The Harvard and Yale freshmen played the first game of the series Saturday on Holmes Field, the game resulting in a victory for the home team. The ground was damp and soggy and the ball wet, which accounts for many of the errors. Both nines played well, yet both had one innings in which they went to pieces. The Harvard team went to bat in the first and succeeded in getting six runs, none earned, by means of some errors and three hits, all bunched. In the second, two more runs were added to the Harvard score by hits by Codman and Luce and a base on balls. Harvard did not score again until the seventh, when, by means of a fumbled grounder by Huntington, two stolen bases and Cummings' hit, Slade scored. This ended the run-getting by Harvard. Yale was blanked in the first fonr innings, only one man getting first during this time. Huntington led off the fifth on a base on balls, took second on a passed ball, third on Codman's muff of Poole's fly, and scored on a long fly to left. In the sixth, by three hits and four bunched errors, Yale made five runs. Yale was easily blanked in the last two innings, leaving Harvard the winner. Mason caught a magnificent game for Harvard, and Corning and Dean played well in the field. For Yale, Huntington did the best playing. Both teams played a good fielding game, considering the condition of the ground, Yale especially deserving commendation for her plucky uphill work. Mr. Egan umpired acceptably. The score:-

HARVARD '91.A.B. R. B.H. T.B. S.B. P.O. A. E.

Corning, s.s. 5 0 1 1 1 2 4 0

Codman, l.f., 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 2

Slade, c.f., 4 3 1 1 3 0 0 0

Mason, c., 5 1 1 1 0 8 6 0

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

Luce, p., 4 1 2 2 1 1 10 2

Nichols, 3b., 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 1

Dean, 2b., 2 0 0 0 1 5 2 0

Peckham, 1b., 4 0 0 0 0 8 0 0

Totals, 38 9 8 8 8 27 23 5

YALE '91.A.B. R. B.H. T.B. S.B. P.O. A. E.

Hedges, 3b., 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

Dalzell, p., 5 1 2 2 3 2 9 0

Cushing, s.s., 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2

Huntington, 2b., 3 2 1 1 1 4 2 1

N. McClintock, c.f. 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Poole, c., 4 1 1 1 3 13 2 0

Parker, r.f., 4 1 1 1 1 3 0 0

Graves, 1b., 3 0 1 1 2 5 0 0

W. McClintock, l.f. 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2

36 6 7 7 11 27 15 7

Innings. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Harvard '91, 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-9

Yale '91, 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0-6

First base on balls-Harvard '91, 3; Yale '91, 2. First base on errors-Harvard '91, 7; Yale '91, 6. Struck out Harvard '91, 9; Yale '91, 10. Passed balls-Harvard '91, 1; Yale '91, 3. Wild pitches-Harvard '91, 1; Yale '91, 2. Flies caught-Harvard '91, 5; Yale '91, 6. Fouls caught-Harvard '91, 2; Yale '91, 6. Out on bases-Harvard '91, 2; Yale '91, 2. Left on bases-Harvard '91, 5; Yale '91, 5. Muffed flies-Codman (2). Time-2h. 5m. Umpire-Mr. Eagan of South Boston.