New-York tribune., 1910-06-22
YALE HUMBLES HARVARD.
One Crimson Pitcher Buried. Un-
der Avalanche of Hits.
THIRD INNING PRODUCTIVE
Eight Runs Piled Up While
"Old Grads" Shout Them
selves Hoarse.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune.


New Haven June 21-Yale won the first
game of the annual baseball series with
Harvard here this afternoon by the score
of 12 to 5, 20 the accompaniment of crack
ing revolvers. exploding frecrackers. "har-
mony7 from a dozen bands and every pos
sible variety of noise that some twleve
thousand graduates and undergraduates
were capable of making 1t was The pig
day of commencement week, and graduates
from thirty or more Yale classes thronged
the stands and field attired in every mag
Unable kind Of costume.
Harvard really never had a chance TO
win. The Blue feI on Mclaughlin, the
Crimson twirler, in the second inning. snd
scored four runs. But that only Whetted
thier appetite for more, and In the next IN
ming the massacre took place when IL
was all over and the score keepers mao
chance to collect themselves. 1t was found
that Yale had scored eight runs and bonn
barded Mr.. Mclaughlin from the mound
Long went In to pitch and did admirably
but the damage had been done. and there
was really nc necessity for the Blue to
work hard for more runs. Tommers pitched
steady game for the home team and held
Harvard to one hit in five innings. He was
replaced by Freeman, with the game IN
hand, and the latter's liberality in giving
bases on balls helped Harvard to several
of her runs
The hitting of the Yale team has been
erratic throughout the season. and as
rule weak, but to-day the Blue batsmen
had On their sluggins clothes, and they
smashed the ball all over the field. They
hit the Harvard twirlers eighteen times
safely and drove out two three-baggers and
double among that number. ANY kind OF
ball looked good to the Yale batters.
With the score standing IL TO against
her at the end of the third inning. Harvard
kept peggins along with commendaole cour-
age. and several times filled the bases, but
as a rule the timely hit was lacking and
the Crimson runners were left on the bases.
Harvard felded in better form than Yale.
but could not hit when hits were needed
The teams took the field for practice at
o'clock after the graduates had become
tired of parading around Half an hour
later the game started, when the class bov
of 'o7. two-year-old yeungster. tossed the
ball toward the plate.
Neither side got a hit in the opening
inning. and Harvard was retired in order
In her half of the second. For Yale, Tom
mers drove a hot one to Marshall and was
thrown out at first. Mclaughlin could not
handle McIntyre's drive. and a moment
later the runner stole second. Hicks hit
Philbin in the ribs and Corey drove
scorching single out to centre field. McIn-
ktyre scoring. Stevens flied out to Lanigan
but Merritt singled over third. scoring Phil
bin. Badger walked and as the fourth ball
was pitched Corey reused the Yale STANDS
to a frenzy of enthusiasm by stealing home
Merritt scored the fourth and last run Of
the inning.
Just to keep things from getting TOO
quiet the cowboys fired a few volleys
from their revolvers, somebody set off about
a hundred giant cannon crackers and all
twelve bands started up at the same time.
In the third Harvard was easily retired.
and then the baseball fireworks began.
Murphy opened with an infied hit. Tom
mers followed suit and Mcintyre bunted,
reaching first safely because no one COW
cred the bag. With the bases full Phllbin
singled. scoring Murphy and Tommers
Stevens then came up and drove out
slashing two-bagger, scoring two more runs.
but was himself caught off second on the
throW-in.
Merritt struck out, but Badger drove one
that was too hot for Mclaughlin he
stole second and took third on Logan's
drive to short. on which the batter was safe
at first on a close decision Murphy ham
mered a long single to centre field. scor-l
ing Logan, stole second and scored when
Tommers coming up for the second time.
made his second safe hit of the inning.
MCINTYRE went out, retiring the side. This,
as 1t proved, ended Yale's scoring