Brown beat Harvard on Saturday last, at Providence, in a tremendously exciting game of eleven innings, - 4 to 3. The game was interesting from the start as the nines both had the game of the week previous in mind, and played as hard as possible. Woodcock took Sexton's place as pitcher, with Tenney behind the bat. Highlands and Upton were the battery for Harvard. Neither team did much hitting, and with the exception of one or two innings went out in one, two, three order. The features of the game were Corbett's throw to the plate of Cook's base hit, keeping Steere on third, Mason's lucky catch of a high fly which he misjudged, and had to run for, and Hovey's assist to Upton of a hot liner, keeping Tenney from scoring in the ninth.
Harvard started off with two runs by Hovey and Frothingham, the first time they came to bat. Brown got two in the second, making the score a tie. Up to the ninth neither side scored again, and when Tenney opened up the ninth with a three-bagger to centre field, the cheering of the Brown men was deafening. It was taken up by Harvard men when Magill hit a hot grounder to Hovey, who threw Tenney out at the plate by the most beautiful play of the game. Magill stole second and it looked as though he would stay there, for Jones knocked an easy grounder to Frothingham, going out at first. With two men out Steere got a base hit thereby bringing in Magill for an earned run.
With the score three to two against them Harvard came to the bat in the last of the ninth. Corbett knocked an easy grounder to Steere and went out at first. Cook got a base hit amid great enthusiasm. Wood cock proceeded to give Upton his base on balls, sending Cook to second. Here Highlands came to the bat, and won the most tremendous applause of the Harvard men, with a safe base hit, bring in Cook and tying the score. With the score a tie Hovey hit a long fly to centre making two out. Hallowell hit a hot liner to second, but by a very close decision was called out at first. Three out. Score 3 to 3. The tenth was almost as exciting as the one before. For Brown, Weeks went out at first on a ground ball to Hovey. Highlands then struck out Cook by the strongest kind of pitching. McLane went out at third on a slow grounder to Hovey. Here was Harvard's best chance to win the game, with all the heavy batters up. But Frothingham, Dickinson and Mason all got out on easy balls to the infield.
In the last inning Sexton fouled out to Corbett. Woodcock then got his only base hit in the two games, and stole second. Tenney got out on a grounder to Frothingham, and last, Magill got a base hit by a line fly which Corbett misjudged in the darkness, and Woodcock scored. Harvard was unable to do anything, and thus the game ended in eleven innings. The score:
HARVARD.
A. B. R. B. H. T. B. S. H. P. O. A. E.
Hovey ss., 5 1 2 3 0 8 4 1
Hallowell c.f., 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Frothingham 2b., 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 0
Dickinson 1b., 5 0 1 1 0 13 0 1
Mason 1f., 5 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
Corbett r.f., 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Cook 3b., 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
Upton c. 3 0 0 0 1 7 7 0
Highlands p., 5 0 2 2 1 1 7 0
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