College, 16; Groton, 1.

The College nine defeated Groton School at Groton yesterday by a score of 16 to 1. The game was marked by an abundance of errors on both sides and by the good hitting of the College team, which made thirteen hits with a total of nineteen. J. Galbraith pitched an effective game, giving but one base on balls and holding Groton down to four hits.

The College nine went to the bat first and scored four runs on a base on balls, a three-base hit by Sears, a sacrifice hit, and two singles. In every inning except the eighth the College nine scored one or more runs.

Groton scored their only run in the second inning when Craighead, who got to firs by forcing out Swan, went to second on an error by Maguire, and home on a wild throw by Lane. In the eighth inning Groton had the bases filled with two men out, when Swan hit a sharp grounder to Ewer, who retired the side.

The best plays were Slade's catch of a foul fly, and a double play in the first inning by A. Galbraith, Maguire and Lewis.

The score by innings follows:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

College, 4 2 1 2 3 1 2 0 1-16

Groton, 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1