Yesterday afternoon the Harvard eleven played its first game with the Tufts college eleven on College Hill. Play was begun at 3.45. Tufts presented a light team, and Harvard forced the ball down to the goal posts and kept it there during almost the entire game. Touch-down followed touch-down in rapid succession, and at the end of the first half hour the score stood Harvard, 40; Tufts, 0. Harvard made 5 goals, 2 touch-downs, and Tufts one safety touchdown. In the second half Harvard made two touch-downs, from which goals were kicked, in the first five minutes. At the end of the second half Harvard had made 4 goals, 4 touch downs, and Tufts one safety touch-down, or 42 points to 0. Score of the game, Harvard, 42; Tufts, 0.

In general the playing 04 the Harvard team was energetic and full of "snap," but the tackling was high and the rusher with the ball was not well backed up by the other members of the team. Harding played a brilliant game, making several fine rushes and tackling well. Porter played a strong game as half-back, and made several long rushes, but he was poorly backed up. In no respect, perhaps, is the contrast between a Yale, a Princeton eleven and a Harvard eleven more marked than in the manner in which the runner with the ball is protected and supported by other members of the team. Harvard must learn to do this if she wishes to be at any position except third in the foot-ball association. Fletcher's playing as quarter-back was noticeable, and the rushing and tackling of Holden was fine.

The teams were composed as follows: Tufts, back, Chapman; half-backs, Gallatly (captain), Ames; quarter-back, Burrell; rushers, Raymond, Durkee, Shipman, Edgerly Burnham, Nelson, W. S. Cook. Harvard, half-backs, Perry, Porter, Willard; quarter back, Fletcher; rushers, Harding, Slocum, Trafford, Brooks, Woods, Butler, Holden.

Willard retired at the end of the first half, and Smith played in the rush line the second half. Harding played half-back. R. F. Fiske, '87 was referee.