The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-18
AN EASY v1croR1 FoR PRINCETON.
Yale Defeated at the Polo Grounds by n
Score of IL to 4.


Yale Defeated at the Polo Grounds by q
| Score Of IL to 4.
Princetons striped Tigers were too much for
! Old Eli yesterday afternoon at tho Polo
Grounds In a one sided struggle. and thereby
won q clear title to the intercollegiate baseball
cham pionship for the season Of 1890. Nassau 3
| team played a clean. snappy game. and artor
the first few innings the result never wns in
| doubt. Big Doe !" Hlebrand. the Tigers star
! twirlor. was complete enigma and kept tho
! boys from Yale guessing all through the game.
/ He had eight strike outs to his credit. and also
did we'll at the bat. sending four Of tho eleven
runs over the plate by his timely hitting,
! Yale showed a com plete reversal Of the form
| exhibited in the other two games with Prince
ton. Cook. who started In to Fitch. was wild
and Ineffective. and Robertson. who replaced
him. was touched up for Ave hits in the first in
ming he was in the box. one OF which was n
long home run close to the left foul line by
Green. The New Haven boys also were weak
In base running and only for some very foolish
performances in this line In the first three in
nings the game would have been much closer.
There were at least 1900 persons present
whom the game was called. A largo number Of
students from Princeton had seats ut the south
end Of the grand stand. where they cheered and
sang necessarily Tor two hours. at first to cheer
tHelr uAm on 10 victory. ana tnen IN Cne Joy Oh
watching Yale being defeated in champion
ship game. Tho examinations. which are now
on at New Haven. kept the supporters OF
Yale down below the average. but never
theless there was . faithful band OF
RIOTERS" In the upper grand stand who
followe the team In spite OF their exams"
Princeton's superior numbers gaze them big
stuck to their work steadily and were ably
helped out by crowds oil pretty girls, who Hut
Whenever they re"eived an opportunity os
s0ng OF RI which caught the cr9Ed
as follows:
Here the Ellis.
5 5ssa s vac ' SSts ih :qrP s7s:
Teach them baseball.
Princeton can never fail.
Can't twist the Tigers tail.
We are from Old Nassau.
Yale responded loudly with It's old football
"old Yale. old Yalel
How we'll twist the Tigers tail r.
Then came the fami liar frog chorus cheer.
their positions in time to an ear-sptting cheer.
Yale was put out in one-two- three order. and
1hsR tbat onR Nm into the With
Wallace Then Cook took his hrst ascension i n
lowed this by hitting Harrison. Hiebrand got
his ilrst hit on an infleld bunt, and Kafer scored
on Bedford,s long foul fly to right. which was
Yale began we'll In the second inning with
three singles in suggestion, but with the bases
brought the crowd to its feet BY strIk Ing out
the next three batters. ,Waddell. Eddy and
run IN the second inning on a base on balls to
MeGibbon; who stole second. and driving
sing, stng,e to left by Suter and scored again In the
The New Haven men got their frs. run in
easy erounder TO Bedford. who gave him lie
by tumbIIng he Immediately started for, sec
base Yale had chance to tie tn. score s'i but
or 4 q By
Tsllsce t. Esst t. third on Camps short hit to
In the fourth inning Ceothad another bad at
tack of the rattles and this time the rest Of the
bali az snG Ta@PS
ed and Blue 6aS had
down to earth again the Tigers had a discour- |
agagly big lead and were playing with the
In the next inning Robertson took Cooks |
place, and both men were heartily chesred by
iook red as though Yale still had a chance. ' but
and the sao Sn nn nsrb ns TsT osa sized %
ssm r. the first ball pitched past Qpinby,
the corners by beating out his bunt to
Quipby. Harrison made mighty effort. but
his best was pon fly to Quinby. Then came
Hilebrand's third hit, which sent Watkins
and Kafer across the plate, Robertson straight
ened out long enough to strike Bedford out,
but after he had fooled Green the next batter
with two easy drops the Princeton first base
map 4 .t caught Ugh one on the end Of his stick
for home run. IL struck close to the chalk
line. and Capt. De Saulles said it was foul but
Umpire CARPENTER thought not; an, Green ran
Yale made a hopeless rally n the seventh !
inning. Hits by Robertson and Cook an error
by Harrison and Gu nby's long fly to centre
counted two runs. In the nj IN inning the
effort and their pluck ruised a cheer from
the grand stsnd. in which l'riuceton cordially
Joined. Two singles, one by Robertson and /
the other by De SauilGs. gave Eli its fourth !.
ond. and the next two men were retired on
flies.
When Yale's last man was put out the crowd |
was treated to scene that comes only once n
year in New York. \ band Of about 900
eager young men stood inside the grand stand
until Wears fly dropped sa'ely into McCiihbon's
hands. Then they leaped the barrier and rushed
for the players, caught them un and carried
them in triumph to the clubhouse. Another
crowd Joined hands and danced in wild loy
around tho diamond to the tune OF Old Mas
sau. while still others wore busy ripping up
the bases and home plate for souvenirs. The
score:
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