The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-15
TIGERS DOWN YALE
BY SCORING ONE RUN
Princeton Rally in Ninth
Brings Shea Home With
Only Tally.
LINK ALLOWS ONE HIT

NEWARK. June 1A--Princeton needed
only one run to beat Yale In their
rubber game played at the International
League park here this afternoon. but
kept needing 1t right up TO the last
half OF the ninth inning. The moment
1t was made the struggle ended. with
the score | to 0 in favor OF the Tigers.
and the Princeton cohorts swarmed
down on the field and carried on vergil
Link on their shoulders.
Link. who was graduated yesterday
and was pitching his last game for the
Orange and Black to-day. deserved all
the honors that were heaped upon him.
for he was master OF the situation from
the time the game began until the last
Yale man was out. He allowed the Eli
batters just one hit in the nine innings.
and struck out ten of the men who
faced him. Two of the strikeouts came
Immediately after the single hit, "a II
TO show that the lone bingle was more
the result OF a moment of carelcssness
on the part OF the Princeton pitcher
than an example of the skill OF Bush.
the Yale player who made 1t.
Yale never was dangerous. but as the
game wore on the Tigers threatened to
score two or three times. so their sue
cessful drive in the final inning was
not wholly a surprise. They had been
knocking at the door In the seventh
and eighth innings. and they finally
squeezed through the portal in the ninth.
Douglas. the first man up, hit the
ball hard, but IL landed in the hands
OF Early. the Yale left fielder. Then
Shea came to bat and by exercising a
eel .ps - 49, lAff.
The Princeton rooters in the stand rose
to their feet and yelled for a hit. They
got it. when Scully. who had made one
OF the three Tiger hits up to that time,
connected squarely with one Of Gar
fields curves and sent the ball flying
past the shortstop and out to left field.
Shea reached second. but was held
there.
Buzz Law. the Princeton captain. was
the next at bat. hut before he had n
nance To mako himself famous Shea
caught the Yale infield mapping and stole
third 1t was as neatly executed a
steal as ever was seen on the diamond
and simrl.hed Laws task considerably.
A hit was no longer needed TO win the
game. So Law took advantage OF the
opportunity provided 10y Shea clever
piece of work and hunted. The ball hit
the ground Just out OF Cartield's reach.
and Smell, the Yale second baseisan, who
VAS coming in full TIT, snapped II up
and threw home, Shea had been wide
awake as usual. however. and was wei.
on his way when the ball was hit. He
flashed across the plate just az Munson.
:ho Yale catcher. c.u:Cho3 the ball. and
tho game was over. shea. Law and the
squeeze play had won for the Tigers.
50 effective was Link throughout the
game that second base was as far as
any Yale man got. Princeton worked
men around TO third n couple OF times,
but Garfield. like Link. seemed to be
able to tighten up in the face OF danger
and choked of the Tiger rallies. Two
OF the four Princeton hits came to-
gother in tho hfth inning. hut GarfeG
struck out the next two men Just as
though he didn't know there was such a
thing as "A hi.
f.lrh team made two errors. but none
Of them proved especially harmful Hoyt.
the princeton centre fielder, Won the af-
feciion OF the crowd by a couple q.
brilliant catches. and the Vale team
earned its biggest burst Of cheers and
3. applause. when two Princeton runner
we're snufcd ~, by a fast douhle play N
the second inning, Johnson. Smell and
Bush engineered the feat. which was
IN. only double play Of the game. The
score