ANDOVER HANDS FRESHMEN THIRD STRAIGHT DEFEAT

Its fourth defeat of the season and its third in succession was chalked up against the 1928 baseball team on Saturday, when the Andover nine invaded Soldiers Field and humbled the Freshmen, 4 to 2. The schoolboys displayed a flawless game in the field and collected an even dozen hits off Barbee and Linscott, while the Freshmen made two costly misplays and could make only four hits off Layton's delivery.

Layton began the game by walking Nordberg and hitting Jones. An error by Captain Billhardt with Linscott's single allowed both the Crimson runs to score in the first inning. The Andover batters got to Barbee for three hits in succession in the same frame, one of them a double, but fast fielding prevented any score. In the fifth inning, Andover tallied once when Riler hit, stole second and crossed the plate on Prior's single. The Crimson lead looked good enough to win, however, until the eighth inning, when three hits, an error, and a passed ball accounted for three runs and the victory.

Until the fatal eighth, Barbee was master of the situation, and in spite of the Andover hitting, was seldom in trouble. Linscott got two of the Freshman runs and handled himself well in the field.