New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05
TUGS GAME FROM TIGER
Yale Bulldog Breaks Rivals
Early Gained Clutch.
THE "MEVER SAY DIE WINS
Princeton's First Inning Lead
Overcome by Cieanest
of Work.
THE "NEVER SAY DIE" WINS
fsx Telegram 70 III tribune. I

New Haven. June 4--Yale defeated
Princeton at baseball here this afternoon
by the score of to in a game which
thrilled every spectator and which won the
team of 10 high place in the esteem
and a warm place in the hearts Of every
Yale man. II was no lucky fuke which
gave the local men the victory. The game
was won on its merits and because the
Blues showed that same old nsver-ssy-Gis
spirit that same old bulldog tenacity and
that same ability TO play better than they
know how at crucial moments for which
Yale teams have ever been famous through
out the history of college athletics. and
which has brought their university many
a hard-fought victory when the odds were
all against them
Princeton started the game with a rush
and scored two runs In the first inning.
Then Yale settled into her stride, and not
until the final inning did the Orange
and Black threaten again to score. With
s. V. White pitching magnificent ball and
his team mates. giving him the finest kind
Of support those two tallies looked as big
as the mass of bills the college man faces
at graduation. II seemed a hopeless IN
dertaking for Yale 70 attempt 70 overcome
the lead. and Princeton men settled back
in their seats contentedly to watch Old
Nassau rub 1t into the Bulldog.
But the Yale PLAYERS had gone out on
the field TO retrieve somewhat disastrous
season. They never gave up After bad
furry in the first inning, during which some
lUrid fielding had helped the Tigers to
score, they settled down 20 their work
There were no more errors. In the field
the nine played with snap and precision
that made the undergraduates rub their
eyes and ask themselves IL it really was
the Yale team out there or another nine
which somehow had got hold OF Blue uni /
forms Where were the errors and where
the sloppy work they had become accus- /
toned TO seeing at times this year? At !
the bat the Blue men were not making
much Roadway. but they were pegging
along and when one of them did get on j
first he went down TO second like a streak 4
OF lightning. In fact. the Yale base run /
ners were giving the Tiger captain lot I
Of trouble with their differing proclivities.
For four innings that lead of two runs /
held Then came the fifth. Murphy, the i
first Yale man UP, singled and stole sec /
ond. but the next two went out in easy 4
fashion Everything looked blue again. but /
not Yale Blue. Then out OF a clear sky /
came the play that proved TO be the de-
Gliding one Of the day. Merritt. the next
batter up. did not try 70 knock the cover
off the ball Instead. he laid slow, teas
ing hunt down in front Of the plate and
started for first as if all the imps in Hades
were chasing him. He took White entirely
by surprise White rushed in to field the
ball. He was hurried, and without steady
Ing himself slammed it at Sterrett- II was
the widest of heaves. and the ball smashed
into a straw hat in the grandstand. instead
OF the first basemans nitt. Murphy and
Merritt both scored. and the Yale stands
roared themselves hoarse. But the umpire
sent Merritt back TO third because OF
ground rules He scored again q moment
later. with the tieing run. and again Yale
overlooked.
In the seventh inning the Blue men did 4
the solid. timely hitting that won the game.
They punched three Of the four hits they
got off White, tTo singles and a double
and scored two more runs. Then every
thing was blue again. but this time IL was
Yale Blue Old graduates and undergrad
yates alike cut loose and howled them
selves blue in the face-to harmonic with /
the general color scheme
Both White and Tommers pitched good 4
games Tommers held the Tiger batsren. /
who few DAYS before had hammered Nc /
Clure. OF Amherst, numerically. TO five .
scattered hits, and after the first inning /.
was never in hole. although in the final I
session Princeton became dangerous again.
Each team made errors when they cost
most. Two OF YaIe's HlIsplays came in /
the first inning. and certainly were respon-
sible for one, if not both. Of Princeton's /
runs. The two Tiger errors were punched /
n the fifth inning after two were out. and I
4 they did not actually cost the game they !
certainly were responsible for two runs
Had White helded Merritts ount clearly /
the two teams might have been playing l
yet.
BALM, the first batter I'D. lined out a
siashing two-bagser. and went 70 third /
later when Bard laid down a /
pretty sacrifice Reed gave Merritt q field [
er's choice, and the Blue shortstop got !
ng second on the error Warwick went |
put, Tommers TO Murphy. Sterritt drove I
an easy grounder at Logan, who threw the
ball into the grandStand, allowing Reed 10 /
score and Sterritt TO reach second. Daw-
son went out, Mcintyre to Murphy. retir-
ng the side.
after Badger had started by striking out
Logan drove fly out to Bard. who dou-
'led Corey of first by ~, q TagniIl,eent throw
second but was caught off first by Tom
nerss quick throw and run down. Yale
got her first hit in the fifth inning. which
Murphy opened by slamming HOT one BY
third Carhart struck out, and s. V. White
threw Mcintyre out at first by the mar
lowest OF margins linen Merritt OUnJed
md White heaved the ball into the stands
Murphy scoring in a walk. and Merritt /
scored moment later, Warwick making
In error.
In the seventh inning Logan singled 70 /
entire: Murphy followed with another, /
sending Logan to third Then Carhart l
anne up and put the game in cold storage
" rspping out a Corking two-ba eyer, which
scored both runners.
The score follows:
YALE PRINCETON
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