The sun., 1908-04-12
I'M The BASEBALL WORLD
NEW YORK NATIONALS, MLJOR
AND MINOR, WIN CANES.
Regulars Take Yalss Measure by score Of
y 10 Before Blg CrOwd- -Grimth's
IIlntOppeFS strike snAg IN Jersey city
and LOse-Results OF Other Contests.

and LOse-Results OF Other Contests.
One baseball game and iour-ninthS Of
another one, with members OF the New York
Nationals taking part In both. was the pro-
gramme provided for the first appearance or
McGraw e men on their home grounds yester-
day, and Ii was a programme at which the
rooters snapped eagerly, The attendance
was very large for an exhibition game and
on such a raw and blustery day. The main
magnet was the clash between the New YORK
regulars and Yale and a crowd OF 1900 saw
this battle. a pretty good indication OF the
lively interest In the national game In this
town.
The New Yorks beat Yale by a score Of
| 0 TO /, and the appetizer was four inning
! brush between the New York colts aud the
nine OF the New York Athletic Club. ltwasn :
much OF q brush. The Mercury Footefs
were not nearly a. good performers as Yale
and we're walloped "a 10 q. Malarkey aud
Crandall pitched for the colts and Snodgrass
and james caught. SO far a. any opposl-
| ton was concerned the y, Y, A. C,s were
largelya iest, but the colts entertained with
sprightly dolngs. DeVores batting and
speed on the bases was the most appealing
thing, with Evans's hitting a close second.
Devore was cheered all the way 10 the club
house after the abbreviated enco ounter lie
made four hits and Evans three.
Had this been warm day we would have
shown you more speed than you ever saw In
an opening game, for the team @ ln extra
good condition." declared McGraW after the
| tilt with Yale The major New Horks showed
q nifty BIT OF speed as II was, the in'ield. with
Bridwell and Tenney added, appearing 70 be
conspcuously pepPery and fast. BridWeil
covered a vast amount OF ground, Ienney
handled all kinds Of thrown balls perfectly
and Devlin played a fine game at third
| Tenney Was more talkatlye and garrulous
than he used TO be with BOston-was right
In the spirit Of the fray Tenney and Donlin
when they came to bat got more applause
than all the rest Of the team put together
Donlln responded by striking out, but no
made a hit every time after that, pounding out
| four saietles In all.
The fielding Of the game was conducted
with rapidity and precision on both sides
The collegians we're wanting with the bale
stick. but their work In the field Tss above
was heady az wen as speedy; But there was
lack Of practice, and that was IN putting Ihe
ball on base runners, lad Jones tnren
| balls were awkward In tagging the man
coming into the base, At that couple OF
| steals BY the New Yorks we're allowed 10 the
| frst inning which looked 70 be dead outs
and which decisions presented brace OF
Cant. Jones was lame, but caught In his
customary hne style Peck and Williams
| too hslded capably, also Fels, who was hurt
| In getting back to a base In the fourth inning
| and had 10 retire. He was carried TO the
bench, but the injury to his ankle was not
| serious A couple OF times the New l0rks
| batted In tough luck, smashing line drives
| into feders gloves for double plays The
YalSsians hung on to the liners When they
| came their way, however
Weakness In pitching was the chief iault IN
Yales scheme OF endeavor. The, first Two
pitchers we're shy on control, and In addl-
| ton hits we're punched on them, They
we're punched on Van Week IP the iith rD.dd ana
| little effort to profit by the Yale boXmen's
wlldness. for they were after batting prao-
tice, The game was full Of good throwing
on both sides. Taylor had lots OF speed.
The score: