ON Friday the Nine played with the professional Manchesters, and, after a game of twenty-four innings, decided to call the game a draw, the score standing zero to zero. This is by far the most remarkable game on record; and the inability to score was due not only to the dead ball, but also to Ernst's puzzling delivery and the brilliant fielding of the Manchesters. The game was called at 3 P. M. by Mr. Holmes, '78, the Harvards being at the bat. Both Nines retired in striking order for the first two innings, three of the Manchesters falling victims to Tyng and three to Wright. Blogg made three brilliant fly-catches at centre field. Wright led off with a base hit in the third, but was doubled up on Dow's foul tip to Carl, and the latter's good throw to Cogswell. Tyng, after two men were out, gave Mincher his base on strikes. Say sent him to second by a high fly to Dow, who, being unable to see the ball on account of the sun, allowed it to drop at his feet. Dailey then retired on a well-caught foul tip to Tyng. Wright missed a foul bound in the fifth, after a long run. Dow made a base-hit in the sixth, and reached second on Cogswell's muff; Wright had previously retired on first. Sawyer flied out to snigg, and Leeds's foul flied to Carl. In this inning Woodhead hit a hard liner to Ernst, who stopped its force, and Leeds very prettily caught it on the fly from his hands. In the seventh Tyng hit hard to Blogg, who caught it well. Tower followed with a base-hit, reached second on Carl's poor throw, and third on Thayer's base-hit. The ball was then in Woodhead's hands, who tossed it to pitcher; and Thayer attempted to reach second, but was cut off by Snigg. Tower failed to attempt home, thus losing Harvard's best chance for a run. Ernst then retired by a fly to Blogg. In the eighth two men were out, when Lanahan made a base on Wright's fumble, and took second on Carl's base-hit; both were left by Cogswell, who sent a long fly to Sawyer, which was well caught. Say made a base-hit in the ninth, but was left by Dailey foul tipping to Tyng. In the tenth Snigg struck out; Blogg made a base-hit, and reached second on Lanaban's out by a ball to first. Carl hit to Thayer, who fumbled, giving Blogg his third. Carl then took second, and the game began to look dark for Harvard. Cogswell hit a liner to Leeds, who muffed it and then fielded the ball widely to Wright, who caught it very prettily. In the twelfth two men were out; Tyng made a two-base hit over left field; Tower then retired by Dailey to Cogswell. Outs in order of striking followed until the seventeenth inning, when Dow made a base-hit only to retire on second by Carl to Cogswell. In the nineteenth inning Snigg pitched three times; Thayer striking a terrific liner to Woodhead, which he caught well; Ernst following with a long hit to right field, which was only saved from being a base-hit by Lanahan's sharp fielding. Latham then retired by Dailey to Cogswell; Lanahan led off with a foul tip; Carl retired by a well-thrown ball from Thayer to Wright; Cogeswell hit for a base, and reached second on Sawyer's muff of Tyng's throw; Wood-head then struck out. In the twentieth Sawyer made a base-hit, after two men were out; Leeds then went out on a foul bound to Carl; Tyng muffed a foul fly in this inning. In the twenty-second Carl out by Ernst to Wright; Cogswell followed with a base-hit, and was beautifully fielded out in attempting to steal second by Tyng to Sawyer. In the twenty-third Carl missed Dow's foul bound; the latter then retired by the sharp fielding of Woodhead to Cogswell. Sawyer flied to Say; Leeds hit hard to Woodhead, who threw wildly to Cogswell; Leeds then, by dancing around his base, annoyed Snigg into a wild pitch, which gave him his third, where he was left by Tyng striking out; Mincher retired by Leeds to Wright, a good assistance; Say drove a hot liner to Ernst, who caught it in his right hand; Dailey hit for a base, and reached second on Tyng's poor throw to Sawyer; Snigg then retired by Sawyer to Wright. In the twenty-fourth Mincher captured two pretty flies; the Manchesters were all retired by Tyng in striking order.

Tyng caught extremely well, and had no passed balls The number of men (36) he put out behind the bat, as also the strikes (74), fully attest the effectiveness of Ernst's delivery. Wright played his base to perfection, although he shows an aversion to slow grounders. Thayer's sharp fielding was a prominent feature in Harvard's infield. Latham played superbly in the out-field, making some fine running fly-catches. Leeds played short-stop without errors, and made some valuable assistances. On the Manchester side Snigg proved to be the most troublesome pitcher the Nine have had to face this spring. Carl caught very well, and Cogswell played first base without error. Woodhead, at third base, won deserved applause by his good stopping and swift short-arm throwing. Blogg caught some hard flies in centre field in a very easy and graceful manner.

The following is the score:-

HARVARD.

T. 1B. R. PO. A. E.

Leeds, S. 9 0 0 2 4 0

Tyng, H. 9 1 0 36 2 3

Tower, M. 9 1 0 0 0 0

Thayer, C. 9 1 0 1 6 1

Ernst, P. 9 0 0 3 4 0

Latham, L. 8 0 0 4 0 0

Wright, A. 8 1 0 23 0 2

Dow, R. 8 2 0 0 0 1

Sawyer, B. 8 1 0 3 5 0