New-York tribune., 1919-04-23
College Lads
Not So Weak
John j. Finds
New Haven Nine Puts H.,
Lively Battle-Ha,
c h a G Takes a Nan
By w. ]. Macbeth

pS way VI "ilal luAlng up for IA
National League flag race, which oDo,
for them in Philadelphia this sf,.'
noon, the New York Giants vesters.
engaged the classy diamond RENEE renros.'
tatives of old Yale and came ofr y.
/ torious by score of 1 to Aft.
night that kept them hustlinc eyo,s
minute Of the way The few faitbf,1
who attended got their moneys wor.t
they Will be lucky to draw bo,..
game when the Giants return for ~.
local opening.
Hal Chase, master of infeld esra,oc.
was transfxed momentarly dess, dmriss,
yesterdays fervid game. Wbethnss
trans.iXed With terror or horror ,''o' 81
Bob Steele. who pitched the last fos,
innings for New York, would he basa
10 tell. But his nap was damag,.,e.
enc that put Old Eli ont in fso,.
for the lirst time and had his ;eo,n
mates Winging for spell.
1t all happened in tho seventh n
ming, the most fruitful period for ~
visitors. Fletcher started is wrong h..
booting Sawycr's warm croueda.
Chase dashed in on Frederick $ nrc,,,.
bunt, and, as only Chase can, wbinras
the ball to Fletcher for an essv fSs1 for.1
play. Coke famed. Chase, in.erestas
in gathering a loose pebble on his 's' hes.
failed to keep in touch with Steel
and was dead asleep when Bob sn5
denly whipped the ball in his gene qT"
direction in the hope OF catchine Tra5
erick mapping.
Chase hasn't seen that partjeuis.
ball yet On the frenzied whoon;rs,
of his colleagues he came out al -
trance quickly enough. but not with
the least idea of which point of tbo
compass to lay his course ia. Fredsr
lcks, meanwhile, was hitting the paths
as only college player can when ba
has clear track. tie rounded seeonl
while Prince Hal stood spellhound
Finally Larry DOYLE tamhod to n.
fhcI that ii was easier for him 10 ee
the hall than to Introduce Chase H.
the elusive pellet. lie had io sprin
away over by the stand. almost as far
a dash AS trederlchs had before him
SELF Tor the tying run. And IN tti
race the young and vigorous Frsder
iehs saw to II that there was na ehane,
los d dead heat
Outside thls ane particular lapss
the Giants played stfaaa and com
Wehlaile sahf. la \ ala ihay met
very saod enilese team team that
showed them quite as much As sams
ST he maief aaefegatipHs eneevB.
tered ihis srfine u is ha sasfileea
90 say ihe Giants had lhaif hapds f0r.
Indeed ID Vas snrariof naise and .,
perienea Chat finally ,anuuished tbs
vollHsians.
Yale presented in CoAe. bsspss.
'aeled southnaw one az ihe most ef.
fectiNe puitfidcrs encountered this
year Of erace. "Neadows" had a ane
hook and an excellent turn of race
Moreover. as is rare with the genus Of
college pitcher, he worked with his
brain as we'll a. his arm. He knew
how to pitch and 30 Nold his position
lie didn't hold the base runners so
closely as veteran major tossers might
be expected to do. cut ne omission
might never have been noticed had
Coke support been worthy of his in.
dividual effort.
Cecil Algernon Causey had nothing
on Coke. Gordon, who singled aita
one out in the second. snri 7ted 70
third when Fredericks conneslei for
a one-bagger on hit-and-run PLAY
Cecil pulled out of difficulty BY
whiting Coke. faic had the satsfsc-
ton. finally, OF nicking Causey in the
fifth, his last inning.
Sawyer started it with twisting
Texas Lacquer that just eluded Doyle.
frederlcks sacrificed Coxe's ont 10
the box put the runner on third and
Holden's clean single to left tied the
score New York having made its first
counter IN the opening iNning as tsc
result of o wild throw by the Yale
catcher. The Giants took the lesd
again in their half Of the fifth 5usa
singled and sprinted 10 third wien
Thorpe, hitting fer Causey. poked .
clean bingle into ri0nt field Bu-a'
grounded TO first, but Young produced
fly oi sufficient length to let I'll ST "A
paddle homo.
Then came Yale's seventh tha. ssrt
the collegians out in the van for -ae
first time. After Fredericks get hone
following Chase's nap and With -
gone Holden doubled to left and sco-sd
on Lynch's single to centre. The G!ar's
ted the score again in the second hea
Burns singled and stole second and
rocked home on Stoele's double to l'i'
field.
The score: