Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-25
TAFT IT base BALL GAME
Secretary and Judge HoIIister Lead
Parade 60 Yale Glasses.

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Secretary and judge HOIIister Lead
Parade &C Yale Classes.
NEW HAVEN, June 24-As wild a scene
Of jubilation and as picturesque a mass
Of humanity as ever had a setting on a
base ball diamond was that which tie
alumni Of Yale university presented as a
greeting to Secretary william H. Tart
yesterday as he sat with his class Of Is IN
the stand on Yale field to see the annual
game between the Blue and Crimson. His
cup of happiness was filled TO OVERLOOKING
for not only was the crowd a record breaker
in his honor and the classes the noisest
ever in their dances upon the g~reenswald
but Yale beat its rival by the score Of :
20 0 in a game which was fun OF better
playing than either team has shown this
season. AS an omen of good luck Secrs-
tsry Taft, with Judge HOLSTER in the trent
rank OF his class and Immediately follJwirg
a band which constantly played the stir
ring Yale airs and thanked on either side
by the Stars and Stripes and the banner
of the class OF rs, marched twice around
the ball field In full view of more than LOO
wildly cheering men and women and fol-
lowed by~>the reunion classes numbering
several hundred men in their fantastic and
striking garb such as only active schemers
can devise and which have made Yale
CLASS reunions so notable. Inc StS4t'dlN
was loyal to his class, as he said he would
be, and disdained to leave 1t when finally
it was ushered into one of the stands on
the westerly side of the field under the foot
ball stand.
Secretary Taft and his class, at the head
Il all reunion classes, made his appearance
on the ball field at 8 o'clock. As the IA
miliar figure Of the secretary came from
around one Of the stands thousands q
people rose to their feet and gave many
lusty yells, and bands massed behind tn
stands waiting for them to come into view
burst out into music. The tremendous roar
which went up punctuated with the thrill
ing yells with nine Tnfts in it, awoke the
echoes such as is only equalled by the
larger gatherings at the foot ball games in
the adjoining field. THE class of IS with
Mr.. Taft at its head swung onto the field
and then began the procession which for
more than thirty minutes was one great
moving band of color and action. Stand
after stand swung into union of cheering
under the leadership of men with mega
phones as Mr.. Taft and his classmates
went by. In the column we're bull fight
ers and mastadOrs, Irish peasants, tyro-
leans. rough riders freely using six shoot
ers, and others with contrasting colored
uniforms, while here and there was a feat
ure such as a wild bull impersonated by
two men under a skin, an enormous lion,
men on horseback and others carrying pla-
cards on which were humorous references
to the chief guests Of the day. As the
column wound round for the second time
Mr.. Taft and his party halted at their par
ticular stand and reviewed a part of the
classes and then they took seats. In front
OF the stand the classes cut up capers of all
sorts and finally the razzle dazzle dance
was started. At last the crowd grew
quieter and the classes faded away back
into the stands.
Ball Game a Good One.
The ball game was a good one. The
Intensity of the mon ents as they passed
when Yale was only one run ahead of Har-
ward for many innings was a restraining
factor on the spirits of the enthusiastic
young men in the stands. But when In
the seventh Yale cut loose and scored
two runs the Yale men made up In a
few minutes for all the time they had
held their exuberance in bounds. Secre-
tary Taft's tribute to the team and its
captain came in the first inning when Tad
Jones stepped to the bat. Up rose the
secretary and the class with him and the
band in front played For God, for
country and for Yale" and one more wave
of cheering swept round, round and round
the field.
As soon as the game was over Secre-
tary Taft passed out OF the stand and in
the midst OF a knot of friends he shook
hands with a great many acquaintances
Then he walked out on the field, In the
center of which a burlesque automobile
race was being carried out, and then
under the leadership of the band he and
the others marched to a car which was
waiting and which conveyed the party to
the home OF President H9dley.
Yale Bats Out Victory.
The ball game was won by Yale's battinl
ability. In the opening inning with one
3 out. Dimes hit clearly to right field and
took second on Hicks throw to catch hin
off first base. The ball went through
a Harding's hands. Dimes reached third OF
Murphy's infield drive and scored on VII
liams' three base hit, which went beyond
D the fielder. No more scoring was done
!, until the seventh. Clifford, the first MAJ
up, hunted safely, beating out the ball
Fels advanced him a base by a sacrifice
Van Week went out on a foul hunt o
r a third strike. Then amid cheers Captain
Jones made a slashing drive through short
scoring clifford. He went to second him
self and brought the crowd TO its feet b!
scoring on Dimes bunt,
Harvard looked dangerous in the ninth
but sharp fielding quickly ended he
a Of Tho hot GnAgas