New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-19
CORNELL FORCED TO WIN
Game Against Columbia Made
FarciCaI by Errors.
POOR PITCHING ALSO HELPS
Ten Misplays Charged Against
Local Nine in Contest on
South Field.

Columbia was soundly defeated by COR
nell in a farcical exhibition OF baseball on
South Field Yesterday afternoon. the maj
score being Is TO 9. One OF Columbia s
r.tchers was driven % cover In the sc ,ond
inning. and the one who followed. although
lot much better. was hammered all over
the lot by the heavy hitting team from
Cayuga.
70 make matters worse. ths Coiumoians
displayed the loosest kind Of fielding, ana
their work on the bases was poor. In all,
ten errors were chalked up against the
Blue and White. nearly every one OF when
aided the run getting OF the Ithacans.
Hightower was in the box for Cornell. and
he set out with the intention OF establish
ing a record against the weak Columbia
nine. He found however. that although
their pitchers were far below par. his OPP
ponents couId hit the ball had In all
thew gathered seven hits of his delivery,
and only five struck out. They could nave
made It interesting If they rad not thrown
away their chances by being caught I'M
awares or by overrunn'ng the bases
Ullrich and Rothwell were the Columbia
tvirlers. The former lasted through the
first two innings, and IN that time the
Cornell nine made three hits and sacrince'
He hit one batsman, passed another and
uncorked two Wild pitches.
Fisher sent Rothwell TO the rescue at the
beginning of the third. Rothwell pitched
steadily enough, but errors coming at In
opportune times worried him. In the fifth
he let Cornell have four hits in a row. and
g. in "a added
20 the rout. and made IL a walkaway for
the Ithacans.
Cornell went right out for the game In
the first inning. CUTE. the first man to
face Ulrich, drove the ball to centre for a
single. and Scherick followed with sac-
riace With two strikes called. Butler
swung on Wild pitch. and romped 10 hrst'
while Clute made third. The latter scored
when O'COnnor grounded out to kiendl In
the second the Ithacans hit hard and safe
w. and. aided by Ullrich's wildness and tine
general unsteadiness Of the Columbia team.
scored four runs. After that run getting
was easy for the Comedians.
Rothwell. the second pitcher that Fisher
tried. was all right for an inning or two.
hut ne did no. succeed in holding the vsl-
tors In cheek TOT loNB' lH'S 'i'h' wv ia
the NTH with an avalanche OF hits, ara
more Columbia errors gave them -FOUR more
runs. They added one more In tho fxtn,
when Butler scored on rank rror Cy
Uaaren. the Columbia third basemdn, VINO
made no less than four errors OF omission
in the course OF tho afternoon. Another
bunch OF three runs ended Cornelfs scor-
ing in the eighth.
Friedrich put Columbia in scoring way
in the seventh. when he opened with two
base hit. and came I'm on an error by kei-
Ter. the first Of the day. In the next frame
Iomrneu slammed out single anu
KIendl followed with two-oagSer WHICH
scored Roseff, who was running Tor LON
NELL Kiendl himself scored when HlSh-
tower threw to first 10 get Bailey on MS
inneld tap.
Friedrich. although he made three errors
made the fielding feature OF the day scoop
inr 40 hard hit liner not more than
foot or the ground and doubling up heHer
AT second in the eighth inning. In the hrst
inning O'Connor grabbed up with one mana
a hard hit ball by Caruso and held MS man
down TO a single when he was sure OF three
bases