The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

his during 1910 Although he gave fve
bases on balls, he held the Yale sluggers
to seven hits and that six runs were
scored can be attributed to poor support
Cuibertson. a sOuthpaw, shot them
across for the Yale boys. and was nick
ed for eleven safe wallops, including
three 'twO-baggers. He also was a trifie
wild. giving five men free tickets to first.
Some of his support was awful. as he
had but one outfielder VINO could catch
a fly.
Bail Takes a Bound.
Representative J. J. Rogers. OF Mas
sachusetts, essayed TO play right field
for Harvard. and he did for about flve
innings. He was arrayed In tennis clothes
and shortly after the contest started 1t
appeared that a tennis ball was In play
from the way a high fly bounced out OF
his hands Running toward center to
make the catch, the Massachusetts, Rep
resentative came up with the ball and
thought he had made the put out. But
somebody had inserted rubber in his
glove, the hall taking remarkable
bounce out Of his Outstretched hands.
clearing the center fielder, who came in
to be of what assistance he could.
Covering the shortstop position for the
Harvard crowd was S. S. Hanks, who
played on the second team during his
college career. Mr.. Hanks had bad
day. Four errors were charged to him
By an extremely lenient scorekeeper.
While taking a throw TO catch a sliding
runner. who was garbed in a perfectly
good pair OF gray trousers with a razor
edge crease, he suffered the misfortune
70 insert his knee into the turf so forcibly
that when he arose, a flash OF white
hA nf fafN nil
wild Throws Galore.
J. Tpshur Moorhead covered first for
the Yale team. and handled his one
Dut-out we'll What took up most OF
Moorhead's time was chasing wild throws
made by his team mates.
Jimmie" Hopkins. in right for Yale,
seemed to be enjoying himself immensely.
and Contr IhUtco one ~ his teams errors
He seemed to be able to get where the
ball intended to drop. but after that he
heard voices from the side lines and
allowed the ball to drop.
The most spectacular play of the day
came in the sixth inning. when Cort-
wright Church pOled one to deep center
" hich netted him three bases. Ellis, who
was covering center for Harvard. made
a valiant attempt to reach the fast-hying
sphere, but he went after II in more ways
than one. When about ready to make the
catch he discovered that he would have
to jump and jump he did. The bail
barely touched his fingers, but he came
down and was not right side up with
care" He landed on the soft turf and
turned two complete somersauIts into a
valley in the outfield.
Catche. a Fly.
Almost sensational was the catch of
Fisher. Harvard's third sacker. In the
second frame De Sibour lifted a foul be
-ween home and third. Through ;Le
'rowd at a great rate of speed went
Fisher and Desha after the catch. Men |
lew in all directions, the scorekeeper
grabbed his book, table and chair. and !
made way for the fast-hying pair. A
lead-On collision seemed inevitable. hut |
| wonderful thing happened. FisEer |
,8ught the ball |
Now to the real bail game. Yale won |
he toss and took the field. Culbertsnn |
'assed the first man 10 face him. as was |
and Desha was safe when Hup- !
tins contributed his beautiful muff !
Hanks slammed one at the pitcher, who |
Jagged Fisher at third for the first O,.t !
IN an attempted double steal Desha WAS |
tipped also at De SibOur's corner Desha |
lid around the bag. but the third base |
guardian was on the position and landed |
m top of him for a fall After rolling |
everal feet, he gathered himself together |
md again was ready for business
Ellis thought he was playing golf and |
ook three healthy swings as though pre-
'aring to get away from the starting |
,reen.
Yale took the lead in its half df the |
irst by scoring one run. This was the |
'nly time the sons OF Old Eli were ahead.
IS the Harvard brigade got busy in the
leXt frame and scored four markers.
Sases on balls, an error, and Moore
iead's hit were responsible for the run.
Adds -Four Runs.
When the second round opened Harvard
vent after its ancient rival, and before
he smoke had cleared away. four runs
Iad been made. In this round CuIbert-
on lost control and passed three men.
IN error and hits by Fisher and Desha
rought ther across.
Neither team was able to cross the
late in the third, but Harvard added
ne to her total in the fourth. With two
one, Fisher was PASSED and stole sec
nd. Desha came to the front with the
rst of a trio OF two-base smashes and
he run was over Another one came
cross in the fifth. when Rockwell, Ellis,
nd Barr hit safely.
Yale had a big inning and scored three
uns in the fifth. Two errors, a base on
alls, and hits by Carlisle and Church did
he deed.
Three hits and several errors added two