New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-12
GLOOM IN JUNGLETOWN
Tigers Lose to Cornell and Dis
appoint Inaugural Visitors.
LEAR ALLOWS ONLY 2 HITS
His Wildness, However, and In
opportune Errors Give the
Game TO Ithacans.
LEAR ALLOWS ONLY 2 HITS
II. T.L-er,nn 10 Tho Tr-hune-

| Princeton y. J.. MAY IA heavy shadow
| OF disappointment followed tho Induction Of
! President ITbbcn here to-day when cor
| nell won "A victory over the Princeton base
! ball team by a score OF 3 10 >. Besides the
| thousands OF alumni and visitors who had
assembled for the Inauguration. President
/ Taft and chief Justice White attended the
/ game
! Arriving AT the ball grounds at 3 % o'clock
/ Mr. Taft and his party were escorted TO
their special box amid great cheering
| Thanked on either side by President Schur-
man of Cornell and President Hibben Of
| Princeton. Mr.. TAFT was an Interested and
close observer OF both teams. but showed
no favoritism in his applause.
A week Of enforced idleness due 10 bad
weather. had demoralized the Tigers. whose
playing was far below par. Lear, their best
pitcher. who had not lost a game this year
to "A college team, held the mound the en-
tire time and allowed only two hits. Al
though wild. he deserved to win his game,
the Tigers throwing II away through APP
parent Carelessness after they had gained
the lead IN the sixth frame. Errors, coupled
with Lear's wildness. accounted for ell
three OF Ithacas runs. The Tigers gath
cred six hits or Hightower. but they were
well scattered and errors by the Ithacans
helped Princeton somewhat In its scoring
Up TO the sixth frame, when the two
teams were lighting along on even terms,
the game was well PLAYED, the tension on
both sides being kept at high pitch.
In the sixth, however. the Cornell bat
terry had a little ascension. each man max
Ing bad throws To first coupled with two
hits which allowed the Tigers TO tally the
run which put them In the lead. Apparent
" thinking that they had the game on ice
the Princeton team eased up In their play
from that time on, with the result that I'm
the eighth inning the to be expected oc-
Cured. Shaw slipping up first, and then
Parker dropping an easy fly ball with two
men on bases. which let in the tieing run
and paved the way for the winning tally.
| Cornell started the scoring early I'm the
| first inning when Clute went TO first on
Whites error. was sacrificed TO second,
| forced to third and came in on lialsteads
out at first. with the bases full Kellar
went out, retiring the side.
In the second frame IIightower passed
Stcrrett, who was sacrificed 10 third and
tied the score when he crossed the plate
Oh a neat single by Shaw Princeton took
the lead in the sixth inning, when Rhoades
planted safety In left field. went to third
on Hightower's wild throw TO first and
scored on a clean safety by Laird
This lead of the Tigers was overcome in
| the eighth. when O'Connell reached first on
an error by Shaw. IIolbush, batting for
| Halstead. was hit by a pitched hall. Kellars
| out at first advanced each man base, and
oConnell scored when Parker muffed fly
ball OF Sherick's bat Isett then was hit
by n pitched ball. and IIightower sent a
sizzler down between third and short. Sam
White making beautiful bare handed stop.
but too late to catch Holbush at the plate
CORNELL. PRINCETON