A delegation of over one hundred students accompanied the nine to Providence on Saturday to see them play their first championship game of the season, and returned jubilant. Seldom, if ever, has a college nine received such a defeat at the hands of another member of the league as Harvard administered to Brown. Never has such heavy batting by a college nine in a championship game been witnessed. The game was played on the college grounds which are enclosed by fences just back of left and centre field, while right field stretches up a hill to the college buildings. By the customary rule all hits over the left and centre field fences were to count as two baggers. If this rule had not been in force Harvard's total hits would have amounted to 45, as several balls were knocked over the fences.

Brown went first to bat and was blanked every inning except the third. In that inning Harvard went to pieces and allowed Brown to score three unearned runs. After that Harvard braced up and played a sharp game. Brown was totally unable to do anything with Smith's pitching, 11 men striking out in 7 innings. Harvard sized up Gunderson from the very first inning, and pounded him all over the field during the game. In the seventh, Harvard led off with five successive hits. With two men on bases Willard made a splendid hit to right field for four bags. The ball struck on the hill and rolled way up to a building. It was the longest drive ever seen on the grounds. When the fielder reached the ball, Willard was within 40 feet of the home plate.

Brown played miserably in the field, and was pitiably weak at the bat. The notable exception to the poor play of Brown was Clarke. He supported Gunderson as well as could be desired, and threw to bases beautifully, catching three Harvard men napping. Harvard played a good game with the exception of the third inning, when they went badly to pieces. Smith pitched a good game, and Henshaw caught him finely, and threw to bases well. He also led the nine in batting with an average of 1.000, making a hit for every time at bat. The features of the game was the catching of Henshaw and Clarke, and the terrific batting of Henshaw, Phillips and Willard.

The score:

HARVARD.

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

Wiestling, s. s., 5 4 2 2 0 3 2

Smith, p., 5 4 3 3 1 12 2

Foster, l. f., 5 3 2 3 0 0 0

Willard, 1b., 6 2 4 8 7 0 2

Allen, c. f., 6 2 3 4 0 0 0

Edgerly, 2b., 6 1 1 1 1 3 0

Phillips, 3b., 6 3 5 7 1 0 0

Henshaw, c., 5 2 5 5 11 2 3

Choate, r. f., 5 1 2 2 0 0 0