THE FIRST YALE GAME

Today the University baseball team will play the first game of the final series of the season--the series in which a victory means more to the team and to all Harvard graduates and undergraduates than any number of victories in preliminary games. We do not mean that a defeat today will detract from the credit which the team has earned in previous games; but it cannot be denied that the final series is the most important factor in determining whether the season shall be considered successful or not. We are confident that our team at its best is a better team than any Yale can place on the field, and we are equally confident that the Harvard team will play its pluckiest and best game today. We believe it will not come amiss to thank Coach Pieper for his untiring devotion to the best interests of the baseball team, and also to thank those who have unselfishly attended practice, with no hope of making the team, but with a desire to help develop the best possible nine.

If the parade to the game today is to be an encouragement to the team and not a dampener of enthusiasm, it should include every undergraduate and graduate who can possibly make arrangements to march to the field. Many men who do not intend to sit in the cheering section should be able to join in the procession. All that prevents these parades from being as inspiring as they were a few years ago, is a gradual decline in the feeling of personal responsibility. If every man resolves to do his part toward making the parade a success, the team will not want for support today.