Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-22
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First OF the Championship erIes-An
hmm ense Crowd and Great Enthu-
sIasm-Three Hundred Princeton
Men at Yale Field-Yale's Victory
A Close Game.
The first championship intercollegiate
game of the season between Yale and
Princeton was played yesterday at the Yale
field. The game was to have been played
last Saturday, but had been postponed on
account of rain. It is said that the crowd
was the largest ever seen at Yale-P Prince
ton game in New Haven. The bleachers
were all filed, the grand stand was crowd
ed, the side lines were packed and the car
rage stations all taken up. Around the
outfeld rope was stretched and behind
this were placed the carriages.
The cheering WAS unceasing throughout
the game, the Yale yells being most plainly
heard, owing to Yale's excess of numbers,
although occasionally the Princeton cheers
could be distinguished. About three hun
bred Princeton men were in town Sstur-
day, but when the game was postponed the
greater part were obliged to return, SO the
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black was rather small. The Princeton
team Immediately after the postponement
Saturday was taken to Meriden to remain
quiet until their full powers should be
needed on the diamond. That time arrived
and their entire energies were exerted and
the blue once again emerged victorious to
the tune of 5 to8.
The game from the beginning was close
and exciting. For five innings neither
side scored, although in the third inning
Yale came very near 1t, and each side had
men left on bases several times.
Carter pitched a very strong game giving
only two bases on balls, striking out eight
men and allowing only four hits OH his
delivery. Altman also did some fine work
in the box.
Although no batting was made In the
fret part of the game, both sides In the
latter part did some excellent work In this
respect, the especial feature of the bat
ting being a home run by Payne.
Other neat plays were difficult running
catches by Keator and Case, and three
double plays two by Yale and one by
Princeton.
The game opened with Princeton at the
bat. No one got to first base until the
second inning, when Payne was given his
first on balls. He was followed by Brooks
and both were left on base 9, as Altman and
Williams struck out. Yale had not had a
man on fret yet, bat the blue was not
walked up yet. In the third NO safe hits
were made until two men were out, when
Ward hit safely to right, snd from q wild
throw of Greenway's he got to third. but
his efforts were of no avail az the side was
retired before he could score. In this in
ming Yale got her first man to base by q
pretty single of Greenwsy to right, but he
could not score before the side was out.
The fourth was quickly over, neither eide
having brought man over the home plate.
In the fifth Keator made a neat catch of
| hot drive by King, and Carter a fine run.
ming catch. Both sides were retired with
out scoring.
In the sixth both sides got fairly started
in their efforts, and Ward made fly to
Keator, which was muffed, and he got to
second on an error. He was allowed to
get home by wild throw of Stephenson's,
and this was followed up until three scores
were placed to the credit of the "rigers. u
Yole followed this up with two counts by
Greenway and Rustin.
In the seventh Arbuthnot was hit by q
pitched ball and given fret and finally
scored on Rustin's neat hit. By Cases
safe hit Rustin and Greenwsy.were brought
in, making the ecore 5 8. Neither side
made any more runs and the score remain
ed unchanged.
Following is the score: