New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-05
PRINCETON DEFEATS YALE.
HEAVY HITTING MARKS THE CONTEST
AT NEW-HAVEN.
FEAREY's WITNESS FACTOR N YALEs LOSS or
THE GAME-A PLUCKY Effort IN
THE EIGHTH INNING.

THE EIGHTH INNING.
Neu-Haven June 4-The first game in the series
between Yale and Princeton played here tnls
afternoon and resulted In a victory for Princeton.
Both sides folded In good shape and batted well
Prlncetons victory may be ascrbed to their ability
10 bunch their hits and the poor pitching OF
Fearev whose arm was In bad condition. The lat-
.or gave eleven bases on balls in four innings ana
under such conditions team could hope 10 WIN
Notwithstanding such disbursement the fal"
team played plucky. persevering game OF ha'l'
ard showed that with efficient man In the box
tho result might have been different Hillebrand
pitched a good game Yales errors were all costly
The features Of the contest were Wears clean
home run in tho seventh inning Watkinss brilliant
capture Of q low short fly in near centrehel'' ana
Yale's magnificent rally in the eighth inning
Yalc's batting streak at this point made Things
merry 10 the tune OF six runs. Princeton
scored only three runs after Greenway sup
planted Fearoy In the box In the hNh Inn
ing The day not an ideal one 'or
baseball as o. stiff breeze blew across the heIo
throughout the game and the temperature was
low The wind kept the heldcrs guessing on the
long flies and brought forth some pretty Judging
The audience distinctly college crowd ana me
stands about the field gayy decorated with
blue and orange and black. Princeton sent up
band OF persevering cheerers. and tho Yale STANDS
Numbered their applause with the "eli-Kho"h iale
cry In the eighth inning. when Yale took tre-
wild.
Princeton led OF In the first with run that was
forced in and with three on bases Hazen
pulled Yale out OF a tight place by catching uilH
cult foul and retiring the side. Yale also had
three men on bases in this inninr. but falled 10
score.
Key's three Dagger In the second helped 20 oF'"s
in three runs for Princeton. which gave them
comfortable lead In the third neither side scored
but Princeton practically won the game IN tne
fourth. when five were tailed and Fearey
retirement from the box accomplished. kHler
three baggcr which stretched into a nome run
by De Sauless error. started the trouble, ana thc
rest was a combination Of heavy batting by ftlhCs-
ton and poor fielding by Yale. as well as Fearey
inability TO put the bali the plate In the III IN
C;reenway handled the ball. ana Eddy took MS
Mace In left field. Princeton made two more runs,
and Yale was shut out for the fifth consecutive
time The only run scored IN the sixth ana sew
enth innings by Wear, Of Yale. who sent the
ball sailing far out over the centre-teders heau,
and reached home before II was returned TO the
diamond 1890, -
The arst half Of the eighth inning Melted run
for Princeton Then Yale came to the bat, ana Tor
several minutes tore things up In way that re-
minded people OF the last football team - way OF
doing things. Captain Greenways three Dagger
capped the climax and marked the close OF as
tlnctly SANDY effort Neither side scored IN the
ninth 4 peculiar feature OF the game was the
number OF times when one hit would have done
wonders for Yale and the regularity with which
this hit failed TO materialize The score follows