In the face of a raw and threatening afternoon, an audience of over 900 paying spectators assembled on Holmes Field, yesterday afternoon, to witness the first game played in Cambridge for the championship.

Harvard won the toss, and took the field, to remain there but a few moments, however, for the Amherst nine went out in order. Our nine was not much more fortunate, since the first two men went out, and Nichols, after making a hit, was left on base by Allen's flying out to Harris.

The second inning was open for Amherst with a base hit by Stuart, who stole second, reached third on a wild throw by Nichols, and came home on Marble's put out. Willard scored a run for Harvard by making a tremendous drive to right field for three bases. The next three men at the bat struck out, but Willard scored on a wild pitch. Neither nine scored in the third inning, though flarris sent a hot liner to centre field, which was caught in fine form by Jones; while, for Harvard, Winslow made a clean hit, only to be left on second. Amherst got two men on bases in the fourth inning, but they were kept from scoring. Harvard scored one run, Allen getting his base on balls, stealing second, reaching third on a passed ball, and coming in on a dropped fly.

The fifth inning decided the game. Amherst failed to score, though Oldham reached first on balls. For Harvard, Edgerly struck to Marble, who fumbled the ball, allowing him to score, and stole second. Beaman hit safely, bringing in Edgerly, and was sent home by Tilden's two bagger. After hitting safely for two bases Tilden stole third and came home on Nichols' hit. Nichols hit for one base, stole second and third, and came home on an error of Tirrel. Allen hit to Tirrel, who threw wild to the home plate to cut off Nichols, allowing Allen to reach second, whence he was brought home by Willard, who duplicated his hit of the second inning by sending a beautiful fiy to right field, on which he reached third. Smith made a clean two base hit, and came in on Kimball's error. Jones got his first on missed three strikes and a muff by Kimball, reached third on a passed, ball, and came home on a wild pitch. Edgerly struck out, and Winslow fouled out, thus ending the inning, with the score 10 to 1 in Harvard's favor.

In the sixth inning Kimball made a home run on a long hit to right field. Harvard failed to score. In this inning Stearns caught, taking the place of Hunt, who had dislocated a finger. Amherst got a man on third in the seventh inning, but he was kept from scoring. Harvard added three more runs to her score. Allen hit to Tirrel, who fumbled the ball and allowed him to reach first, but he was caught napping at second. Willard got his base on balls, and was sent to third by Smith's two-base hit. Both came in on a wild pitch. Jones hit for two bases, reached third, and came home on wild pitches. Edgerly went out, Marble to Kimball, and Winslow hit safely, but was left on base by Beaman striking out.

In the first half of the eight innings Amherst scored two runs on errors and a base hit, but as the Amherst nine were unable to play out the inning, being compelled to leave to catch a train, the score of the first seven innings only was counted.

The score:

AMHERST.

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

Harris, p., 3 0 0 0 1 10 6

Kimball, 1b., 3 1 2 5 3 0 0

Hunt, c. and r. f. 3 0 0 0 8 0 3

Stuart, l. f., 2 1 1 1 1 0 1

Stearns, r. f. and c., 3 0 0 0 4 1 2

Marble, 3b., 3 0 0 0 1 2 1

Tirrel, s. s., 3 0 0 0 1 0 2

Judson, 3b., 2 0 0 0 1 0 0

Coates, c. f., 2 0 0 0 1 1 0

Totals, 24 2 3 6 21 14 15

HARVARD.

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

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

Tilden, l. f., 4 1 1 2 0 0 0

Nichols, p., 4 1 2 2 0 16 4

Allen, c., 4 2 0 0 12 1 2

Willard, 1b., 3 3 2 6 5 0 0

Smith, 2b., 4 2 2 4 0 0 0

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

Edgerly, s. s., 4 1 0 0 0 2 0

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

Totals, 16 13 12 20 21 21 7

Innings, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Amherst, 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -2

Harvard, 0 1 0 1 8 0 3 -13

Earned runs, Amherst, 1; Harvard, 2. Home runs, Amherst, 1. Two-base hits, Tilden, Smith, (2), Jones. Three-base hits, Willard (2). First base on balls, by Harris, 1; Nichols, 3. First base on errors, Amherst, 4. Struck out, by Harris, 10; NIchols, 13. Double plays, Coates and Judson, Marble and Stearns. Passed balls, Allen, 1; Hunt, 2; Stearns, 2. Wild pitches, Nichols, 1; Harris, 6. Umpire, D. Cronin. Time, 2 hours.