The sun., 1919-06-22
WHEN TIGERS NOD
: BULLDOG TRTUMPHS
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Quick Thinking Yale Profits
by Princeton Misplays and
Wins, 9 to 4.
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MURPHY HEADS ATTACK
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Clever Base Running Of Son of
Famous Trainer Is Thorn
in Side Of Tiger.
MURPHY HEADS ATTACK
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Baseball intuition. ability to think
quickly ana turn thought into rapid and
decisive action, gave Yale n TO I
victory over Princeton In the third and
deciding game Of their series at Ebbets
Field, Brooklyn, yesterday. The tri-
umph of the Bulldog clinched for the
Blue the baseball supremacy among the
so-called Big Three-Yale, Harvard and
Princeton.
The chief unit in Yaiss brainy attack
was Thorns Murphy, the Blue shortstop.
:. 1t Ii great to have a name, but It IL
exceedingly difficult sometimes to live
up TO that name. Thorne Murphy Is 4
son Of the late Mike Murphy. the ia
nous trainer who for many years ably
guided the de.tiniss Of Yale on track,
gridiron and diamond. Young Murphy
was named after Brink Thorne--And
who has forgotten the grea, Tale backs
mighty deeds on the aridiron7 Thorne
Murphy lived up to all that his name
implies in the good old Yale way yes
terday.
Thorns was q thorn in the Tigers
eide. His quick thinking and lightning
seizins OF scoring opportunity. offered
through brain lapse of an opponent.
scored one run In the second inning
and helped another tally on its way.
Another quick answering to opportu-
nity's knock enabled Murphy to steal
hOIHo vi hHklhnu III tue
e Yale Bags Three Runs.
tumble OF Fahertys Erounder by
The generally steady Keyes gave the
Yale fielder q life and paved the way
Tor the Blues assault on the Orange
and Black in the second inning. Dia-
rnond sacrificed, Kirkland to Harvey.
Kirkland then winged Murphy with a
pitched bail. Sawyer grounded to
Reyes, who again failed to glue onto
the ball. The Princeton inf,eld went I'D
: IN panic as Fahsrty. Murphy and
Sawyer broke loose In a mad dash on
THE base lines
q Fsherty rounded third and sho. home
on the error. Murphy swooped second
and. taking chance on Prinoeton's
sshakiEess, kept right on to third and
made 1t The throw to- third to catch
-atutphy filtered through Babe. There
was no Princeton man there to cover
up. The bail rolled few feet into
1foui territory.
O Ordinarily there would have been lit
Stie chance Of the runner scoring from
Third. but Murphy's intuition told him
that Bade's nonchalant walking after
the ball meant the Princeton third base
fMsn's thoughts were on the run Yale
saheady had scored and not on the
action OF tho game itself. Giving quick
saetion to his thought Murphy shot like
- greyhound for the plate.
rs Too late Babe leaped for the bail,
fIirned and whipped q hurried throw
so the plate, Murphy slid safely past
-}lrkand, who covered the homo base,
The throw drawn by Murphy enabled
sawyer to reach third, from whence he
scored on Sheehan's timely thump past
,Bauhan.
Murphy Steals Hseme.
Homer nodded again In the fourth
sud once more the wide awake Murphy
p'ofted. Thorne opened the inning BY
waiting out Kirkland and drawing a
Speee on balls. Sawyer sacrificed.
Murphy vent to third when Reyes was
ep.olliar motion OF Kirkland's foot,
which the hawk-eyed Billy Lauder had
ncEced invariably preceded the Prince
ton pitchers windup Murphy caught the
Tiger twirler mapping and opened up
IN desperate dash for the plate. His
beautiful timing OF the start, quick get
sway and greyhound dash formed n
c7inbinauon that Kirkland's throw to
the plate couldn't beat To Mummy
went the credit Of stealing home from
third.
The run that Murphy stole tome with
IN the fourth inning was the only earned
tally gained OF Kirkland. The tall, will
lowy Princeton pitcher gave worthy bat
tie 70 the stocky little Yale twirler, Sell
leck, who opposed him. Yaie's stonewall
defence turned the tide Each pitcher
yielded six hits and each Issued two
pnsses. Princeton's defence crinkied
up like tissue paper behind Kirkland.
Yale held like o rock behind sslleck,
f'rfnceton's attack was wabbly ana
shaky. Yale's advances were Launched
with punch. strategy and rapidly cpl
tomized by the espre.
Princetons Lone Run.
After Selleck had blanked P.1ncetou
Tor seven innings a clean smash down
tho left field foul line for two bases
by Bauhan. first I'D In the eighth. saved
tho run hungry Tiger from the iK-
nominy Of a shutout Bauhan went 10
third while Sawyer was making n pretty
stop and throw out of kirkland and
came homo with Princeton's lone run
Wien Sawyer was making another
Aplendid stop and toss out of StrubinS.
Tho three runs registered by Yale In
the second ana the one run baRecd on
Murphys steAl home In the fourth were
accompanied by two more Yale tallies
IN the eighth. Once again team
mates delding slipup put Kirkland in
geoparoE prann grounded to Bads,
whose wild throw past flret sent Prann
.sen the way to second. Boyd walked.
"a passed bail advanced both runners,
with one Bulldog straining on third
AND the other oavorting on second, Kirk
land made Holden foul to Trimbla On
the hit and run. however, FAhsrty came
Through with smoking single 20 oentre
that drove In Prann and Boyd.
YAle's snappy all around daidtnr drew
rounds OF merioed applause. Tho indi-
%hual fieldins feature, however. was
contributed by Harvey, the Princeton
2iirst saclser. who made a iea;oinR. ons
shand spear OF Salleck'a aavaRa Unsr a.