In one of the best played games of the season the 1917 baseball team was defeated by Worcester Academy Saturday by the score of 4 to 1. Nichols, who pitched for Worcester, had the Freshmen under control throughout the game, allowing only four hits and striking out 12 men. Worcester jumped into the lead in the first inning, scoring one run, but the Freshmen tied the score in the second. The third inning brought Worcester another score and in the eighth two more were added.

The muddy diamond deprived the Freshmen of a chance to tie the score in the fourth. Abbott had reached second, when Willcox singled cleanly. Abbot, rounding third, slipped and fell, and was caught at the plate, making the third out. Besides Willcox, Harte and Ashley were the only men who could hit Nichols, Harte securing a double, while Ashley made a single and a two-bagger.

The batting orders: HARVARD 1917.  WORCESTER. Reed, s.s.  s.s., Malone Abbot, 2b.  c., Murphy Holly, 1b.  c.f., Haas Harte, c.  1b., Whelan Beal, 3b.  3b., Mitchell Ashley, c.f.  2b., Bower Ames, l.f.  p., Nichols Emmons, r.f.  r.f., Cogswell Willcox, p.  l.f., Stanley, Newth

  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9--R.  H.  E. Freshmen,  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0--1  4  3 Worcester,  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  2  x--4  7  0