Yesterday's game with the Orange Athletic club was expected to furnish a standard for comparing the strength of the Harvard, Yale and Princeton elevens. Unfortunately, however, the visitors were weakened by the absence of Corbin, Gill, De Hart, and L. Mowry, and as there is no means of knowing just how much this affected the strength of their team, any comparison of the college teams on the basis of yesterday's score would be misleading. It can be safely said, however, that Harvard played the best game of the season. The work of the eleven was full of snap; the men never stopped playing football except for a short time at the beginning of the second half. The rush line continues to show improvement. The presence of P. Trafford has greatly strengthened the centre and infused a degree of confidence into the whole line which it has lacked heretofore; he played only in the first half yesterday, but in that time did some excellent work. Captain Cumnock also played during the first half; he showed the result of his enforced absence from the team, but another week's play will put him into something like his old form. Hallowell made his appearance at end, and played a beautiful game; his tackling and blocking were always strong, and he followed the ball closely. Upton did the best work in the line, however; he is learning to watch for holes, and to take advantage of the blocking, Blanchard also shows improvment in this respect. Both men made substantial gains yesterday whenever they took the ball. Back of the line, too, the men all played steadily. Trafford's kicking is becoming more reliable. He and Dean have to do all the tackling back of the line, as neither Lake nor Corbett can be depended upon to stop a man; they are an excellent pair of half backs, otherwise.

For the visitors Speir, Stagg and Kell did the best work. The playing of Spaulding at full-back was also good; he can be depended upon to kick the ball every time be is expected to do so. The rush line was not so strong as it was expected to be; this was doubtless due in a large measure to the absence of Corbin, and of DeHart who is said to keep his rushers at work as well as any quarter in the country.

The game began a little after three o'clock, and two half hours were played. Orange had the ball at the start-off, but failed to gain, and Spaulding was forced to kick. Trafford was allowed a fair catch on Harvard's 30 yard line. The eleven was playing a very aggressive game, and the ball was carried rapidly to Orange's end. Lake gained 12 yards and Blanchard 10 more. Corbett followed this with nearly 30 yards in two rushes. Lake and Blanchard again banged into the Orange line and the ball was 18 yards nearer Orange's goal. Upton, Corbett and Lake brought it down almost to the line, and Upton carried it over about five minutes after play had begun; Trafford kicked the goal. Score 6-0. Kell put the ball in play with a place kick. Trafford sent it back to the center a minute later by a long punt. Orange then prepared to rush the ball, but Shaw dropped on it when put in play. Lake was sent around the end and gained 25 yards. Upton followed with a pretty run through the line; Corbett gained, too, but the referee gave the ball to Orange for holding in the line. Robbins fumbled the first snap back, and Shaw, who had broken through the line, snatched up the ball, ran 18 yards, and scored; no goal. Score 10-0. The next touch-down was a little slower in coming, but the ball was kept in the visitors' territory all the time. A bad misunderstanding of the signals lost Harvard 25 yards at one time; aside from that the play was steadily good. Lake, Corbett, Upto and Blanchard were sent against the line one after another, and every time the gain was material. Harvard finally got the ball down on Orange's 10 yard line through the tackling of Upton and Hallowell; a moment later Upton went across the line and scored the third touch-down; goal. Score, 16-0. During the remainder of the half no more scoring was done, although Trafford nearly succeeded in a try for a goal from the field just as time was called.

During the first half Howland of the Orange team had been hurt, and his place had been taken by Marshall. At the beginning of the second half Mason took Cumnock's place, Heard played at guard in place of P. Trafford, and Goldthwaite played right tackle while Blanchard took Shaw's place at guard. These changes seemed to lessen the effectiveness of Harvard's work. When Lee took Lake's place a little after the beginning of the half, the play became even more loose. Speir went through a great hole in the line between Heard and Upton and gained about 40 yards. This seemed to arouse the team, and they settled down again. An exchange of punts by the full-backs resulted in Harvard's favor; then Mason got through and forced Speir to lose 15 yards; Spaulding was forced to kick and the ball came to Harvard. Lee began the gaining by a run of 20 yards around the end; Upton followed it with one of the prettiest rushes of the afternoon through the line; Corbett gained 6 yards through a hole between Upton and Mason. Lee and Blanchard brought the ball 13 yards nearer the Orange goal; and Corbett, aided by the splendid blocking of Hallowell and Upton, carried the ball 15 yards and over the line; goal. Score 22-0. The punting of Kell now sent the ball to Harvard's end of the field. Trafford allowed his second punt to roll across the line, and the ball was brougth out to the 25 yard line. From here Harvard forced it rapidly back to the other end of the field. Another bad pass by Dean threatened considerable loss at one time, but, Blanchard fell on it. Corbett brought it to the 35 yard line by a good run of 30 yards. The play remained at this point for some time; finally the ball was passed to Trafford for a trial at the goal from the field, and this time he succeeded in putting it between the posts. Score 27-0. Stagg gained 10 yards when the ball was put in play, but it soon came to Harvard on a fumble. Corbett gained 5 yards, Lee and Trafford 30 more by a combination rush, and Blanchard added 12 more to this, Then Corbett went through the center and scored the last touch-down, from which Trafford kicked a goal. Score 33-0. Stagg made a pretty run of 20 yards when the ball was put in play. On the next down, however, Robbins fumbled the ball, and Hallowell picked it up and gained 25 yards before he was stopped by Mason. Lee ran 16 yards around the end, but time was called at this point and the game was over.

The teams: Harvard, rushers, Cumnock (Mason), Upton (Davis), Shaw (Goldthwaite), Cranston, P. Trafford (Heard), Blanchard, Hallowell; quarterback, Dean; half backs, Lake (Lee) and Corbett; full-back, B. Trafford.

O. A. C.: Rushers, S. Mowry, Burdick, C. B. Storrs, Howland (Marshall, Byron), R. S. Storrs, Diggles, Stagg; quarter-back, Robbins; half backs, Speir (Marshall), Kell; full-back, Spaulding.