The disappointment throughout the college at the result of Saturday's baseball game with Yale can be judged by the enthusiasm and delight with which the false runior of a Harvard victory was received here. But, disappointed as every one was at the result of the game, the chagrin felt by all Harvard men who saw it, at the wretched showing of our representatives, was doubly bitter. There was a general feeling of confidence in the nine that even if they should be beaten they would give a good account of themselves both in the field and at the bat. The exhibition of fielding by Harvard was one which would have shamed a class nine in a game on Jarvis Field, and the batting was exceedingly weak for a nine which had such a reputation for its batting abilities. When we play Yale again in Cambridge, we hope the nine will retrieve themselves in part for Saturday's playing, and there is no reason why with a sufficient amount of conscientious and hard work they should not be able to do it.

Among other things occurring in connection with Saturday's game which it would be well not to repeat was the neglect of the manager of the nine to telegraph the score immediately after the match. In consequence of this disregard of duty, rumors of all kinds floated around the college about the game, some to the effect that Harvard had won, and no authentic information was had until about nine o'clock the true score was brought out from Bostom. Such a state of uncertainty was a source of continual worry and anxiety, and no wonder men felt as though they had not been treated fairly. To avert a like state of affairs again, the manager should be instructed to send the score of every game played away from Cambridge without fail, and then perhaps those who remain here will not be hoodwinked into cheering pseudo Harvard victories.

The victory won by the freshman nine on Saturday was very creditable both to the class and to the college. The playing of the home nine was, except in a few instances, much better than that of the visitors who were unable to hit the ball at critical moments, and who showed a decided tendency to go to pieces. The greatest praise is due to the Ninety-one battery, whose effectiveness really won the game. The freshmen nine has one or two weak men whose places should be filled before the game next Saturday. With these changes and with the same careful coaching that aided the playing and base running of the team in the recent game, we think that there is a good chance for success at Yale. We must warn the captain of the nine, however, not to let the coaching degenerate into a system of tactics scarcely worthy of Harvard.