Harvard played her best game of the season on Jarvis Field Saturday, when she defeated the B. A. A. eleven by a score of 51 to twelve. It was the last game before the contest with Yale; and the favorable weather brought out a large number of enthusiastic spectators. For the first time this year a Harvard cheer was heard ringing across the field in encouraging strength.

The B. A. A. eleven played an excellent game throughout the first half. They used the wedge very frequently and gained through Harvard's centre with a fair degree of regularity. Good individual runs were made also by Stickney and Peters who proved themselves clever ground-gainers without much help from their rush-line. Stickney especially played a strong game throughout, and his quick work in following the ball enabled B. A. A. to score her second touch down.

At no point in the game was the B. A. A. defensive work strong. All of Harvard's backs broke the line without much trouble; and in the second half they made long gains around the ends. B. A. A.'s tackling was weak and both forwards and backs allowed themselves to be blocked off easily.

Though Harvard's comparatively big score was due largely to the above weak nesses of the B. A. A. eleven, the 'varsity played a distinctly better game than any previous one of the season. The encouraging points about it were the increased signs of life shown by the whole team, and the better interference by the rush-line. The eleven is not yet by any means playing the team game of which it is capable, but the work on Saturday was a very marked improvement on any previous showing.

Of the individual work, all the backs rushed well, Corbett and Trafford especially distinguishing themselves each by a long rush of seventy-five yards. Trafford made one costly muff, and Corbett fumbled twice. In the rush line Emmons played carefully and effectively.

Harvard had the wind at her back, while B. A. A. started with the ball Boyden gained 8 yards behind the V. and Stickney and Peters broke through Harvard's line for further gains. B. A. A. regularly made in two downs her requisite five yards as far as Harvard's 25-yd, line. Then the ball went to Harvard on Kip's holding. Lake took the ball four yards around the right end, but on the snap-back a fumble gave B. A. A. the chance to take the offensive again. Harvard blocked more strongly and took the play on four downs. Trafford punted, Boyden muffed and Hallowell fell on the ball at B. A. A.'s forty-five yard line. Corbett went through the centre for five yards; but Trafford could find no opening. Lake went around the left end and Trafford through the centre for a small gain. Corbett made a run of thirty yards, aided by good interference by Lake, Trafford, Hallowell and Newell. The play was on B. A. A.'s 5 yd. line; and in the second down Corbett carried it over. No goal. Time 10 min.

At the centre of the field B. A. A. soon lost the ball on a fumble. Harvard carried it to B. A. A.'s 30 yd. line, where, on the third down, Trafford dropped a pretty goal from the field.

Short, sharp rushes by Peters, Stickney and Boyden carried the play directly through Harvard's centre to the goal line. Peters made the touch down. Goal. 9 to 6

From the centre of the field Lake and Corbett made pretty runs to B. A. A.'s five-yard line where Corbett's fumble gave Peters the ball. A moment later, however. Newell broke through, stopped Boyden's kick and made a touch down. No goal. 13 to 6. B. A. A. lost the ball again on four downs and Corbett soon scored again. Goal. Score at end of first half, 19 to 6.

In the second half Fearing took Lake's place, and Mason took Waters; Stickney took Haughton's place in the line. Boyden went to half-back and Crane came on as full-back. His clever punting was of material assistance to the B. A. A. eleven, which was somewhat weakened by its hard work in the first half.

Fearing started off well, and Trafford began the scoring with a good 15 yd. rush around the right. Goal. Crane kicked over Harvard's line, and the ball was brought out 25 yds. A moment later Corbett set the crowd wild by making a run of three-quarters of the field, and with Mackie's interference, scoring. Trafford made an equally long and brilliant rush a moment later and scored. No goal, 35 to 6.

B. A. A. failed on the criss-cross and Hallowell fell on the ball. Fearing got across the line a moment later for another touch down. Goal. 41 to 6. From the centre of the field Crane kicked to Trafford who fumbled. Stickney picked up the ball and got to Harvard's 5 yd. line. Peters took it across on the first down. Harvard played strongly on the aggressive and allowed B. A. A. only one chance with the ball before Fearing scored the last two touch downs. The teams:

HARVARD. B. A. A.

Emmons, (left-end) Clark.

Waters, (Mason) (left-tackle) Houghton.

Dexter, (left-guard) Fennessy.

Bangs, (centre) Whitman.

Mackie, (right-guard) Kip.

Newell, (right-tackle) Waters.

Hallowell, (right-end) Linder.

Gage, (quarter-back) Beals.

Lake, (Fearing) (half-backs) Stickney.

Corbett, (half-backs) Peters.

Trafford, (full-back) Boyden. (Crane)

Score, 51 to 12. Touch downs, Corbett (3) Fearing (3), Trafford (2), Newell (1), Peters (2), Goals from touch downs. Trafford (5), Boyden (1), Crane (1), Goal from field. Trafford. Umpire, L. A. Frothingham '93. Referee, Mr. Merrill. Time, two 35 min. halves.

'95 18; Fall River 8.From a Harvard standpoint the freshman game at Fall River yesterday was very encouraging. The '95 team showed that they have benefited by the coaching of the last week. The eleven were not so heavy as their opponents, yet, by their superior team work they scored more than twice as much. The line blocked off well, and tackled well, and no one could find fault with them if they had only broken through better, especially in the center and at the right end. But they do not break through well enough yet, and they must improve more than a little in this particular if they expect to do anything with the Yale freshmen and those nine men from the 'varsity training table; time and again yesterday it was only the good tackling of the quarter-back and line half-back that prevented Fall River from making long gains through the great big holes that she opened up in Harvard's line. Behind the line the work was still more encouraging. The backs ran well together, and Wrenn showed very good judgment in working them. McNear might get off quicker and both he and Jackson made had fumbles, but on the whole the backs did very well.

The game was played in two halves, one of 35 minutes and one of 22. In the first half neither side scored though Fall River worked the ball down to Harvard's 20 yard line. In the second half Whitman scored two touch downs for Harvard, after the ball had been worked down to the line by short. sharp rushes, and Whittren scored one by breaking through and falling on the ball after a bad pass by Borden. Whitman kicked all the goals. Fall River scored twice, first on short rushes followed by a long kick which McNear muffed, and afterwards by good runs round Harvard's right end. The tries for goals after both touch downs were failures.

The following is the summary:

HARVARD '95. FALL RIVER.

Adams, (right end) Trafton.

Whittren, (right tackle) O. Pierce.

Murchie, (right guard) Grime.

Potter, (centre) S. Mathewson.

Eddy, (left guard) Hart.

Davis, (left tackle) Nichols.

Boyden, (left end) Stevens.

Wrenn, (quarter-back) N. Borden.

McNear, (half-tacks) R. Mathewson.

Jackson. (half-tacks) Hawkins.

Whitman, (full back) C. Pierce.

Time, 57 minutes, 35 and 22 minute halves. Referee. E. Wrenn, Harvard '92. Umpire, R. Beattie, Technology. Score, Harvard 18; Fall River 8. Touch downs. Whitman, 2; Whittren, 1; Pierce, 1; Hawkins, 1. Goals from touch downs, Whitman, 3.

Andover 26; Exeter 10.The 13th annual game between Andover and Exeter was played at Exeter on Saturday and resulted in a complete victory for Andover by the above score.

Never before had so large a crowd been seen on an Exeter campus. The four or five thousand spectators showed how much confidence each side placed in its eleven. It seemed, however as if Andover realized that cool, steady work alone would win the game, while Exeter did not wake up to the fact that defeat was possible until it was too late to make any essential difference in the score. Andover cheered lustily even when success seemed to be leaving her, but no sooner had the tables turned, when a spirit of despondency seized both Exeter students and players and the result was utter defeat.

Exeter started with the ball and went to work with a vim which sent an exultant thrill through every one of her enthusiasts. Her play was sharp and strong and her team work excellent. Andover was completely at her mercy. But careless and inexcusable fumbling counteracted all this display of strength. Three times in the first twenty five minutes, Exeter had the ball within Andover's five-yard line, and twice at her ten-yard line, but all five times she lost the ball either by fumbling or off-side play. Finally Arnold succeeded in carrying the leather across the line and the score stood 4 to 0 in Exeter's favor.

Now and for the rest of the game, with one or two exceptions, all of Exeter's team play disappeared, and though the men played well individually, the work was too slow and deliberate, and it was evident that they had lost heart long before there was any occasion for doing so. It was Andover's turn to show what she could do and she availed herself of Exeter's demoralization by some pretty work. Her play was in perfect unison, quick, plucky and energetic. Time and time again her rushers broke through Exeter's forwards for short, steady gains until Jennings carried the ball over and Knapp kicked the goal, making the score 6 to 4 in Andover's favor. Time was called very soon after.

The game in the second half was intensely interesting from an Andover point of view. It was thought that Exeter would rally. She may have tried to but the result was hardly noticeable. Andover kept up her rapid, clock-like movement. Hodgkins and Woodruff gained repeatedly by short rushes, which, every now and then were enlivened by long, brilliant runs, and in a startling short time Hopkins made another touch down and Knapp added two points by kicking the goal. Score 12 to 4. Beautiful rushes of 20 and 30 yards by Hopkins and Woodruff brought the ball dangerously near Exeter's goal and Jennings scored again, but the try for a goal was unsuccessful. Score 16 4. The rest was merely a repetition of what had preceeded. Hopkins and Sears each make a touch down, running the score up to 26 to Exeter's 4.

At this point Exeter began to do a little creditable work and after a long run by Thomas, Linscot made Exeter's second and last touch down. Score 26 to 10. Time was called before either side did anything more worthy of mention.

For Andover, Woodruff and Hopkins played brilliantly and steadily. Jennings, at quarter-back, was very cool and kept his men well together.

For Exeter, Thomas made a number of long gains as well as repeated short ones. His tackling was excellent but his fumbles at critical points were frequent and dearly paid for. Arnold played a good steady game.

The teams lined up as follows:

ANDOVER. EXETER.

Sears, (left-end) Conley.

Beal, (left-tackle) Harradon.

Coonley, (left-guard) Chapman.

Perkins, (centre) Mackintosh.

Foley, (Robinson) (right-guard) Squires.

Armstrong, (right-tackle) Mayo.

Greenway, (right-end) Linscott.

Jennings, (quarter-back) Ramsey.

Woodruff, (half-backs) Thomas.

Hopkins, (half-backs) Arnold.

Knapp, (full-back) Whitehead.

Referee - Mr. Gardner Perry, Harvard Law School. Umpire - Mr. H. L. Williams, Yale '91.