This afternoon the Harvard nine goes out to a struggle on whose results depend in part its chances for the championship pennant this year. The nine has done some splendid work since it last encountered the Yale team and has inspired the college at large with confidence of its ability to beat Yale in the contest to-day. Both the fielding and the batting of the nine has improved greatly with its constant practice, and the steady work of the battery in all the games leaves nothing to be asked from that quarter except that it maintain its excellent standard. When we add to these indications in Harvard's favor the fact that the nine is to play on its own field, supported by a large body of men, the hopes for victory are certainly bright.