This was the way the two teams lined up on the field at Oriole Park:
| THE MERRIES. | JOHNS HOPKINS. |
| Wilkins, In home. | Brisbane, Goal Guard. |
| Morgan, Out | Delano, Point. |
| Onslaw, 1st attack. | Fillmore, Cover point. |
| Thatcher, 2d attack. | Lowe, 1st defense. |
| Merriwell, 3d attack. | Kellogg, 2d defense. |
| Vernell, Centre. | Mowry, 3d defense. |
| Gamp, 3d defense. | Hackett, Centre. |
| Hunter, 2d defense. | Woodin, 3d attack. |
| Wilson, 1st defense. | Grimes, 2d attack. |
| Starbright, Cover point. | Whisper, 1st attack. |
| Ready, Point. | Pierce, Out home. |
| Hodge, Goal Guard. | Zanger, In home. |
Merry got his team altogether and put in some earnest practice before appearing in Baltimore. As he had expected, he was able to get five Harvard men to play with him. Vernell, his centre, was from Yale.
The day of the game in Baltimore was cloudy in the morning, but toward noon it cleared up and the sun shone forth from a blue sky. There was a light breeze blowing, and this promised to be most refreshing, as hot weather had prevailed for more than two weeks.
The Baltimore baseball team was playing away from home, so it was an easy matter to secure the park.
The great surprise of the day was the crowd that turned out to witness the contest. Never before in the history of lacrosse at Baltimore had there been such a gathering at a game. The stand was well filled, and the bleachers to the right, which happened to be near one of the goals, were packed.
Not all the spectators were from Baltimore, however. On the bleachers there was a gathering of Yale and Harvard men, who for once mingled like fellows of the same college. Such a game was destined to do more to promote good-fellowship between the two universities than many anonymous ten-thousand-dollar contributions for that purpose.
The leader of the team opposed to Hopkins was a Yale grad. With him were Morgan, Gamp, Starbright, Ready, and Hodge, all former Yale men. Vernell, who played centre for him, was still in Yale and on the Yale lacrosse team. The other players were Harvard men.
So Yale and Harvard met on the bleachers. They sat side by side and locked arms. They laughed and joked and cheered together. They united in singing the songs of the two colleges. First it was “Boola,” then “Up the Street.” “Bingo” was followed by “Fair Harvard.”
The people in the stand clapped their hands and showed their delight over the singing. A little bunch of Hopkins men cheered repeatedly, but their cheering was weak and almost ludicrous in comparison to the cheering for a Yale or Harvard team on their home fields.