The third and deciding game of the Yale baseball series was lost by Harvard to Yale, 13 to 8, on the Boston American League diamond, Saturday, June 20. This final game was extremely disappointing owing to the fact that the Crimson lead of four runs in the first inning, which seemed to assure victory for Harvard, proved of little avail against the Yale runs acquired later in the game through the deplorable lack of control of the four pitchers used by Harvard, Mahan, Whitney, Hitchcock, and Frye.

Five Hits and Four Runs.

In the first inning, with two men out, Clark, Ayres, Gannett, Hardwick, and Frye made hits in succession; Gannett's was for two bases. Four runs resulted. Yale scored two in the same inning from a base on balls, a steal, two hits and a sacrifice fly. In the third Ayres doubled and scored on Gannett's single. Hardwick also made a hit, but Gannett was thrown out when he tried to make third on it. In Yale's half, Way's hit, an error, an out, and a base on balls filled the bases Whitney then replaced Mahan. The next batter went out on an infield fly, but another base on balls forced in a run. The next batter flied out.

Three Hits and No Runs.

In the fourth, Harvard made three hits but no runs. For Yale in this inning, Falsey tripled to centre. Swihart drove a liner to Frye, who misjudged and then dropped the ball; before the fielder recovered himself and the ball, both runners had scored. Whitney gave another base on balls and Frye succeeded him on the mound. Gile was out at third, on Middlebrook's grounder to pitcher. Hanes then hit safely to left, but Frye threw out Middlebrook at third. Nash by a phenomenal stop, put out Blossom.

Clark and Hardwick singled in the fifth, and Blossom made an error, giving Harvard a run. Yale did not score in the fifth, nor Harvard in the sixth. Yale tallied twice on Swihart's hit, a wild throw by Hitchcock, who had taken up the slab work, an out at first, two bases on balls and another hit.

Hanes Breaks Up Game.

In the seventh Harvard made another run on a base on balls and two hits. In Yale's part of the inning, Hitchcock gave two bases on balls and Swihart was safe when Clark lost the ball in the sun. Hanes, the batter whom on the preceding Wednesday Mahan had struck out with three men on bases in the ninth, now seized his second opportunity to distinguish himself and cleared the bases with a clean home run. Yale scored again in the eighth and Harvard in the ninth.

The summary: YALE. Middlebrook, c. f.,  3  2  0  2  1  0 Hanes, r.f.,  4  2  3  1  0  0 Blossom, s.s.,  2  1  0  2  0  1 Cornish, 2b.,  3  0  1  2  3  0 Reilly, 3b.,  3  0  1  2  2  1 Hunter, c.,  4  1  0  6  2  0 Falsey, l.f.,  4  2  1  1  1  1 Swihart, 1b.,  5  3  1  8  0  0 Way, p.,  1  1  1  0  2  0 Gile, p.,  1  1  0  1  1  0 Totals,  30  13  8  26  12  3 HARVARD.   a.b.  r.  b.h.  p.o.  a.  e. Nash, 1b.,  5  0  1  9  3  0 Wingate, s.s.,  4  1  2  2  3  0 Clark, 2b.,  5  2  2  3  2  3 Ayres, 3b.,  5  3  3  2  1  0 Gannett, r.f.,  5  1  2  1  0  0 Hardwick, c.f.,  5  1  4  2  0  0 Frye, c.f., p.,  3  0  1  0  2  2 Mahan, p.,  1  0  0  0  0  0 Whitney, p.,  1  0  1  0  0  0 Hitchcock, p.,  1  0  0  2  2  1 Milholland, cf.,  1  0  0  0  0  0 Osborn, c.,  2  0  0  3  2  0 Totals,  38  8  16  24  15  6

Innings,  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 Yale,  2  0  1  2  0  3  4  1  x--13 Harvard,  4  0  1  0  1  0  1  0  1--8

Home run--Hanes. Three-base hit--Falsey. Two-base hits--Ayres, Gannett. Base-hits--off Way, 10; off Gile 6; off Mahan, 3; off Whitney, 2; off Hitchcock, 4. Sacrifice hits--Middlebrook, Hanes, Blossom, Reilly, Gile, Osborn. Stolen bases--Middlebrook, Hanes 3, Blossom, Swihart, Hunter. First base on errors--Yale 1, Harvard 1. Left on bases--Yale 7, Harvard 6. Bases on balls--off Gile, 2; off Mahan, 2; off Whitney, 2; off Hitchcock, 4; off Frye, 1. Struck out--by Way, 1; by Gile, 5; by Mahan, 1; by Hitchcock, 2. Hit by pitched ball--by Hitchcock, 1. Umpires--Sternberg and Conway. Time--2h., 47m. Attendance, 15,000.