New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-28
YALE SHUT OUT AND
BEATEN BY WILLIAMS
LONG String Of Seventeen
Straight Victories Cut
After Hard Fight.
KEEN BATTLE OF PITCHERS
Gle at His Best, but Loses to
Hodge, a Freshman-Game
Full of Fast and Ex-
citing Plays.
IL. rcleErsrh . Ths Tribune


New Haven Conn. May g.-After win
ming seventeen straight games. the Yale
baseball team went down before Williams
here to-day I'm a battle royal. the visi-
tors winning by score Of TO O. II
ANYTHING. the breaks" favored Williams
I'm a game that neither team deserved
10 lose
4 timely single by Gillette. Of Will
Jams. in the eighth inning won the game,
but a poor throw 10 the plate by Mid
dlebrook had as much TO do with the
outcome as Gulettes single.
From start TO finish it was battle
OF pitchers Gle was never IN better
form for Yale. but he was pressed closely
by Hodge the freshman twirler Of Will
Jams. who showed better than any pitcher
the Blue has faced here this year With
a little more experience he is bound TO
be star. HIS apparent youthfulgess had
no disturbing effect on his extreme cool
ness in several most trying situations.
He matched up we'll with Gle, who al
lowed only four hits, two OF which were
lucky scratches the runners barely beat
out. Gle also struck out thirteen men.
Hodge retired nine Of his opponents on
strikes. and was found for only six safe
hits. He kept them scattered, too. and.
aided by perfect support, pulled out OF
every hole successfully.
For the first six innings. except in the
second. when Prindle beat out slow
roller TO Reilly with two out. Gle re-
tired Williams in order. not another man
reaching first or even a fielder getting
hard chance In the seventh Williams
filed the bases on two passes and
hit batsman. the first lack OF control Gle
showed. but two were out and the third
man popped an easy fly 10 Riddell. Nc
Chic made a fine catch Of a long foul
IN this frame, taking the ball off the foot
ball stands.
Williams won the game in the eighth
inning. Brown beat out A bunt 10
Reilly. the second hit Of Gle; Hodge
sacrificed. Statler walked and Gillette
drove a short single 10 left centre. Brown
should have been an easy out at the
plate but Middlebrooks throw hit the
ground near short field and the runner
easily beat the ball to the plate. Statler
took third on the play and Gillette sec
ond. AinsHe then grounded TO Riddell
who juggled the bail long enough to let
Statler cross the plate. He tagged Aims
lie. however. and Swain made the third
out. Cornish 10 Riddell.
With the score ? TO in favor of Will
Jams. pandemonium broke loose in the
Yale stands, and continued necessarily
for the remainder of the game. The
home team had been dangerous in a.
most every inning and hope still ran
high
In the first frame two men walked,
with one out, but two hard flies prevent
ed a score. Cornish started off the Sec
ond with a ripping two-bagger down the
third base line but languished on the
paths In the fourth with two down.
Cornish made a line drive to right CEN
ire for three bases that on A dry day
would have been an easy home run. and
was nearly one. anyway. but nothing
came of II. Mddlebrook singled In the
NTH. with two out. but was caught steal
ing. so that when Yale entered the eighth
two runs behind the crowd stood UP and
yelled With two out in this frame.
Middlebrook walked, but Schofeld flied
TO centre.
The ninth was the most exciting inning
Of the game For Williams Prindle sin
gled 10 centre with one out: Reilly FUN
bed Seibert's grounder and both we're
safe. but Brown flied 10 Schofeld and
Hodge went out Cornish TO Rddell.
Then came Yales last chance with the
crowd stamping and cheering. Blossom
lined the ball TO centre for a single and
the crowd went wild a moment later
when Riddell hit savagely through short.
Blossom taking second. With none out
Reilly hunted perfectly and the crowd
thought he beat the ball 10 first but the
Jump" ruled otherwise, while the crowd
vented its indignation.
Blossom was on third. however. and
Riddell on second, with only one out and
the crowd still hoped. The strain ap-
parently was telling on Hodge as the
noise was so great that the coachers were
forced TO use megaphones to be heard
until the umpire ordered them TO be dis
carded.
Cornish. who had previously hit for a
double and a triple came up at this point,
but sent a weak fly 10 left and Blossom
could not attempt TO score on the throw
in. McGhie then hit line drive over
FIRST but Prinde knocked down the ball.
iuggled II a moment and barely beat Nc
Chic TO the bag for the last out. Blossom
and Riddle had both crossed the plate.
but the game was over and Yale's long
string had been cut.
The score follows: