The Washington herald., 1908-06-28

New York. June 5.-Harvard again
conquered Yale. In the final game FOR
the baseball championship between the
Crimson and the Blue. Yale was de-
feated on the Polo Grounds this after
noon by to ).
Van Week. who led the New Haven
lads to victory in the contest at New
Haven Tuesday. went into the box for
the Blue. but the third inning saw his
Waterloo Opportune hitting combined
with errors by Yale helders. gave the
Crimson six runs.
Harvard was also forced to use two
pitchers in the contest. With six-run
lead against them Yale men began hit
ting Hartford freely. but before any
serious damage could be done Hicks was
substituted and he held the New Haven
ties safe
Harvard's hits were more timely, and
her team nelded better and had more life.
Something about Yales play suggested
that the men were tired. Yale how
ever. injected two or three sparkling
performances into the contest. but the
game I'm its entirety was no luminous
exhibition.
in actual battle the enlivening features
were Harvards well-managed onense in
the third innlng-when six runs were
made. topped of by beautiful drive
/ into the left field bleachers by Aronson.
II was Tad Jones farewell appear
ance as Yale player, but as an in-
dvidual his reputation was not dimmed
in the least by the defeat. He made
three Of Yale's hits, and by clever base
running bore home a run for old Eli in
/ the last inning
Van Week BattetI Freely.
The Cambridge men began hitting Van
Week In the first inning. but were hlankeC
on account Of hitting into a double play
when TWO men were on bases.
They were disposed Of easily in thS
| second but IN the third ravaged yar
! Weeks offerings a-plenty. Whether they
would have Jared as we'll had not error.
started the run orgy is hard to ell, bat
! with good fielding they would not Law,
/ scored in that inning Fels picked uI
! Hartford's grounder and dropped the bal
when about TO throw H. Lanigan sacri
feed. and Van Week messed up the play
He was Just as bad on Leonard's sacrifice
and three men were on bases. Mccall
hit cleanly 10 left and scored a run
Harvey doubled 70 center and scored two
and ATonson made a home run. lie hi
far into the left field seats. six run!
and not a man out was the reckoning
The next three batters could not hit pas
the infeld.
The Ellis made their second hit Of
Hartford in the fourth inning. Jones go
the hit. and then set out to steal second
Curriers' throw was high, but Umpir
! Adams declared Jones out. Dimes wake,
and Murphy hit TO Briggs. Briggs threw
to second too late TO catch Dimes. bu
Adams called Murphy out al first Base
on balls TO Williams, Wiley. and Mallory
and Leonard's low throw Of Clifford
grounder pushed two Yalensians home.
More for Harvard.
Lanigan walked in the fourth innlnl
and Leonards hot one pierced its wa!
through Jones. Lanigan went TO thir,
and Leonard to second on Tad's error
| Mccall bunted 10 Rose, who handled IN
ball with such magnificent deliberatioi
that his throw home was beaten by Leon
ard. Fels made the tour for Yale in TN
fifth on an infeld single, two outs. an,
Dimes hit
A short low throw by Fels. Simon
bunt. and a base on balls 10 Currier file,
the bases with Harvard folk in the fftl
with nobody out BY this time Wiley an,
Jones had swapped positions and IA cork
ing play by them shut off runs. Hartfor
hit to Wiley, who slammed the ball hom
and forced Briggs. Jones winged the bal
back to Wiley. who sneaked the leathe
down out Of the air and touched frs
before Hartford arrived there. William
threw Lanigan out after a jumping stor
Williams pummeled a straight one L
the confines of the domain in the sixth
but had TO hurry 10 reach home safely
He dived for the plate as Currier reach
ed for him. and it looked as if he wer
out. but the plate umpire. one Smith. sal
safe. Williams co-laborers could not d
anything with Hicks, who was not feaze
at all by Williams home run hit. Hicz
struck out four men in succession in tn
sixth and seventh innings.
A single by Mccall and Harveys dou
bic. the same being clumsily played b
Bomar. and Harvard had another tally il
the eighth added to her lengthy tota
With two out in the ninth. Jones drov
through Lanigan for two bases and cam
in on a hit and run play when Dine
slipped a single through short
Fifteen thousand loyal college roOter
were on hand 10 witness the contest
The Score.