Harvard played her best game of the season on Jarvis Field Saturday, when she defeated the B. A. A. eleven by a score of 51 to twelve. It was the last game before the contest with Yale; and the favorable weather brought out a large number of enthusiastic spectators. For the first time this year a Harvard cheer was heard ringing across the field in encouraging strength.

The B. A. A. eleven played an excellent game throughout the first half. They used the wedge very frequently and gained through Harvard's centre with a fair degree of regularity. Good individual runs were made also by Stickney and Peters who proved themselves clever ground-gainers without much help from their rush-line. Stickney especially played a strong game throughout, and his quick work in following the ball enabled B. A. A. to score her second touch down.

At no point in the game was the B. A. A. defensive work strong. All of Harvard's backs broke the line without much trouble; and in the second half they made long gains around the ends. B. A. A.'s tackling was weak and both forwards and backs allowed themselves to be blocked off easily.

Though Harvard's comparatively big score was due largely to the above weak nesses of the B. A. A. eleven, the 'varsity played a distinctly better game than any previous one of the season. The encouraging points about it were the increased signs of life shown by the whole team, and the better interference by the rush-line. The eleven is not yet by any means playing the team game of which it is capable, but the work on Saturday was a very marked improvement on any previous showing.

Of the individual work, all the backs rushed well, Corbett and Trafford especially distinguishing themselves each by a long rush of seventy-five yards. Trafford made one costly muff, and Corbett fumbled twice. In the rush line Emmons played carefully and effectively.

Harvard had the wind at her back, while B. A. A. started with the ball Boyden gained 8 yards behind the V. and Stickney and Peters broke through Harvard's line for further gains. B. A. A. regularly made in two downs her requisite five yards as far as Harvard's 25-yd, line. Then the ball went to Harvard on Kip's holding. Lake took the ball four yards around the right end, but on the snap-back a fumble gave B. A. A. the chance to take the offensive again. Harvard blocked more strongly and took the play on four downs. Trafford punted, Boyden muffed and Hallowell fell on the ball at B. A. A.'s forty-five yard line. Corbett went through the centre for five yards; but Trafford could find no opening. Lake went around the left end and Trafford through the centre for a small gain. Corbett made a run of thirty yards, aided by good interference by Lake, Trafford, Hallowell and Newell. The play was on B. A. A.'s 5 yd. line; and in the second down Corbett carried it over. No goal. Time 10 min.

At the centre of the field B. A. A. soon lost the ball on a fumble. Harvard carried it to B. A. A.'s 30 yd. line, where, on the third down, Trafford dropped a pretty goal from the field.

Short, sharp rushes by Peters, Stickney and Boyden carried the play directly through Harvard's centre to the goal line. Peters made the touch down. Goal. 9 to 6

From the centre of the field Lake and Corbett made pretty runs to B. A. A.'s five-yard line where Corbett's fumble gave Peters the ball. A moment later, however. Newell broke through, stopped Boyden's kick and made a touch down. No goal. 13 to 6. B. A. A. lost the ball again on four downs and Corbett soon scored again. Goal. Score at end of first half, 19 to 6.

In the second half Fearing took Lake's place, and Mason took Waters; Stickney took Haughton's place in the line. Boyden went to half-back and Crane came on as full-back. His clever punting was of material assistance to the B. A. A. eleven, which was somewhat weakened by its hard work in the first half.

Fearing started off well, and Trafford began the scoring with a good 15 yd. rush around the right. Goal. Crane kicked over Harvard's line, and the ball was brought out 25 yds. A moment later Corbett set the crowd wild by making a run of three-quarters of the field, and with Mackie's interference, scoring. Trafford made an equally long and brilliant rush a moment later and scored. No goal, 35 to 6.

B. A. A. failed on the criss-cross and Hallowell fell on the ball. Fearing got across the line a moment later for another touch down. Goal. 41 to 6. From the centre of the field Crane kicked to Trafford who fumbled. Stickney picked up the ball and got to Harvard's 5 yd. line. Peters took it across on the first down. Harvard played strongly on the aggressive and allowed B. A. A. only one chance with the ball before Fearing scored the last two touch downs. The teams:

HARVARD. B. A. A.

Emmons, (left-end) Clark.

Waters, (Mason) (left-tackle) Houghton.