Cornell was defeated by the baseball team yesterday in a poorly played game by the score of 16 to 3. Clarkson's brilliant pitching, and Cornell's poor playing in all departments of the game gave the Harvard team a victory that was by no means deserved. The base-running was again very weak showing a decided falling off in form since the Andover game. Matthews and Randall were both put out on bases, while several other men only escaped a similar fate by Cornell's timely errors. Thirteen hits were made, including two home runs, which would indicate a slight improvement in batting over the work in recent games. The bunting too was more encouraging. The little fielding that was offered through Clarkson's splendid work, was not well accepted, five inexcusable errors being made. Randall dropped an easy throw in the fourth inning, apparently from no other reason than sheer carelessness. Behind the bat R. Kernan caught a praise-worthy game, and threw to bases with accuracy and judgment.

In the second inning Randall and Coolidge received bases on balls and were advanced a base by the fumble of Stillman's infield grounder. Randall scored when Stephenson was hit by a, pitched ball, and Clarkson on a hit by Carr, which advanced Stillman and Stephenson a base each. Another error brought in Stephenson, and allowed Carr to reach third. From there he scored on a double steal with Coolidge. A hit by Stillman and a home run by Stephenson brought in two more runs in the next inning. Randall opened the fifth inning by being hit; Stephenson singled, bringing in Randall; and R. Kernan reached first on an error by Chase. Then Carr's base-hit scored Stephenson and advanced Kernan to third. A well played double steal brought in Kernan, raising Harvard's score to ten runs. In the sixth inning successive hits by Matthews, Randall, and Clarkson together with an error by Chase allowed Harvard two more runs. The seventh opened with a home run by R. Kernan. Carr received two bases on an error by centre field, and came home on a single by Coolidge, who reached second on the throw to the plate and scored on a passed ball. Matthews, who had got to first base on a muffed third strike, reached third on this same play and scored the last run for Harvard on a single by Clarkson. Cornell scored one run in the third inning on Shepard's three-base hit and a single by Brewster; one in the fifth on base hits by G. Costello and Lewis and errors by Matthews and Carr; and one in the sixth on a three-base hit and an error by Randall.

The summary follows: HARVARD.   a.b.  r.  b.h.  p.o.  a.  e. Coolidge, 2b.  5  1  1  0  1  0 H. Kernan, l.f.  5  0  1  2  0  0 Matthews, s.s.  4  1  2  1  0  2 Randall, 1b.  2  3  1  5  0  2 Clarkson, p.  4  1  2  0  1  0 Stillman, c.f.  3  2  1  1  0  0 Stephenson, r.f.  4  3  2  1  0  0 R. Kernan, c.  5  2  1  15  3  0 Carr, 3b.  5  2  2  0  1  1 Skilton, 2b.  1  0  0  0  0  0 Story, s.s.  1  1  0  2  0  0 Daly, c.f.  2  0  0  0  0  0 Totals,  41  16  13  27  6  5 CORNELL.   a.b.  r.  b.h.  p.o.  a.  e. Bigler, c.f.  5  0  0  1  0  1 Brewster, l.f.  5  0  1  0  0  0 Lewis, s.s.  4  0  1  1  2  2 Ferguson, 1b.  3  0  1  9  0  0 A. Costello, 2b.  4  1  1  4  2  2 Chase, p.  4  0  0  0  3  2 Umstead, r.f.  3  0  0  2  1  0 G. Costello, 3b.  2  1  1  2  3  2 Shepard, c.  3  1  0  5  1  0 Totals,  33  3  5  24  12  9

Innings,  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 Harvard,  0  5  2  0  3  2  4  0  0--16 Cornell,  0  0  1  0  1  1  0  0  0--3

Earned runs--Harvard 16, Cornell 3. Home runs--Stephenson, Kernan. Three-base hits--Shepard, A. Costello. Two-base hit -- Ferguson. Stolen bases -- Carr 2, Coolidge, R, Kernan, Matthews, Umstead. Bases on balls--by Chase: Randall, Clarkson; by Clarkson: Ferguson, Umstead, G. Costello 2. Hit by pitched balls--by Chase: Stephenson, Randall. Struck out--by Chase: Coolidge, H. Kernan, Story; by Clarkson: Umstead 2, Bigler 2, Costello 2, Shepard 2, Ferguson 2, Chase 2, Brewster 2, Lewis. Passed balls--by Shepard 2. Umpire--Murray. Time--2h. 15m.