Saturday was distinctly a Harvard day in the athletic calendar, in spite of the fact that the Cricket Eleven yielded to Haverford. The interest of the day was centered in the two baseball games with Pennsylvania, and both were won by our nines.

The result of the 'Varsity game was a happy disappointment for many of us. The victory over Brown had encouraged us to believe that we should make a close game of it with Pennsylvania, but we had not dared to hope for a victory by so large a score. We can now look forward to the game next Saturday with greatly increased confidence in our Nine. They have proved their ability to defeat Princeton by their work in these last two contests, for Brown beat Yale badly, and Saturday Yale won from Princeton in a closely played game. Then there is the additional advantage that our Nine will have of playing on the home grounds. The enthusiasm shown by the students over the two last games should satisfy the Nine that there will be no lack of student support on Saturday.

We would again urge the organization of this support by the baseball management. On Saturday afternoon let us hear again the long, stirring Harvard cheers given in exact unison by five hundred men. That is the sort of applause that goes to the heart of each separate player and makes him feel that the honor of the University rests in great part upon him, and that he will do all there is in him to do to show that this trust has not been misplaced. If this sort of organized cheering is not given at the game, and kept up to from start to finish, especially if the game is up hill, the management will have only themselves to blame. The benches will be filled with students ready and eager to cheer, but there will probably be no effective applause at all, if the proper men are not regularly appointed to lead the different sections.

A word before we end to our plucky Freshman Nine. They were somewhat surprised by the strength of the team they played on Saturday, and they soon woke up to the fact that they must work to win.

From the beginning of the third inning they played a great game, and won by two runs. The match was a good, clean exhibition of ball playing. The manly way in which the members of the class on the stands cheered the good plays of the Pennsylvania men, make us feel very proud of Ninety-nine.