New-York tribune., 1908-06-17
TIGERS BEAT YALE
In BITTER FIGHT
YIN B4SEB4LL TITLE IN
ELEVENT'H INNING.
Wild Throsc bg Dimes Fatal-Big
Croacd Sees Erciting Struggle
at Polo Grounds.

Princeton is the intercollegiate baseball cham
rion for 1905 but il took Tigers eleven innings
70 win the title Vale in the deciding game
Of the series the Polo Grounds yesterday before
a crowd of ten thousand cheering supporters Inc
score was TO .
For n,re 1,na,lliterated excitement and enthusl-
asn with plenty of exhilaration, the contest
yesterday in common Eallop- 1here was
never a moment the long afternoon when the
final result was in doubt. After the hard
earned victory Of the Tigers had finally come, the
sons Of Old Nassau poured out the field and
gave vent their feelings in a way known only
TO college men. 1t wild, hilarious joyous
1hrorg without a care in the world. Graduates OF
many wears back linked with underclassmen
and shouted and threw their hats in the air with
utter abandon.
one Wild throw gave victory TO Princeton Had
il not come when it did the teams might stlll be
fighting. Dimes. Yale's little second baseman was
the offender. 1t is hard to say any man was re-
snonsible for Yale's defeat, for every son Of OLD
Ell worked like a Trojan. but, nevertheless, il IS
true The costly misplay came in the first half
Of the eleventh inning. There were Two men on
bases and when slow grounder wr1ggled
toward Dimes. 1t was an easy bali to field, but
Dimes flmbled and then, in his eagerness 10 re-
deem himself, threw wild TO first base allowing
Two Tiger runners TO cross the plate and cinch the
game.
OF course. there were some heroes-there always
are in a college game. in considering the Princeton
ball tossers there is hesitation in picking Hey
niger the giant pitcher. Without him at the helm
The Princeton ship would have been swaInped with
out a doubt. He in splendid form, and did not
allow single hit up to the sixth inning. Time
after tine he tightened UP like drum. and it was
impossible for Yale TO push a man home, even
though there were runners the bases with none
out. Besides his fine work in the box Heyniger
got three hits, andtwo OF them counted largely in
The run getting.
Yale's star was Captain Tad Jones' and what
has been said Of Heyniger applies also TO the Eli
leader. He guided his team numerous shoals
and tied the score practically by his own unaided
efforts. Won Week pitched beautiful hall, and de-
serves the greatest credit
Long before the game started the stands began
70 fill up. II a gay scene with plenty OF color.
The blue and orange and black pennants waved
in the light breeze. which made an ideal day
10 watch the rival teams struggle for the cham
pionship. For the six innings there was never
moment when the cheer leaders were not striv
ing with might and main TO draw out every last
bit OF extra noise
Yale won the toss and took the field. The cheer
ting then began, and it never ended until the Polo
Grounds emptied Of their crowd, two hours
and half later There scoring until the
third inning. when the Tigers got a across
the plate. Dawson singled and advanced to second
sacrifice. With out Sides planted sin
gle in centre field and Dawson scored.
Prinoeton's hopes jumped up by bounds and
leaps when another made in the fifth
Timing Warwick hit by Van Week and took
with the bail throwing 10 first, Warwick taking
third. Ffsh's hit bounded past Van Week and
Warwick scored.
Yale did not tally until the sixth inning. Clif-
ford hit by a pitched ball. but was forced out
at second by Van Week Philbn hit for two bases
along the right field foul line however and Van
Week breezed home.
With score > to l in Princeton's favor and
ont IN the eighth inning Captain Jones
singled. his third of the game then stole sec
ond and third II beautiful base running with
nothing too desperate for the Eli leader. A mo-
ment later Dimes bunted toward third and Jones
got home
Cheer leaders worked with might and main, but
Princeton couldn't in the ninth neither
could Yale. The conditions marked the
tenth. Aud then came The eleventh, which proved
fatal for Yale Sides and Heyniger singled and
then both moved up Eddie Dilon's sacrifice.
Harlan easy out, and Yale had only one
dispose Then came Warwick s
feeble grounder Dimes and the latters wild throw
Philbn. Sides and Iieyniger ambled home, and
the Princeton crowd crazy
In the second half the bulldog still fought vi
ciously, but the game
Both teams fumbled miserably. probably because
of the intense feeling. Princeton the wors
offender and Yale really outplayed the Tigers al
though Heyniger team in himself FGfteer
Yale were left bases. in the third
inning Yale filled the bases with none out but
could not score. There was hardly an inning wher,
runs proved hard to get.