The 'Varsity defeated Wesleyan yesterday afternoon by the score of 34-0, in an uninteresting and one-sided game. Wesleyan was far from being the strong eleven that their recent scores indicated. They never kept the ball for any appreciable length of time and never forced the playing into Harvard's territory. Assisted only by the line-men, who lacked aggressiveness, their backs were able to gain the necessary five yards but once, and that on an extremely fine decision. On the defensive they held for downs but once and were continually pushed back by the hard rushing game played by Harvard. The guards back formation proved irresistible to the weaker Wesleyan line; Bouve was sent with the ball again and again for five and ten yard gains.

Harvard displayed her usual strength in the line, holding Wesleyan's feeble attacks with comparative ease. The tendency to off-side play and holding, so apparent in last Saturday's game, has not yet been eradicated, as the team showed signs of reverting to such tactics yesterday. The result was that once Wesleyan got the ball for holding, and once was given yards for off-side play. The offensive strength of the eleven can hardly be judged by their showing against the lighter Wesleyan team, as the backs gained almost at will and the forwards opened large holes at every play. The new plays of running the tackles and ends proved fairly successful, although a lack of practice caused them to gain with none of their probable future effectiveness.

Behind the line, there was a decided improvement in the interference which at times got together better than at any time this season. Every man got into the play with more readiness, and entered into the combination more compactly. Some of the end plays were practically invulnerable; the blockers off put every man out of the play without seriously impeding the runner. On account of the weakness in the opposing line, however, many of these plays were accomplished with a facility which otherwise would be next to impossible. The backs also kept their feet well when running and in starting were always off quickly. Dibblee made many good gains, and exhibited more forcibly than ever his capabilities for dodging when he gained ten yards after he had virtually been downed. Sawin's work was fair but to some extent lacked head-work; he often failed to run for openings which would have netted larger gains.

At full-back Haughton's punting with the wind was excellent. His punts were not only long and well placed, but high enough to enable the ends to get down the field. His rushing lacked impetus and on the whole was only fair.

On the ends, Graydon and Richardson were given no opportunities for breaking up plays as Wesleyan always tried the line when they had the ball. Both these men did fair work in rushing, while Graydon followed the ball with great precision and as a result recovered it for Harvard several times.

Cochrane showed a marked falling off in his goal kicking. Out of seven attempts, but three were successful, and two of the four missed were almost in-excusable. He ran the team with average judgment, but worked Bouve too hard at times.

Of the forwards, Swain was always in the game. He held Wesleyan's rushes very effectually and opened large holes for his backs. He was also well down the field on punts, with the result that he once tackled for a loss, and once, securing the ball on a fumble, ran 35 yards for a touchdown. Donald was strong on the defense, but on the offensive was careless about letting men through.

The line-up follows:

HARVARD. WESLEYAN.

Graydon, l. e. r. e., Archer Young.

Swain, l. t. r. t., Williams.

Bouve, l. g. r. g., Sibley.

Doucette, c. c., Bartlett.

Haskell, r. g. l. g., Townsend.

Donald, r. t. l. t., Yale.

Richardson, r. e. l. e., Arthur Young.

Cochrane, q. b. q. b., Davison.

Dibblee, Parker, l. h. b. r. h. b., Rymer.

Sawin, r. h. b. l. h. b., Kelly.

l. h. b., Wing, Lane.

Haughton, f. b. f. b., Dodds.

Warren, f. b. f. b., Wing.

The summary:

Score-Harvard 34. Touchdowns scored by-Sawin, Bouve 3, Swain, Dibblee, Haughton. Goals from touchdowns-Cochrane 3. Umpire-Draper, N. A. A. Referee-Curtis, B. A. A. Timekeeper-F. Wood, B. A. A. Linesmen-Burden, Harvard; Burdick, Wesleyan.