The freshman nine will play its first game this afternoon on Holmes Field. Arrangements were originally made for a game with the Groton School nine, but owing to an injuury to their pitcher, they threw over their agreement and another game was hastily provided for with a team representing the employees of Bradford, Thomas and Co., of Boston. The game will probably be watched with a good deal of interest by many of the upperclassmen, and this ought to bring out the best qualities in a player both in the field and at the bat. Nothing inspires a freshman team with a healthy confidence in themselves and a feeling of reliance on each other more than to win their first game, and this we sincerely hope will be done. Brilliant individual playing cannot hold out in the long run against steady team work, and it is to make every man understand thoroughly what team play means that games have been arranged. Every effort should be made to start out with a clear record of victories, in order that the result of the final game may be equally gratifying, and that '91 may feel proud of her achievements.