The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-27
YALE BOYS WIN AGAIN.
DEFxI1ED THE 'yxRsITTES RS.
TKnD<Y BIZ SCORE or 10 10 H.
CONTEXT was an Interesting One and Despite
Gold Weather, was Witnessed by
Very Large Crowd.

UNIVERSITY or VIRGINIA, March
s-speciaI-victory almost within grasp
and then lost That is the sum and SUB
stance OF to-day's game between Yale ana
our VARSITY, with the score TO Q. in
favor OF Virginia. the men batting Ike
veterans and fielding Ike heroes. II seem
ed as II the men from New Haven must
surely succomb.
How the crowd yelled and howled. Even
the fair ones forgot the cold ana wind
long enough 10 frantically wave thelr
coIors and scream their approval, but
alas, why are not all men born with cool
heads? Having az safe a lead az the mos
critical roOter would desire. or, tcchni-
cally speaking. with the game cooked
the men at second third. and short stop
by nine costly errors threw the game
away.
Yale probably never Won game thNt
she deserved less than that which goes
on her list OF victories to-day Although
the sun was out all day. the mercury
persisted in hugglng the freezing point.
Yet I'm spite OF extreme cold ana shaTp
wind. twelve hundred people shlVeieu
through most OF the nine innings Be''iHs
wild with delight when the boys OF thc
.rs of the blue and proportionateiy de-
snondent when that selfsame blue New
around the bases TO the tune OF Nn-
ri,ia's errors. In fact. II was ehtlTey
too cold for ball game.
Virginia came 10 the bat first In the
form 81 Coombe While feeling Tor the
han he dropped foul In the ne'shoorhoCu
Of FIRST Baseman Murphy. who promptly
cobbled II. Then Parker came 10 ths
,l,te pitcher Trudeau having un"ouhu
himself enough TO deliver the Dali II was
sent spinning down the diamond, hut
Parker could not beat ii 10 hrst. or'n-
ineton struck out. Yale also iauen 10
score owing to sharp work 10y the IN
field.
In the second inning Marshall got the
nrs, run of the game. He took first on
bali. got second on Harper's sacrifice and
came i'm on WltherspOon's two-bagger.
Hicks and Dabney failed 10 continue the
good work BY striking out. Yale was
again shut out in this inning. Arbuthnot
hit hard to left field. but. as usual. Waits
was there. and bagged II. TO the deaien-
Ing applause OF the crowd. Murphy hN
TO Coombe. who fumbled IL long enough
10 give Murphy his base Dabney caught
a hot one Off Lumby's bat. and Trudean
ended the inning by striking out. Any
one having the power W ~l"c'~' NV ~
grounds after this first half Of the third
inning would probably have mistaken the
scene for the yard OF an asylum.
The cause Of all this delirium lay in
the fact that in one inning the University
of Virginia baseball team had netted
eight runs But Yale came TO the bat
and proved that she. too. had something
to say After the New Haven men fin
ished scoring. being materially assisted
by a few errors. they had 1--WE runs to
their credit Virginia could not find the
home plate during the next three innings.
but Yale managed 10 get two more runs.
Virginia was defeated in the seventh
inning. and that after two men were out.
II was here that the Yale batsmen welded
their stick successfully and the Nirginians
in the field made such costly errors.
This IS the score: