THE Nine played the first game with Yale at New Haven, last Saturday, and were easily defeated by a score of 21 to 4, - a defeat more severe than the Harvard Nine has ever suffered from our old opponents. The game was won not so much by errors on our side as by the heavy batting of Yale. Shattuck's delivery did not seem to present any difficulty to the Yale Nine, and the ball was pounded all over the field. Our batting was by no means weak, ten hits being made off Lamb, but these were scattered; and the beautiful fielding of Yale prevented runs being made, even when the bases were filled. For our side, Nichols led the batting record, and in the field made a pretty running catch that closed the game. Olmsted played with even more than usual brilliancy, catching four difficult flies, one of them a hard line hit that seemed impossible to get; he also assisted in putting out Watson, who attempted to come home on his safe three-base hit. Folsom at first base played without an error, and assisted in a double play, throwing the ball to Alger and thus cutting off Badger at home, who had run on Parker's hit to Winsor. Following is the score: -

HARVARD.

A.B. R. B. P.O. A. E.

Coolidge, B. 4 1 0 2 4 2

Shattuck, P. 5 0 2 3 3 0

Nichols, M. 5 1 3 1 0 0

Winsor, S. 5 0 1 2 7 1

Olmsted, L. 5 0 0 4 1 0

Leavitt, R. 5 0 1 0 0 2

Folsom, A. 4 0 0 11 2 0

Alger, H. 4 1 1 4 2 3

Richardson, C. 4 1 2 0 3 2

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Total, 41 4 10 27 22 10

YALE.

A.B. R. B. P.O. A. E.

Parker, C. 5 1 1 1 2 1

Lamb, P. 6 3 4 0 11 0

Walden, B. 6 3 3 1 4 0

Camp, L. 6 1 2 1 0 0

Hopkins, A. 6 3 2 8 0 2

Watson, H. 6 1 2 11 4 1

Clark, M. 6 4 3 2 0 1

Platt, S. 6 2 2 1 2 1

Badger, R. 6 3 2 2 0 0

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Total 53 21 21 2723 6

Harvard 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

0 0 - 4

Yale 2 1 2 5 2 5 0

0 4 - 21

Time of game, 2 h. 5 m. Runs earned, Yale 7. First bases on errors, Harvard 5; Yale 6. Base on called balls, Harvard 1, Yale 1. Left on bases, Yale 6, Harvard 11. Wild pitches, Shattuck 2. Passed balls, Alger 10, Watson 4. Struck out, Harvard 11, Yale 2. Two-base hits, Parker, Lamb, Clark. Three-base hits, Alger, Lamb (2), Watson. Home run, Walden. Umpire: C. F. Wilbur.