In a close pitchers' battle, Winthrop House managed to gain the edge over Eliot House, 4-1 yesterday, while Kirkland and Lowell were engaging in a free for all slug fest in which Kirkland came out the winner by a margin of five runs.

The summary: WINTHROP 4  ELIOT 1 Crampton, ss.  c., Kimball Hindle, lf.  ss., Malley Lotarte, 3b.  cf., Northey Foley, 2b.  lf., Greeley Egan, c.  2b., Hickey Leon, cf.  1b., Bloombergh Maiullo, rf.  rf., Acomb Prunihan, 1b.  3b., Gaffney Day, p.  p., Uebel Holmes  Fullerton Randall  Scannell KIRKLAND 17  LOWELL 12 Seeman, ss.  2b., Phillips Wells, 1b.  lf., Illoway Perry, rf.  rf., Abel Winsauer, p.  1b., Holmes Engel, c.  3b., O'Conner Tighe, lf.  ss., Stern MacDonald, 3b.  cf., Fields Strauss, 2b.  c., Wickersham Notman, cf.  p., Cornell Kessler  Stevenson Adelman  Walsh, Sheafe Seder  Dumond