Harvard had no trouble at all, in defeating the University of Pennsylvania nine, yesterday, by the score of 7 to 2. It was expected that Bayne might prove much more of a puzzle to our men than he did, since it was owing in a great measure to his fine pitching last April that Harvard was beaten by this team at Philadelphia 13 to 9. However Harvard had no difficulty in hitting him, whether on account of his change of style or their own improvement is a question. His pitching at the first of the season was mostly a high ball with a drop, but yesterday hardly a ball was higher than the man's waist. Bayne certainly had the poorest kind of support from his own nine, all of their errors being inexcusable.

Bates pitched for Harvard and did unusually well, keeping down the hits and using great judgment. He was well supported by Cobb, as well as by the rest of the team, whose playing was all the time sharp and active. The errors made were excusable, being made on very hard balls to handle. Hovey's throw in the ninth to cut off Schoff at the plate was the finest seen on Holmes Field for a long time. The double play by Bates, Cobb and Dickinson was also a brilliant piece of work.

Pennsylvania came first to the bat and went out in one, two, three order. With two men out, Hovey got third on a bad error by Bergen, while Cook got his base on balls and stole second. They were left here, as Trafford made the third out on a grounder to Bayne. In the second inning Bayne led off with a hot liner to Hovey, which was thrown wild, thus letting him to first. Lansing stepped up and almost without thinking hit a little pop fly, which so surprised him that he was unable to run and was tagged out by Cobb. Schoff got his base on balls, and Bergen followed, being hit by the ball. Coogan hit a sharp ball to Bates, which the latter threw to Cobb, shutting out Bayne's run, and Cobb made a double play to first, leaving the two men on bases. Harvard went out, in the second, in one, two, three order, as did Pennsylvania in the third.

The third, for Harvard, was the first in which they scored. Bates started in with a base on Thomson's error. Hallowell advanced him a base with a single to centre field, and Frothingham struck out. Hovey got a little bunt in front of the plate, and two men scored, while Hovey went to third, as Lansing threw very wild to first. Cook followed with a beauty to centre field bringing in Hovey, but was caught between the bases later, for the second out. Trafford got a scratch hit, but was thrown out while trying to steal second.

In the fourth Thomson started off with a hit which Hovey failed to handle, and went to second on a wild pitch. Bayne sacrificed and Thomson took third only to be thrown out by Bates on Lansing's hit. Lansing was forced to second on Schoff's hit, and was there put out. Cobb got to first on a single, in Harvard's half of the fourth, but was left there.

In the fifth, Pennsylvania got men on bases, by a base on balls and a base hit, but they were left there. Harvard made three outs in succession in this inning. Again in the sixth Pennsylvania got men on bases, but the three were either thrown out or left on bases. Harvard however scored three runs. Cook flied out to Bergen in centre field. Trafford got a single, and took second on an error by Thomson, on Dickinson's hit. He took third on the throw to catch Corbett, while the entire Pennsylvania team went to pieces, on Corbett's hit and let in three runs.

The seventh inning was the only one in which Pennsylvania scored, and the runs in this inning would not have been made but for a series of mishaps. Schoff struck out and Bergen got his base on balls. Coogan advanced him a base by a sacrifice, and then Vail followed with a hit to right field, which struck the track boards and bounded crooked. Corbett threw to cut off Bergen, but Cobb stood in his way and was knocked down, the ball going over to the bleachers. By the time the ball had been fielded, Vail had scored the second run for Pennsylvania.

Harvard also scored in her half of the inning. Hallowell got a single to centre field, stole second and took third on Frothingham's sacrifice. A wild pitch let him score. Hovey flied out to Bergen, and Cook got a single, and stole second, only to be left there, as Trafford made the third out.

In the eighth Thomson got as far as third, on a base on balls, a steal and a sacrifice, but was left there by Lansing who flied out to Trafford. Harvard went out in one, two, three order.

In the ninth, Schoff got first on a clean hit to centre field, stole his second and took third on Bergen's sacrifice. He would have scored on Coogan's hit if Hovey had not made a beautiful throw and cut him off. Coogan was left at second.

The score:

HARVARD.

A.B. R. B.H. T.B. P.O. A. E.

Hallowell c.f. 4 2 3 3 0 0 0

Frothingham, 2b. 4 0 0 0 3 1 0