New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
EASY FOR ARMY NINE
NAVY FIGHTS IN VAIN.
Cadets 90 Wild rith joy When
Middies Bite the Dust


ments up at West Point entirely forgotten by
the gray coated cadets. who could see only one
person worth admiring yesterday ana tTat "dS
Hyatt the young pitcher. who did more than any
one else % tame the naughty young dogs from
Annapolis. The score was seven Tor west foiii'
and three for Anna polls when the game was over
The second that the last Annapolis man went OUT
the West Point men Just walked through the wire
fence that separates field and stands and tred 10
mob him. They nearly succeeded bul ne was IU9'
fleet enough of get to quarters hrst
| The Army did not have as easy a victim IN tne e
Navy as the might seem to show Hya't Eo'
in tsd hole in the seventh inning and partlE
| managed to pull himself and the team out In 'he
ninth inning when Annapolis made two runs, Things
looked bad again
It was a big and enthusiastic crowd that was
there Just the kind always seen at an Army
Navy game some five thousand persons pelis
crowded into the little grandstands and stretcheu
along the ropes All the officers that couIu eet
away from Governors Island and the patteshiPS
in the harbcr were present, and so were MAJOR
General Leonard Wood Henry W IaIt anu anu NJ
and Mrs J. p. Morgan, Jr The cadets hlIeo
third Of the stands the left and overno"eu ii.'
the stand set apart for the press ana the Hno 1
ers' Club. A small but exceedingly enthusiast
never say die party cheered Ior aiI@P'
the other side Of the field
To speak about West Point and an Aillarol9
game without mentioning the girls that were 'iie+
would be like trying TO describe the HudSon anu
forgetting to mention the Palisades IheFe wei.
| as many Of them present yesterday as usual anu
they were every whit as beautiful. ANY one oL
then, could have had a whole squad Of cadets arou
If she had wished the moment that her Httle re-
twinkled around the corner OF any OF tle sIIiii ~
| buildings Some of the cadets never realized they
| had so many friends before. as when they leu ne
} down past the grandstand. with ali the oaCh IO
whose girls had missed the train OF hau So -
| away for some other reason. chanting l ~ w.
that zirIie! Oh give that grille. But no1
| an escort yielded.
When the game began It looked right away 10 the
mere civilian observer that the West POINT men u
n considerable advantage. In the nrst four lililis
HYATT retired the uliddies in order In the next ne
| let Abbott walk. and the MILDLY stole secono Oas
| lust as HambsCh struck out Anderson reIl'eu 'ii
West Pointers the same way in the first inning as
q start 10 the game Tut he had 70 give theIl run
| IN the second inning which came about by HARRISON
the first man. getting two bagger ana going 70
| third on Lyman's sacrifice. Devore tapped one Ou'
| toward third base, and Harrison started TOT tl7
plate; Hambsch fumbled with the ball just long
enough for Harrison to score Anderson pitched as
| good a game as Hyatt for the most part up 70 tio
sixth inning and would have made a better showing
| then had his nheld support been better west
| Point got three runs in that inning and won the
game right there
| HYATT started the procession which rounded the
! bases in that inning By single, but when ne sa"
Jones tumble and drop Gillam's rather WILD throw
he made try second base and got there IN tie
Jones fumOled the bah again when Meyer went IN
to bat. letting him get safely 20 first while Hyat1
reached third. Surles, whom frantic west POINT
and the steam from Annapolis made the STANDS
trembe again although Meyer got 10 second on the
throw in. Harrison. who had struck out IN MS
preceding time bat, walked. hlling the oases-
Lyman who already had done good work in catch
ing some daring base stealers at second tapped OUT
a weak looking single. and Hyatt and Meyer came
home handly. Devore finished the fun for west
Point by dropping a ball back OF second base. which
all that infeld seemed to take a turn at
flmbIIng and Harrison slid home in cloud OF dust
and glory, beating the ball by a rev feeI
One more run added to the score by West
Point I'm the next inning. Slow work in the infeld
accounted for this one, too. for Whiteside had no
trouble in beating easy bunt. and Hyatt.
who followed got first what was meant TO
be sacrifice. which Abbott was too late In throw
ing Myers single scored whiteside easily
To try to keep the West Point score from grow
ing further Lamphier put in the box, and the
boodthrsty soldiers at fell on him and
grabbed more runs Jones once more let
man get to first by tumble. Lamphier settled to
work and struck out Lyman and Devore. but the
inheld failed him at the crucial moment With
every scrambIing for Ulloa's easy ball back OF
second base that player reached first. which had
been left uncovered. and Harrison came home
Whiteside then scored Uioa with short hit.
The ninth inning found the Mddies pIucky
as ever and full OF ginger they walked to
bat. while Hyatt was rapidly firing. Lange got TO
first safely and finding the base uncovered ran TO
second. Abbott walked. and while Hambsch was
put LanGe and Abbott got another base. Lange
scored Meade's fly and Lampheare sent Abbott
home. Both Irwin and Gillian followed up with
singles. but Wilson went out easy fly. ending
the game just things looked particularly bad
for Hyatt
In base running the NIiddies much the su-
perior the Army men. and Wilson the bright
particular of the whole constellation in that
respect. Hit by Hyatt In the seventh inning he
helped To first AS soon as play started again
he second and started dust of his clothes
Half through. he changed hts mind. started to third
and reached it. This appeared to disturb Hyatt
and he passed the next two men, filling the bases
and giving Lyman plenty work in pulling down
some of the wide ones. Hambsch drove hard
left field Of which Sures made phenom-
email catch. and drove II back in time
catch Wilson sliding his injured side the
plate with not q hairs breadth spare. Surles's
catch and easily the most brilliant jnd
vidual play of the game.
The follows.