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Earned runs—Princeton, 2; Harvard, 5. Bases stolen—Princeton, 5; Harvard, 4. Bases on balls—Off McCarty, 5; off Wilson, 2. Hit by pitched ball—Griffin. Struck out—By McCarty, 2; by Kerr, 2; by Wilson, 3. Passed ball—Williams. Umpire—Duffield. Time of game—1 hour and 45 minutes.

THE MAY CAMPAIGN.

The May campaign in the college arena was marked by several specially noteworthy contests, besides which the series of contests between Harvard, Yale and Princeton began, as also the championship games between the college nines of Dartmouth, Williams and Amherst, and also the intercollegiate series between the college nines of the western part of New York State. In fact, May was the month in which the college clubs of the country divided interest with the professional teams to quite a considerable extent, especially in the case of the field meetings between the strong nines of Harvard, Yale, Princeton and the Pennsylvania University. It was in this month, too, that the college nines of the Cornell and Wesleyan and Brown Universities distinguished themselves by noteworthy victories over the "big three" of Harvard, Yale and Princeton, something quite new to college club history.

The most conspicuous contests in the college arena during May and June included the following games worthy of special record.

The most brilliant exhibition of fielding ever seen on the Holmes Field at Cambridge in 1893 was that which marked the drawn games between the nines of Harvard and Brown Universities, played on May 15, the score being as follows. Sexton was hit only five times, with a total of ten, while Brown made eight off Wiggin's delivery. There were 1,500 persons present, among whom was a delegation of Brown men, nearly 100 in number. The enthusiasm and cheering would have done honor to a Yale game. The score: