The baseball team lost to Williams on Saturday by a score of 5 to 4. Inability to bunch hits except in one inning was the principal cause of Harvard's defeat. Williams won the game in the ninth inning by making four clean base hits, which brought in two runs.

In every inning Harvard got at least one man to first base, yet only four times did a hit come at a time when, a run could be scored. The fielding, too, was below the standard; though the two errors were on hard chances, the nine showed a falling off in team work. This was due largely to the absence to Story. G. C. Clark failed to cover the base when he might have retired a runner. J. D. Clark's work on first was unsatisfactory, and he was awkward in attempts to catch runners off the base. Reid's throwing to first was not as accurate as usual. In the outfield, Higgs and Stillman did not cover enough ground. Frantz led the team in batting, with a three-base hit and two singles, and Clarkson brought in two of the runs with a triple and a double. For Williams Street played a brilliant game at second, and cut off two runs by accepting difficult chances.

Clarkson allowed Williams but four hits in the first eight innings, but two of these were home runs. His weakness in the last inning gave Williams the chance to win out. Heffernan, though without much experience in the box, pitched very effectively for Williams, especially when Harvard had men on bases.

The score: WILLIAMS.   a.b.  r.  b.h.  p.o.  a.  e. Heffernan, p.  4  0  0  0  3  0 Jeffrey, 1b.  4  1  1  6  0  0 Street, 2b.  4  0  0  4  3  0 Lydecker, 3b.  4  1  0  1  1  0 Doughty, l.f.  4  1  1  0  0  0 Durfee, c.  4  1  2  10  1  1 Burrell, r.f.  4  1  2  1  0  0 Leggett, c.f.  3  0  2  2  0  0 Jayne, s.s.  4  0  0  2  1  2   --  --  --  --  --  -- Totals,  35  5  8  26*  9  3 HARVARD.   a.b.  r.  b.h.  p.o.  a.  e. Reid, c.  4  1  0  12  3  0 Wendell, l.f.  3  0  1  0  0  0 Frantz, 2b.  5  0  3  1  3  1 Stillman, c.f.  4  0  0  0  0  0 G. C. Clark, 3b.  4  0  0  0  0  0 Higgs, r.f.  3  0  1  2  0  0 Devens, r.f.  2  0  0  0  0  0 Coolidge, s.s.  5  1  1  0  1  1 J. D. Clark, 1b.  3  1  1  10  0  0 Clarkson, p.  4  1  2  2  2  0   --  --  --  --  --  -- Totals,  37  4  9  27  9  2

Innings,  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 Williams,  0  1  1  0  0  0  1  0  2-- 5 Harvard,  0  0  1  0  0  0  2  1  0-- 4

Earned runs--Williams 4, Harvard 2. Home Runs--Jeffrey, Burrell. Three-base hits--Frantz, Clarkson. Two-base hits--Durfee, Clarkson. Stolen bases--Durfee, Burrell, Leggett 2, Reid, Wendell, Frantz, Stillman, Higgs, Coolidge, Clarkson. Double play--Lydecker to Jeffrey. Bases on balls -- by Heffernan: Wendell 2, Stillman, G. C. Clark, J. D. Clark; by Clarkson: Leggett. Hit by pitched ball--by Heffernan: Reid. Struck out--by Heffernan: Stillman, G. C. Clark, Higgs, Coolidge 2, J. D. Clark, Clarkson; by Clarkson: Jeffrey 2, Street, Doughty 3, Burrell, Leggett, Jayne 3. Time--2h. 20m. Umpire--Miah Murray.

*J. D. Clark out, hit by batted ball.