New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-20
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herst. II looks now a. though he'd have
to move the IthaCans up hotch or TWO
| am frank to confess that on games
played in the last two weeks II "ould Dc
necessary TO do quite hit OF Summing ~
satisfy the followers Of any team except
the one placed at the top. Results OF re-
cent games have brought about su'h
muddle that one finds himself afsuihS
around In circle in trying to get results
Cornell stock has been boomlhS' "h''c
Princeton's and Ydle'S have iaHen Oh
slightly. Brown has been UP down. an"
10 again. while Harvard and PennsylFa-
MIA nave left d feeling OF uncertainty as
to Just what may be expected from game
70 game Holy Cross defeated Yale,
Princeton and Harvard and then went
down TO defeat before Seton Han. VIII
Jams played about the best baseball game
this year in shutting ont princeton ana
yet cannot be rated at the top. Brown "e-
featcd Yale on Wednesday, AFTER soiis
down before Princeton ano Cornell fiii'ce-
ton and Cornell broke even in two games
played. on top of which Cornell maze "
show of Pennsylvania State. when mas
beaten Princeton, and then suffered oeie"'
at the hands OF Vermont Or better PEI
haps of Malcolm, one OF the pest co''s'
pitchers Of the season.
II is no disgrace, by the way, 10 be Oealt"
by Vermont with Malcolm in the boN' ne
held Harvard to three hits ana won d"
eleven-inuing game; he held syracuse 10
ore hit he held Yale to one hit and lost by
a score of . to / on errors; he held CorneL
t. tive hits and won IN eleven innings oE d
score of . to j. Vermont must be respected
Williams, with Captain Davis IN the p'N
IS one Of the strongest and most hhlsneu
teams of the season. Lewis has Few equalS
as a catcher while ShOnS IN centre heiu
may be stamped as major league material
His fielding and brilliant throwing was per
haps the deciding factor IN the victory OF
Williams over Princeton. and his playing
was not a fash IN the pan. as NE mas cut
more than one runner down AZ the plate D!
his accurate throwing on clean ms 10 Ms
territory. In fact, he saved 9 game for the
South Orange team. which has had a mo-
ropoIy on the amateur league champion
shin. last year nv a throw IN the ninth
innins which rre~erted runner tieinG the
score
One thing seems reasonably sure SO ld'
as college baseball Is concerned. laie'
Princeton. Cornell, Brown, Harvard Will
Jams. Vermont Holy GRO and Pennsyl-
vania arc so closely matched with thelr 1ul'
strength In the field that there Is mighty
little TO choose between them. letters may
be omitted, as the above is not a ranking
| have net quite recovered as yet from the
harsh things said because Of my innocent
paragraph of two weeks ago. Another
thing Is sure. Princeton eventually VIII DE
rated above Pennsylvania on the strength
of two victories over the Quakers
Once more the State Athletic tommlsSioh
has proved itself in an effort 10 keep boxing
reasonably clean in this state. 1t seems a
nitv that Coy ernor Dix will not strengthen
me hands of Frank O'Neil and Major Dixon
nv the appointment Of third m mDer 10
the commission, as REQUIRED under the Jaw.
Princeton deserves high praise for pun ns
an elCht-oared crew on the water capdDIe
~ holding Columbia SO closely ana OF oe.
fearing PENNSYLVANIA There are DflGt
days in store for the Tigers in roWiug
u"S ''' HERBERT