The practice which the nine was to gain from play with professionals this year seems to have resulted in little good so far. The work of the team in the first inning of yesterday's game was simply abominable; no excuse can be given for most of the errors which were made. Almost every man on the team seemed half asleep, and before they became awake again the game was lost. Even as it was there might have been some hopes of retrieving the poor work of the first inning, if the batting had not been atrocious. When a record of only two clean hits is shown, there seems but little chance that Harvard will be able to rely on heavy batting to win any games for her this spring.

After the first inning, however, the team played well together. The infield showed much improvement over the work in the last game, and the men backed each other up well. As long however, as the nine continues to go to pieces at the beginning of every game there is little chance for a creditable showing to be made.