New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-25
CORNELL HARD NUT
FOR YALE TO CRACK
"BuSter" Brown Wins Own
Game by Clearing Bases with
Double in Eleventh.
PUMPELLY SPRAINS ANKLE
Ithacans Come from Behind
and Tie Score in Sixth, but
Fail When Opportunity
Offers in Eighth.
fBy Telegraph to Tho Tribune. !


Ithaca. y. Y, May 2i-The Vale base
ball team won its seventeenth straight
victory here to-day by defeating Cornell
in well-played and hard fought game
Of eleven innings on Percy Field by a
score of to l. Buster Brown, the
Blue pitcher. twrled splendid ball and
won his own game I'm the eleventh frame
when he drove two-base hit to the club
house and cleared the bases. scoring three
runs.
The contest was one Of the main attrac-
lions Of CornclIs annual spring day fcs-
tiyitles, and fully eight thousand persons
were on hand. The stands were filled 10
OVERLOOKING and the crowd was supple
mented by more than two hundred motor
cars parked in spaces along the foul
lines.
The victory may be a dear one for Yale,
because in the second inning Pumpeily
sprained his ankle and will probably Dc
unable to play for the remainder OF the
season The Yale football star singled
and after reaching second OF Cornish $
hit. went on TO third on Burdetts drive.
He thought tho ball was on top Of him
and dropped for failaway slide. his
ankle gave way beneath him and he had
to he carried To the clubhouse.
The game WAS "A brilliant contest. salts
fvlng 10 the Cornell contingent In all re-
spccts but the score. II was by the merest
chance that the string of victories LOT
the Blue team was not ended by Cornell
for i'm the eighth inning the Red ana
White team lost a golden opportunity 10
turn the tide Reilly muffed Taber's In
field hit and Acheson tried TO make a
sacrifice, but i'm so doing surprised him.
self and beat the ball TO the Initial sack
on this play Taber advanced 10 second
and took third when SchIrick sacrihceu
Acheson went to second. and with only
one man out Cornell chances looked
promising. but Donovan popped high
Nv 10 Schofed and Keller famed.
Cornell showed "A proficiency to-day
which bore little resemblance IL the pre-
cedinc exhibitions this season and the
Improvement seemed To be genera rather
than in the work OF individuals. II
seemed that the nine played with re-
newed spirit and backed up the steady
work of Acheson in the box. The pitcher
worked nara AT All tlIltrs anu
manifested an inherent ability TO care
for all sorts OF balls.
Yale started of with one run IN the
opening inning. Middebrook singled ID
right field. and Schofeld duplicated the
play. Taber muffed Clutes try TO eaten
Middlebrook az second and by double
steal MIddlebrook took the third base
and Schoneld second. Blossom walked u
first. filing the bases. with no one out
Ridderl sent fast grounder 20 Donovan
and was out. but Middlebrook scored
Reilly hit 10 Adair. who threw Schoheld
out AZ the plate. and Reilly was caught
stealing second.
Cornell tied the score in the sixth wheh
schlrick opened by hitting 10 right for
base. Donovan sacrificed. Keller went
out Blossom TO Riddel. Clute hit the
hall far into the right field, and SchlricA
scored
Reilly was safe in the eleventh "heh
Butler missed hard catch. McGhie
hunted his way TO first, and CORNISH
single filed the bases. with no one out
Rurdett struck out. and Acheson had TWO
strikes ON Buster" Brown. when tho
Yale pitcher slammed two-oagSer TO
the clubhouse and empued the bases.
The score follows.