The freshman nine defeated the Exeter nine at Exeter yesterday by a score of 18 to 11. The game was marked by wretched fielding on both sides and no very heavy batting. For the first three innings Harvard played a faultless game, retiring the Exeter players in one, two, three order. In five of the six remaining innings they allowed Exeter to score, every run being on errors. Exeter did not play an inning without an error, piling up the number to twenty-four. Both the pitchers did good work, Chamberlain striking out ten men and being hit for only five bases, while Pritchard kept Harvard down to seven bases. In batting Kimball and Chamberlain led for Harvard and Pritchard and Knapp for Exeter. Kimball and Austin fielded well, while Bruner, the only man on the nine who did not make an error, made a pretty catch of a line-fly in right field. Knapp and Honore played well for Exeter. The Score:

HARVARD, '86.

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

Kimball, c 4 3 2 3 9 3 3

Chamberlain, p 6 2 2 2 0 13 2

Bruner, r.f 4 2 0 0 1 0 0

Collins, 3b 6 2 1 1 1 1 1

Edgerly, s.s 6 0 0 0 1 1 1

Austtin, 1b 5 1 0 0 11 1 1

Burnett, 2b 4 3 0 0 2 3 2

Gardner, l.f 5 2 1 1 0 0 1

Phillips, c. f. 5 3 1 1 2 0 1

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45 18 7 8 27 22 12

EXETER.

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

Pritchard, p 5 3 2 2 1 5 5

Varick, c 5 1 0 0 5 4 3

Willard, l. f 5 1 1 1 1 0 1

Knapp, 2b 5 2 2 2 3 3 1

Stanyan, s. s., c. f. 5 1 0 0 0 1 7

Kelley, c. f., s.s. 4 1 0 0 0 0 3

Palmer, 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 3

Peters, 1b 3 1 0 0 12 0 1

Honore, r. f. 3 1 0 0 2 1 0

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

39 11 5 5 24 17 24

Innings. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Harvard, '86 0 2 1 5 0 0 3 7 -18

Exeter. 0 0 0 3 5 1 1 0 1-11

Two base hit - Kimball. Struck out - Harvard, 4; Exeter, 10. Passed balls - Harvard, 3; Exeter, 3. Wild pitches - Harvard, 2; Exeter, 3. Time, 2h. 20m. Umpire, C. E. Byington.

Beacons, 6; Harvard, 5.Yesterday's game was notable for the poorest exhibition of umpiring ever seen on Jarvis field, or, it is to be hoped, on any other ball field. Six runs were credited to the Beacons, for five of which they were entirely indebted to the decisions of the umpire. The first poor decision was in the third inning. Ayer struck an evident foul tip which shot far over Nichols' head. The umpire, however, called it a third strike on the ground that the ball struck Ayer's hand instead of the bat. The striker said immediately after that the ball did not come within six inches of his hand. If, however, the ball did strike the batter's hand, he should have been declared out for obstructing the catcher. (See Spaulding's Base-Ball Guide for 1880, p. 113). This decision gave Ayer his second and let in G. P. Merrill who was on second. Ayer was brought in on a base hit by Richardson. The next poor decision was in the seventh inning. With F. S. Hall on second and one man out, Ayer knocked a short liner to Coolidge, who caught it on the fly about six inches from the ground and touched his base, thus putting out Hall who had started for third. Quinn, however, decided that it was a pickup and gave both men their base. They were both knocked in by Nichols' two-base hit. Mr. Quinn admitted after the game that his decision was wrong. The last decision was in the last inning. With two men out, G. P. Merrill tried to steal second but was thrown out prettily by Crocker and caught about two feet off the base. Quinn, however, decided not out, and Merrill made the winning run. The features of the game were the batting of Baker, the hot line catches of Baker and Beaman, the left-field play of Le Moyne and H. B. Hall and the third base play of Welch. Lovering's play at right-field was magnificent, as the score shows. His assist out at first of F. S Hall in the second inning and his double play in the third, when he caught out Welch in far right-field and threw home cutting off Richardson, who had started in from third, gained great applause.

The score:

BEACONS.

A.B. R. 1B. T.B. P.O. A. E.

Richardson, c 4 0 1 1 2 0 0

Welch, 3b 4 0 1 2 2 7 0

H. B. Hall, 1.f 4 0 0 0 5 0 0

C. C. Merrill, s.s 4 1 0 0 0 1 1

Badger, 2b 4 0 0 0 2 1 0

Sawyer, 1b 2 0 0 0 12 0 0

F. S. Hall, p 3 1 1 1 2 2 2

G. P. Merrill, r 4 2 2 2 0 0 0

Ayer, c.f 4 2 0 0 2 0 0

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

33 5 5 6 27 11 3

HARVARD.

A.B. R. 1B. T.B. P.O. A. E.

Coolidge, 2b 4 1 1 1 0 2 0

Baker, s.s 4 1 1 4 3 0 0

Smith, 1b 2 1 0 0 10 0 1

Lovering, r.f 4 0 0 0 3 2 0

Nichols, c.& p 4 0 1 2 1 5 3

Allen, p. & c.f 4 0 1 1 0 1 1

Crocker, c.f. & c 4 1 0 0 5 1 2

Beaman, 3b 4 1 2 2 1 2 0

Le Moyne, l. f. 4 0 0 0 3 0 0

--- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

34 5 6 10 26 13 7

Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Beacons 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1-6

Harvards 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0-5

Time of game - 1 hour 35 minutes; earned runs - Harvard, 2; two base hit - Nichols, Welch; home run - Baker; first base on balls - Harvard, 2, Beacons, 3; struck out - Beacons, 2; double plays - Lovering and Nichols; passed balls - Crocker, 3, Richardson, 2; umpire - Quinn.