The evening world., 1893-06-29
sPORT|NG news AND NOTES.
Great Interest in the Harvard
Yale Ball Game on Saturday.
The Latter Colleges Freshman Eight
Victorious Yesterday.

A battle royal! That Is what the third
and decisive game Of baseball between
Yale and Harvard will unquestionably
be on Saturday ut the Polo Grounds.
Each team has won victory thus far.
and the men will go in for "the rubber"
with vim and determination that ought
to make the merry wcllsin OF old Man
hattanviile Heights ring. The two games
already played, at Cambridge last Sat
urday and at New Haven on Tuesday.
were won at such small margins, 3 to
90 inninRs) and to 0. respectively,
that n gilt-edged struggle is assured in
the game which shall decide the cham
pionship.
Highlands and Carter, pitchers for
Harvard and Yale. respectively, will be
put to the highest test. and as last Sat-
urday's contest narrowed down to
duel between these 1'tans of the coll
lege ball field. 1t is expected that the
final game will be on the same line.
The crimson-tinted cohorts are in this
city and are practising religiously on
the Polo Grounds. They do not mean
ns .eSampions wnsn ef !ns 'sIIel Yae ~rea'h New
Haven. and will get in her fine and final
work at home, leaving there Friday
night
Harvard is certainly not, in .he best
of shape for such a crucial test as she
will meet Saturday; Mason, her only
catcher who can handle Jack High,
stff. and will have a lot Of trouble in
rounding into good form for Saturday.
Highlands is all right, and he is the only
pitcher on the team who is In shape to
Haven, put the Yale team in pretty
good shape. The hour for the game has
been officially set for p. NJ. This will
enthusiasts who benef. by the satur-
day half-holiday.
Already the blue pennant of Yale has
a0 eight securing rst "Sone
yesterdays race against Harvard and
Columbia. at New London, with con-
summate ease. The blues had by far
one of the best Yale has ever turned
out. They made the distance, two miles
straightaway. In 10m. 23s: Harvard was
second, seven boat lengths behind and
the rear. In 1891 Columbia won. and
made the best two-mile freshmen rec
ord in the world, sm. Ais. New London
awatns G tRe sres rase Se
tween the Varsity eights of Yale and
Harvard tomorrow noon.
3. w. Goff. of the n. J. A. G., is the
all-round champion Of the A. A. U. for
1893. having secured that honor In yes
terday's competitions at the New Jer-
sey Athletic Club grounds. Bayonne
City. Under the new system of scor-
Ing by percentage. Goff secured 4s.6O to
Al. 30 for F. Schaefer, Pastime A. c., his
nearest competitor; 1915 for Oscar Pull
vermiller. Pastime A.. c.; s9.l4 for F.
Friedrich, Passaic A: c.. and Ss.41 for J.
Larkins, Xavier A. c. Con won the 100
yard dash, high jump. high hurdle.
broad jump and tied in the pole vault
with Friedrich.
II will only take line or two to tel
| that New York's ball team dropped tc
eighth place in the League by losine
again to Cincinnati yesterday, 6 to 8
Wards men will face Anson's team this
afternoon. Other games resulted
Brooklyn. 9: Chicago I. Boston, IL
Louisville, 10. Philadelphia, IS, Pitts.
| burg, 8, Cleveland, s. Washington, 6
st. Louis. IA: Baltimore, 8.
| The perez ntages to-day are: