In the opening game of the season the University baseball team was defeated by the Boston American second team yesterday afternoon on the Huntington avenue grounds by a score of 4 to 2. The game was rater slow as the coldness of the day made lively fielding impossible. The University team made an excellent showing against their more experienced rivals.

Harvard started the scoring in the second inning. McLaughlin reached first when Mahoney dropped a fly. He was sacrificed to second by Clifford and came home on a hit by Kelly. Hann then got a pretty two-bagger to centre field but was out at the plate when he tried to come home on a single by Reeves. For the next four innings Harvard went out in one, two, three order, but in the seventh got men on second and third. Harvard's last run came in the ninth inning. Potter hit for two bases and came home on a wild throw to first by Yerkes.

Boston scored twice in the third inning, a base on balls, a balk, two stolen bases, a wild throw, and a fly to the out field figuring in the scoring. Riggert was passed in the sixth inning, advanced to second on an error and came in on a hit by Janvrin. In the eighth, Nebinger got a single, stole second and scored by the aid of a wild throw and an error.

The Summary: BOSTON AMERICAN SECOND TEAM. a. b.  r.  b. h.  p. o.  a.  e. Perry, c. f.  3  1  1  1  1  0 Myers, 1b.  4  1  0  13  0  0 Mahoney , r. f.  4  0  0  0  0  1 Nebinger, 2b.  4  1  1  1  2  0 Riggert, l. f.  2  1  0  0  0  0 Yerkes, s. s.  3  0  1  2  3  2 Janvrin, 3b.  4  0  1  0  1  0 Nunamaker, c.  3  0  0  10  1  0 Bedient, p.  1  0  0  0  3  0 McHale, p.  1  0  1  0  4  0 *Thoney.  1  0  0  0  0  0   30  4  5  27  15Tab3 HARVARD.   a. b.  r.  b.h.  p.o.  a.  e. Rogers, l. f.  4  0  2  1  0  0 Coon, S. S.,  4  0  0  2  3  2 Potter, 2b.  4  1  2  5  0  0 McLaughlin, 3b.  3  1  0  0  1  0 R. C. Clifford, c. f.  2  0  0  0  0  0 Kelly, l. f.  4  0  1  2  0  0 Hann, 1b.  3  0  1  6  0  0 Kennedy, 1b.  0  0  0  1  0  1 Reeves, c.  3  0  1  7  1  1 McKay, P.  1  0  0  0  2  1 Babson, p.  1  0  0  0  3  1 29  2  7  24  10  6

Innings,  1  2  3  4  56  7  8  9 Harvard,  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1--2 B. A. Second,  0  0  2  0  0  1  0  1  x--4

Left on bases--Boston 3. Two base hits--Hann, Potter. Sacrifice hits--McLaughlin, Clifford, Yerkes. Stolen bases--Perry, Myers, Nebinger, Janvrin. Double play--Nebinger to Myers. Bases on balls McKay 2. Babson 1. McHale 1. Struck out--Bedient 4. McHale 5. McKay 4. Babson 1. Hit by pitched ball--Clifford. Balks--McKay 2. Umpires--Conroy and O'Reilley. Time--1h. , 45m.

*Batted for Bedient in fifth inning.