BATES THIS AFTERNOON.

The University football team will play the Bates eleven on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 3 o'clock.

Harvard's team when it first lines up will be probably the best that the University can offer at the present time. Barnard will be at guard and should greatly strengthen the line. A. Marshall will be tried in the other guard position. He has received considerable coaching recently and should make a good showing. Except for the absence of Captain Kernan, the backfield will be especially strong. The eleven has been improving slowly of late, but only along individual lines. No indications of team work have yet appeared. The men, however, are not so apt to fumble as they were and their condition is gradually becoming better. Bates scored on Harvard in the game a year ago on account of a fumble, but with the lesson which the University team learned last Wednesday a repetition of this misplay is hardly likely to occur. As the Bates team is weaker than usual, a large score should be made. The length of the halves today will be fifteen minutes each. The two teams will line up as follows: HARVARD.  BATES. Jones, l.e.  r.e., Libby, Connors. Wright, l.t.  r.t., Andrews, Phillips. A. Marshall, l.g.  r.g., Howes, Jackson King, c.  c., Cutten. Barnard, r.g.  l.g., Hunt. Knowlton, r.t.  l.t., J. Reed. Bowditch, r.e.  l.e., Cole, Thurston. Marshall, q.b.  q.b., Allen, Burkholder. Piper, l.h.b.  r.h.b., Kendall, A. Reed. Tenney, r.h.b.  l.h.b., Towne. Graydon, f.b.  f.b., Briggs.

The University football practice yesterday was a trifle more satisfactory than on the previous day but it developed some unexpected faults. In the preliminary exercise in punting the men showed a marked inability to catch and hold the ball. Also, in the line-up, the team was slow in starting, and though the gains were steady and there was scarcely any fumbling, the playing was at no time above the average.

Graydon received the second team's kick-off and advanced to the twenty-five yard line before he was stopped. The ball was immediately punted and regained by the first eleven on a fumble at the centre of the field. Twenty yards were covered in two plays. From the twenty-five yard line, by line plunges and end runs the ball was carried to the three yard line and Piper made the touchdown. After the next kick-off downs were not counted and the second eleven was allowed to keep the ball to give the first team practice in defensive work. Six plays were tried without gain and on the next two, owing to Bowditch's clever tackling, the second team was forced back from the twenty-five to the ten yard line. The line ups follow: FIRST ELEVEN.  SECOND ELEVEN. Jones, l.e.  r.e., Littig Wright, l.t.  r.t., Oveson A. Marshall, l.g.  r.g., Coburn King, c.  c., Lyon Hovey, r.g.  l.g., Wilder Knowlton, r.t.  l.t., Pettingell Bowditch, r.e.  l.e., Goodhue Marshall, q.b.  q.b., Noyes Piper, l.h.b.  r.h.b., Foster Tenney, r.h.b.  l.h.b., Sard Graydon, f.b.  f.b., Ives

The University football practice yesterday was a trifle more satisfactory than on the previous day but it developed some unexpected faults. In the preliminary exercise in punting the men showed a marked inability to catch and hold the ball. Also, in the line-up, the team was slow in starting, and though the gains were steady and there was scarcely any fumbling, the playing was at no time above the average.

Graydon received the second team's kick-off and advanced to the twenty-five yard line before he was stopped. The ball was immediately punted and regained by the first eleven on a fumble at the centre of the field. Twenty yards were covered in two plays. From the twenty-five yard line, by line plunges and end runs the ball was carried to the three yard line and Piper made the touchdown. After the next kick-off downs were not counted and the second eleven was allowed to keep the ball to give the first team practice in defensive work. Six plays were tried without gain and on the next two, owing to Bowditch's clever tackling, the second team was forced back from the twenty-five to the ten yard line. The line ups follow: FIRST ELEVEN.  SECOND ELEVEN. Jones, l.e.  r.e., Littig Wright, l.t.  r.t., Oveson A. Marshall, l.g.  r.g., Coburn King, c.  c., Lyon Hovey, r.g.  l.g., Wilder Knowlton, r.t.  l.t., Pettingell Bowditch, r.e.  l.e., Goodhue Marshall, q.b.  q.b., Noyes Piper, l.h.b.  r.h.b., Foster Tenney, r.h.b.  l.h.b., Sard Graydon, f.b.  f.b., Ives