EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON.- There has appeard in the CRIMSON several times during the past few weeks the surprising statement that for many years Harvard has not won the freshman base-ball series with Yale. Now, as a matter of fact, the freshman series between Harvard, '87, and Yale, '87, was won by Harvard. The facts of the case last year were these; Yale, '87, won the first game of the series at New Haven. The second game, played here, resulted in a victory for Harvard '87, by the score of 5 to 1. Each team having won a game, the only thing to do was to play off the tie by a third game at some neutral place. This was done in eighty-six's freshman year. A choice of one of three days on which to play off the tie was offered Yale, '87, by Harvard, '87, but Yale refused to play on any of those days. Then, finally our freshmen offered to play on any day named by Yale; whereupon the latter refused to play off the tie at all. What motive influenced Yale, '87, to adopt this course is a matter which need not be considered. The facts were that Harvard, '87, was willing and anxious to decide the championship by a third game, and that it offered to play on any day named by Yale; that Yale, '87, refused to play a tie game. Under these circumstances, Harvard, '87, had a clear right to claim the third game, and having thus won two games to Yale's one, the freshman championship last year was won by Harvard.

It was stated at the time by the Boston Herald in its base-ball column, that our freshman had a right to claim the tie game and series; the same position was also taken by the Advocate.

I have no wish to claim for Harvard an honor in athletics which does not belong fairly to her; on the other hand it seems to me simply an act of justice to give to '87 the credit which is due it for giving Harvard the right to say that there is at least one class in college which has won the freshman series from Yale.

B., '86.