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 with telling effect. On April 8th the Columbia College nine visited Eastern Park and had to succumb to the Brooklyn professionals by 27 to 3, Stein pitching against Hutchins. On this date, too, the Harvards played the Virginia University nine at Charlottesville, Va., and though they had Jack Highland in the box, against Hume, the best the visitors could do was to end the game with a draw, 3 to 3. The same day the "Phillies" gave the "Pensys" a lesson to the tune of 8 to 0, Taylor pitching against Filbert, who was nuts for the Quakers. The Princetons, too, the same day, visited the Polo grounds, and they were shut out by 7 to 0, Rusie and King pitching against Forsyth. At Washington, the same date, the Vermont University nine got a draw with the Georgetown College nine by 8 to 8. At Cincinnati, the same date, the Cincinnati University nine tried their strength against the professional "Reds" and were whipped by 32 to 7.

On April both the Yale men, home from their Easter trip—during which they lost but one game, won four and drew one—played the Boston champions, and with Nichols and Stivetts in the box against Carter, Davies and Warner, the best the professionals could do was to win by 8 to 8. The same day a ten innings game marked the contest at Charlottesville, Va., between the Virginia and Vermont University nines, the home nine winning by 6 to 3. At Boston, the same day, the Tuft's nine beat the Boston University nine by 3 to 0, they shutting them out without a hit to their credit.

On April 11th the Dartmouth College nine tested their strength against the "Phillies" at Philadelphia, the professionals winning by 5 to 2 only, Weyhing pitching against O'Connor.

On April 12th, the Boston professionals visited Princeton, and took the University team into camp by 7 to 1, Nichols pitching against Brokaw; Dartmouth also defeated the Lehighs at Bethlehem by 12 to 5 the same day. On April 13th, Princeton had to play hard to whip the visiting Dartmouth nine by 5 to 2, Drake pitching against O'Connor. Princeton only made 4 hits off the latter.

On April 14th, Dartmouth tried Yale at New Haven, and facing Carter's skilful pitching, the visitors were shut out 4 to 0. The same day at Lexington, Va., the visiting Vermont University nine defeated the Washington and Lee University nine by 12 to 3. On the same date, too, an exceptional contest took place at Birmingham, Ga.[should be Al. -p3], in which the nines of the Alabama University and the Vanderbilt University were the contestants, and so closely was the