The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-08-14
THEY "EIGHT" THEM. I
Princeton Defeats Cambridge by a Score
of to 3. 500"

..-E THEY EIGHT" THEM.
Princeton Defeats Cambridge by Score
of 8 to 3. ''."-,.
The ball game that was played be-
tween Cambridge and Princeton last
Sunday afternoon and which was the
"rubber'' brought out a large crowd,
and there were probably between 300
and 400 people who witnessed the
game. Cambridge people came over
in large numbers and began arriving
early. The Cambridge contingent
must have numbered between fifty and
seventy-fve, and there were many
ladies in the party who came over to
witness the game and visit friends.
After some little sparring over the
selection Of an umpire John Glover of
Cambridge, was agreed on and he
gave both teams a fair shake. The
Princeton boys were fearful that they
would run up against some umpire
snags but Mr.. Glover ran the diamond
shape ship into port without putting
any holes in the bottom.
The game began at three and in just
two hours the fair grounds were de-
serted, and the score that was carried
away read 8 to for Princeton. Cam
bridge went to the bat facing Ham
merel of St. Cloud who was in the box
for Princeton. Clifton Cravens sup
ported Hammered and they made up
good strong battery throughout the
game. Hammered had a good easy
delivery and while he looked like
soft mark, the Cambridge batters
were quite deceived in some of the
balls that he sent in. The visitors be-
gan hitting him quite easily, and in
the first inning made their only score
of three. In this inning Hill went a
few feet away from first and smoth cred
Cambridge air ship while Marshall
gobbled one out in the field. Prince
ton went to bat and famed wildly at
the left-handed dippers that Booth re-
leased for the visitors. Herb Bunker
took care Of what the Princeton bows
left. In the first inning the home nine
managed to make one score, "Sambo"
being credited with this record. When
Cambridge went to bat in the second
inning the word failure to the visitors
looked very dim and distant, but they
retired in one, two, three order, and
while in the subsequent innings they
managed to hit Hammered quite freely
the hits were far from being two bag
gers and home runs, such as Prince
ton had credited to them. The visitors
ran up against some very good field
work by Princeton and the best they
could do with the ball was to strike up
a few ''pop corns" that were very sell
dom missed by the home players. The
game progressed in a very pretty man
ner up to the seventh inning, neither
side being able to score: and when
Princeton went to bat in the seventh
she only had a record of two, making
one score in the fourth inning, in
which inning Marshall made a three
base hit, and the sensational feature of
the game was the home run by the
harness maker in the seventh. Two
other scores we're made in this inning
by the home players and they made
three more in the eighth which COM
pleted their record.
The wild errors and poor fielding in
the seventh by the visitors, which
record was repeated in the next inning
caused the downfall of the Cam bridge
team. When Princeton player did
get swipe at one of Booths meteors
he managed to send it out into the
field in way that bewildered the
felders. If the visitors had not COM
menced to dig potatoes along toward
the latter end of the game the result
might have been different, at any rate
it would have been a very interesting
game. There was the best feeling on
all sides and the visitors went home in
good spirits. 1t is to be hoped that
they will conclude to come over fair
week and try conclusions again with
the Princeton boys.