New-York tribune., 1907-06-30
RACING 3 Yachting College Baseball Lawn Tennis Other Sports
HARVARD WINS SERIES.
YALE BADLY BE1I'EN.
Hartford's Fine Work a Feature of
Deciding Baseball Game.

Yale yesterday at the Polo Grounds by the score
OF to 2. 1t the deciding game of the
SERIES Harvard having won the first by the
score of to l, and Yale taking the second. The
Crimson outplayed the Blue, and the victory
was clean cut and sure There was no ninth
inning batting rallies and few wonderful plays.
all of which went to show that the winning
team won because it was the better aggregation.
1t was a great victory for college enthusiasm.
Old Sol ducked behind cloud early In the
afternoon, and then a fine drizZle began to fall.
About the time 1t was necessary to start for the
Polo Grounds the weather was everything that
1t should not be- Right here is where enthus-
asm scored a few runs. The loyal sons OF John
Harvard and Eli Yale knew that nothing eX-
cept a deluge could prevent the game, and so
they started for the big field beneath Coogans
Bluff, which has looked down many stir
ring contests. And for every two men VINO
passed through the turnstiles there was at least
woman carrying either the bright crimson
the dark blue There eight thousand
persons gathered in the big grandstand at 3
o'clock, when the umpire started the greatest
contest of the year in the eyes of these old
rival institutions. All through the nine innings
the drizzle drizzled and sometimes it came
down in torrents But the rOOters never linched.
There were many hats and dresses ruined. but
It was In q good cause, be the rOOter for Har-
ward or for Yale
In a big baseball or football contest generally
one two men stand out as heroes Of the
game. The big man yesterday was Hartford,
Harvard's mainstay this season in the pitching
department. This tall young fellow virtually
won his own game Rarely does a pitcher figure
much with the bat, but Hartford lined out two
twO-baggers and single. all Of which counted
largely in Harvard's scoring. In addition Hart
ford was master of the situation at all times,
and hits few and far between while he was
on the mound He struck out five Yale players
and allowed only four hits. Simons. the Har-
ward shOrtStOp, made home run for which he
was loudly cheered.
1t blue day for Yale from the start
The weather seemed to dampen the Ell spirit.
But as the game advanced the bulldog showed
his usual pugnaciousness, and the cheers grew
louder and louder as the score mounted higher
and higher and 1t became evident that Yale had
little chance to win. The crowd gave every en-
couragement TO the defeated team. Harvard's
cheering was loud and long. for the Crimson
clouds
Just at o'clock the Yale team took the field.
ana received cheer from the Harvard en-
thuslaSts Meyer went in the box and Tad"
Jones took his place behind the bat Leonard
hit the first ball straight into Madden's hands
But Briggs punched the next one through short
lot single and the Harvard crowd let loose
captain Kinney made wonderful catch of Cur
rers foul rolling over and over after he had
haboed the ball. There was plenty of cheering
now in the Yale section. Dexter went out
Camp to Cushing, and II was yare,s ,,,r -, ~, ~
ba:. 80 O. 'i'0
Jones. the first man up, swung hard bnt
hartford FOOLED him three times. Clifford popped
up I!ttle one 10 Smons. Captain Kinney then
got fale's first hit. Briggs was waiting for
Cushlngs drive. There no runs in the FIRST
HdrFtfu began 10 show her true form in the
second Mccall bunted. ard did Danat the
former getting TO third on Joness throw TO Sec
ono base which was not covered. Sinonss sac
Tllce placed Dana on second. Hartford then
went TO the bat and drove out Il beautiful
double, which allowed Mccall and Dana to score
easily. Harvey died on strikes. But Hartford
got Harvards third run when Leonard singled
Yale went out in one two. three order IN the
second inning. Van Week replaced Never In the
boN IN the third inning. There was a Crimson on
second base in this inning with only one out
but he couldn't get home. Yale had a good
chance in her half. Church was safe on an
error by Slmons. Van Week couldn't do anv-
thing with the bat. Tad Jones singled and ad-
vanced Church to the third corner Yale men
were now perched on first and third bases and
there was only one out. Hartford frightened up
however, and the side soon disposed Of
Harvard went wild with JOY when Dexter caught
K'nney's fly close up TO the left field fence. 1t
would have meant three runs had II got by
Dexter
One more run was added to the Crimson score
In the fourth. II came drive To right field
by Simons, which got by Church. who slipped in
the mud trying TO field the ball. Once again was
Yale shut out through the excellent pitching by
Hartford. Two singles made by Harvard
players in the fifth, but they didn't count, be-
cause Of overconhdenCe on the bases
Yale got its first IN the fifth Williams
took his base on balls. the first and only free
pass issued by Hartford during the afternoon.
He stole second and went to third on single
by Church. Van Week famed. But Tad Jones
drove a long fly into rightleld. Dana was walt
ing for It. He made fine catch and throw
williams and Church were racing for home like
lightning. Both slid under Currier and across
the plate, but the umpire called Church out for
cutting third base. Yale didn't score again until
the eighth.
Hartford was the Dangerous man again in
the sixth. After Dana had singled and gone TO
second a sacrifice the Harvard pitcher brought
him home with his second two base crack He
came home himself a wild pitch. Yale played
poor ball in this inning. There were no Har-
ward hits runs in the seventh and eighth
innings.
Harvard went to the bat in the ninth with the
firm determination to make her score as large
possible remembering that many games have
been won and lost at the last moment once
again Hartford's bat hit tho ball safely Har-
vey's sacrifice advanced him to second Leon
ard bunted and got to first because Van Week
tried 10 coax the ball to roll foul, but il was
obstinate. Briggs filed out. Leonard started TO
steal second and Jones threw the ball to centre
field. allowing Hartford TO score. That was all
for Harvard.
Then came the Yale song The players tried
hard. but they couldn't. Cushing hit hard and
long. but Dana under the ball Camp got
single. Madden hit to Simons who got the
ball over to first before Camp could get back
And Harvard had got part revenge for her de-
feat by the Yale crew at New London a couple
of days before. The score follows:
HARVARD. YALE.
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