The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-06
CORNELL PUTS STAIN ON
COLUMBIA'S CLEAN RECORD
Blue and White Team Rallies in Ninth Inning, but Fails
to Get Enough Runs-Sutterby Allows
Local Men Only Four Hits.

Columbia made n stirring ninth ming
fnish-aidcd greatly by the miscues OF
Shortstop Eckley of CorHcll--on South
Field yesterday afternoon. but failed by
one run to retain an unblemished rec
ord on the diamond for the season. AZ
ter seven victories and one fifteen inning
tie the Blue and White nine fell before
Cornell by a score of 4 to .. Long
Bill Sutterby, captain of the Ithacan
basketball team. held his victims TO
four hits, showing again that when he
~ good he Is very. very good, and
that nothing need be said as just how
bad he is when he's not In form.
Opposed TO Sutterby was George
Smith. Columbia's star. Smith had more
stun than his opponent. but a determined
effort to groove the ball when 1t wasn't
necessary got him in a hole right at
the start of the game. His teammates
never recovered from the shock of see
ing his beautiful curves banged for o
hits in the first inning. In fact. they
we're go unI that they did not get "A
clean hit from Sutterby until the sixth
inning.
Houck got an inheld tap in the nth
inning. but It remained for Mike Blu
onaguro to break the spell with a drive
to right field. Buonaguro had a chance
to retrieve himself in the ninth inning
for two of his strikeouts. but he failed.
With two on base and the Cornell in
field much up In the air he tapped to
Sutterby. who threw him out at first.
In the field Buonaguro starred. He had
nine chances and only bungled up one.
n slow twisting %grounder by O'connell.
\ moment later he pulled the prize play
by scooping up Temples low throw. and
while on the run tagging O'Connell. who
was trying to steal.
Sut;erby's fine pitching might have
gone for naught had the Columbia bat
,ers directed more OF their drives in
the general direction of Fred Eckley.
The 1thacan shortstop had a bad day,
making five costly errors. four OF which
resulted in Columbia players making
arst base safely. In the ninth inning,
with two out, he let smiths %grounder
get past him. Capt. Watt came across
with a single and Houck. who had
gained first base by being hit, scored
Benson hit another right AZ Eckley and
again h bungled. with Newman. who
had run for Smith on third. and Watt
on second m kind of a hit would have
tied the score.
Eckley felt that the best interes, OF
Cornell could he served If he retired
Dramatically he trottcd up to capt. Mel.
len at third base with his glove IN. his
hand. He offered il 10 Mcllen as II il
We're a resignation written on parch'
ment. Mellcn talked to him like a
father and told him to go back anc
stick u out. Meanwhile the ,'olumbia
gallery was imploring Funny" TO hi
IT a mile. Bucnaguro swung hard enough
to drive he ball the demanded l.16t
yards. but he topped the sphere and i
rolled gently to Sutterby, And for III,
first time in years Columbia saw is
team beaten on South Field 10y its arcl
rival.
II looked for a while "a X the gam
could not Ice played. hut Harry Fishel
got a siaff Of assistants bus burnirI
gasolene on tho iuficld and when Cornell
arrived 1t WAS pretty dry. Every tim
you corNc down here we're burning gas.
said Fisher TO Al Sharp. the Cornell
coach. Yes" replied Sharp. "an w
have been taking your dust every time
too. But you'l rave to take ours to
day"
Applying his action to his words
Sharp sent his charges out to lead tn