NEW HAVEN, June 1.- The Harvard nine was defeated by Princeton in this city this afternoon in the deciding game of the series by the score of 2-0.

The game was well played by both teams. The Princeton men, especially in the outfield, played their positions strongly and made put outs when hits seemed certain. Harvard, with the exception of one slip by Beale, played an errorless game. From the start the game developed into a pitcher's battle, in which Paine pitched effective, winning ball, keeping Princeton at his mercy. His own wildness, however, was fatal, for one of Princeton's runs resulted directly from a wild pitch. Jayne was hit hard, but the phenomenal catches of the Princeton outfield and his own beautiful fielding prevented Harvard from scoring.

Princeton started off well by getting one run in the first inning. Bradley, the first man up, took first on balls and went to second on Easton's out by a slow grounder to Stevenson. Altman flied out to Beale, and with two out, Paine lost control of the ball and made a wild pitch which allowed Bradley to score from second. The other run was made in the sixth. With one out, Kelley singled and went to second on Beale's error. Another wild pitch by Paine sent him to third, whence he was brought in on Smith's safe hit. Kafer also singled, but the next two men went out in order.

Only once did Harvard have a chance of scoring from third base and that came in the sixth inning. Haughton, the first man up, started the hitting with a three-bagger, which would have been a home run but for clean fielding. Harvard, however, failed to rise to the emergency, the next three men going out in order, two of them on assists by Jayne.

The score:

PRINCETON.

a.b. r. b.h. t.b. p.o. a. e.

Bradley, c. f. 4 1 0 0 3 0 0

Easton, l. f. 3 0 0 0 3 0 0

Altman, r. f. 4 0 0 0 1 0 0

Butler, s. s. 3 0 0 0 2 1 0

Kelley, 1b. 4 1 3 3 12 0 0

Smith, 2b. 2 0 1 1 1 3 2

Kafer, c. 3 0 2 4 4 2 0

Hillebrand, 3b. 4 0 0 0 0 1 1