Andover Defeats Exeter.

Andover has at last succeeded in breaking Exeter's long series of victories by defeating her at base-ball last Saturday by a score of 22 to 6.

The game was lost for Exeter by the inability of their pitcher to get any control over the ball. Although in the Beacon game, Dillon, the pitcher. proved himself a good player, keeping the Beacons down to four hits, he seemed utterly unable to do anything in the Andover game. He gave seventeen men bases on balls, several times when the bases were full, and let in many more runs by his wild pitches. Exeter played a good game at first, until the nine became thoroughly discouraged at the poor playing of their pitcher and lost all life. Andover evidently went in to win. She played a strong game in the field from the beginning to the end. At the bat she had nothing to do but to wait for bases on balls, or, when Dillon managed to get a straight easy ball over the base, to make a one, two, or three base hit at will.

Luce and Aldrich did the best batting for Andover.

Knowlton played his usual errorless game and Poole distinguished himself at second base. For Exeter, McClung deserves all the praise. In spite of the wild pitching and the discouraging number of balls, he caught finely. His work at the bat was splendid and his base sliding was wonderful.

In base running, Exeter was far superior to Andover.

As it was, Andover won without the least effort. Her team was evidently a strong, well-trained one; but Exeter showed that she could play a good game, until discouraged by the miserable pitching, and had her pitcher worked in his usual form the game would have certainly been a close one.

The two nines were composed as follows: Andover - Knowlton, c.; Aldrich, p.; Brainard, 1b.; Poole, 2b.; Shurmer, 3b.; Luce, s.s.; Moury, l.f.; Stearns, c.f.; Grimes, r. f. Exeter - McClung, c.; Dillon, p.; Freeland, 1b.; Huntington, 2b.; Flagg, 3b.; Anable, s.s.; Cable, l.f.; Knowles, c.f.; Franklin, r.f.

Mr. Wiestling of Harvard umpired in a most fair and satisfactory way. The score:

Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 *7 8 9

Andover 1 3 0 2 2 8 4 1 1 - 22

Exeter 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 - 6

*Six men given bases on balls by Dillon in this inning.

Wild pitches - Dillon, 11; Aldrich, 1. First base on balls - Dillon, 17; Aldrich, 2. Struck out - Dillon, 12; Aldrich, 12 Base hits - Andover, 12; Exeter, 7. Errors - Andover, 6: Exeter, 12.