The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

been the universally exhibited proneness
Of the student players 20 play loose bail.
| This fault has seriously mlTTed more
than nine-tcnths OF the games played
and set the standard Of college play
much below that of former years Prac-
tically every undergraduate team IN the
East has been a persistent offender in
this regard Princeton and Yale bejvg
among The most notorious Offenders
Harvard. particularly in it's final weeks
showed a refreshing freedom from cr-
rattle work and il was this. as much
as anything that led some shrewd OBJ
/ servers 10 pick Harvard for the final
/ triumph over the Ellis. Holy Cross, Ford
ham. NOtre Dame and several Of the
other smaller colleges have also dis
tinguished themselves by clean fielding
for the most part. Williams however.
| has been guilty OF numerous errors iu
most Of its games and its success IN
/ winning a high stand I'm the lists is all
| the more remarkable for that reason
No-hit games have been as few snd far
| between I'm intercollegiate baseball as the
proverbial hens teeth. although a num-
Der Of such twirling feats were on record
last year and the year before Hartford,
OF Harvard. pitched one Of the few no.
hit games OF the season against Cornell
az Cambridge. One-hit twO-hit. and
three-hit games We're fairly numerous.
Dowd. OF Holy Cross one Of the years
stars, pitched two games against Yale.
winning both by I 10 o. and allowing the
Ellis three hits in the first and only one
hit In the second Brick. one OF Am
herst's two crack twirlerS. held Harvard
TO single hit. and won his game by 10
O. Michigan beat Syracuse TO 0 IN a
game in which Linthcum. the Ann Arbor
pitcher permitted the Salt City collegians
! to gather in a solitary hit
Fine Individual Work.
A number Of players in the college
ranks stand out because of their fine IN
dvidual work. but it is doubtful II any Of
them deserve higher ranking as an all
around help to his team than Heyniger.
the great Princeton pitcher. Not alone
/ did Heyniger pitch great ball. but In his
stick work he had few, II any. equals
among the colleges. IN addition, he
/ ielded his position in fine style. and was
good In all departments Of the game Il
! Is almost a certainty that Princeton
would never have won the so-called
championship had not this phenomenal
/ player been on hand TO help Old Nassau
out on many occasions.
Without any attempt 10 sum up al of
the Tiger twirlers remarkable achieve
ments during the season. it is sufficient
10 refer 10 only few OF his teatS TO give
an adequate Idea of his caliber. In the
/ Cornell game. when the score was against
the Nassau players, Il was his two-baE
ger which brought in two runs and won
the game, 10 g. In the first Harvard
game. In which ne allowed the Crimson
one hit and no runs. the big Princeton
pitcher banged out a two-bagger, scoring
two OF the Tigers three tallies. He also
knocked out three-bagger In the second
Harvard contest. and held the Cambridge
| players TO two hits. The second set-to
with the Ellis went against Princeton.
/ largely owing TO the Tigers poor support
/ of Heyniger. but the third ard final game
| Of the Yale series was practically won by
! the star Jersey -twirler. He made in all
three hits. two aiding In the getting
and one breaking the tie and enabling the
Tigers to cInch the game, ! to ?.
TempletOn. OF Williams. is another OF
the college pitchers who is deserving Of
the greatest credit. The Williams man
fairly stands not far behind Heyniger.
and individually is as much, If not more,
responsible for the success Of his college
on the diamond as the Jerseyman. Tenn
pleton practically did all Of the Berk
shire colleges work in the box. Williams
having no strong substitute pitcher. and
! the Puppies success in winning the many
games II did from formidable teams Is a
convincing testimonial 10 his ability. Like
! Heyniger, he is also n heavy hitter and
| his long hits helped nightly in the scor-
| ing.