The sun., 1909-06-23
NIE WINS In THE NINTH
p,.TS PRINCETON IN DECIDING
H.ASEBALL GAME.
eli rtcners TOO Good for the Nassau
tatsmen. and the New Haven Men
yay Better All Around-Contest Tie
into the Final lnnlns-score, 3 to =.

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.h., in games between Yale and Princeton.
9TH Princeton having it almost her own
r.y in snaching victory in the last ditch.
w., Yesterday the Ellis had their long de-
! AIRED turn They defeated Princeton s
:. a, American League Park in the third
.,3 dcc!dln: game Of the series. and they
I'D It in thepinth inning.
Won by wdting would be an appropriate
,te for the baseball narrative as told on
,be hill TOP Yesterday, but mere passivity
.,cb as waiiik implies was not alone the
cause Of rhc Ultimate rejoicing Of the bull
AS sllesoricaa and real. for while the Yale
men we're shouting in the flush of belated
,rmmph a red. live, human. brindle bull
dov was rolling delightedly in the wet
Grass A clevrly carried out plan of wait
,ns to the Init while Pitcher White OF
princeton was wrestling with n wet ball.
an error and a liner by Capt. Murphy which
uen. singing Ger the lea for two bases
we're the eliminating occurrences in the
sx,ermina,lon Of the Tiger. The bases on
balls would not have won had they not
been backed M by the hit, and the hit
xouId have deci,ed the battle in Yale's
favor without theerror,
The H. 900 perons who saw the game
we're kept IN supense throughout eight
The suspense waa not always such that ;e
also kept the spectators on edge. for the
game dragged during its middle period.
There were sharp olays now and then to
make the spectator sit up, but most Of the
excitement was dhtifed with the early
,nd closing inninis. The cheering and
sncing and the Rrvous roofing Of the
,.rinine partisan. gave the customary
r,cturesque setting for this annual athletic
function.
The game was ngun in a drzzle. had
sunshine little willie later on and wound
no with the rain coming down briskiy.
some Of those VIII, couldn't find room in
the grand stand and who preferred the
benches on the fell to the bieachers hunt ed
cover when the second rainfall came. but
most OF them stutk 1t out where they were.
The rain wasn't a,rd enough to damage
tnery much. and the girl with the orange
flag who sat tHck OF centre field stayed
there Haunting her tolors from first to last.
Princeton was rot lales equal in any de-
par,ment OF the stne. The Yale men went
about their knittinf in cool. businesslike
way. They didn't become fiustered. did
1otfaltero or give an pch atiany time. There
was none Of the rctic anticipation on the
defence that collee teams so frequently
didn't get in any.ery tight corners. The
Tigers were in thm most. BY alert and
smart fielding the emerged from several
OF them ahi encouraged their partisans
10 believe thai thy would hold together
all through ant eentually come forward
with the Necessary attack. The attack
never did develO. for the Yale pitching
was too good.
Two bad spells seized upon the sons OF
Nassau. one in tie first and one in the last
inning and thereh be game was lost for them.
When the blast war blew in their ears it
was Yale who Inflated the action Of the
tiger stifrened u the sinews, summoned up
the blood" D. speak coloquially the
Yale game had more to it. 10 1t was bolder
and more resorceful-e embraced a wider
range Of tactics
Van Week ah Merritt OF Yale carried
had capable receiver in Sweeney, who
dld not shine a thrower but was most
lsljab!e in his iuties behind the bat. Al,
Ush ossb ap S ssk esssd sSng eo S aGas Msrr IL
il In the eigbh. and the change did no
have figured tat Merritt was better with, a
vet ball and tht his speed would be handy
commodity tohave in operation under the
cloudy conditions overhead. Another
eIa,esical uovep epNS wSs to substitute Pop
corey lot SuVo 6ulDlu. II pdHucu Out al
right too, 10. the roly-poly Corey did a
rarely good d.of waiting in the ninth inning.
getting bis bsf sa on balls b after two strikes
timely hits and me error. Van Week bafned
eecsslonal walh taught salivary slant.
Of those Of tn, Yale moundmen. they
we're more on the "roundhouse" order.
Yet the Pripcetoipitcher was long on nerye
nd A. a9Ta st a a s sSHd ssfSaens %e
sfected his contrl. He whipped the semi
CIRCULAR hooks apund the Yale 6atters
swinging wildly wen they were eager to
make d hit.
mere was a Pronson Of infieid hittinEfd u y ia
xss Sssv f'esdier 'H and iayed for the bstters
ohss was Capt, Sides I Princeton. who made
.s Whip o Of 'ste steel bt his % direetion Slipped
cog Dillon and Red also miscued when
Yale was chopping scAtch hits around the
grassy quadrangle in te first inning, Logan
naeld
Yale batted first andPhilbin set the blue
TO waving with an in6ld safety TO Dillon.
ssiiui lii si,empts 'es esmenot. a ;, He bpnsed a
fy back OF first base wich fell safe because
Warwick had come in a 1t. Dillon ielded
the ball and threw low ,ast first base. Phil
Murphy made frenzie stabs at the ball
snd finally succeeded iIpokins lukewerm
grounder. 10 Sides. Tie latter threw him
out and Warwick's fin return to Dawson
doubled Philbin. who tled to score on the
thYow TO first.
fels took third tling the hullabaloo
and Jefferson scratht a mean bounder
TO Reed on which Feb came in. The faien-
slams in the stands ytlkd exultantly and let
60 with another youme Of shouts shouts Sama when
on Reed'e error on I,xan's rap. The second
man up for Princeton got on In the hrst
three innings and ech time on clean MT
baip was left at scond in the rst
and took second OF Sweeney's poor throw
Phns,. fi % BALM hspR psRirasd IN IN the third stole
second and was htted home by SIDES.
That's where the Pinoeton chorus got In
Princston never made a hit after the
after lie third wal Reed in the seventh;
He ,waIt>d for four balls. stole second and
band va, able to Towl far enough TO have
B.,Ioq ,rsd 't to q 90, to 1 erss IN The Gth IL:
mag by .tAing hit but his ruee was crudeiy
sRs sss p%R,If ess fsss Sssa sl,er him
:erce had become rock ribbed.
Yale; meanwhile. was being repulsed
Il rs sshas se Saess.y sss wa aha Van 9ns Se
thrlst saf,fs over The inneid and advanced
ling. tEi9td jumper to warwick, Who
Hqehaed f1 and held Sweeney =. ,anIfS shird,
eTfepSe S SE Ma91y IL Hy'es on !st x.h only
one out Nllory stole second. sweeney