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 *-sionals winning by 18 to 4. The same day a noteworthy contest took place at Baltimore which proved a surprise party for the home players, the latter being the Johns Hopkins nine, who pushed the visiting Yale nine so closely that the latter were glad to end the game with a draw at 7 to 7. Spear pitched for Yale against Stockdale, who afterwards entered the professional ranks.

On April 5th Harvard, Yale and Princeton all three took the field in match games, Harvard winning from Lehigh at Bethlehem by 14 to 2 with their "cyclone" pitcher in the box, Lehigh trying three pitchers; while Yale surprised the "Pensys" at Philadelphia with a defeat by 8 to 7, Carter pitching against Boswell. The latter pitcher, however, retired after the first innings, when Yale got 4 runs, and Reese pitched the game out. The same day the Princetons entertained the Vermont University nine, and with Forsyth in the box against Cook the home nine won by 6 to 3. At Middletown, Conn., on the same date, the Wesleyans had the C. C. of New York nine as visitors, and the New Yorkers had had enough exercise at the end of the 6th inning, when the score stood at 19 to 2 against them. On April 5th, too, the Boston champions visited Providence to play the Brown University nine, and the best the professionals could do was to win by 6 to 4, Nichols pitching against McMurray. It was the Browns' opening day and Lincoln field had a large assemblage of spectators to see the champions. The Browns tried four pitchers in the game and Stivetts followed Nichols on the other side.

April 6th saw two noteworthy college games played, Princeton visiting St. John's College, Fordham, while the Harvards went to Philadelphia. Princeton found difficulty in whipping the young Jesuits of St. John's by 4 to 1, Brokaw pitching against Smith; while at Philadelphia a great crowd was assembled to see how the "Pensys" would make out in their first fight of the season with Harvard. The visitors placed Highlands in the box, but that fine player Wiggins also pitched, while Reese and Filbert did the pitching for the home nine. At the end of the ninth innings the score stood at 12 to 12, and both being content to let it remain so, a draw was the result, greatly to the gratification of the locals.

April 7th proved to be a notable day for Washington collegians, as on that day the Georgetown College nine went wild over the victory they scored in their game with the visiting Harvards, though the Harvards had "the terror," Highlands, in the box, Carmody pitching for the home nine