Second Nine Defeats Groton.

The Second nine defeated Groton School in a poorly played, seven-inning game, at Groton on Saturday, by the score of 4 to 1. The fielding of the Second nine was, on the whole, fairly good, but was marred by several costly errors, the three made by Colby at shortstop being excusable, however, in view of the fact that he was new in the position. The bunting showed improvement, but the base-running lacked both spirit and good judgement, and was responsible for the loss of several runs. The work of the whole team at the bat was, if possible, below the exceedingly low standard set in the other games played this spring. Hammond, for the Second nine, pitched a creditable game, allowing only two bases on balls. Tyler played well at second base. Greenough's difficult foul catch was the feature of the game. Groton batted poorly, but fielded fairly well. Rose's pitching was not at all difficult, and even ordinary batting and base-running on the part of the Second nine would have resulted in a much larger score.

The score by innings:   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  r.  h.  e. Second Nine,  3  0  0  1  0  0  x  4  6  5 Groton,  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  4  2