Harvard-Yale Games.

Just at this time of the year, when everybody is interested in the approaching contests with Yale, a resume of the results of our games with her, since base ball has become a feature of college life, may be of interest. The first game between Harvard and Yale was played on neutral ground in the year 1868. Reference to the scores given below will show how imperfect the game was at the time of this first game. The scores which today would seem large were at the time nothing unusual, were, in fact, the rule rather than the exception. We give below the dates, places and scores of all games between the two colleges from 1868 till today, with the names of the winning teams:

DATE. PLACE. WON BY SCORE.

1868.

July 25, Worcester, Harvard, 25-17

1869.

July 5, Brooklyn, Harvard, 41-24

1870.

July 4, New Haven, Harvard, 24-22

1871.

July 5, New Haven, Harvard, 22-19

1872.

In this year Yale proposed the best two out of three games and Harvard agreed. The contest was thrown open to all departments of the universities.

DATE. PLACE. WON BY SCORE.

June 1, New Haven, Harvard, 32-13

June 8, Boston, Harvard, 19-17

1873.

May 24, New Haven, Harvard, 16-15

May 31, Cambridge, Harvard, 29-5

This ended the chain of defeats of the Yale nine. Up to 1874 Harvard had proved herself superior at every point.

DATE. PLACE. WON BY SCORE.

1874.

July 14, Saratoga, Yale, 4-0

July 15, Saratoga, Yale, 7-4

1875.

June 26, Boston, Yale, 9-4

June 28, New Haven, Yale, 11-4

1876.

Here Harvard came into the ascendency again.

DATE. PLACE. WON BY SCORE.

June 3, Cambridge, Harvard, 4-3

June 26, New Haven, Yale, 7-6

July 1, Hartford, Harvard, 5-1

1877.

May 26, New Haven, Yale, 5-0

June 22, Cambridge, Harvard, 10-1

June 30, Hartford, Harvard, 5-2

1878.

In this year a series of three games out of five was inaugurated. In the second game Yale defeated Harvard for the first time here in Cambridge.

DATE. PLACE. WON BY SCORE.

May 18, New Haven, Yale, 4-3

May 25, Cambridge, Yale, 11-5

June 24, New Haven, Harvard, 11-3

June 26, Cambridge, Harvard, 9-2

June 29, Hartford, Harvard, 16-3

1879.

May 10, New Haven, Yale, 11-5

May 17, Cambridge, Harvard, 2-0

June 23, New Haven, Yale, 9-5

June 25, Cambridge, Harvard, 7-3

June 28, Providence, Harvard, 9-4

1880.

In the first game Harvard suffered her worst defeat at the hands of Yale in base ball.

DATE. PLACE. WON BY SCORE.

May 15, New Haven, Yale, 21-4

May 29, Cambridge, Yale, 2-1

June 28, New Haven, Harvard, 3-1

June 30, Cambridge, Yale, 3-0

1881.

May 14, Cambridge, Harvard, 14-9

May 28, New Haven, Yale, 8-5

1882.

May 27, New Haven, Harvard, 10-7

June 22, Cambridge, Yale, 5-4

1883.

May 12, New Haven, Yale, 3-0

May 26, Cambridge, Yale, 5-1

June 20, Cambridge, Yale, 4-1

June 26, New Haven, Yale, 1-0

July 3, New Haven, Yale, 2-1

July 4, Philadelphia, Yale, 23-9

The last four games were exhibition games.

1884.

DATE. PLACE. WON BY SCORE.

May 10, Cambridge, Yale, 8-1

May 17, New Haven, Harvard, 8-7

June 21, Cambridge, Harvard, 17-4

June 24, New Haven, Yale, 6-2

June 27, Brooklyn, Yale, 4-2

The first and fourth were exhibition games.

1885.

This was the year in which the celebrated Harvard nine under Captain Winslow won every game in the Intercollegiate Championship.

DATE. PLACE. WON BY SCORE.

May 16, New Haven, Harvard, 12-4

June 20, Cambridge, Harvard, 16-2

1886.

May 29, Cambridge, Harvard, 14-2

June 19, New Haven, Yale, 6-5

June 26, Cambridge, Harvard, 5-1

June 29, New Haven, Harvard, 10-9

July 3, Hartford, Yale, 7-1

In the third inning of the last game the victorious Yale crew came on the field and the game easily went to Yale.

1887.

DATE. PLACE. WON BY SCORE.

May 14, New Haven, Yale, 14-2

June 8, Cambridge, Harvard, 7-5

June 25, Cambridge, Yale, 5-4

June 28, New Haven, Yale, 6-3

So far Yale and Harvard, had each won 29 games.

1888.

DATE. PLACE. WON BY SCORE.

May 19, New Haven, Yale, 7-1

June 9, Cambridge, Harvard, 7-3

June 23, Cambridge, Yale, 8-0

June 26, New Haven, Yale, 5-3

1889.

May 25, New Haven, Yale, 15-3

June 20, Cambridge, Yale, 4-3

June 22, Cambridge, Yale, 7-5

June 25, New Haven, Yale, 8-4

1890.

May 17, New Haven, Yale, 8-0

May 31, Cambridge, Harvard, 9-8

June 21, Cambridge, Harvard, 4-3

June 24, New Haven, Yale, 7-1

June 28, Springfield, Yale, 4-3

1891.

No games.

The above figures show that Yale leads us by eight games, having won 40 to our 32. She also has made 498 runs to our 427, a lead of 71.