The University nine met the Beacons for the first time this season, yesterday afternoon, and sustained their first defeat. The Beacons presented a strong nine; the strongest, in our opinion, that they have ever put into the field; while Harvard was handicapped by the loss of four of her best men, Nichols, Allen, Phillips and Lovering, all of whom were unable to play, from various causes. In the fourth inning, the Beacons made two runs, on a single, two doubles, and a passed ball. They scored two more runs in the seventh inning on a base hit and errors by Keep and Tilden. Our only run was made by Crocker, in the eighth inning, on an error by Coolidge, a steal, and a base hit.

The Beacons were unable to do much with Baker's pitching, though Welch and Richardson batted heavily; but their fielding was excellent. The most brilliant feature of the game was a beautiful triple play in the eighth inning, by Welch, Coolidge, Sawyer and Richardson. Harvard fielded fairly well. Baker and Tilden, of the freshman nine, played well together. Baker's pitching proved effective, and was well handled by Tilden, whose fine throws to second are especially worthy of comment.

Smith played a capital game at first base. Considering the absence of so many of our strong batters, the showing made by our team at the bat was far from discreditable. Beaman and Baker led in batting. Below is the score:

BEACONS.A.B. R. B. T.B. P.O. A. E

Coolidge, 2b, 4 1 1 1 5 4 2

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

Richardson, c. 3 1 2 3 7 1 0

Badger, l. f. 3 0 0 0 4 0 0

Frederick, s. s. 3 1 0 0 2 3 1

Merril, r. f. 3 0 1 1 0 0 0

Winthrop, c. f. 3 0 0 0 7 1 0

Sawyer, 1b. 3 0 0 0 7 1 0

Bean, p. 3 0 0 0 0 1 1

Totals. 29 4 5 7 27 12 5