New-York tribune., 1909-06-23
RALLY WINS FOR YALE
TIDE TURNS IN THE NINTH
INNING.
Errors Costly for Princeton an De
ciding Game-Big Cr0wd
Enjoys the Fam.

W. ~ Oe''e
game Of their baseball series at American League
Park yesterday by score of TO 2, after a strug-
sie that marked by some loose playing. much
brilliant fielding and lack Of exciting situations
With the score tied AT 2. Yale went TO the bat
in the ninth inning and quickly broke up the
game by timely batting rally. when White, the
Princeton pitcher began To waver under the strain
After Sweeney had flied TO Ballin in left field.
Merritt who had in 10 pitch for Yale in place
Of Van Week IN the eighth inning. drew a base on
balls, and vent second when Carey. batting
for Phihin. waited patiently ard also walked down
10 first. Fels the next man up drove bounder TO
Sides at third. who in his anxiety made wild
Throw 20 first. allowing Merritt TO score
This error was dIsoonceTting. coming Just as il
did, and before White could settle down Captain
murphy, of Lale, stepped 10 the plate and drove
The ball far over Cunningharn's head in right helc
Tt was clean three-bagger hut because Of ground
rules counted for only bases and Fels was held
on third although Carey scored. Jefferson came
leng, however, with long sacrifice fy. Fels scor-
fng the throw-in. Logan, the next man up
-struck ont. but ;he damage had been done. ana
Yale had Hon for the Tigers were unable<to do
&uytbng in the scoring line in their half OF the
eninth inning.
Between fourteen and fifteen thousand persons
crowded about the playing field. and. judging by
rhe cheering and general enthusiasm, enjoyed every
ss1zinute the exciting battle It was q crowd
characteristic Of college gatherings, made up
largely OF the undergraduates and graduates or
THE institutions with their feminine following
wives. sweethear5s. sisters and Just plain girls
she stands were bright with color and noisy with
he rafting cheers Of the opposing forces. cheers
sdrsgged cut by perspring cheer-eaders. who stood
out in front with megaphones and called again
and again for this yell that means Of en-
xoursgemsnt and support for the teams.
There some singing, roo. and while not so
much as az the big football games in the fall,
quite enough 70 enfver the proceedings and 10 en-
rertain those who did not understand the fine points
of baseball. Strange 70 say the 25-cent bleachers
were neglected except for four or five persons who
hooked lost in the big hollow square. Those who
could not find places the main stand bleach
back Of first and third bases preferred 10 go
down on the field and sit the benches behind the
ropes. Fortunately for these the lowering clouds.
which threatened 10 turn loose q deuge at any
Snoment, did little than sprinkle a few drops
snow and then. just enough keep everybody anx-
Sons, but not enough cause any material damage
no the summer finery Of the women 10 the
Btraw hats Of the The crowd the field
snade ground rules necessary and this cost Yale
sne run and possibly two. The torrid heat cost the
smen many wilted collars and many dimes for cool
Eng drinks
A little shower Just before the game began made
The hall vet and slippery for the first two three
innings. which accounted, perhaps for some rather
2oose playing when the teams took the field. Yale
cnade good start in the first inning by scoring
swo runs three scratch hits and error by
Reid. After THAI Yale had number of good
Shances 10 score. but White always tightened up
and were forthcoming until the winning
Sally n the ninth inning. Princeton scored one
Eun in the second inning on two hits and tied the
score in the third two more safe drives After
1hat vanEleck settled down and try as they would
She Tigers could not get another hit another
Van Week showed signs Of vidness in the sew
enth inning, and although he pulled himself nicely
out Of threatening trouble the Yale coaches de-
rided 10 let Merritt. who saved for the Har-
ward game Jo-Isbrrow, finish out. He proved a
complete puzzle in the two innings he pitched.
While there were more or less loose playing and
some errors Of omission as well as of commission,
chiefly by the Tigers, the game, the whole was
wei played. Two fast double plays by Princeton
aroused the widest enthusiasm One came IN the
first inning and the other the fourth. Yale
made ten hits, 70 five for Princeton. and the
game was played deserved win.
Yale's TWO runs IN the opening inning came in
this wise: Philbin beat out an inhed hit and went
down second when Fels dropped a little hit
over first base. made possible by the fact that the
1elders were in altogether far. Captain Murphy
then drove ball 10 Sides. who caught the runner
Hf first, Warwick completing fast double play
BY shooting the bali Dawson in time 10 catch
Philbin. who tried 10 score. Jefferson came along
however, with a scratch hit scoring Fes, and
himself raced home q moment later when Reed
1uuhled Logans hard hit ball, and Dillon could
not recover il in time 70 catch the runner at the
plate
Yale had royal chance 10 win the game in the
NTH inning, and again in the seventh. but the
necessary hit not forthcoming In the fifth
Inning. with out and Phiibin and Fels on third
snd second bases, respectively. a base on balls
and tvo-bagger into the crowd, White pulled
himself out Of ugly hole by striking out Cap
tain Murphy and jefferson in quick succession
In the seventh inning with two out, Tels was safe
error by Sides. and all the way around
&C third when Sides threw Murphy's grounder 10
the bleachers. Fels out the plate. however
Jeferson's bounder 10 White. who chose the
bard way and took a chance rather than throw
the batter out at first Yale's time came how
ever, in the ninth inning when IL pulled the game
told.
The Tigers took fun advantage OF practically
every opportunity they had to score, but these
chances were few and far between, and only two
runs resulted. Van Week struck out three men in
she second inning. but clean drive by Cunning
ham end another by Pitnlan gave Princeton one
run- In the third inning Dillon out 10 Mallory
tn left field. but Balin singled. stole second and
scored on clean drive 10 centre by Sides After
that the gers were retired in practically one
two. three rider
Captain Murphy, of Yale made brilliant r,,p-
ming catch. and robbed Warwick Of 4 possible
three-baEger in the sixth inning and helped ma
ter1ally toward Tae's victory by his sIasnine drive
3n the ninth inning. Sides also made renarlxa HE