New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-10
TIGERS BOW TO YALE
IN TWELFTH INNING
Blue Makes 1t Two Straight
Over Princeton for First
Time in 10 Years.
BIG CROWD SEES BATTLE
Home Runs by Rhoads and Pen
dleton Put Orange and Black
in Lead, but Pitchers Fail
to Hold the Advantage.
Ia TeIegraph 10 The TrIbune


(By Telegraph TO The Tribune
PriLceton y. j., June 9.-For tile first
time I'm eighteen years Yale defeated
Princeton in both games OF the cham
pionship series by winning the second
struggle here to-day, after desperate
tweve-inning fight which will go down
in Princeton baseball annals as the most
sensational in the history Of the college
sports. After the score had been ted
three times on hair-rasng plays Yale
succeeded in landing the victory at to
in the twelfth inning.
Never has baseball been more com
pletely filled from beginning 20 end with
every sensational play on the list. from
home runs In tight places 10 the best OF
fielding. The Tigers played well. but their
pitchers were not strong enough TO hoid
down the Blue batters at critical times,
in spite Of the fact that they used three
different twirlers in frantic attempt to
save the game that Rhoads and Pendleton
had practically won by a home run
apiece. Prncetons play in the field was
far nearer the championship type than
any that Yale showed. and was marred
~
only once. but that misplay entered
largely into their defeat.
For nearly three hours the eight thou
sand Princeton alumni and undersradu-
ates who stayed over for the game kept
up a continual roar of locomotives and
cheers.
odd Nassau was resorted to in the
ninth inning. when Yale had taken one
run lead In it's half and two pinch hit
ters had failed to do anything toward
sending a Tiger over the plate. II found
a man ready In Gil. who doubled 10 left
field and later scored on Burdette's error
Excitement reached such a pitch that
"old grads" VINO were former cheer lead
ors rushed 10 the front OF the stands and
called for cheers tn they were too hoarse
TO be heard. The Yale contingent was
small. but II performed marvels Of cheer
ing.
Neither team offered much In the>way
81 high class pitching. For the time he
was In cua carried away all the twirling
honors by tanning six men and holding
tho Tigers scoreless while his team mates
pounded Rogers for the winning run.
ray on the mound After one good inning
he was found for two singles and filed
the bases by passing a third man. Then
Wood was rushed into his place. \ fast
double play by Worthington. who caught
Pump.Iy AT second and threw Cornish
out at first. let Yale out with only one
run Wood was iuvincible until the eighth
X.f4 rfIu
I'm each frame. and Rogers took 20 the
mound for the rest Of the game Brown
got a bad start with a single and a home
run against him I'm the opening inning. but
for six stauzas he held the Tigers under
control until he was found Tor a second
home run in the eighth. Gle was called
upon ina the ninth 20 save the day.
Princeton took a sensational start In the
opening frame. when Peudleton singled
and Rhoads followed with a home run
drive over the running track In left field
Copeland's bad inning let the Blue men
push Rlddell over the plate on two sue
cesslNe hits. walk and an inheld out
Wood worked along smoothly until cap
tain Wortnington made PrInceton's only
error Of the game. which allowed Reilly
who had walked. to cross the plate aud
tie the score
For two Innings neither team could
break the tie. but in the eighth two sin
giles. sacrifice and stolen base let
Mlddebrook score. To start the fun for
Princeton. Pendleton led on iu IT, hall
OF that frame with a home run 20 the
right field stands Wood gave Cornish
base on balls and let Gle score him on
clean single in the ninth frame. but G!ll
landed ou CHE for "a double I'm his half
Of the period and Blossom sent him 10
third. where me fumbI,d Pcudlaton's hot
grounder. lie again tied the score for the
Tigers when Burdettc missed Reilly's low
throw home on Worthngton's grounder
Rogers prevented further scoring until
the fatal twelfth. when Middlebrook sin
eled. stol" second and third. and scored
on blossoms inneld out after Gle had
tried for double boy throwing to first
rather than hom. The Tigers put man
ON second and third .u their half but
could not get beyond.
Rhoads was elected captain Of the Tiger
team FOR next year at the close OF the
Yale game He has played first base on
the varsity for TWO wears. and played on
his freshman team IN his first year here.
His home H. in New York city.
VALE PRINCETON