Failing to take advantage of its chances to score in the eighth inning of the contest, the Varsity baseball team went down to defeat yesterday before the Brown aggregation by the score of 3-2. DcGive was in the box for the Crimson during the entire game.

Because of yesterday's defeat, the Varsity has dropped to fourth place in the league standings, one place behind Dartmouth. Columbia still retains the league leadership.

The summary:, HARVARD ab  bh  po  a McCaffrey, cf.  2  0  3  1 Weir, rf.  4  0  1  1 Nevin, c.  4  1  4  2 Hines, 2b.  3  0  3  2 Gleason, lf., and 1b.  4  0  2  0 Lockwood, 1b.  3  0  6  0 Lupien, lf.  0  0  1  0 Sargent, ss.  4  0  3  0 Woodruff, 3b.  4  0  1  2 De Give, p.  4  1  0  3 *Murmes  1  0  0  0 32  2  24  11 *Murmes for Lockwood in 8th. BROWN ab  bh  po  a Kenshaw, 3b.  4  1  2  3 Kroeger, cf.  3  1  2  0 Tracy, lf.  3  1  2  0 Gilmartin, 1b.  4  1  9  0 Fowier, c.  4  1  6  2 Caito, ss.  3  1  4  1 Slader, 2b.  3  0  1  1 Gilbane, rf.  1  0  0  0 Hunt, p.  2  0  1  4 27  6  27  11

Score by innings: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 Brown  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  2  x--3 Harvard  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0--2

Runs--Kroeger, Slader, Gilbane, McCaffrey 2. Errors--Henshaw 2, Gilmartin, Caito, McCaffrey, Sargent, De Give. Two base hits--Tracy. Stolen bases--Kroeger, Sargent. Sacrifice hits--Kroeger, Gilbane, Hunt, Weir. Double plays--McCaffrey to Lockwood, Sargent unassisted. Struck out--By Hunt 6, by De Give 3. Wild pitch--McCaffrey hit by Hunt. Umpires--Finnell and Devron. Time--1 hour, 45 minutes.