Foot-Ball.

HARVARD, 34; WESLEYAN, 0.

There was a goodly array of umbrellas on Jarvis Field, yesterday afternoon, about a thousand people being present, including many ladies. There was little wind, but the rain came down pretty steadily all through the game, making the ground and the ball hopelessly slippery. Harvard had the west end of the field and the kick off. Woodman led off with a run which did not last very long and Faulkner followed it with another, but the ball was lost to Wesleyan. Wesleyan kicked the ball up the field into Sears' hands. A long pass gave Porter a chance to run, and he passed the whole Wesleyan team, making a touchdown in about four minutes from the beginning of the game. This was encouraging, and the delight of the graduates increased when Woodman kicked a goal.

The ball was placed in the middle of the field. A Wesleyan half-back found a hole in our rush line and got through to Porter, who downed him at once. The ball was kicked up the field and Peabody returned it. Butler getting the ball on a fumble by one of the backs. Porter made a run of nearly thirty yards, but was tackled in great shape, being caught below the hips. Fletcher gained ten yards and Faulkner made a plucky rush without gaining any ground, however. The big centre rusher, Wells, now stopped Brooks time and time again from passing the ball back to Fletcher. This was the first surprise. The second surprise came a moment later when the ball was kicked well up the field. Sears got it and started to kick it back, but unfortunately kicked it full into a Wesleyan man's stomach, from which it bounded with great force, rolling thirty yards or more, down across our line, where Porter touched it down. It was nearly, but not quite a safety.

On the 25 yard line the ball was passed to Harding, who muffed it. Wesleyan got the ball and then started in to do some running, but the ball was lost through four successive downs. Porter kicked and Sears got the ball by running quite a distance. Some fumbling and a short kick by Peabody brought the ball back into our part of the field. A long kick, however, gained a good deal of ground, as Holden threw the half back when he tried to run. Porter then ran the ball to the fifteen yard line, which feat he followed up by kicking too far, sending the ball over Wesleyan's line. In the kick-out the ball went way down the field, Peabody muffing it, and it stopped only at our 25 yard line.

The ball was worked down the field a little way. Porter tried to catch the ball on the bounce with the result that Sears had to drop on the ball to save it. By hard luck Fletcher passed the ball to the referee instead of to the halfback. Wesleyan's ball. Harding stopped the next rush, and a minute later Holden got through the line and caught the ball. He ran the length of the field making a touch-down, from which Woodman kicked a goal. The ball soon got into Harvard's hands again, and Faulkner made a pretty rush, gaining about twenty-five yards, By a succession of short runs the ball was forced right down to Wesleyan's goal, Fletcher even getting it to the goal-post; but he could not quite get over the line, and four downs gave Wesleyan the ball. Wesleyan got the ball away from this dangerous place by a short run, and before anything more could be done, time was called, with the score standing 12 to 0 in Harvard's favor.

During the second half Harvard played rather better, while the Wesleyan backs became a good deal looser in their catching. The ball went down towards Wesleyan's goal, and on a poor kick by one of their half-backs, Holden got the ball and carried it through the whole Wesleyan team, rushers and all, making a touchdown, from which Woodman kicked the goal.

Every Harvard man now made a rush, each one gaining a little, till the ball was carried down to within five yards of the goal line, when Wesleyan got the ball. The half-back to whom the ball was passed for a kick, muffed it, and before he could recover from his surprise, Butler had dropped on the ball, making a touch down. Peabody punted the ball out to Porter and another goal was kicked.

Rushes by Fletcher and by Sears gave us another touchdown. Peabody punted the ball out successfully, but no goal was kicked, although the try was not a bad one. This gave Wesleyan the ball on their 25-yard line. They only kicked it a little way and Fletcher got it. Porter rushed the ball through behind the goal-posts, making the sixth touchdown, from which Woodman kicked the fifth goal.

Wesleyan half back tried the experiment of kicking a long high punt. It worked like a charm, as Porter muffed the ball, and Wesleyan got it again on our ten yard line. They worked the ball from there to within six feet of our line; but here Harvard got the ball and Porter kicked fair, giving Wesleyan the ball twenty yards from our goal. Holden got a fair catch and made rather a wild pass to Butler, who muffed the ball; Harding, however, got it. Porter got in a long kick up the field, which the full-back fumbled, and before he could recover himself, Holden caught him, and threw him heavily. There was another hole in our rush line just here, which gave Porter a chance to do some more tackling. After this the ball stayed pretty near the middle of the field for three or four minutes, until the referee called time on account of darkness, a few minutes before the three quarters were over.

None of the men on the Harvard eleven played a poor game; Holden's playing, in especial, being remarkably good. For Wesleyan, Wells, Steelman, Hamlin and Manchester did the best work. The teams were made up as follows: Wesleyan - Rushers: Cassidy-Glenn, Hughes, Wells (capt.), Fish, Norton, Richards; quarter-back, Steel-man; half-backs, Manchester and Hamlin; full back, Beattys. Harvard - Holden, Faulkner, Wood, Brooks (capt.), Woodman, Butler, Harding; quarter-back, Fletcher; half-backs, Porter and Sears; full back, Peabody. Referee, Mr. Peters, Yale '86.