The Williams nine put up their strongest game of the season against Harvard at Williamstown Saturday and the result was that we won with a lead of but two runs. Spaulding pitched an excellent game for Williams, striking out nine men and allowing but six hits to be made off of him. Bates was not quite so effective as usual in his battery work, although he far surpassed Spaulding in watching bases.

The game was called before the end of the ninth inning to enable the nine to catch the train for Boston; the score reverted to the end of the eighth inning.

The game was on the whole well played and interesting. The day was a delightful one for base ball and the bracing air of the Berkshire hills seemed to infuse new life into our men when on base-a notable improvement in base running being apparent. There is still room for advancement in the batting prowess of our team, Harvard's work at the bat being only fair Saturday. The fielding of Harvard was good throughout the game, the only error being a half-excusable fumbling of a hot grounder. The features of the game were Hallowell's hitting for Harvard and Arthur's running catch of a very high fly in the seventh inning for Williams.

The score:

HARVARD.

a.b. r.b.h.t.b.s.h.p.o. a. e.

Dean, 2b., 4 1 1 3 0 3 5 1

Hallowell, c.f., 4 1 2 6 0 2 0 0

Hovey, s.s., 4 0 1 1 0 3 1 0

Trafford, 1b., 4 0 1 1 1 5 0 0

Frothingham, r.f. 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

Alward, l.f., 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Corning, 3b., 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0

Cobb, c., 4 0 0 0 0 8 2 0

Bates, p., 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0

Totals, 33 5 6 12 1 24 15 1

WILLIAMS.

a.b. r. b.h.t.b.s.h.p.o. a. e.

Mapes, s.s. 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0

Arthur, l.f. 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1

Hollister, c. 4 1 2 4 0 6 8 1

Cluett, c.f. 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 0

Richmond, r.f. 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0

Hotchkiss, 1b. 3 0 1 1 0 9 1 1

Howard, 2b. 4 0 2 2 0 4 1 2

Roberts, 3b. 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

Spaulding, p. 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0

Totals, 32 3 9 12 0 24 18 6

Innings, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Harvard, 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0-5

Williams, 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0-3

Earned runs, Harvard 3, Williams 2. Two base hits, Hollister (2), Cluett. Three base hits, Dean, Hallowell (2). First base on balls, Bates (2), Mapes, Arthur, Hotchkiss. First base on errors, Harvard 4, Williams 1. Struck out, Dean, Hallowell, Hovey, Frothingham (2), Corning, Cobb (3), Mapes, Cluett (2), Roberts, Spaulding (2). Stolen bases, Dean, Hovey, Trafford, Alward (2), Corning, Cobb, Bates, Hollister, Richmond, Hotchkiss. Passed ball, Hollister. Wild pitches, Bates 1, Spaulding 1. Double play, Mapes and Howard. Hit by pitched ball, Dean, Trafford, Spaulding. Out on bases, Harvard 3, Williams 5. Left on bases, Harvard 6, Williams 7. Time, 2 hours. Umpire, A. F. Clark, Williams '89.