The Yale News of Monday morning contained a card signed by the manager of the Yale freshman nine, in which he claimed the game of last Saturday for his nine, basing his claim on section 4, rule 43, of the Spalding Official Rules, which says, "If the umpire calls 'Game' on account of darkness or rain at any time after five innings have been completed by both sides, the score shall be that of the last equal innings played, unless the side second at bat shall have scored one or more runs than the side first at bat, in which case the score of the game shall be the total number of runs made."

Accustomed as we have grown by sad experience to the utter disregard of fair dealing usually shown by Yale freshman nines, we must confess that the assurance of the present demand is little less than appalling. In reply to the claim filed by the enterprising manager of the New Haven freshmen, we will simply quote the Boston Herald, which expresses our sentiments exactly. From its base-ball columns we clip the following:

"The Yale freshmen claim the game played at Harvard last Saturday, according to sec. 4 of rule 43. Let these young gentlemen peruse rule 44, which says: "A drawn game shall be declared by the umpire when he terminates a game, on account of darkness or rain, after five equal innings have been played, if the score at the time is equal on the last even innings played; but, if the side that went second to bat is then at bat, and has scored the same number of runs as the other side, the umpire shall declare the game drawn, without regard to the score of the last equal innings.' The Yale boys should have consulted Capt. Terry before they rushed into print."

We trust that the matter may now be dropped, before the manager of the Yale freshman nine has opportunity to make a further display of his lack of acquaintance with the rules under which his nine is playing.