New-York tribune., 1910-06-29
YALE DEFEATS HARVARD
Wins in Ninth, After Minofs
Drive HAD Tied Score.
GAME FULL OF THRILLS
Eighth Inning Rally Put Blue Far
Ahead, While Philbin's HIT
Finally Brings Victory.

,..rd 81 American League PARK yesterday
and voa the game BY score OF ~ TO y
,saebie words those TO summarize cen
tes, that had len thousand hearts playing
lean frog for ali OF tao hours and nan
of a lovely June afternoon, with a Climax
that svepi the crowd into mass o. rAVins
r1aniacs.
II never was dull game any more than
II was ever 3 good game But for excite
rnent nothing ike the last two innings ''7ss
=, sbe recent history OF the long years of
l,aEeasall battle between the Crimson ana
fbe Blue. Yale went into the eighth inning
sv,o -,,ns behind. the score then being 6
60 Z Five YaieTsians slipped over The plate
e,a Harvard came up for the ninth inning
facing an adverse score 81 to s. Promptly
harvard filed tie bases. One man was
forced ct the plate Then Minot. the
mighty football fulback. Yiib Two out
srrote q towering fy TO deep centre. away
Il few a. Crimson legs flashed around the
l,sseg. Badger stretched a Blue arm out
iesDairtnsly, lunged for the ball and chased
i, TO the fence, while Minet fairly fell INTO
th4rd base.
ANY man save N!not could have scored
on the hil and put Harvard ahead But 'he
scare z-as tied. Hicks gave cne Of nis deao-
Is bases on balls after one man hah suC-
,,.-o,.a 20 q e-5var, catch by she Harvard
-.l,obe, and then steve Phllbn brought
hahn 10 the Blue fer season ~ olsep-
,.,ir,rneu. and reverses, begun by his own
injury. hg driving IN the winning run ~ith
glorious smash 30 right that would have
feen good for three bases he'd ne haa 10
Tun il out
>Seifher Ton1rners nor Hicks pitched ven
yesterday They we're hit haFd and a'eaa-
ilv. and Hicks T3oreOye+, was danseTous'y
liberal I'm giving bases on balls lie let
seven men walk in all. and hit 3 man TO
boot, and three of the bases on bans were
turned into runs. Tommers gave Tour
masses. but this didn't do much harm. Al
together Tommers came through with
more credit. and his refusal 10 become rat
tied a, critical moments had a good deal
to do with the Yale victory. TomIners
didn't give any one the impression that he
wsx great pitcher. but he did give an ex-
hlbifion Of indorlitable pluck and nerve thst
many much better equipped pitcher could
use to advantage.
The fighting. nevsr-say die spirit Of both
teams was admirable 10 a degree Lahigan'
the Harvard captain. the life and soul
of his team. His four hits led the batting.
and his viriie, red topped body WAS here,
there and everywhere lie seemed 10 put
ginger and SNAP into every one, and he was
by All odds the best man on either team,
Hicks got himself IN trouble by base
or balls al the outset. bet struck Tommers
out after two outs had put Badger on
third. He gave Mcintyre. first man up In
the second inning. pass, too, and Was not
50 lucky. sacrifice and an out put McIn-
syre on third. and he scored when Me-
Laughln dropped Lanegan's perfect throw
Ia alf
for Yale.
LaneFhn made q pretty stop 20 head on
Badger IN tie third inning, and then
Logan got the apparently Inevitable base
on balls. Marshall threw Murphy out. and
Logan took second. Hicks hit Tommers in
the ribs. and Mcintyre dropped a short
single over first. Gardner came in nicely
on the ball. booted II about for a few min
utes and then threw 70 Young, who had
the bail as Logan started his slide. The
Yale captain made a beautiful dive under
the Harvard mans outspread hands, how
ever, and was easily safe. II Was a play
reminiscent Of professional baseball
Harvard had been pretty inocuous all this
time. Minot was safe on an error I'm the
second inning, and got to second on the hit
and run play when Young pushed the bali
Through The spot Mcintyre had left un-
covered. but Carr was an easy victim.
The Crimson cohorts began coming to she
Plate In the fourth frame. Hicks. whom
Mcintyre had robbed OF hit in the sec
ono inning, WAS mckier IN that frame. and
led of with safe drive that nearly cut
Logan's hand on Gardner, who was a
weak and errlng member of Harvard So
ciety throughout, famed, bat the massive
Minot sent Hicks home with rafting
good hit 20 right. the FIRST Of three lie
seok second on the throw 10 the plate. bat
periShed there owing 10 the ineptItude of
Aessrs. Young and Carr
The hand that was arranged on the Har-
HErd side blared wildly when Hicks scored,
conceiVing that 20 Ice part Of It's duty
a postcard vote during the game showed
that an overwhelming majority of those
present believed this to he the worst band
ln the world, an opinion in which The 4ar-
ward cheer leader. who wore gray trousers
and pink Boston time table. warmly
oonourred. The other Harvard cheer lead
ers Incidentally did not do much to earn
1heir salt, being feeble and lackadaisical
ioi- But despite their lack of effort IN.
Harvard cheering WAS first class Har-
Naid could not sing at all. the band being
hinorance rather than a help, while the
aie singing Was excellent. although with
"ui The aid of any alleged Instruments
But a game was being described Yale
ieih'd With interest To the lone Harvard
taiiN In The fourth inning. with willing Har-
ward hands &c help. as usual Merritt,
Win one out. sent a ball whirling high in
TIE air TO centre field. Carr ran all arouns
missed his guess as 10 where the bali would
drop hy many feet. and AEinot finally flung
The ban back 10 the diamond as Merritt
reached third, ii was Il good throw. and
postponed run. Phiibin singled 10 right
scoring Merritt. and got 10 third because
Gardner les the ban ge; clean away Pot
ter got Badgers tap and threw him ont a,
frst after holding Philbin al third. but n.
might as well have let him score. Iora,,
chopped the hall ten feet from the rlare
and foune.. picking IL sip. got skilfallv OUT
OF Phnbins way as he ran 10 the plate
avoiding touching him with the ball With
some difficulty, and threw 10 get Logan
who was already pass first Rank work.
that WAS.
Marshall walked. with one out. and stole
second. He scored on LaniEan's single
Potter singled. sending Lanigan TO third
and Lanigan scored when Philhin dronnes
Merritt's throw Oh Eicks's easy smash.
Tonmers threw Gardner out but Asina.
singied. scoring Potter and Hicks He stole
second. but Young struck out
For God. for country and for Yale ..
resounded through upper Manhattan in the