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R. H. E. VV. 11. C 3 0 0 I 3 3 3 3 X--1617 0 Hampstead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ()- 0 9 9 Batteries-Barnhart and Stauffer; Wills and Smith. On April 29 we went to the Maryland Agricultural College with a second team man as pitcher. While we were defeated, the game was one of the most exciting of the whole season. Our team fielded magnificently. Lee at second and Whitaker at short accepted between them twenty chances. For seven innings we maintained the lead, but in the eighth two errors and a home run won the game for M. A. C. Barnhart deserves great credit for his masterly twirling. Score: R. H. E. VV. M. C. . . . . . . . . ... . . . .. 0 0 0 0 3 I 0 0 0-4 8 5 M. A. C 0 0 0 0 0 2 o : 3 x-S 5 2 Batteries-Barnhart and Stauffer; Reuhr and Devon. May 6 we played Johns Hopkins University. This game was lost in the first inning through two bases on balls, a hit and an error. After this inning only one Hopkins man reached third base. VVe lost through failure to bat, as in only one inning did we secure more than one hit. The feature of the game was the wonder- ful playing of Whitaker at short, who accepted ten hard chances without an error. Score: R. H. E. VV. M. C 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0-2 5 I J. H. U 5 0 a 0 I 0 0 0 0--6 7 2 Batteries-Baker and Stauffer; Straus and Constantine. Having decided that we had lost enough games, we determine I to win a few. So we arranged another game with the team from Westminster. IBut it was a much harder game than we anticipated. For seven long innings we were able to make only three scattering hits, and two of these were scratches. Meanwhile on some very bad errors the boys from town had secured four runs, which looked very large and dangerous. But our time to yell came in the eighth. VVe had secured two runs and the bases were full when Marine came to the bat. He hit far into right field for three bases, and two more hits won for us the game. Score: R. H. E. VV. M. C.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 x--7 8 8 Westminster 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 (}-4 3 4 Batteries-Barnhart and Stauffer; Ward and Smith. 187