After its splendid victory at New Haven, the nine returned to Springfield Saturday night, and there spent Sunday. Monday morning it went to Amherst and played a game which advances Harvard one step nearer towards the pennant.

The game was called promptly at two o'clock. At the end of the first inning the score was 2 to 0 in Amherst's favor. In the next Harvard made two runs and tied the score. In the third inning each side added two runs. In the next three innings Amherst was blanked, while Harvard made two runs. In the seventh one was added to the score of each side. This was Amherst's last run, but our nine now just began to bat, and by tremendous hitting, aided by passed balls, a fumble and a wild throw, scored eight runs, three being earned.

Our men did some very hard hitting, especially during the latter part of the game. Nichols, Smith and Willard excelled, the latter with a record of three hits, total of eight. Willard's home run in the fifth inning was a terrific drive over the right field fence, said by Amherst men to be one of the longest hits ever made on the field. When he reached home he had ample time to make another base. A more agile runner would have come home on his three-bagger in the third inning. Wiestling and Beaman also hit hard. In the first inning Hunt got in a hit for Amherst, and then Stuart came to the bat and made a long drive to the right field; the ball rolled over the brink of the hill before Winslow could get his hands on it, and so Stuart ran home. After this Nichols pitched very effectively, the Amherst men making but three hits the rest of the game, though a number of long flies were sent to the outfielders.

The base running of Harvard was poor, and the coaching at times very bad, causing men to get out at third in two cases. The runners clung too closely to their bases, taking little lead when the ball was pitched. Amherst ran bases much better. The fielding was not particularly good on either sides, though Harvard excelled. Foster caught some beautiful flies in centre field, and Tilden and Winslow played their positions for all they were worth. The infield also did well. Allen's hands were puffed and swollen, but he pluckily caught throughout the game, though Nichols was at times obliged to favor him.

Amherst came to the bat, and Harris struck out, and Kimball flied out to Smith. Hunt made a beautiful hit to left centre, and reached second on Smith's muff of Allen's throw. Stuart then made his long drive to right field which brought in two runs. Stearns flied out to Weistling. For Harvard, Beaman flied out, Tilden struck out, Nichols reached first on a fumble by short, stole second, where he was left by Allen striking out. In the second inning Amherst retired in order, while Harvard made two runs on hits by Smith and Foster, and errors by the infield. In the third inning, the Purple secured two runs on a hit, and errors by the infield; in this inning, the Crimson also got two runs. In the next three innings Amherst was blanked, while Harvard added three to its score, one being the home run by Willard in the fifth. In the seventh inning, Stearns and Marble each got a hit, and the former scored on a wild throw and a passed ball. For Harvard, Nichols and Allen both flied out, Willard got his base on balls, and scored on Smith's two bagger. In attempting to make third on this hit, Smith was put out. In the eighth inning, Harris, Kimball, and Hunt, all knocked long flies which were splendidly caught, two by Foster, and one by Tilden. The picnic now began for Harvard Weistling made a hit, reached second on Foster's hit, and both scored on Winslow's long drive to centre field for three bases. Winslow then got home on Beaman's two bagger. All three of these runs were earned. Tilden hit to Williams, who fumbled, allowing him to reach first. Nichols next came to the bat and struck the first ball pitched, for three bases, thus bringing in Tilden. Allen was put out at first, Willard made a single, and scored on a wild throw of Start's, Smith reached first on balls, but was forced out at second by Wiestling's hit to short stop. The latter stole second, and scored on a passed ball. Foster got his base on balls, Winslow was put out, short stop to first base. Amherst failed to do anything in the ninth, and the game closed with the score 15 to 5 in our favor.

About twenty-five men accompanied the nine from New Haven, and splendidly supported it throughout the game.

The score:

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

Beaman, 3b., 5 1 2 4 2 0 1

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

Nichols, p., 5 1 3 6 0 11 2

Allen, c., 5 1 0 0 10 1 2

Willard, 1b., 3 5 3 8 6 0 1

Smith, 2b., 4 1 4 5 2 2 1

Wiestling, s. s., 5 2 2 2 1 0 1

Foster, c. f., 4 1 2 2 4 0 2

Winslow, r. f., 5 1 1 3 1 0 0

Totals, 41 15 18 31 27 14 10

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

Harris, c. f., 4 0 0 0 2 1 0

Kimball, 1b., 4 0 0 0 7 0 1

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

Stuart, p., 4 1 1 4 0 2 9

Stearns, c., 3 1 1 1 4 3 5

Williams, 2b., 4 0 0 0 3 1 1

Marble, 3b., 4 0 1 1 3 4 0

Tirrell, s. s., 3 0 0 0 2 4 0

Coates, l. f., 3 1 0 0 2 0 0

Totals, 33 5 5 8 24 15 17

Innings, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Amherst, 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-5

Harvard, 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 8-15

Earned runs, Amherst, 1; Harvard, 5. Home runs, Stuart, Willard. Three-base hits, Nichols, Willard, Winslow and Beaman. Two-base hits, Nichols and Smith. First base on balls, by Nichols, 0; by Stuart, 5. Struck out, by Nichols, 9; by Stuart, 2. Passed balls, Allen, 2; Stearns, 5. Wild pitches, Nichols, 2; Stuart, 4. Umpire, Wyckoff. Time, 2h. 10m.