The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-03
YALE SPIRIT AND PLUCK SHOWN IN TIGER CAME Inability to Bat When Game Was Yale's the Cause
 of Defeat.
 JONES THE STAR. Change in Eli Lineup Nee essary for Victory Over
 Tigers.
JONES THE STAR.

Cooney tried hard saturday to mana Yale the game, but some fast play by his own men in the tenth prevented Yale from scoring when victory seemed sure for the blue.
 The game was without question the most exciting ever played between the two colleges and was undecided until the twelfth inning was ended. Up to the fifth it was all Princeton, who had taken kindly to Meyers pitching from the start and scored in each of the first three innings. Tn the fourth Meyer seemed to steady himself. and none of the Tigers made the circuit. Just why Meyer was taken out after his only successful inning is one of the several things done by Yale which need expla- nation.
 Heyniger the Princeton pitcher, was in, fine form, and, as is well known, when right, there are few, if any, pitch CTS in his class. He had the Yale men at his mercy, although he weakened during Yales rally in the sixth, and had Jones been sent at once to the bat, and not kept for fully two minutes get ting "instructions,' Heyniger and the Princeton team would not have had such a chance to pull themselves to- gether. In fact, the way the Yale bat ters got instructions from the bench, and were apparently instructed what to do, showed lack of good coaching. At the end of a season on a Yale nine a player should have some idea when to sacrifice or hit it out.
 The Princeton team, with the excep- tion of Captain Cooney, played good, steady ball, Sides making stop of a drive from Kinneys bat in the tenth which saved the game for Princeton. Vaughn at short and Dillon at second were were both good in their positions, Vaughns error of Church's fly in the tenth being really Sides fault. Har- Ian, Newcomb and Wiston in the out field accepted all their chances cleanly and batted well, as did all the rest of the Princeton team. Princeton, with Heyniger right is a hard team to beat, but not quite up to the Princeton stan dard as a whole. Cooney behind the bat was very weak and was largely re- sponsIble for four of Yale's runs.
 It Is believed by many that the Yale team could have been made much stronger if some players had been placed in different positions. Madden in left field carried off the honors of the game. One hates to sec a player who works as hard and honestly as Jones beaten. His two attempts to score were both well taken and although not suc- cessful deserve praise. In backstop work and throwing he was good, all though one throw to second was off. Madden on the bases was delight to see He took every possible chance and made good. His catch off Heyniger' s bat in the eleventh. after a hard run, stopped ball which at the stand was labeled home run"
 Kjnney at short fielded his position very well, and at tho bat was seeming ly able to hit Heyniger at will.
 Camp at second felded well but at inc bat he was of no use to the Blue, and seemed as whole to lack any in terest in the game. Church at third and Gushing at first both tielded in good form, but both were very weak at the bat. williams is acknowledged a better fielder than Church. He could not be any weaker with the stick. He should play third next Saturday and Church could be used in Chapin's gar den Indeed, Sweeney might go to right instead of Church, and in this way the batting would be helped.
 Chapin's relay to Camp on Newcomb's drive was his only play of note. Jones | by a quick drive made Chapin's throw in in the eleventh inning look good, but it really did not have the power Chapin tries hard, but he isn't Inn to the mark. Clifford in center had chance to throw to the plate, but fo1 some unknown reason didn't. He is not a success and hasn't been all sea- son. Llppin or Mallory should be giv- en his place.
 | There is no doubt that to win Yale
 must hit the ball, for unless a great l change takes place in the pitching, Princeton will make runs and quite a | number.
 Saturday Meyer was certainly not at his best and was hit hard. Meyer is a sandy fighter, however, and might have done better had he been left in, | Howard Jones' who followed Meyer
 has not pitched before this year and his lack of practice was plainly and painfully evident.
 He had apparently neither speed
 curve or control and his spit ball was
 not effective enough to be used en-
 tirely Many college pitchers in en- I deavoring to perfect the spit ball are
 hurting their arms and losing their other effectiveness.
 Van Vleck, Yale's last slab artist,
 was the most successful of all, but he | too lacked control-had the man who scored first in the 18th inning-his strength would hardly last through a hard game, Parsons on paper seems
 to be the only man who has the pitch ing ability to win from Princeton and after Saturdays tryout of the other three would seem to be in line for a chance to redeem some of his poor work earlier in the season,
 As stated before Princeton with l Heyniger will be hard to beat but
 Yale teams in the past have overcome l hard obstacles and this team showed ] by overcoming Princeton's lead Satur-
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