The game on Holmes yesterday, was in many ways one of the most interesting that have been played this season. Perhaps it is a good omen for the nine that the game was lost; for about a year ago the 'varsity nine received the first, and, as it proved, the last defeat of a wonderful campaign, from the same opponents. But, omens aside, our energetic nine, by yesterday's game and by the other recent games has shown itself in need of still more practice. Every minute in the field must be made to count, if success against Yale and Princeton and other opponents is to be won. Especially the nines at Yale and Princeton have, by their recent scores, proved themselves remarkably strong. Neither of them will be defeated easily. That is their determination, if we may judge from the reports of constant and close work that reach us. Let us hope that Harvard also will see that she too is not defeated easily, if defeated at, all.