New-York tribune., 1908-06-28
HARVARD BEATS YALE
FINAL GAME OF SERIES.
Large Croscd Sees Crimson Hin at
the Polo Grounds.
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Starting out with the same speed by which the
crew defeated Harvard at New London Thurs
day. the Crimson baseball team away from
Yale at the Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon fin
ishing up with a 5 victory. 1t was Harvard
all the way in the final game of the series and
the last college contest of the season. The vice
torious Harvard oarsmen. who led the cheering,
sang a song which started as follows:
Harvard deari Listen here:
We're afraid to go home In the dark
Shoestring broke so stroke,
Just at the hslf-nile mark
1t expressed the game to r When Van Week,
the Yale pitcher blew up in the third inning, the
bulldog had no more chance of winning than did
the Blue crew at the two-mile mark Harvard
full to the brim with confidence, and played
that way. Yale out to do die.
Harvard cheerers far exceeded the Yale support
ers and they were very much in evidence from the
start, probably because they had not yet settled
down after the varsity race Though the crowd
was not as large at the Yale-Princeton game
two weeks ago, the grandstand was filed and there
were not many empty seats in the right held
bleachers. Almost many women as men saw
the game, and cheered with much vim as their
escorts II ideal day for the game, and
the players seemed to work better in the hot sun.
In the first inning Harvard threatened TO score,
but fast fielding saved Van Week The Yale
pitcher got into his stride in the second inning and
seemed to be going nicely, but the storm was al
ready broodiRg. finally breaking in the third in
ming, when Harvard collected six Three
errors in row, two of them by Van Week. fol-
lowed by single double and home run did
the trick. Hartford, who led off. was safe on an
error by Fels Harding and Leonard both dumped
the ball in front Van Week but the Yale pitcher
seemed to have attack of stage fright, and
couldn't field the ball, and the bases full. Nc
Call singled scoring Hartford the bases still being
full.
Harvey the little centre fielder for Harvard. smote
the ball mighty whack, Harding and Leonard
galloping in, while the Crimson batter got to sec
hall in
the left field bleachers for a home run, driving
Mccall and Harvey before him. Captain Jones had
TO relieve Van Week at this point. and the Yale
pitcher who has done the bulk of the twirling for
his team went TO the bench broken hearted. Rose
took Van Weeks place in the box There was no
scoring in this inning, but Harvard had a
lead which Yale could never overcome.
With this big lead to overcome Yale got together
and played better ball. scoring two runs in the
fourth inning after two were ont. Hartford,
who pitching for Harvard, was wild as a
hawk and passed four men, a wild throw TO first
let in the next run.
Harvard substituted Hicks for Hartford in the
fifth inning. The Blue batters got the pitcher
right the start. Fels singled and reached third
Roses and Joness out. He scored a single
by Dimes. In the inning Williams drove the
ball 10 the centre field ropes for home
In the fifth inning Tad Jones took his place be
hind the bat, having played first base for the four
preceding innings. If he had been in his usual
place perhaps Yale would have played a better
game for the team seemed to settle down as soon
he took charge. Harvard got two runs in the
fourth inning and another in the eighth.
When everything seemed over and two men were
out in the last inning Captain Jones gave ex-
ample Of Yale grittiness to the last. After two
strikes had been called on him he met the ball for
a two-bagger. Dimes bumped little infied hit and
Jones went all the way home this daring IN
nerving the Harvard infeld and giving Dimes life