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...nine. Owing to the disagreeable weather, not more than two hundred people witnessed the struggle. The game was to have been called at 3 o'clock p. m., but owing to some discussion in regard to coaching on bases, operations were not begun until 3.20. Harvard went to the bat first...
Eighty-eight and Ninety-one played their second game yesterday on Jarvis field. Eighty-eight went to the bat first and pounded Guerin for five runs, three of which were earned. After the first inning Guerin settled down to work, and pitched well until the fourth inning; when he again went to pieces, and allowed Eighty-eight to get eight hits. In the fifth inning Holden was slightly injured while attempting to put Nichols out on second base; Palmer took his place and Crocker played in right field...
Austin pitched well for Eighty-eight, and was beautifully supported behind the bat by Thayer. Parker and Dean played well for the freshmen, while Stetson and Allen did the best work for the seniors...
Harvard, after the first three innings, played a steady game. Harvard batted hard, sending ten flies to the out-field. Linn played a fine fielding game and led his side at the bat. Gallivan played his usual good game, both in the field and at the bat. For Melrose, Grant played finely, as did Chase, who in the eighth caught a hot liner from Knowlton's bat, jumping high in the air. Harvard's coaching was poor, and lost her at least one run. The score...
...Harvard men who saw it, at the wretched showing of our representatives, was doubly bitter. There was a general feeling of confidence in the nine that even if they should be beaten they would give a good account of themselves both in the field and at the bat. The exhibition of fielding by Harvard was one which would have shamed a class nine in a game on Jarvis Field, and the batting was exceedingly weak for a nine which had such a reputation for its batting abilities. When we play Yale again in Cambridge, we hope the nine will retrieve...