New Britain herald., 1915-06-23
HARVARD Wins
OPENER FROM YALE
Big Commencement Crowd Sees
Blue Defeated in Fast Game

i New Haven, June 23.-Harvard
once more trailed the Blue of Yale
through the dust yesterday at Yale
field, when "Tacks'' Hardwick, Eddie
/ Mahan and Charlie Brickley. ct al.
sent Captain Middlebrook's men back
to the Yale gymnasium on the short
| end of AZ score. The game at
| tracted the usual large crowd on
| commencement days, but it was an
unusual quiet crowd.
/ The Game
/ Abbott started off for Harvard with
q hit after Way had two strikes on
him. Coolidge hunted to Bush, who
hesitated and then threw too late to
second. Nash moved both runners
along with a sacrifice. Gannett struck
out but Harte, the wfite-haired catch
| er, came across with hit and scored
Abbott. Coolidge tried to score but
was nailed at the plate by a throw
| by Easton.
Yale got this run back and another
| In the last half of the inning. Middle
brook singled and was advanced by
Easton's sacrifice. Milburn was safe
on an error by Reed. LcGore hit to
the box and was thrown out. Hunter
| singled and scored Middlebrook, and
Milhurn with Yale's only runs of the
afternoon Hunter made second on
the throW-in and Bush whitfield
Harvard went into the lead again in
the second Captain Hardwick was
| hit in the midriff with pitched ball
Brickley sacrificed. Reed hit to Lee
Gore and the ball was thrown to third
to catch HardWick but the play failed
Mahan struck out. Abbott nailed one
for a hit and Hardwick and Reed
scored. Coolidge popped up foul.
With one out in the third Gannett
was hit with pitched ball but Lee
Gore caught Harte's liner and doubled
Gannett at first. Brickley singled in
the fourth and was thrown out at Sec
ond after he tried to get the bag
when Hunter caught a foul. The last
score was made in the seventh. Brick
ley led off with hit and Reed sac
rif1ced. Mahan got a single and scored
Brickley Malan was caught trying
to stretch his hit
Pie Way made his hit in the second
after two were out, and he was left.
With one gone in the third, Milburn
was hit with pitched ball, but Lee
Gore hit into a double play. Hunter
walked in the fourth and was ad-
vanced by a sacrifice by Bush Hunter
was caught off the bag. With two out
in the fifth, Middlebrook hit safe,
and as the throw by Hardwick was
low he reached second. He stole
third, but was stranded high and dry
as Easton hit to the box. Two were
out in the sixth when Hunter broke
off his second hit but Bush could
not advance him.
That Seventh Inning.
Now, read about the seventh in
ming, and then you won't wonder
why some men have recourse to strong.
drink John Sylvester Reilly made
good hit. 1t was the lucky-all-stan
MISUNDERSTANDING, and it was be-
1ieved that the turning point of the
game had come. With none out, Reil-
~ was sent down to steal and he was
harpooned very neatly. Vaughn fol-
lowed with a drive that bounded out
of Brickley's reach and Vaughn tried
for homer, but was nipped at the
plate. 1t, was close and Sternberg
hesitated before he called the runner
out Way hit to Hardwick and was
thrown out by narrow margin. If
Reilly had not started to steal, he
would have scored on Vaughn's hit.
Vaughn, held at third, could have
scored on Ways out at first That |
would have tied the score. This is |
problematical, and If the war had not |
started the men would not be fighting |
now, but it looked like poor judg- |
ment at least to send Reilly down the |
first time.
After Middlebrook had been tossed I
out in the eighth, Easton singled and I
was caught trying to steal. Milburn |
was thrown out by Hardwick. One |
was gone in the ninth when Hunter /
made his third hit. He was forced I
at second by Bush. Reilly was the
last man up and Harte made a great /
run back to the stand and ended the /
game by catching his foul The big
catcher was patted on the back by his |
mates for the catch. The Harvard |
team cheered Yale and the Yale team
sheered Harvard and then both
squads hustled to get into store
clothes to catch the evening limited
tor Boston, for the teams play again
his afternoon at Cambridge.
The score:
Yale.
alb. r.sh. Pc. a. e.