The 'Varsity had no trouble in defeating Amherst yesterday by a score of 38 to 0, although Amherst by a blocked punt and a succession of vigorous rushes through the centre, missed scoring only through Harvard's making a firm stand on her 5-yard line. Taken all in all, the game was an interesting contest, and in one particular at least, namely in the decided improvement shown by the eleven as a whole during the second half, was illustrative of the effect of quick, snappy play upon an opposing team. Harvard, it may be said, played erratically. In the first half, practically the whole Harvard line was through twice to block punts. In the same half, practically the whole Amherst eleven piled through on Haughton who was kicking close up to the line. Throughout the game, in fact, the line was palpably weak in the defence of punts; and besides broke through poorly in comparison with the light-weight Amherst eleven. Wheeler, especially, failed to open up holes for his backs; he was slow in getting into the plays and instead of being in a position to help the runner, was often in the way. Burden was largely responsible for letting the Amherst line through on punts. The Harvard backs gained little ground through his territory, and like Wheeler he was unwieldy.

Except in a few instances, the backs started faster, ran with more precision, and hit the line harder than at any time this season. The interference, with the exception of Haughton, got into swing in good shape. Garrison, who was tried at quarter for the first time, was the strongest factor in aiding his backs by timely blocking off. He was virtually the instrument of Dibblee's long run of 50 yards for a touchdown. He ran the plays with a great deal of judgment and infused plenty of spirit into the men, by his energetic style of play. His most conspicuous fault was a tendency to be slow with the signals, but this was probably in some part, the fault of the backs, who seemed to be unfamiliar with the code. Sawin proved to be a good ground gainer. He did nothing in particular the first half, but was rather unfortunate several times in not having good interference. He seems to be the most promising man that has been played at right half this season.

Donald and Bouve were both used to great advantage in rushing the ball. Cabot ran well, gaining in almost every instance. The double pass was again used, and though it was by this play that Dibblee made his long run, in general it seems to be an ineffective play if used against a strong team.

The line-up and summary follow:

HARVARD. AMHERST.

Moulton, r. e. l. e., Ballantine.

Donald, r. t. l. t., F. Dudley.

Shaw, r. g. l. g., Fosdick.

Burden, c. c., Winslow.

Bouve, l. g. r. g., W. Dudley.

Wheeler, l. t. r. t., Elam.

Cabot, l. e. r. e., Howard.

Garrison, q. b. q. b., Pratt.

Sawin, r. h. b. l. h. b., Kendall.

Dibblee, l. h. b. r. h. b., Whitney.

Haughton, Warren, f. b. f. b., Griffin.

Touchdowns scored by-Haughton, 3; Dibblee, 2; Sawin, 1; Bouve, 1. Goals from touchdowns-Haughton, 2; Sawin, 3. Umpire-Pratt, Amherst. Referee-W. H. Lewis, Amherst-Harvard. Linesmen-Lewis, Amherst; Richardson, Harvard.