Harvard defeated Princeton Saturday at Princeton in the presence of a thousand or more spectators. The day was perfect for base-ball, hot and no wind

Harvard played with snap during the first four innings. But as these four innings took two hours and twenty minutes, at the end the "snap" bad been worked out.

The treatment received by our nine was not such as should be given a college team. The crowd cheered every error and "guyed" the Harvard players.

As soon as the Princeton team saw that the game was lost they resorted to personal remarks in coaching and to all the mean tactics known to base-ball and foot-ball. All this seemed the more absurd when the "rattling" process was started the score was 16 to 5.

Harvard hit the ball hard in the first part of the game. Mercur retired from the box in the fifth, ten hits with a total of fourteen, having been made, which with 20 errors gave Harvard 16 runs, only 4 of which were earned.

Willard's batting was magnificent, and timely sending in seven runs in all; Campbell also batted very hard.

Bingham caught a hard fly which looked like a sure home run. His backing up was weak however Campbell caught finely.

Harvard went to the bat first. Wiestling led off with a base hit. A steal, put out and Campbell's hit sent him home. Willard sent Campbell home on a hard single to centre. Willard in attempting to take second on Boyden's slow grounder. Bingham retired the side by flying out to centre.

For Princeton, Price retired at first, Reynolds took first on Linn's fumble. A fast ball, a steal and put out sent him home. Score: Harvard, 2; Princeton, 1.

Second Inning. - Foster led off with a base hit. Two steals and a wild pitch sent him home. The next two men got their bases on balls. A wild pitch and Wiestling's put out sent them both home. Linn struck out. With two men out, Campbell drove to right for three-bases. Willard followed with another in the same locality, but was left on third by the next man going out at first.

For Princeton, Mercur and Wagenhurst made hits. On errors of Wiestling and Mumford both scored, Larkin reaching first. Brownlee's hit sent him to second. Boyden caught Brownlee napping at first. King hit an easy one to Boyden and on the overthrow at first which he followed, scored. The next men retired at first. Harvard, 6; Princeton, 5.

Third Inning. - Foster went out at first; Mumford made a hit, Morgan and Willard got their base on balls. King dropped a pop fly and three more runs were scored.

Duffield and Marcur flew out; Wagenhurst made a hit, a steal and muff and sent him to third, where he was left by Larkin. Harvard, 9; Princeton, 5.

Fourth Inning. - Harvard hit bard in this inning, and Princeton made errors in profusion. Bingham Foster, Morgan, Linn and Boyden reached first on errors, Mumford's and Wiestling's singles with Willard's two bagger gave Harvard seven earned runs.

Princeton came to the bat much discouraged, but on a base on balls, a pass ball, a wild pitch and King's base hit two runs were made. Price retired at first; Campbell caught by Reynolds at second by feigning a fast ball; Evans struck out. Harvard, 16; Princeton, 7. Fifth Inning. - From this time on Harvard played listlessly, doing everything to hasten the game, which had grown very tiresome. Mumford struck out; Morgan got a base on balls, but was left at second; Wiestling and Linn went out at first. Princeton retired in one, two and three order.