New-York tribune., 1902-06-15

closure was forgotten u such array of beau
y. fashion and solid citizenship. The attendance
was not large-probabiy four thousand is a
liberal estimate-but it was Of the kind which
has served raise the sporting world to its
present eminence Such gatherings make the
world Of outdoor recreation and pleasure what
it is to-day, beneficial to youth and woman
kind.
PRINCETON STARTS OFF WITH A LEAD.
But It was the game itself around which the
public interest centred. Princeton started off
as her prestige warranted, with lead of three
runs. and the contingent from Old Nassau
1massed to the right of the grandstand began
their songs of triumph. The New-Jersey youths
sang with rhyme and reason, making the old
ratters Of the grandstand fairly trembe- Yale
for time answered with sharp, biting, sarcas-
tic and barklke shouts. seeming for the time
being TO realize their helplessness before such
opponents, but determined TO fall. if fall they
must, with colors flying, and the battle cries
OF Old Ell swelling in defiance.
AS the game advanced the Yale men played
better than they were supposed TO know how to
I do. and Princeton played much worse than It's
|. reputation seemed to warrant. Then the Yale
supporters, assembled In compact bunch to
the left of the grandstand, saw their chances
suddenly brighten, and began 10 yell encourage
ment TO their athletes as only Yale 'rooters'
can yell The Princeton cheers continued to
: vibrate but the Yale enthusiasts met them with
q wall of sound which seemed TO block Princeton
noise and hurl # back 10 the Old Nassau sec
fion. where, in turn, il waited up and over
Coogan's bluff, in the
Then Yale tailed two runs. and the enthusi-
asm from rhe section of blue broke out afresh
with more power and 1erceness. Yale was
{ only behind and a the Princeton batsmen
continued TO make wild and ineffective swings
at the high, speedy curves which Garvan con-
tinued TO send toward them. the Yale men at
last realized that they had chance to capture
the championship after all, and the enthusiasm
was unbounded for the remainder of the battle
YALE IMPROVES WITH EVERY BALL.
When Yale took the lead with two more runs
in the seventh inning her loyal sons could hardly
be restrained. for Yale seemed TO improve with
every bali pitched, while Princeton as certainly
deteriorated. Up to this point blunders there
were none; at least not Of the sort that the
scorers place in tabulated form at the end of a
game They came afterward each side making
two. But Princeton was making errors of the
sort which rankle IN the heart OF the real base
bail critic, the sort which cause tears of vexa-
tion when the battle is fought over again In pri-
rate conversation. Princeton's errors were those
of omission rather than commission. Princeton
and neglected to grasp opportunities several
trying moments. Time and time again Prince
ton batsmen went after the ball when Il was
high in the air, and the team was deprived Of
several bases on balls in consequence. The
Tigers Were too anxious TO hit the ball and did
not have the cleverness TO wait until the horse
hide covered pellet came the plate to do it.
Yale methods were Just the reverse. The men
from New-Haven were collected throughout
the contest if the odds favored them bounti-
fully. which they did not. Yale batsmen waited
until the bali came over the plate, and then
swiped at it and hit 1t Il they could The result
was thai Underhil was kept at such a pitch
that the advisers of the team on the bench de-
cided 30 take him cut in the eighth inning and
substitute Stevens Underhill did show a dis
position to become wild under the Yale methods
OF waiting. and possibly the change made no
difference in the score. While Yale tailed what
proved to be the winning run in the eighth off
Stevens the chances are that they would have
done as well or better IL Underhil had remained
as the chief member Of the Princeton battery.
GALLANT EFFORT TO CATCH UP.
The Princeton men did make gallant effort
to catch up in the last two innings but Yale
had the advantage, and those who have seen
Yale teams in the past realized what that meant
The New Haven heiders. both in and out played
With speed that saved them the day. Some
people thought that II hard luck for Prince
ton in the eighth when Barnwell captured a
fly few inches from the tNrf. When the ball
shot from Green's bat IL looked certain for 4
single. If not two Or three bagger II was a