The defeat of Harvard on Saturday has made the contest for the championship unusually exciting, yet we look forward to the result with hope and confidence. The loss of the game to Yale makes the work necessary to be done in the remaining games especially careful. For the loss of a game loses us the championship. The work of our change catcher is worthy of special mention, untrained in his pitcher's delivery, he filled the trying position in which he was placed much better than one would have reasonably expected, and the college should feel gratified that the loss of the regular catcher, although it has hurt, has not destroyed our prospects of success. Whether the pennant will remain with us or not, we should all feel that whatever success has been gained is the result of earnest labor. Every man on the nine has worked for all he was worth. This is shown in the marked improvement since the beginning of the season. Whatever may be said in the event of our defeat, it is not true that Harvard has a worse, but that Yale and Princeton have better nines than last year.