New-York tribune., 1909-06-30
YALE TURNS TABLES
RIITE MAKES HARVARD
SERIES # TIE.
Crimson Shut Out in Brilliant Pitch
ers' Battle, While WeirdIy Clad
Alumni Cheer Tictors.

4Iumni Cheer Tictors.
New Haven. June 2a.-Jov is unrestrained az Yale
tonight the victory of the varsity nine in the
game with its oldtime rival, Harvard by score Of
lto0 The victory came as the crowning featurs
NJ q dav full Of excitement and merryn1aking for
the thousands Of Yale men back for commencement
and class reunions. The series is now a tie and
she third game viii be played off I'm New York
SATURDAY. The game. from the Yale point of view.
vas fun Of good playing by its nine. there
words Of praise also for the Crimson. which fought
.n the later innings with a stubbornness that did
not make the thousands Of Yale supporters easy OF
mind until the last Harvard man out.
Interest IN the game was heightened by the many
incidents which make these occasions wonderfully
interesting spectacles The stands were filled to
overhowinE with masses Of brilliant colors, made
10 Of summer gowns. parssols and millinery. while
for an hour over the bright green diamond spread
hundreds Of fantasticslly Esrbed Yale cavort-
ing like colts the exuberance OF their spirits and
doing which time and again made the spec
tators rise in their seats and cheer until their
voices. with the strains Of OF bands. COM
bned 10 create uproar of tremendous volume.
Some Of the features particularly striking.
The -Sheff' class Of '0s produced an immense pece
= scenery Of a Jungle sketch and from II emerged
2 hg elephant The centre Of the field was cleared
and then solitary hunter began banging away at
the elephant until the animal fell Then the
classes sVocped down upon it. and drew the carcass
OF the field Another class had 'possum in a
tree. Another class. 20 Shelf" had Consul the
Great the gentleman chimpanzee. ifs mascot.
il being borne the shoulders Of Of the men.
The chinpanzee was brought here by Harry P. Dis
becker. the chief guest at the class din
Ter tonight. OF banners there a great num-
her. Hundreds Of blue balloons were cut adrift at
one time duTinS~T ~TRe dances. and they sailed
away the sight A pretty
In point of attendance the crowd the largest
that a baseball game here. The greater
number were guests from out of town, hundreds Of
automobiles coming here. in addition 10 numerous
special cars over the railroad. The parade after
the game in which the happy Yale gave vent
10 the JOY ihey felt lively as has been seen
in years
one of the greatest features Of the parade Of
classes that danced and sang its way TO Yale Field
before the game was furnished by the class of '99
Sheffield. which was led by seven Highland pipers
in full regala of kits skirng their pipes they
marched along About many bands as there
classes enlivened the affair. and the din when
three four of musicians tried to play diff
ferent tunes in a small space was something ter
rife.
one feature Of last years game missing.
President Taft who had hoped to be here this
year. $ wear ago. unable TO get
away time. and will reach here until to-ror-
ROW. ChsUncey II. DepeT-. -; Timothy woodruff,
- and Henry Taft. 50 were with their classes.
however. and hundreds of distinguished alumni
We're on hand
The game vas fast and well played on both sides
Nan Week and Merritt both spendidly erec-
tive in Yale and had the better Of
Hicks who pitched well for Harvard. because they
were able 10 keep the hits of the Crimson batters
scattered
Hicks pitched good game. however. and al
lowed one less hit than Yale pitchers In the
fourth inning Hicks struck out the first three
up-AIurplly. jefferson and Logan-three Of Yale's
best hatters.
The game was nip ana tuck for four innings,
and it was not until the fifth attempt that Yale
could send a the plate Then three
runs rod and IL tho
right there.
Up TO that time. a single By Fels in the
first inning. Yale had been retired in order. and
only thirteen had faced Hicks. who was in
superb form. Corey found his batting eye in the
fifth inning however. and drove out q single after
out Cushmah bunted and beat the
throw Corey sprinting third play,
rs he had long lead Van Week singled. and the
great crowd went wild with JOY Corey raced
across the plate
More was TO come. however. Jefferson was run
ring Cushnan who had been spiked and he
and Van Week both scored when Philbin drove out
a two-bagger.
one more run came in the seventh inning. Cush-
walked, and stole second, while Van Week
reached first on an error by Langan. He. too.
stoe second. and Cushman scored when Philbin
singled.
ming Simons was safe when Cushman funbled his
grounder. and went TO second when ArOnson
singled. Van Week caught Cushman of second on
his Of the ball, however, and the play. a fine
one spoiled the Harvard rally Dana struck out,
and the game ended a moment later when long
f. from Briggs settled into Van Weeks glove
Merritt went in TO pitch the last Two innings for
Yale Van Week going TO right field in place Of
Corey. Wren the last out and the game
safely Won :here was d rush Of fantasticaIly clad
alumni celebrate Dancing and shouting went
on for half hour before the field was cleared
The follows.