When during the Easter vacation, the college learned that the Harvard nine had been beaten by the University of Pennsylvania, the feeling was one of a good deal of disappointment, tempered by the consolation that Harvard would have another chance to redeem herself when Pennsylvania came to play the match in Cambridge. That chance has come today, and it is now or never that Harvard must show that this year she is superior in base ball to the University of Pennsylvania. The game today is apt to be very close and exciting, for Pennsylvania as well as Harvard has been making steady improvement during the year. After the Yale and Princeton games this game will be distinctly the most important one played in Cambridge this year, and the whole college should turn out to give its encouragement to the Harvard nine. There is no reason why Harvard should not win, if she plays her best game and is as effective as she can be at the bat; but it will be a hotly fought game from beginning to end.