The Washington herald., 1908-06-14

New Haven. June 13.-Fighting with a
desperation not 70 be denied and encour-
aged by a cheering section OF nearly
1900 undergraduates and alumni. Yale
requited for the 3-to-2 defeat at Prince
ton last week by trimming the Tigers to-
day by to ?.
Getting four runs in the first inning
through the poor playing Of Clark, who
started the game, and then falling on
the mighty Heyniger for nine hits. net
ting four more runs. Yale looked like a
winner from the start. Six thousand saw
the game.
II was the last time Heyniger Will
| pitch at Yale Field probably. since he
/ has "flunked" out at Princeton. From
/ his start in the box 1t looked as If the
/ occasion would be a memorable one He
/ struck out eight men. and kept Yale
without getting another run until the
! eighth inning when the whole batting or
der fell on him and knocked him out Of
/ the box
Teams Well Supported.
/ The enthusiasm, in spite of the big
/ score. was tremendous. Angered at the
/ defeat Of the team by the 3-to-2 score
| last Saturday at Princeton. the Yale fans
were on edge. From the beginning Of the
/ game TO the finish the Yale stands kept
/ up a continual cheer and the crowd Of
/ Princeton rosters sang "Old Nassau" with
the old football spirit when the Tigers
went down 10 defeat. The best Of feel
I ing was discernible. Yale cheered Prince
+ ton again and again, and the Tigers did
/ the same for Yale. Good plays on each
I side were equally applauded-
J For the first seven innings an innova-
\ ton was tried in the Yale field in the
shape OF Howard Jones at right. Be
| cause OF the ability he has manifested 10
hit recently. il was decided he should
take Wheaton's position, Wheaton going
TO center. Jones performance consisted
/ Of a misjudged fly. an error. and three
strike-Outs In the eighth Clifford lelded
In his old position, making one put-out
and when he came up 10 bat he made a
hit and a run.
Starting the first inning Tad Jones
walked and went 10 second when Dimes
was hit Murphy hit a grounder 10
Pitcher Clark. who muffed. all three men
being safe on bases On a blocked ball
Jones came home, and when Williams
shot a pop fly TO Clark and the latter
dropped it Dimes and Murphy came In.
Heyniger to Rescue.
Heyniger was put into the box then.
and on Wheaton's sacrifice Williams
1 scored. That ended Yale's scoring until
the eighth. The next two men in the
first inning Heyniger struck out.
In the third inning occurred the first
triple play seen at Yale Field in ten
years. Murphy had reached first on
Sides error and had gone TO third On
Williams single Williams stole second.
Wheaton knocked a swift ball 10 Hey
nlger's hands. who threw il to Sides
then il was sent to Dillon. catching Muir
ply and Williams, both Of whom were
ready 10 score.
In the eighth. on Fish's error, Muir
! ply reached first. Then came the catas-
trophe to Princeton. Williams singled
: Wheaton singled. and Clifford singled
; Van Week sacrificed and Fels singled
the combination netting four runs.
Princeton scored in the second and
ninth. In the second Sides was hit, stole
second and third. and came in on Wheat
On'S error In the ninth Vaughn reached
! first on Philbins error. went 10 second
on Sides single stole third, and came in
on Dawson's hit
Van Week pitched a good game. He
viii be used in the final game with
Princeton next week in New York and
in the Harvard games.