The freshmen received their first defeat yesterday at Brookline. Their opponents were mostly '90 men. The freshmen played like high school boys and handled the ball as if they were trying to see how many errors they could make. This argues well for their games with Yale. The score:-

HARVARD '91.

A.B. R. B.H. T.B. S.B. P.O. A. E.

Cummings, l. f., 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Corning, s. s. 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Luce, r. f., 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0

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

Peckham, 1b., 4 0 0 0 0 10 1 1

Babbitt, c., 4 0 3 3 1 12 3 3

Parker, c. f., 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Dean, 2b., 3 1 0 2 0 3 1 0

Guerin, p. 3 1 3 5 2 0 14 3

Totals, 34 3 7 11 3 27 21 10

PICKED TEAM.

A.B. R. B.H. T.B. S.B. P.O. A. E.

Codman, l. f., 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 0

Wood, p., 4 2 3 4 1 2 12 0

Highland, s. s., 4 1 1 2 0 2 1 0

Duane, 1b., 3 0 0 1 0 10 0 1

Vila, c., 4 0 1 2 0 9 3 1

Sabine, 2b., 4 2 2 4 0 2 0 0

Bowman, c. f., 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 1

Bowker, 3b., 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

Crane, r. f., 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Totals, 33 7 8 19 1 27 16 3

Innings, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Harvard'91, 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1-3

Picked team, 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0-7

Two base hits-Picked team, 3. Three-base hit-Harvard 91, 1. First base on balls-Codman, Duane, Bowker, Crane. First base on errors-Harvard '91, 2; picked team, 4. Struck out-Harvard '91, 9; picked team, 12. Stolen bases-Harvard '91, 3; picked team, 1. Passed balls-Babbit, 2; Vila, 1. Double plays-Wood, Sabine, Duane. Flies. caught-Harvard '91, 6; picked team, 2. Fouls caught-Harvard '91, 2; picked team, 2. Fouls caught-Harvard '91, 2; picked team, 2. Out on bases-Harvard '91, 2; picked team, 4. Left on bases-Harvard '91, 3; picked team, 3. Time 1h. 45m. Umpire-Mr. Short.