The game with the Yale Law School Saturday was very close, and came dangerously near being a defeat. The nine, blanked for six innings, went to work with a will in the last three and pulled out the game. It was well done and they deserve much praise for their pluck and determination.

The Law School men have a strong team, and, as far as figures go, they played the better game. Each team made two errors; but Harvard made eight hits, and the Law School ten.

In the field the team played well, but at bat they left much to be desired. There seems to be no good reason why they should have fallen back into the pernicious habit of knocking balls into the air. Twenty-eight times the ball was hit, and seventeen times it went into the air. This is altogether bad and needs permanent rectifying.

More than this, the nine certainly does seem to lack head. In the first inning. Murphy was at least thirty-feet from third when Highlands got the ball, and yet he threw to first. That run was a pure gift. Then in the seventh with two men out, and men on third and first, they bunglingly tried to cut the man off at second, and so let in the second run. Coaching Hallowell home in the seventh seemed to be a piece of poor judgment. Such plays are exactly as bad as errors.

When Harvard went to the bat in the seventh, the score was 20. With one out, Highlands made first on an error, advanced to second on Hallowell's base on balls, to third on Mason's sacrifice and home on Upton's hit. In the eighth, thanks to Hapgood, the game was won. Cook and Sullivan were on third and second, and there were two men out. It was a trying place for Hapgood, and yet there could not have been a prettier hit than the one he planted between centre and right field.

In the ninth, after two were out, Louder made a three-bagger and came in on Mason's error in handling the ball. Mason however promptly hit, stole, and came in on Upton's hit. A notion of the effort Harvard made in these last three innings may be gained from the fact that in them, five of the eight hits were made.

The score:

HARVARD.

AB R. BH TB PO A E

Hallowell cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0

Mason lf 2 1 2 2 2 0 1

Upton c 5 0 2 2 6 0 0

Frothingham 2b 4 0 1 1 2 1 0

Cook rf 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Sullivan ss 4 1 1 1 5 1 0

Trafford 1b 2 0 0 0 8 1 0

Hapgood 3b 4 0 1 1 1 1 0

A. Highlands p 4 1 0 0 2 13 1

- - - - - - -

Totals, 30 4 8 8 *26 17 2

YALE LAW SCHOOL.

AB R BH TB PO A E

Murphy ss 4 1 1 1 2 3 1

Reddington lf 3 0 0 0 0 6 0

Bowers p 3 0 1 1 0 0 0

O'Neil 1b 4 0 2 3 10 1 0

Parsons cf 4 0 1 1 4 0 0

Beidelman c 4 0 0 0 4 2 0

Louder 3b 4 0 3 4 2 2 1

Norton 2b 4 2 1 3 2 1 0

Curtis rf 4 0 1 1 1 0 0

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Totals, 34 3 10 14 **25 15 2

Innings, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Harvard, 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4

Yale L. S. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3

Earned runs, Harvard, 2; Yale L. S., 2. Two base bits, O'Neil, Norton. Three base hit, Louder. Sacrifice hits, Mason, Reddington, Bowers, Trafford 2. Stolen bases, Mason 4, Hallowell, Curtis, Upton. First base on balls, Mason 2, Cook, Murphy, Hallowell, Cook. First base on errors, Harvard, 2; Yale L. S., 1. Struck out, Parsons 2, Curtis 2; Upton, Louder, Hapgood. Double plays, Highlands, Trafford and Upton. Passed ball, Beidelman. Time, 1 hour, 30 minutes. Umpire, Mr. Murray.

* Beidelman hit by batted ball.

** Two men out when winning run was made.