New-York tribune., 1905-06-04
COLLEGE BASEBALL.
YALE OVERWHELMED.
Princeton Hits the Ball Almost at
WW and Wins Easily.
rBr TEIEas,rH TO THE TRIBUNE

New-Haven, Conn, June 3-Princeton fairly
overwhelmed Yale in the first championship
baseball game of the series to-day on Yale Field
by score of IS to 2. After the third inning
the game degenerated into something Of farce.
Yale was wofulI- weak and hopelessly out
classed, and hardly single word can be said TO
the credit of the team.
Princeton ratified hailstorm of singles, two
baggers and home in 3 terrific onslaught
that knocked both Jackson and Pratt out of
the box. Byram's fine pitching, the Tigers
heavy hitting and Yae's list of eight ineacusable
errors tell the story of the game in few words.
AT no time did Yale have chance to win, but
the immense Yale crowd cheered and sang
til the last man struck out
Jackson pitched fair game for Yale for three
innings, but was far below his true form. He
hit three men, gave three bases on balls and al
lowed six hits for a total of ten bases. He was
replaced in the middle OF the sixth inning by
Pratt, who went under with four hits for total
OF eleven bases. Bell finished the game for Yale,
but in the ninth inning allowed three more hits.
For princeton Byram pitched a brilliant and
steady game, and kept Yale's six hits scattered
IN as many innings. In the sixth and ninth inn
ings Yale went to pieces completely and furn-
oled every ball that thrown 1t the
worst exhibition Yale has put up in recent years.
Inc first two innings were without incident
battery errors after O'Brien had singled. and
Princeton in the second inning mainly because
of O'Brien's error in fielding pop fly. Prince
ton failed to score in the third inning but Yale
took the lead By home into deep left field
by Jackson. The big pitchers circuit OF the
bases was accompanied by wild excitement in
the stands Later two Princeton men. with
home runs, put the ball about IN the Same
place. Princeton added three runs in the fourth
inning, two of them directly due to errors by
Bowman, Yale's first baseman. Forsythe had
flied out to Kinney and Bard hit with
pitched ball. taking second passed ball.
Cook hit to Jackson. who felded the ball to
Bowman. The latter's foot off the base
and Cook safe A moment later Jackson
tried to catch Cook off first but Bowman failed
to hold the ball. Bard raced for home. and
Bowman throwing wildly let the runner cross
the plate.
From this inning the Yale nine lost control
of the situation. The feature inning was the
sixth when Princeton batted Pratt heavily
Cook drew a base balls. Byram struck out
and Reid scored Cook with two-bagger. Helm
followed with a single to left Wells followed
with a single to right. scoring Reid and Helm
Pratt was now sent In for Jackson. and Nc
Lean hit for two bases. scoring Wells. Nc
Lean reached third Cote's slow fielding OF
q ball Cooney brought Mclean in with home
run Forsythe followed with long drive to
centre field which Barnes failed to hands clean
~, and Forsythe completed tha circuit
Bard made two base hit and Cook scored
him with single ByraIn singled and Barnes
threw the ball home. Cook was caught between
third base and the plate and tagged out by Kin
ney. Byrarn was caught running for second on
a fine throw by Kinney.
Ii their favor, the Princeton batsmen added five
more runs. The score follows: