An Easy Victory.

Our nine had no difficulty in defeating the nine from Williamstown on Holmes Field, yesterday afternoon. Though the Williams men at times fielded sharply, they show great want of practice, especially in batting; wild throws and fumbles at critical points gave Harvard her runs. During the whole game, Williams reached first base but twice.

The game began at 3.45 o'clock with Harvard at the bat. The first two men retired in order; Nichols reached his base on balls, and after reaching third on a wild pitch, was left there by Allen striking out. Williams retired in order. In the second inning, after Smith had made a hit, Tuch struck out the next three men who came to the bat. Williams did nothing. Neither side scored in the next two innings; in the fourth an easy double play was made by Williams, on a hit by Allen to short stop, forcing out Nichols at second. In the same inning, Smith made a beautiful catch of a hot liner from Safford's bat. In the fifth, wild throws by third base, pitcher, short stop, and first base, a hit by Choate, and Nichols' hard drive just inside of third-a home run-netted Harvard five runs. In the seventh, Eastman reached first on Foster's muff, a very excusable error however, but failed to score. In the eighth inning, Nichols reached first on balls, Allen and Smith hit safely, and then a fumble by Talcott gave Harvard three more runs. When Williams came to the bat in this inning, Warren knocked a long fly to right field, in towards centre, which looked good for two bases; Foster ran hard, got under the ball, but just at this instant the strong southwest wind which was blowing across the field, veered the ball in towards the right, and Foster, quickly turning with his left hand caught it. It was one of the finest catches ever seen on the field. In the ninth, after Choate had hit safely, Beaman flied out to Warren, and Tilden and Nichols both struck out. Hubbell made the only hit for Williams in this inning, a drive to right field.

Winslow pitched a perfect game, giving not a man a base on balls, having no wild pitches, and holding his opponents down to a single hit. Smith's work at second was brilliant, and he also led the nine in batting. Nichols played splendidly at first. For Wiliams, Eastman caught finely, and Tuch pitched effectively. Burden did good work at second.

Appended is the score:

HARVARD.A.B R. B.H. T.B P.O. A. E.

Beaman, 3b., 5 1 0 0 0 1 0

Tilden, l. f., 5 0 0 0 1 0 0

Nichols, 1b., 3 2 1 4 14 0 0

Allen, c. f., 4 0 1 1 0 0 0

Smith, 2b., 4 0 3 3 6 5 0

Foster, r. f., 4 2 0 0 2 0 1

Wiestling, s. s., 4 2 0 0 0 1 0

Winslow, p., 4 0 0 0 0 11 0

Choate, c., 4 1 2 2 4 1 2

Totals, 37 8 7 10 27 19 3

WILLIAMS.A.B. R. B.H. T.B. P.O. A. E.

Eastman, c., 4 0 0 0 9 2 0

Bacon, l. f., 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Safford, 3b., 3 0 0 0 0 1 2

Blackmer, 1b., 3 0 0 0 10 0 1

Warren, r. f., 3 0 0 0 1 0 0

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

Tuch, p., 3 0 0 0 0 12 5

Talcott, s. s., 3 0 0 0 0 7 2

Hubbell, c. f., 3 0 1 1 3 0 0

Totals, 29 0 1 1 27 23 10

Innings, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Harvard, 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 0-8

Williams, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0

Home run, Nichols. First base on balls, by Tuch, 2. First base on balls, by Tuch, 2. First base on erors, Harvard, 6; Williams, 1. Struck out, by Winslow, 5; by Tuch, 8. Double play, Talcott, Burden, Blackmer. Passed balls, Choate, 2. Wild pitches, Tuch, 2. Left on bases, Harvard, 4; Williams, 2. Umpire, Mr. Donovan. Time, 1h. 45m.