The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-15
YALE DEFEATS
PRINCETON IN
HOT GAME, 5-3
Margetts Retires in Second
Inning and Contest Is
Lively All the Way.
LOOSE FIELDING RULES
Series Now Even and De-
Gliding Game Is Set for
June "a.
Special Despatch 10 TnE SrN


PRINCETON, n, j., June l4.-Yale nut
temporary check on PrIncetons COM
mencement enthusiasm by capturing to-
days baseball contest. 5 to 3. after a
narrowing battle.
The visitors played an excellent game.
hitting the ball hard in the pinches and
helding In a creditable fashion. Tho
Tigers manifested the old weakness at
the bat allowing eleven to die on the
paths for want OF a timely bingle AL
though It was not an cxhi hilton of air.
tight baseball. it was a nip and tuck
affair from start to finish, with the final
outcome undecided until after the final
put out.
This victory evens the series. Prince
ton having won the first game at New
Haven two weeks ago. so that The rub
Der will be played on June "a. AZ tho
outset Of the fray some 5000 spectators
were promised a repetition OF the thrill
ing pitchers battle which Mafgetts and
Robinson staged at New Haven.
MarEetts Quits in Second.
Margetts started to repeat the to
| victory he scored against the Ellis in
the first game but he found the going
extremely difficult and retired in the
second frame after the Blue FASTENERS
had scored twice in the opening session,
| and Sawyer, the first batsman in the
second, had pushed clean single into
| centrefeld.
Karland came TO the rescue and
| twirled in magnificent fashion. holding
| the visitors to five scattered safeties in
| eight innings and striking out six men.
Although he was in constant peril
Robinson succeeded in wading through
the first six innings During this time
Princeton connected six times for a to-
| tai of three tallies, Strubing pounding
out triple and a double in four at
| tempts
seIIeck Replaces Robinson.
With the score 3 to and Trimole on
! the keystone sack in the lucky seventh
| Robinson retired to the cooling showers
and Selleck assumed the risky pitching
burden. He got through the remaining
sessions in excellent fashion, allowing
only one hit and preventing further scor-
| ing.
Holden. Yale's centre fielder. proved
| himself the individual star by smashing
out two hits scoring once and driving in
| another. In addition he staged a sensa-
tional catch In the eighth stanza by pull
ing down Strubing's long drive into deep
| centre
Yale Gets Two in First.
Yale started after Margetts in tho
| initial frame and before the dust had
| settled two runs were across the plate.
| Gage, the visiting lead off man. reached
! first when keyes booted his grounder.
I Babe caught Boyd's pop fly. but Holden
| connected for two bases. scoring Gage.
Bauhan threw Flaherty out a first.
| Holden advancing a sack. Diamond then
walloped two ply swat and Holden
| crossed with the second counter. MUIR
| ply flied out to Cook. ending the ses-
sion. In the last half of the first Prince
| ton failed TO score. although Babe
reached first on a walk.
Sawyer started the second frame by
meeting the first ball pitched for a
single. This swat ended Margett's re-
gime. kirkland succeeding to the task.
Holmes sacrificed Sawyer TO second but
Robinson flied and Gage whitfield out.
After Gray and Reyes had skied out to
| Boyd. Harvey drew walk and stole
second Bauhan, however, flied to right,
ending the inning.
Gets Third on wild Throw.
Boyd started the third by walking.
way to third when Harvey pegged wild
trying TO catch him mapping OF second.
kirkland frightened at this point, strik-
ing out Faherty and Diamond After
kirkland had grounded out in the latter
! half OF the third, Strubing started lit
tie action by doubling to centre field.
Cooke selected n slant to his liking and
drove II into right field for single.
! Strubing scoring Bade walked. but
Trimble and Gray were easy outs.
| Neither side could score I'm the next
two innings. despite men on bases. yet
| Yale added another in the first part OF
the sixth. With one down Kirkland hit
| Murphy and he stole second. Sawyer
struck out and it looked like no score.
but Harvey dropped Bade's peg TO first
10 catch Mechan and Murphy romped
across with the third run,
Princeton came back strong In the
last half OF the sixth. After Robinson
had caught Keyess pop fly Harvey beat
out a scratch hit down the third base
line Bauhan hit to Murphy. forcing
Harvey at second. but was safe at first.
Kirkland then poled a single TO centre
and Bauhan advanced station. Stru-
hing stepped into the breach by whaling
a triple against the wall in centre field.
scoring Bauban and kirkland, tying the
| score He would have come all the way
home on the hit. but the ground rules
restricted him to three bases. Cook
fled out TO Holden. retiring the side
Yale went out in order in the seventh
and the spectators rose for the lucky
half Bade flied TO Holden, but Trim
bio beat out a scratch TO Gage Robin
son retired at this point and Selleck was
called in to quell the Tiger activities.
Trimble stole second and then took third
when Meehan's peg went astray. Gray
tried to squeeze Trlmble across but Sell
leck tagged him at the plate, Gray being
safe at second.
SelleCk hesitated too long with
Keyes's grounder, Gray going TO third.
while Keyes perched on 1Ipt, Harvey'a
hit went to SellecN. who threw him out
at first retiring the side.
Winning Run I'm the Eighth.
Yale put across the winning r,.l IN
the eighth after TWO were down, Murphy
got scratch hit TO keyes. Kirkland
hit Sawyer and Meehsn took Keyes off
: his balance with \ sharp smash TO the