THE EXHIBITION GAME.

A cloudy sky and the fact that the college is now in the midst of its examinations, prevented anything like a decent attendance at yesterday's game, the seats being occupled by a scant 200 spectators. The Princeton men presented their freshman battery. Mercur and Taylor, while Winslow was caught by Choate. At 4.10 the game was opened with Princeton at the bat.

Van Ausdal reached first on a scratch hit in front of the plate; Edwards got his base on an error of Willard's, and both scored by the aid of a couple of wild pitches. In Harvard's half of the inning, hits by Beaman, Tilden, and Foster, supplemented by five errors by Princeton, brought in two runs. A bit by Cooper, together with a passed ball and a put-out, gave another run to the visitors in the second, but from this point to the seventh they were easily blanked. In Harvard's half of the second, the first three men at the bat were retired in order. In the third, the home team brought in two more runs on a triple by Nichols, a single by Willard, an error and two put-outs. In the fourth Harvard failed to score. The fifth inning was also unprofitable, though Nichols reached first on Cooper's error and was advanced to second on Willard's hit, reaching third on an error by Van Ausdal, only to be left on base. The sixth inning resulted in two runs, on hits by Foster and Beaman, a passed ball, an error by Cooper, and two put-outs. Princeton scored its final run in the seventh on a two-base hit by Bickham, a single by Van Ausdal, and an error. Harvard produced a cluster of hits in this inning, and ran the score up to ten by four runs on hits by Foster, Beaman, Tilden and Nichols, aided by two costly errors. The eighth was opened by Willard's flying out, and Smith's retirement on strikes; Foster hit safely and reached third on Mercur's error, which allowed Edgerly to reach first. With two out and two on bases, Winslow came to the bat, and sent the ball to far left field for a clean home run. So long was the hit that Winslow was able to cross the plate before the fielder could get from behind the willows to throw to the infield. Choate ended the inning by striking out.

The main points of interest in the game were the pitching of Winslow and the fine support by Choate, the batting of Foster, and the sharp fielding of the home nine. The Princeton men batted lightly and failed to bunch their hits, while they made many fatal errors. The coaching and base running of Harvard were wretched.

The score:

PRINCETON.A. B. R. B. H. T. B. P. O. A. E.

Van Ausdal, r. f. 4 1 2 2 0 0 1

Edwards, 2b., 4 1 1 2 6 2 1

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

Toler, 1b., 4 0 0 0 8 0 0

Clark, l. f., 4 0 2 2 2 0 0

Cooper, s. s., 4 1 1 1 1 2 3

Bickham, c. f., 4 1 1 2 0 0 2

Taylor, c., 4 0 0 0 6 1 2

Mercur, p., 4 0 0 0 0 7 4

Totals. 36 4 8 10 *23 14 12

*Tilden struck by batted ball.

HARVARD.A. B. R. B. H. T. B. P. O. A. E.

Beaman, 3b., 5 1 3 3 0 1 0

Tilden, l. f., 5 1 2 2 2 0 0

Nichols, r. f., 5 2 2 4 2 0 0

Willard, 1b., 5 2 3 3 9 1 1

Smith, 2b., 4 0 0 0 0 2 1

Foster, c. f., 5 3 4 4 1 0 0

Edgerly, s. s., 5 2 0 0 1 2 0

Winslow, p., 5 2 1 4 1 13 2

Choate, c., 5 0 0 0 11 1 2

Totals, 44 13 15 20 27 20 6

Innings, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Princeton, 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-4

Harvard, 2 0 2 0 0 2 4 3 -13

Earned runs, Harvard, 4. Two-base hits, Edwards, Bickham. Three-base hit, Nichols. Home run, Winslow. First base on balls, by Mercur, 1. First base on errors, Princeton 2; Harvard, 8. Struck out, by Mercur, 6; by Winslow, 11. Passed balls, Taylor, 1; Choate, 1. Wild pitches, Mercur, 2; Winslow, 2, Left on bases, Princeton, 5; Harvard, 8. Umpire, Mr. A. L. Grant. Time, 1h. 55m.