BASE-BALL.

The freshmen played their first game on Holmes field on Fast Day with the Beacons. The Beacons appeared without several of their men, but nevertheless played a good game. Mr. Coolidge of the 'Varsity Nine covered second base for the Beacons. The freshmen played a very weak game in the first inning, but improved as the game advanced. Richardson and Welch did the best work for the Beacons. Nichols and Chamberlain led in batting, and Bruner and Nichols in fielding. Following is the score :

BEACONS.

A. B. R. 1B. T. B. P. O. A. R.

Sawyer, 1b 4 1 0 0 10 0 1

Richardson, c 4 1 0 0 8 2 1

Welch, 3b 4 1 1 3 2 2 0

Merrill, s.s. 4 0 0 0 0 7 1

Hall, l. f. 4 1 2 2 1 0 0

Ayer, c. f. 4 1 1 1 1 1 0

Fowler, p 3 1 1 1 1 5 3

Abercrombie, r. f. 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Coolidge, 2b. 3 2 1 1 4 2 1

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Totals 34 8 6 8 27 19 7

HARVARD, '86.

A. B. R. 1B. T. B. P. O. A. R.

Phillips, 2b. 4 0 0 0 3 2 1

Nichols, c. 4 0 2 2 10 1 2

Collins, c.f. 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Smith, 1b. 4 0 0 0 8 0 1

Kimball, 3b. 3 1 1 1 0 2 3

Edgerly, l. f. 3 2 1 1 1 0 2

Chamber ain, p. 4 0 1 2 0 2 3

Bruner, r. f. 3 0 1 1 2 0 0

Burnett, s. s. 2 0 0 0 0 1 1

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Totals 31 3 6 7 21 8 11

Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Beacons 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 - 8

Harvard, '86 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 3

Two-base hits - Welch, 1; Chamberlain, 1. First base on balls - Beacons, 3; Harvard, '86, 3. First base on errors - Beacons, 4; Harvard, '86, 2. Struck out - Beacons, 5; Harvard, '86, 3. Double plays - Coolidge, Sawyer. Passed balls - Nichols. 2; Richardson, 1. Wild pitches - Chamberlain, 1. Time of game, 1 hour 50 minutes. Umpire - Mr. C. W. Baker, '84.

'Varsity Nine, 12; Second Nine, 8.The nine played its first game on Monday last with the Second Nine on Holmes Feld. The nines exchanged "batteries," Fletcher and Keep pitching and catching for the 'Varsity, White and Crocker for the Second Nine. The playing was rather weak throughout. White's pitching was wild at times, but was well supported by Crocker. Keep caught well for the 'Varsity. Lovering, Beaman and Smith did the best work.

Notes.Le Moyne, '84, is playing on the 'Varsity Nine.

The Brown Nine will play the Bostons in Boston, April 28th.

The Brown 'Varsity Team plays a picked nine April 10, 12 and 14.

Johns Hopkins University, it is said, will present a strong nine this season.

At Princeton, N. J., last Saturday, the Princeton Nine defeated the Philadelphia Amateur Club by a score of 3 to 1. Moffat's pitching was very effective. The batting was weak.

"The Jasper Club of Manhattan College, is one of the strongest college clubs," says the N. Y. Times, "and will play a number of match games this season. This club sometime ago was refused admission into the college association, but it is thought that it is equally as strong as any of the members of that association, as it gave evidence by playing a very close game with the Metropolitan Club last week."