New Britain herald., 1915-06-23
COLLEGE BASEBALL
in OLDEN DAYS
Games Of Early 70's as Played by
Yale, Harvard and Princeton
(Written especially for the Herald
by Billy S. Garvey of Hartford.)

tWritten especially for the Herald
by Billy S. Garvey Of Hartford.)
With the coming annual contests
for the college championship between
Yale and Harvard baseball teams. a
little of the historical record of the
famous contests, that had their
origin forty years ago. may be of in
terest. Some Of the noteworthy deeds
with the bat and ball, with the
records, names and scores OF come of
those early games Of the college teams
Of early days may be worth while, as
they form an important part in the
early history Of college baseball as
they were the chief opponents of
amateur playing during the late eos
and 70's, which has been kept up with
an unbroken record for the past forty
years.
Although Yale and Harvard teams
played match games with each other
during the late Co.'S, 1t was in 1875
that games for the college champion
ship became an annual event, when
the Yale team won the championship
from Princeton and Harvard. This
was the year before the opening O. the
National league. Yale mad strong
team, beating Pinceton > to o. Har-
4 L
to Ali They beat the Hartford league
team to / and lost TO Hartford
to o. They lost only three games
during the season.
First No-hit Game Played.
On May %. at Hamilton Park, New
Haven, the first no-hit, no-run game
was played, between Princeton and
Yale. Princeton won 5 to 0. and
Pitcher Mann of Princeton, has the
honor of pitching the first no-hit, no
run game. The first big league no.
hit, no-run game, July Is. 1875.
Pitcher Borden of Boston, shut out
Chicago.
Princeton had Mann, p; Denny, c.;
Campbell, h.; Woods, 2b.: Moffat,
sb.; Laughlin, S.; Duf1eld, IT.; Karge,
rf.: Walker, CT. Runs, g. hits, 8; err
rors Z. Yale had: Avery, D.: Maxwell,
c.; Jones, h.. knight, 2b.; Biglow,
3d.; Wheaton, S.; Morgan, RI; Smith,
IT,; Hotchkiss, CT Runs, O; hits, o.;
errors, 81 Umpire Mr.. Dunning; time
lao. Yale won the championship
with ease in 1875.
Harvard Wins In '76.
Yale, Harvard and Princeton alone
played for the championship in 1876,
I
were tie in 1875, the deciding game
was played on the old league grounds
on Wyl1is street, in Hartford, on July
i. 1875 Yale had won the boat race
at Springfield on June 80, and wanted
their ball team to land the champion
ship A big crowd was on hand, as
there was a big boom In baseball in
'76. The Hartford team was playing
in Chicago that day. The papers of
that decade state: THAT it was a
very poor exhibition of ball playing.
Harvard won, to l.. They made z
hits. 8 errors Yale had only 2 hits,
10 errors.
4 Harvard won the championship in
1877 with ease. On May IL, the Har-
ward and Manchester teams played a
rem arkable extra inning game, play
ing "a innings, with the score 0 to 0.
Harvard landed the rnird cham
pionship in succession in 1878.
Brown Wins in 1879.
Seven college teams contested for |
for the 10 championship.
The season ended in big row, and
matters were mixed at the end of the |
season, Brown, Yale and Harvard |
the pennant. Ill feeling was |
created when Harvard played their |
crack battery, Ernst and Tying OF '7s, |
Who had left college, and were sup
posed to be ineligible, to play. Yale, |
Harvard and Brown, alone played Ill !
their series, as Brown had the high
est percentage of victories, she was
entitled to the pennart.
The unsatisfactory ending of the
season of rs. led to the organization
Of the American College association.
at Springfield, Mass, December 2.
1879. Amherst, Brown, Dartmouth, i
Princeton and Yale teams,
made UP the league, in 1880. Prince
t9n won the championship. On
March s, Yale withdrew and did not
play
Yale joined the association in 1881. u
race. Harvard made a great start,
winning the first six games played.
but ended the season, tied with Prince
ton for second place.
After one OF the best fought CAM
paigns in college baseball, Yale land
I'd the pennant for the second time,
n 1882, with the wonderful record
Of eight victories and three defeats.
Princeton was second with seven wolL
tour lost.
Yale Makes 1t Three Straight
Amherst Brown. Dartmouth. Yale,
and Princeton, had battle
loyal for the championship in 1885,.
Yale winning for the third time in
with s games won. lost;
second, won, lost; Har-
yard third, won, lost.
The fine work Of Daniel A. Jones,
Jumping jack Jones, as he was
jailed, owing to his peculiar method
~ pitching, and Hubbard the catcher.
lelped Yale to win. Yale won the
championship of 1855. by beating Har-