The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-12
SEMI CENTENARY or POUNDING OF HAIsVARD's BASEBALL CLUB.

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 Baseball as a college sport first ob- tained official recognition at North Americas oldest university just half a century ago today. Oct. 12, 1884, when the Harvard Baseball Club of Cambridge, Mass.,'' was organized class clubs, and in the summer of 1884 one of these s.scrub' aggrega- hons visited Providence and defeated the Brown University club. A picked Crimson club also played the I4owells of Boston, but were defeated by that crack pioneer team. Three informal contests gave the rah-rah lads a taste Tor what was to develop into the na- tionaI game. and they decided to put an official club in the field. The best players of the class clubs were tried out for the various positions, and in 1865 the club was ready to chaHengo all corners. The first s.off1ciaI, game in which Harvard participated was with the Boston Trimountains and the college boys were victorious by score of 60 to 32. The Trimolzn- tains. 8 club organized in 1858, were peevish at their defeat by the Har wards, and challenged the col1egians to a return match. This was played on Boston Common, and Harvard again won. 27 to IT,
 It was in 1864 that John A Lowell, one of the fathers Of baseball in augurated the silver ball series first won by the Frtmountains, who lost the trophy to the LowelIs in notable game played just half cen tury ago. in October of ,64. The liar. yard lads went ofter this prize in 1865, and annexed it and the cham pionship of New England in a 28-17 contest on Boston Common. In g. sec ond game the IoweIls were victorious 48-37-a most hair-raislng struggle but in third diamond battle Har- ward put 1t over Lowell B to 37. Dur ing the next few years the Harvards played the leading college and ana teur clubs of America, and gained a reputation as being one of the strong est clubs in the country
 The first Harvard-Ya1e baseball game was played in 1868 Other col leges which adopted baseball at about the same time as the Crfmsons and the Ellis included Williams, Brown. Princeton and Tufts The first no hit no-run game in history was pitched by Mann of Princeton, who shut out Yale, in 1875. although 2 little later Pitcher Borden of Boston duplicated the feat and shut out Chi cago.
 The long distance baseball throwing record was hung Up four years ago today. Oct. 12, 1910, by Sheldon LeJeune. formerly of the Brooklyn ASdl1OudISs N1nC1nnaT1, when h heaved the pellet 426 feet 1-2 inches. The best previous throw was 400 feet 1-2 inches. made by John
 Hatfield in Brooklyn on Oct Is, 1872 Joe Jackson. of Cleveland, has been credited with having made the long est hit in baseball history, but that honor really belongs to Dan Brouth- CTS Twenty years ago, when the hard-hitting Daniel was a member of the Baltimore Orioles. he smashed out long. low hit which sent the ball 1900 feet. This constitutes the record, although some years ago a Boston National player. on the home grounds. swatted the ball so hard that it didn't stop travelling until it reach ed Philadelphia. Fact, The horse hide went over the fence and dropped into the tender of passing train. When he reached Philadelphia the fireman rescued the ball.