 1 0

Upton c 3 1 2 3 7 0 0

- - - - - - -

Totals, 31 4 8 9 27 10 4

AMHERST.

AB R BH TB PO A E

Cheney cf 4 1 0 0 0 1 0

Allen c 4 1 0 0 3 1 0

Hunt 1b 3 0 3 6 1 0 0

Stearns 2b 3 1 0 0 2 3 1

Smith 1f 4 0 2 3 3 0 1

Ellis 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0

Landis ss 4 0 0 0 4 2 0

Jackson rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0

Colby p 4 0 1 1 1 4 0

- - - - - - -

Totals, 34 3 7 11 24 12 2

Innings, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Harvard, 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4

Amherst, 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3

Earned runs, Harvard. 2. Two base hits, Upton, Hunt, Smith, Three base hits, Hunt. Sacrifice hits, Stearns. Stolen bases, Hallowell 2, Abbott, Frothingham, Upton, Cheney, Hunt 2. Passed balls Allen. First base on balls, Hallowell, Abbott, Cheney, Allen, Hunt, Stearns. First base on errors, Cook, Stearns, Landis 2, Colby. Struck out, Hallowell 2, Smith, Ellis. Double plays, Trafford (unassisted), Frothingham, Sullivan and Trafford, Umpire, E. C. Walbridge. Time, 1 h. 57 m.

YALE 5; PRINCETON 1.The first game of the season between Yale and Princeton at New Haven on Saturday was marked by the brilliant battery work of both teams. Carter and Drake, the opposing pitchers were very effective, the former allowing only five and the latter six singles. Not one of the runs made by either side was earned, Carter struck out sixteen man, and Drake, three. Yale made all her runs before the fifth inning, two in the first, one in the second and two in the third. Princeton's one run was made in the sixth when Woodcock hit safely and came all the way home on Bliss's wild throw to first. Princeton was weakened in the third inning when Brooks, the short stop, on being run into by a Yale man trying to steal second was forced to retire. Yale lost Rustin, the third baseman by a similar accident in the eight when King attempted to slide to third.