VERMONT, 9; HARVARD, 6.

Harvard was defeated by the University of Vermont yesterday afternoon by the score of 9 to 6. Of the nine runs made by the opposing team six were made in the first two innings, and when Harvard began to score in the fifth it was too late to overcome Vermont's lead. The game was characterized by occasional ragged play on both sides. In batting Harvard made a rather poor showing, seven men being struck out and only five hits being scored. Pond, who pitched such a brilliant game against Holy Cross on Saturday, was not quite up to his usual form, but was superior to Paine, who, though allowing the same number of hits as Pond, was at times very wild. He made six wild pitches, gave three men their bases on balls and hit one man.

For Harvard, Wrenn did by far the best work, making eight assists, of which five were in successive plays. Buckman was not very successful in holding Paine's erratic pitching, and, at the end of the sixth gave place to Morton, who played a good game. Stevenson showed considerable improvement in his position. He made seventeen put-outs and assisted in a double play, with only one error.

Vermont's best work was in the battery. Pond pitched till the middle of the seventh, when he exchanged places with Dinsmore, the old Dartmouth pitcher, who played third base. Pond's home run in the second inning was the principal feature of the game. Naylor's support of his pitching was excellent.

The game started with Woodward of Vermont at the bat. He hit to Dean, reached first on the latter's wild throw, and second on Pond's sacrifice to Stevenson. He was advanced by a passed ball. Hill reached first on an almost excusable error by Wrenn, and Woodward scored. Naylor knocked the ball to Stevenson who tried to get Hill out at second but failed, Naylor getting his base. Dinsmore went out, Wrenn to Stevenson, and Hill and Naylor scored. Daggett's grounder to Winslow closed the inning.

For Harvard, Winslow flied out to center field. Dean hit safely and stole second but was left there, as Rand struck out and Hayes went out on a grounder to second base.

In the second inning Vermont made three more runs, two of them being the only earned runs of the game. With two men out, Dodds got his base on balls and was advanced on Woodward's hit. With the two men on bases, Pond knocked a home run. Hill's fly to Wrenn put the side out. Harvard went out in order. Burgess, who had got his base on balls being put out at second by a pretty throw of Naylor's.

In the third inning Naylor hit safely and scored on Dinsmore's two-bagger. Vermont did not score again till the sixth inning. The Harvard batsmen were retired in one, two, three order in the third and fourth innings, Pond striking out four men. In the fifth Harvard scored twice. Buckman reached first on an error by shortstop. Burgess struck out. Wrenn went out on an easy grounder to the pitcher. Buckman making second on the play. Stevenson made a hit and he and Buckman both advanced on an attempted put-out. Paine knocked the ball past first base and Buckman and Stevenson both scored. Winslow went out on a pop fly to shortstop.

Vermont scored once in the sixth inning. Daggett was hit by a pitched ball, got to second on one wild pitch, and scored on another. The other run for the visitors was made in the eighth on two errors by Dean, a wild pitch and Hill's fly to centre field. Harvard scored three runs in the seventh inning, on two bases on balls followed by hits by Paine and Winslow and an error by Pond. In the eighth Morton made a hit, got to third on Dinsmore's error and scored Harvard's last run on Burgess's grounder to Hill. Wrenn got his base on balls and Stevenson hit to Daggett who, in a neat double play, retired the side. In the ninth inning Harvard went out in order.

The score:

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT.

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

Woodward, c.f. 5 2 1 2 0 1

Pond, p., 3b. 5 1 1 0 3 1

Hill, 2b. 4 1 1 1 4 0

Naylor, c. 5 2 1 1 3 0

Dinsmore, 3b., p. 4 0 0 0 1

Daggett, s.s. 3 1 0 2 1 1

Whalen, l.f. 4 0 0 0 0 0

Smith, 1b. 3 0 0 9 0 1

Dodds, r.f. 3 2 0 2 0 0

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Totals, 36 9 5 27 11 5

HARVARD.

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

Winslow, 3b. 5 0 1 0 3 0

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

Rand, l.f. 3 0 0 0 0 0

Hayes, r.f. 4 0 0 0 0 0

Buckman, 1b. 3 1 0 4 0 0

Morton, c. 1 1 1 2 0 0

Burgess, c.f. 3 0 0 1 0 0

Wrenn, 2b. 2 1 0 2 8 1

Stevenson, 1b. 2 2 1 17 1 1

Paine, p. 4 1 1 0 3 0

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Totals, 32 6 5 27 17 5

Innings, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

U. of Vermont, 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1-9

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

Earned Runs - U. of Vermont 2. Two-base hit - Dinsmore. Home run - Pond. Sacrifice hit - Pond. Stolen bases - Dean, Paine, Rand, Pond. First base on balls - Dodds, Hill, Smith, Burgess, Wrenn 2. Stevenson, Rand. Struck out - By Pond, Rand, Buckman, Paine, Winslow, Dean, Hayes, Burgess; by Dinsmore, Dean, Winslow; by Paine, Smith, Dinsmore. Double plays - Daggett, Hill and Smith; Dean, Stevenson and Buckman. Passed balls - Buckman, Naylor. Wild pitches - Paine 6. Hit by pitched ball - Stevenson, Daggett. Time - 1h. 55m. Umpires - Quinn and McAllister.