Freshmen Lose to Groton.

The Freshman nine lost to Groton on Saturday, in a carelessly played game, by eight runs to seven. The defeat was the natural consequence of the carelessness and lack of snap which has characterized the team's practice for some time. The basemen depend too much on Clarkson's pitching to win the game for them, with the result that they carelessly miss easy chances when the ball is hit. On Saturday Clarkson was the only man on the nine who played a careful, snappy game. He struck out twelve men, and led the team at the bat, making three hits. None of the runs made by the Groton nine were earned, and several of their hits would not have been safe had the Freshmen made even a pretence of fielding sharply. The team is poor at batting, fielding, and especially at base-running, so that great improvement will have to be made before Saturday to avoid defeat at the hands of the Yale Freshmen. Innings,  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 Groton,  0  0  1  4  1  2  0  0  *--8 Freshmen,  0  1  1  0  1  1  0  1  2--7

Batteries--Markoe, Paul and Sturgis; Clarks in and Marean.

Batteries--Markoe, Paul and Sturgis; Clarks in and Marean.