New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-14
PRINCETON DEFEATS YALE
ORANGE AND BLACK THE CHAMPIoN
COLORS
A BIG CROWD SEES HoTLY CONTESTED GAME
THE SCORE WAS FIVE TO TWO


Manhattan Field Yesterday afternoon. IL was roS a,
rama of baseball and the Orange and Black tTiuphSu
over the Blnc of Yale, after STUBBORN! con'e0I
and spirited contest. Princeton mas Walt'u iole
time for this honor, which she enjoys inc noro ioi
that reason. -, ,,o
Yesterdays game was the third and final ore Oh tnc
series and decided tho intercollegiate championship
yoo rvon tlro frat game at Ncwiaven. Princeton won
,bo eocond came at Princeton, and then inc younS
bundles Of rnuscle and bone very appropriately oa,"o
IN NeYork in neutral territory to settle the queSo
Of supremacy. ,-,-o,.u m
Manhattan Field never presented hanusoHier ap
ncarance The grand stand was crowded proo"oe
80 ,b,-, ., tho epeotaiors being women, whose land-
come costumes and bright faces made inc picture q"
rcasant one to look upon. such scene oue'' ~
bavo ncrved the young athletes to deeds oil unusual
vaIor, and II probably dla -.
The INNER tier had n family appearance. Tor mere
wcre encased the mothers, sisters and other reaVcs
ard friends OF the players The din was oerr1oie' I
tho partsans of each college seemed bent upon out
vol,ng each other Tie effect an ocean OF sounu
the babble Of voices and great many headacreS
Nerve medicine and concoctions Tor the re"ei VI
sore throats will be in great demand tonay' lho
Yale shouts had the best OF II In the carly part Oh uo
contest, but as PrlnOoion's superiority became nani-
fest as the game advanced the New-JeiSey iolio"''
did the most fcrocous shouting.
Princeton won the game through superior batting.
Young pitched decidedly better game than uiu
Bowers The Yale men played win tncir usuh' piuIN
rA determination mn 10 the seventh inning, but TINS
seemed 10 be the turning point Amer fr'Hoc'o.
got I'm those last two runs faies pineh secheu "
core ont TO some extent and the wearers OF te oie
ara not MAY with that daredevil persistence Wilch
,onororv cbar,cterizes their every move upon INC
athletic field Every hit that Princeton maze Ill oa'
fatal seventh timing seemed TO Jar upon tlc no'V
strings of those nine athletes from iale' i" i
I'm the seventh inning when Captain Calhoui s"u'N
ont he made vigorous protest against tiie u.,P"0
standInr behind the pitcher Umpire Golden u'cre-
- ,'crt hcbnd the bat. Yalc's defeat cannot DC
cbara,d 70 the umpire but to those mighty bats OF
I,r,,ccton There was Some wonderful hedIhs "orh
done ON both sides, and then again so"o "a ~
eedpr work Of the Princeton men Was eAcoI aDi"
Two mGfTs by Dana on first base were really ou''''
but Yac's superiority n Che field could not Va'4u'SN
tbo terrible batting OF their Princeton focs.
r,rrteen good solid substantial hits were made OIL
pouors while only six scattering hits wcrc made OF
TINT bright young Kentuckan Young inns Is t'po
r,al story of the game Six hits ma TWO crIOrS "o
often win games when other fellows make fourteen Illus,
oven though they have six errors. Az tNe c'osc Vi
fine game when Bliss was put out on that ht'e popup
fly 70 King. pandcmonium reigncd. Women scrcainco'
mon slouicd stamped threw around hats, umbrellas
cd corcs "a mild way Of expressing
.bo,- so.sfac;lon The human wall rlShed out
mon the field and surrounded uic N''o'ouS
Princeton athletes. dozen or more suri'"''uON
each PLAYER and the heroes were lifted upon 'ie arms
of their friends and borne triumphantY over 10 'ic
uttIc yellow clubhouse The Yale men retreated III
rood order but there was no demonstration TOT them
Thoy had lost the battle and Princeton h1d MT lSt VOL
the baseball championship.
Young not only pitched great game having na'V.r
Ions specd and control Of the ball. b 'he lohsi "o
came lasted the better he seemed to pltch. Ills pi'e
was also of phenomenal ORDER he hot oDi'
made three hits one OF them a home run
cn~in
cought, MAGNIFICENT game except that Ills thrV"
inc was a little erratic at times Calhoun ana Dureh
r,avcd hall like professionals Durell making Won
dcrful running catch In the last inning WHICH C"Nu
forth great applause. McClung played superDN az
n-s+ brt he struck out twice. not coming up 70 ex-
mediation in his batting. Durell ana Payhe shafcu 'o
batting honors for Princeton with Young.
In the betting INDUCED in, Princeton men were
slight favorites Early in the day several bets az
rrcgatinr probably 5000, were made at the filh
Avenue Hotel at even money At inc RrOunus ticIo
wac NOR, Princeton money than Yale takers. The
nncemcnt estimated the attendance at V'ooo'
At few minutes before 3 O'Clock the teams tooN
thor nostions FOR the battle for the intercollegiate
pcuuant Princeton sent TO the bat ana the
Yale men went to the field. Durell, the first man up
sent little pupup fly to Calhoun and retired Payne
sent q drive toward third Of which Bliss hade clever
CATCH Brolaw hit savagcy to short, but httle
Murphy got in the way of the bali and retired Prince
TOMS big catcher OF first. There mighty yellS
for Yale Calhoun, the first batsnan for lnla, sent
the second ball pitched sailing high over Wrlgts nead
I'm ceutrGeld lie easily made third base, amid the
Wild yeIs Of Yae's followers. Murphy hit TO the
pitcher and WAS put ont at first; then Poole MT TO
the pitchers position, but Young fumbed the ball.
he captured the ball ID time to retire Calhoun at the
r'.., but he threw the ball too high and Calhoun
sco.yd, the first run Of the game.
Tic dr. must have hurt YOung's hand, for the
game WI, delayed for few minutes while the young
KentucL!an had the injured member rubbed back to
its normal condition Cushing then sent to first
base on called balls. but McCung struck out while
Beal's puny hit helded by Dana, and the Orange
and Black came to the bat to see what they could do
Captain Dana opened the second inning by hitting
the ball well over Bss's head Knicker0ocler hit
to right. but the ball too high for safety and
little Bea caught 1t. Young then let loose The terrible
Princeton tiger by banging the ball far ont to left
field. Case mlsjudged, but he could never have caught
II any way and Young made the circuit Of the bases,
sending his captain In ahead Of him. This made the
score two in favor OF Princeton, and the wearers
of the Orange ard Black howled until they got rcd in
the face. King made bunt HIT but was thrown out
trying to steal second. Ramsdcil hit to Murphy,
but the little fellow made a bad throw 10 first, and
Ramslel was safe. Ramsdell too daring and
was caught mapping at first and put out.
Some clever pitching BY Young in the last half Of
tho second Inning enabled the Princeton men to shut
out Yale. Case made hit, but Piss struck out
Brokaw muircd the ball and then threw II to first
where Dana muned It. This enabled Case to get to
third. Bowers got first on muiIed ~ by Ramsdcll
Bowers then stole second. Case foolishly tried to
score on short passed ball, but Brokaw threw him
Young. Captain Calhoun struck out, to the
oOnsternatlOn OF the Yale followers
The third inning saw Princeton get further away
from their opponents Wight struck ont but Durell
managed 10 hit safely to centrcfeh. lie little
too ambitious however, and thrown out trying to
steal second. Payne made bunt bit toward third.
lie went TO second on Wild pitch. and then made
clever steal TO third base Princetons handy catcher
then hit safely to right field and Payne scored. Dana
lcldcd ont at first by Bowers, an unnecessarily
.!sky play part Of the Yale pitcher In the last
half OF the inning Yac cOuld do nothing; the in
blue eoing out In oder. only thee men going to the
bat.
Tho fourth inning Utmost ieatureless, the score
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