Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-30
YALE BALL Team GAINS VIC.
TORY over HARVARD, 4 TO 0.
Game at New Haven, Played Before Record
Crowd, a Spectacular One===Joy at Yale
Ivan Week Pitches Last Home Game.

New Haven, Conn, June 29-Joy is
unrestrained at Yale tonight over the
great victory of the Varsity nine in the
game with it's old time rival, Harvard,
the event coming as the browning fea
ture of a day full of excitement and
merry making for the thousands of
Yale men back for Commencement and
class reunion. The game from the Yale
viewpoint was full of good playing by
it's nine and there were words of praise
also for the Crimson, which fought in
the later innings with stubbornncss
that did not make the thousands of
Yale supporters easy of mind until the
last Harvard man was safely retired
The final score stood: Yale 4; Har-
ward 0.
The game was surrounded by the
many incidents which make these oc-
casions wonderfully interesting as spec
tacles. Stands filled to overlooking
with masses of brilliant colors made up
OIL summer gowns, parasolS, and mil
linery, while for an hour over the
bright green diamond spread hundreds
OF Enthusiastically CARRIED Yale men
cavprting like colts in the exuberance
OF spirits, and doing stunts which time
and again made the spectators rise in
their seats and cheer until their voices
with the strains of a score of bands
mendous volume. Some of the features
were particularly striking. The Shelf
Class of 1906 produced an immense
piece of scenery of jungle sketch and
from it emerged a big elephant The
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solitary hunter began banging away
at the elephant until the animal fell
over. Then the classes swooped down
upon it, and drew the carcass off the
field. The crowd was the largest that
ever saw a baseball game here.
The outcome of the game makes it
necessary to play off the tie tor the
championship at New York on Satur-
day afternoon.
Van Week pitched his last home
game for Yale and did excellent work
as long as he was in the box and when
he retired in the sixth in favor of Mer-
rift, he went to right field and con-
tinucd his good work. Not naturally
good fielder, Van Week made one
hard catch and in the ninth. His quick
work prevented what seemed sure
would ultimately result in score
SimOns had reached first on Cushmans
error and started for second on Aron-
sons single to right. Van Week made
quick recovery of a difficult ball and
snapped it to second, catching Simons
before he reached the bag.
The graduates were enthusiastic all
the way along, but it was not until the
fifth inning that they broke loose in
full force. Van Week had pulled out
of one bad hole and Yale had never
been dangerously near scoring. With
Mallory out, Corey singled. Cushman
then singled as did Van Week, scoring
Corey. Philbin followed with a two
Dagger bringing Cushman and Van
Week home 1t was a task to keep the
graduates off the field at this point. The
other score was made in the seventh
With Merritt out Cushman walked,
stole second, went to third on Briggs
error and came home on Philbin's sim
gle Harvard was unable to do any,
thing in the ninth. Hicks pitched a
good game for Harvard and allowed
one less hit than the Yale pitchers. In
the fourth inning Hicks struck out the
side in ORDER, Murphy. Jefferson and
Logan, three of Ya1es best hitters In
the eighth Harvard had the best chance
to score in the entire game After Nc
Laughlin had struck out Hicks got a