The University baseball team will play its second game with Holy Cross this afternoon at 4 o'clock on Soldiers Field. It has not yet been determined whether Hicks or Hartford will pitch, but the former will probably start the game. Dowd, who was in the box at Worcester on May 8 when Holy Cross won 7 to 6, will again oppose the University team.

The interval of a week without a game since the victory over Williams last Thursday has given the University team an opportunity to recover from the strain of a rather severe mid-season. The cancellation of the Dartmouth game last Saturday reduces the schedule to only 20 games, of which 10 have been won, 3 lost, and 7 remain to be played. The team will be strengthened today by the return of Briggs to first base. MacLaughlin will not be able to be back at second for several days and in the meanwhile Crocker will continue at the position.

Holy Cross has had a varied season since the first game with the University team. The most important games have been with Brown and Yale. The score of the former was 4 to 2 in favor of Brown. The latter was won by Holy Cross, 4 to 0. The make-up of the team this afternoon will be the same as in the first game with the exception of second base, which will be filled by Jones instead of Fryer. Harrington will take Jones's former place in right field.

The batting orders: HARVARD.  HOLY CROSS. Lanigan, 3b.  3b., D. Mahoney Harvey, c.f.  s.s., Craig Currier, c.  2b., Jones Aronson, r.f.  c., Larkin Simons, s.s.  p., Dowd Dana, l.f.  1b., Kearney Crocker, 2b.  l.f., S. Mahoney Briggs, 1b.  r.f., Harrington Hicks, Hartford, p.  c.f., Whalen