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Yesterday was commencement day at Brown and our nine went to Providence to play an exhibition game with the Brown men. About 200 graduates, undergraduates and lady friends wit nessed the champions administer a telling defeat to the home nine. The game was played upon the "celebrated" ball field just behind the college buildings, noted for its short left field, hilly right field and the stone church at left centre...
...game was won then and there. Nothing was scored in the third inning; but in the fourth, four more hits and several costly errors by the Brown men enabled Harvard to make three more runs; score, 6 to 1. The fifth was even more disastrous for Brown. Foster went out, third base to first. Then Wiestling made his second hit of the game, a tremendous drive far over the left field fence, and scored an earned run. Singles by Beaman and Winslow, a two-base hit by Willard and three errors by Brown brought the total number of runs...
...scored its first run in the fourth. Nichols was sharply fielded out at first. Willard hit a fairly easy grounder to Cook, and seemed about to fall an easy victim at first, but Cook threw the ball five feet over Seagrave's head, allowing Willard to reach third. Allen went out on a long fly to left field, which allowed Willard to score. Smith was sent to first on balls, but Edgerly closed the inning by sending a pop fly to Gunderson, Brown failed to score, for Nichols again assisted Allen in retiring the three men first at bat, thus...
...Allen got in a rattling hit for three bases, and crossed the plate on an error by Clark. A base on balls and an attempted put-out enabled Smith and Edgerly to reach first and second respectively, but Foster closed the inning by being fielded out at first. Brown went out in order. Score, 2 to 0 for Harvard...
...seventh Winslow went to first on an error, and was advanced to third on a long two-base hit which Nichols sent birds-nesting into the willow trees. Both were left on base. Brown now scored its first run on a single by Seagrave, a passed ball, and a double by Shedd. Score, 2 to 1 for Harvard...