The game with Brown this afternoon is the last to be played by the nine until they meet Yale next week. It is important to win it because otherwise the series with Brown will end in a tie, and because its result will have an effect on the spirit with which the nine will enter the Yale game.

When the nine do poor work, the facts of the case are not to be disguised or softened in the least, and that such work has been done at times is undeniable. But, granting this, the circumstances of the year are always to be kept in mind, and full credit given for what the nine has done well. We hope that support will not be lacking this afternoon and that the game played by the nine will be a basis for more confident support in the Yale contest.