The Freshman Nine.

The candidates for the freshman nine spent most of the recess in Cambridge, and kept up their training. But on Saturday the first nine were allowed the remainder of the recess to themselves, while the second nine stayed to play a game which had been arranged for the first of this week. On Wednesday, the first day of the recess, the first nine played two games, both with picked teams. On Thursday afternoon they played the Roxbury Latin School, winning by a score of 7 to 6. This was the first important game that the freshmen have played, and, with the exception of the battery, did fairly good work. The following was the make up of the nine: p., Churchill; c., Child; 1b, Howell; 2b, Cady; 3b, Wrenn; s. s., Thorndyke; l. f., Cummins; c. f., Rankin; r. f., Allen. Another game was played on Friday with the Cambrige High and Latin School nine, the score being 18 to 16, in favor of the Cambridge men. The freshmen played a much inferior game to that of the previous day, and the battery again was the weak point. The only changes in the nine were in the battery, Hollis catching in place of Child, and at short-stop, Spaulding taking Thorndyke's place. In both the games the nine was very weak in its team play, and showed a great tendency to go to pieces at critical points, a weakness which they will deplore sadly if they have not overcome it before they meet Yale. Constant practice with as strong nines as possible should be the work of the nine before they can hope to beat Yale. The nine will go to a training table some time this week.