HARVARD, 4; WILLIAMS, 2.

Yesterday afternoon the 'Varsity nine defeated Williams in a close game by the score of 4 to 2. In general, Harvard played good steady baseball, but Paine seemed to let up every now and then, and the batting was very light, as is shown by the fact that there were no earned runs for either side.

Litchfield was given a trial at third, in place of Stevenson, and, though his batting was very weak, he fielded his position well, making six assists, one putout, and no errors. Rand played his usual fast game in the field and did some pretty base-running. He stole second three times.

The Williams nine were unable to bunch their hits and nearly all of their errors were costly. In the second inning, when Chandler lined out a hot base-hit to left field, Doughty let the ball go by him and it rolled down the track, enableing Chandler to score. Heffernan's errors in the fifth also resulted in runs for Harvard. In the eighth inning, Edwards took Plunkett's place in the box. The score follows:

HARVARD.

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

Rand, l. f. 4 2 2 2 2 0 0

Haughton, 1b. 3 0 1 1 12 0 1

Beale, c. f. 3 1 1 1 1 1 1

Scannell, c. 4 0 1 1 6 0 2

Litchfield, 3b. 3 0 0 0 1 6 0

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

Dean, 2b. 3 0 0 0 3 3 0

Chandler, s. s. 4 1 1 1 1 2 0

Paine, p. 3 0 0 0 0 3 0

Totals, 30 4 6 6 27 15 4

WILLIAMS.

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

Heffernan, s. s. 4 0 1 1 3 2 2

Dewey, c. f. 3 0 1 1 2 0 0

Goodrich, 1b. 2 0 1 1 8 0 1

Doughty, l. f. 3 0 1 1 1 0 0

Drysdale, 3b. 4 0 0 0 3 0 1

Davis, c. 3 0 0 0 5 0 0

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

Seaver, r. f. 4 0 1 1 0 0 0

Plunkett, p. 4 0 0 0 1 5 0

Edwards, p. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals, 32 2 7 7 24 10 4

Innings, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Harvard, 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 x-2

Williams, 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-2

Stolen bases-Rand 3, Burgess, Ashton. bases on balls-by Paine: Heffernan, Davis, Goodrich and Dewey; by Plunkett: Paine, Haughton, Beale and Dean, Struck out-by Paine: Plunkett, Seaver, Heffernan and Edwards; by Plunkett: Dean, Litchfield, Chandler and Rand. Double plays-Plunkett, Ashton, and Goodrich. Passed balls-Scannell 2, Davis 1. Umpire-Murray.