The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-25
YALE TIE FAVORlTE IN
 COMMENCEMENT CAME Annual Struggle With Har- ward This Afternoon Prom ises Good Results. VAN VLECK TO PITCH Yale's Only Star Twirler Mated Against Hart
 ford To-day.
VAN vLECK TO PITCH

NA3S 6A Se1bCob ebAllAuell CNCAlS III c1tA ! eblN athletics is the commencement baseball game with Harvard this afternoon The Blue and Crimson will battle be- fore thousands of admirers in one of the greatest baseball struggles in his tory. Yale is the favorite, but this alone does not win the contest for Eli She was the favorite last Thursday in that royal battle with Harvard, but she met defeat in ten-inning strug- gle. To-day comes the chance for the Eli nine to redeem itself. A victory will put them on an equal footing with Harvard and give them & chance for winning the series with the Crimson nine.
 To-day hundreds of admirers of both the college hines will float about the City of Films anxiously awaiting the umpire's cry of Play ball." which sig nal will be given at 3 o'clock this aft ernoon.
 Grads and "undergrads," with the fair lassies laden with that glorious blue or that beautiful crimson emblem, will be one of the few sights about the center to-day, through the campus and in the vicinity of any or all college buildings.
 The reunion of the Yale classes will be a remarkable sight and will form a picturesque accompaniment to the bat tie between the two great college hines. Each class will be headed by a band of music and in body will march to the field. Their behavior there, as usual, needs little comment. It will be one of the prettiest sights ever witnessed at a commencement game. The usually solemn grads" will have a reawaken- ing, and, whether Yale is victorious or not, will not alter their program in the slightest
 The Harvard nine has been stopping in Hartford and will come down to New Haven to-day. The men are all in good condition and will come here prepared to fight in the battle of their life. They have every confidence in themselves and will meet Yale with one handicap, that of one victory over her. If they do not win this game they still have chance for winning the series. Hartford will pitch for Harvard.
 The Yale men are in the pink of con- dition and Captain Kinney anticipates a decided victory over their Crimson rivals. Yale has but one pitcher. to re- dy upon. This is Van Week Meyer still is troubled with rheumatism in his legs, and his arm is not in first class shape. Parsons will not be given a thought nor will Jones. If. Van Vleck weakens Meyer will no doubt relieve him. If the latter is used dis courteously, as he was in the first game of the Harvard series, then comes the question. Lippitt, the Yale substi- tute fielder, showed up well in practice and might be given a chance, but as he has not had the training as a twirler the probability of his being allowed to pitch is very small.
 Hartford is a better pitcher than Van Vleck but the latter has pluck and spirit and both of these go far toward the result of the battle. The Yale in- field is faster than the Crimson infield and the outfield covers more ground. At the bat neither team is extra strong, but Yale has a slight advantage. Har- ward lost two games to Princeton and so has Yale Yales other advantage comes in the fact that the game is play ed on the home grounds and the Har- yard nine will have but half hour or less practice here.
 Chapin is now out of the game in right field owing to his poor showing at Cambridge. Sweeney is the most likely candidate for this position as he is a good hitter and a good fielder. His throw in is excellent and is not sur passed by any other fielder on the team in this respect. Jones' Yales stand by, of course will be in his position as back-stop. Cushing win hold down the first sack and Camp the middle sta- tion. Kinney will stay at third with Williams at short. Madden, the Yales best all-around fielder will be in left field and Church will be in center
 Arrangements for the conveyance of the crowds of Yale and Harvard ad- Inirers have been made by the Con- solidated railroad and an ample num- Der of cars will be put in use.
 The lineup and batting order for the two hines in this afternoons struggle will be as follows:
 Harvard--Leonard, 3b; Briggs, h.; Currier, C.; Dexter, If; Mccall, 2b; Dana, r. f.; Simons, ss.; Hartford, D.; or Brennan; Harvey, eff;
 Yale-Church, r.f.; Madden, If; Kin ney, Sb.; Jones, C.; Camp, 2b.; Cushing, 1b.; Williams, ss.; Sweeney, If; Van Week, p.