Harvard 11; Stagg's Nine 5.

The nine did not follow its usual rule yesterday of playing a good game after a bad one. Such work as that of yesterday will never win a Yale game. A strong wind was blowing across the field all the time, but this only palliates, and does not excuse, the wretchedly weak and spiritless play of the whole team. With two singles, one in the third and one in the fifth, the visitors made five runs. Such a record speaks for itself. The game opened miserably, with two errors by Howe, which, together with a base on balls, gave the visitors one run, and almost gave them another. The third inning was little better than the first, but the climax of bad ball playing was not reached until the fifth. A single hit rattled our men so completely that three runs came in and a fourth man got as far as third base before they could pull themselves together. It must be remembered that all this happened with a very weak team opposed to us, a team that should not think good enough to give us practice, unless it had Stagg as pitcher. Wesleyan beat the same team last week by almost the same score, 11 to 7.

At the bat our men were little stronger than in the field. Seven hits are more than Harvard has sometimes made when Stagg was in the box, but yesterday Stagg had a lame arm. Moreover he was seriously handicapped by his catcher's inability to hold him. Still again, Harvard gauged Stagg's delivery last year and is supposed this year to have a better batting team than usual.

The only features of Harvard's play which deserve commendation were Hallowell's usual pretty game in centre field, and Bates' fine pitching. In the four innings in which he played, he made ten assists. Upton caught a fairly good game. Towards the end he hurt his finger, but it is hoped not seriously.

The score:

HARVARD.

a.b. r. b.h. t.b. s.h. p.o. a. e.

Dean, 2b., 4 2 0 0 0 1 2 0

Hallowell, c. f., 4 3 1 1 0 3 0 0

Hovey, s. s., 4 3 3 3 0 3 0 3

Trafford, 1b., 3 1 0 0 0 10 0 0

Frothingham, r. f. 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1

Alward, l. f., 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

Soule, 3b., 5 0 1 1 1 0 2 1

Upton, c., 3 0 1 1 0 10 1 0

Howe, p., 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2

Bates, p., 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0

Totals, 36 11 7 8 2 27 18 7

STAGG'S NINE.

a.b. r. b.h. t.b. s.h. p.o. a. e.

Stagg, p. 3 2 0 0 0 2 10 0

Ball, c. 5 2 1 1 1 10 2 0

Van Leuven, l. f. 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 0

Scotten, c. f., 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

Black, r. f. 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Dick, 1b. 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 1

Berry, s. s. 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4

Garland, 2b. 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 1

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

Totals, 35 5 2 2 2 24 16 8

Innings, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Harvard, 2 0 3 2 0 2 1 1 -11

Stagg's, 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0-5

Earned runs, Harvard 1. Two base hit, Alward. First base on balls, Howe 4, Stagg 7. First base on errors, Harvard 5, Stagg's nine 4. Struck out, Dean, Hallowell, Trafford, Frothingham, Alward, Soule, Van Leuven, Black (2), Dick, Berry (2), Garland (2), Finch (2). Stolen bases, Dean, Hallowell, Trafford, Alward (2), Upton, Bates, Stagg (2). Van Leuven, Dick (2), Garland. Passed balls, Upton, Ball 2. Wild pitches, Bates, Stagg 2. Double play, Garland and Finch. Left on bases, Harvard 8, Stagg's nine, 7. Time, 2 h. 10 m. Umpire, Quackenboss, M. S.