The 'Varsity gave a decidedly poor exhibition of football yesterday afternoon, defeating Bowdoin by the score of 24 to 0.

The game was marked by several somewhat sensational runs, a great deal of fumbling in which Harvard was the principal offender, and a lack of interference by the 'Varsity that was extremely dissatisfying.

While Bowdoin was not so weak as was reported, their play was certainly not dangerous. Their line held fairly well and at times opened up large holes for the Bowdoin backs. The most noticeable feature of Harvard's work was the looseness of the play, and the poor fashion in which the team was run. The men were at times badly confused in the signals. Brown and Maguire erred most often in this respect. The weakest part of the line seemed to be between right tackle and guard. Burnett at centre had rather a hard time with Spear, and did not acquit himself badly. Cabot distinguished himself by excellent work throughout the game. He ran well with the ball and did the greater part of the tackling. Dibblee continued his fine work at halfback. He made repeated gains of twenty yards and scored one of the four touchdowns.

Stanwood at right halfback played a good game for Bowdoin. Several times he plunged through between guard and tackle for gains of seven or eight yards. His tackling also was of a high order. Gregson made the sensational play of the game. Harvard had the ball on Bowdoin's five yard line; it was given to Haughton to carry over, but he fumbled just after crossing the line. Gregson secured it and started for Harvard's goal with a clear field; he was tackled, however, and downed beautifully by Maguire on Bowdoin's thirty-five yard line. The mis-play was inexcusable and a score might have resulted.

The punting on both sides was rather good. Maguire, in particular, made several long return punts. Haughton missed two trials at goals from the fleld, and failed to kick an absurdly easy goal from a touchdown. Bowdoin was forced to make a safety during the first half. Mainard, who replaced Clark at fullback on the Bowdoin team, made several long runs and distinguished himself by some very clever tackles.

Line-up and summary:

HARVARD. BOWDOIN.

Cabot, l. e. r. e., Gregson.

Wheeler, l. t. r. t., Merrill.

Bouve, l. g. r. g., Bodwell.

Burnett, c. c., Spear.

Shaw, r. g. l. g., Clondman.

Mills, r. t. l. t., Stockbridge.

Moulton, r. e. l. e., Gould.

Maguire, q. b. q. b., Moulton.