A paragraph in yesterday's Boston Herald makes mention of the proposition for a consolidated nine at Harvard, but adds that the prospects of such a scheme are not encouraging. We hardly believe that matters are as hopeless as the Herald correspondent puts it. Indeed, we have reason to think that by a very little effort on the part of the managers of base-ball, the project might readily be brought to a successful issue. The advantages of the scheme are obviously commendable, and the objections to its inauguration seem mainly to consist of the fear that this extra nine will not be good enough to give the 'Varsity sharp practice, and that "Harvard indifference" will cause a failure of candidates to appear for this nine. To this latter objection we can only instance the scrub games that have gone on for many years behind the hospital, where many really well-fought contests have daily taken place every spring between volunteer nines, among whom have appeared some very good players. Very many men like to play ball but are deterred from appearing as candidates for the 'Varsity for various reasons. From among these men, who will be sure enough to appear on the field if inducements to play are offered them, and from among the substitutes of the regular teams, it will be easy enough to organize a nine that will give good practice to the 'Varsity, and especially to the Freshman nine, whose poor success of late years has been largely owing to want of practice in playing together. It is understood that Captain Olmsted is not averse to the organization of a consolidated nine, and we hope that the material and proved advantages of this scheme may induce him and the managers of the 'Varsity team to take immediate favorable action in the matter.