STRONG NINE RUNS UP ABSURD TOTAL AGAINST B.U. TEAM

Darkness finally brought to a close one of the most farcical games of baseball ever witnessed on Soldiers Field when umpire Barry called a halt at the end of the eighth inning yesterday while Harvard was leading Boston University by the absurd margin of 26 runs. The final score was 29-3. The epithet of "track-meet" could hardly be applied more appropriately than to yesterday's debacle when the Crimson batters pounded out a total of 27 hits assisted by eight errors on the part of the visiting nine.

The true strength of the Harvard team could hardly be tested by their opponents, who gave an abominable exhibition in all departments of the sport. Three pitchers, with little or nothing on the ball, were pounded mercilessly, two being forced off the mound and the third allowing five hits after entering the box in the final third of the last inning.

All members of the Harvard team, with the exceptions of McCaffrey and Jantzen, took advantage of the opportunity to boost their season's averages. Mays knocked out six singles in seven trips to the plate. Lupien showed great hitting power by driving two home-runs, a double, and a single in six times at bat. Wood also was credited with a double and four one-base hits out of seven attempts. Gleason accounted for the third Crimson homer. A Harvard victory was more than assured by the first seven innings but in the eighth there was no stopping the Crimson assault. Nine hits and 11 runs were made in that inning before Sheldon's foul fly to Donovan retired the side and brought the contest to a close.

Defensively, Harvard outclassed the B.U. fielders. In spite of a slight wildness, Sprague, pitching his first game of the year, held the opposing batters to six hits, all of which were for one base. He received able support from his teammates. Two errors were chalked up against Harvard, both made by Gleason who was caught napping when Sprague threw to him in attempts to catch runners off the bag.

The summary:

HARVARD  ab  r  h  po  a  eMays, 2b.  7  4  6  2  4  0Thacher, 3b.  3  2  1  1  0  0Janizen, 3b.  1  1  0  0  0  0W. B. Wood, s.s.  7  3  5  4  1  0Lupien, c.f.  6  3  4  1  0  0McCaffrey, l.f.  4  1  0  2  0  0Ware, l.f.  3  3  2  0  0  0Kiernan, r.f.  5  4  3  2  0  0Gleason, 1b.  6  3  2  5  0  2Fincke, c.  3  1  1  7  2  0Sheldon, c.  4  2  2  0  0  0Sprague, p.  3  2  1  0  1  0  --  --  --  --  --  --  52  29  27  24  8  2BOSTON UNIVERSITY  ab  r  h  po  a  eLowder, l.f.  2  0  0  0  0  0Nemzoff, l.f.  2  0  1  1  0  0Wood, W., s.s.  4  0  0  2  3  1Wilson, 3b.  2  1  0  1  0  2Bass, r.f.  2  1  1  2  0  0Dudley, c.  4  0  2  0  0  1Epstein, 2b.  3  0  0  1  4  2Harris, 2b.  0  0  0  1  0  0Semino, c.f.  2  0  1  2  1  0Donovan, 1b.  4  0  0  8  0  1Weafer, p.  0  0  0  0  0  1Campion, p.  2  0  1  0  2  0Reardon, p.  0  0  0  0  0  0*Blakeman  0  1  0  0  0  0  --  --  --  --  --  --  27  3  6  24  10