A summary of the results of Harvard-Yale base ball games may be of interest at this time in view of the game today.

The first Harvard-Yale game was played at Worcester in 1868. Reference to the scores given below will show how ill perfected the game was at that time, for scores which would today seem very large were then the rule rather than the exception. We give below the dates, places and scores of all games between the two colleges from 1868 till today, as well as the names of the winning teams.

DATE. PLACE. WON BY SCORE.

1868.

July 25. Worcester, Harvard, 25-17

1869.

July 5, Brooklyn, Harvard, 41-24

1870.

July 4. New Haven, Harvard, 24-22

1871.

July 5, New Haven, Harvard, 22-19

1872.

In this year Yale proposed the best two out of three games and Harvard agreed. The contest was thrown open to all departments of the universities.

DATE. PLACE. WON BY. SCORE.

June 1, New Haven, Harvard, 32-13