BROWN, 9; HARVARD, 7.

Harvard was again defeated yesterday and this time in about as exciting and hotly contested a game as has been seen on Holmes Field for several years. The worst part of this defeat was that it was absolutely unnecessary, and was due entirely to the most childish of playing at critical points. For seven innings both nines played a brilliant game, and during this time Harvard held the lead by one run. In the eighth inning the team gave an exhibition of the most atrocious playing that has been seen in Cambridge this year, and seven runs were allowed principally on misplays by Clarkson. Lauder, the first man at bat knocked a fly to Dean, and then Robinson struck out. At this point Harvard held the lead, three to two and Brown had only one more inning to play. Lauder then hit an easy grounder to Clarkson who fielded the ball slowly and then threw poorly to first. A moment later Paine caught Lauder napping off first but when Stevenson turned to throw to second, Clarkson was not covering the base. Two chances had then been offered to retire the side. The next man hit safely and on another slow play by Clarkson the bases were full. Gammont made a scratch hit and was thrown poorly by R. Stevenson. Paine then became discouraged at the bad support that he was receiving and allowed a double to Summersgill and a triple to Fultz. After seven runs the team managed to put out Robinson.

With a score on nine to three against it, the Harvard team showed what it could do when the game was already lost. Burgess started with a single, Clarkson followed with a triple and Chandler with a double. Paine's hit was also safe, but he was foolishly coached to take second and was put out. R. Stevenson also went out, but hits by Haughton and T. Stevenson and a wild throw yielded another run. Dean closed the inning by a pop fly to Summersgill. in the ninth inning neither side got beyond first base.

Outside of the eighth inning Harvard clearly outplayed Brown, both at the bat and in the field, though both sides put up a brilliant game. Burgess distinguished himself by a fine running catch and continued to bat very strongly. The batting of Haughton and T. Stevenson was also excellent. Paine gave seven bases on balls but was very effective and outside of the eighth inning allowed only four hits. With proper support he would have retired Brown with one run. Chandler took Rand's place in right field and played a creditable game, though he was evidently nervous. His error was on a long hit under the willows and was quite excusable. His two-base hit in the eighth inning was very timely. Both the Stevensons fielded well. During the game Harvard threw away several runs by stupid base running.

For Brown, all the infield was strong and Gammont made a fine throw to the plate, putting out Haughton in the seventh inning.

Harvard took the lead at the start of game. Dean was given a base on balls and Scannell hit a sharp grounder to Lauder who, with plenty of time, threw far over Rodman's head, allowing both men to score. Burgess followed with a fine three-base hit, but was left on third.

Brown scored their first run in the fourth inning on a base on balls to Robinson and Chandler's muff of Rodman's long fly. In the fifth inning Paine gave three bases on balls in succession but no runs resulted. In the seventh inning Gammont's home run tied the score, but Harvard again took the lead on hits by R. Stevenson, Haughton and Scannell. Haughton was declared out at the plate on a close decision, on Gammont's throw to catch him there.

How Harvard threw away the game in the seventh inning after two men were out has already been described.

The score:

BROWN.

a. b. r. b. h. p. o. a. e.

Phillips, 2b. 2 1 0 6 1 0

Fultz, s. 4 0 1 0 4 0

Robinson, r. f. 4 1 0 1 0 0

Lauder, 3b. 5 1 1 4 4 2

Brady, c. f. 5 1 1 1 1 0

Rodman, 1b. 4 1 2 11 1 0

Gammont, l. f. 5 2 2 1 1 0

Dunne, c. 4 1 0 2 3 0

Summersgill, p. 3 1 2 1 1 1

Totals, 36 9 9 27 16 3

HARVARD.

a. b. r. b. h. p. o. a. e.

Dean, 2b. 3 1 0 1 1 0

Scannell, c. 5 1 1 5 3 0

Burgess, r. f. 5 1 3 2 0 0

Clarkson, s. 5 1 1 0 2 1

Chandler, l. f. 4 1 1 1 0 1

Paine, p. 3 0 1 0 3 0

R. Stevenson, 3b. 4 1 1 4 3 1

Haughton, c. f. 4 1 3 2 0 0

T. Stevenson, lb. 4 0 2 12 0 0

Totals, 37 7 13 27 12 3

Innings, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Brown, 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0-9

Harvard, 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0-7

Two-base hits-Summersgill, Chandler. Three-base hits-Fultz, Burgess, Clarkson. Home run-Gammont. Base on balls-Phillips 3, Fultz, Robinson, Rodman, Summersgill, Dean 2, Paine. Struck out-Chandler, Robinson, Lauder Gammont. Double play-Paine, R. Stevenson and T. Stevenson. Umpire-Murray.