The New York herald., 1921-06-19
nine IS
VICTOR over YALE
Tigers Beat Ellis Before Com
mencement Crowd at Mas
sau, 4 to 2.
ISSUE DECIDED IN FIRST
Three Runs Put Game on Ice
Play Deciding Contest
Here This Week.
ISSUE DECIDED IN FIRST

Special Despatch TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
PRINCETON, n. j., June 1S.-A Prince
ton baseball team came out of slump
this afternoon and hurled back a con-
fident Yale nine. The Ellis came here
certain that the contest and the series
would be decided in favor of the Blue
which already had won game over
Princeton. OLD Nassau's nine rose in
it's might and triumphed over the sons
of Eli by to 2. A great commence
ment crowd looked on.
The game was decided In the first
inning, 9ust after the alumni had filed
by the stands in their brilliant cos
tunes Of orange and black The Yale
side was retired by Jefferies, who
pitched for the Tigers in place of the
veteran Margetts.
Princeton then started. Watson was
safe when Aldrich's throw on his
grounder was high. MacPhee tried a
sacrifice punt and both runners were
safe when Peters threw to second Nc
Ilvaine bunted and Coke. now ratified,
heaved the ball into right field Watson
and Peters Sc ring, while McIlvaine HIM
-self took thir l..
Mcnamara gained his first hit of the
day with sharp single to centre on the
first ball pitched McIlvaine scoring.
Cook bunted safely. McNamara taking
second. Fiscler made the fourth bunt
OF the inning. the two runners advanc-
ing to second and third. Yale held a
conference at this point and then got
down to work. Mcnamara was caught
at the plate on Kernan's throw after
Berg's grounder. Keyes grounded out to
short for the third out.
The crowd. numbering over Is, 900 Of
alumni and other visitors. went wild.
Twenty-eight Lands of the twenty eight
reuniting classes blared out Princeton
athletic songs.
Yale Scores In Third.
There was no further scoring until the
third, when ale chalked up a lone
tally. With two out Murphy walked.
stole second and crossed the plate when
Crane singled to centre
The Tigers raised their count to four
in the fifth. MacPhee was hit by a
pitched ball. McIlvaine sacrificed him
to second with perfect bunt. Nc
Namara then electrified the crowd with
savage triple to the right field stands,
McPhee walking across the plate. The
scoring ended there. as Coke forced
Cook to send an easy grounder to short
and Mcnamara was nipped off third for
the Anal out.
The final tally of the game came in
the ninth when Yale threatened for a
time to make things interesting. Sloan
reached first on MacPhee's bad throw.
Hickey ntif fn ba
made a beautiful peg to first, but Sloan
had advanced to second. Peters came
through with a timely single to centre,
Sloan scoring. Jefferies frightened up
at once. Coke lifted a high fly to Nc
Ilvaine and Murphy took three healthy
swings.
Jenerfes Pitches Well.
Jefferes allowed only seven scattered
singles. While inclined to be wild at
times, he was able to pull himself out of
trouble. With the exception of wild
throw to first by MacPhee in the fifth
he received fine support, several brilliant
catches being made.
Coxe's lefthanded shoots we're puz-
zling to the Tiger batters. who got only
six hits off his delivery. These were
concentrated. however. when hits meant
runs. His support also wavered at criti-
cal moments. and, with his own wild
throw, caused his defeat.
Mcnamara starred for Princeton, con-
tributing two timely blows. each result
ing directly in runs.
Immediately after the game a snake
dance wound its serpentine way over
University Field, while the thousands
OF spectators cheered and the bands con-
tributed their part of a celebration which
lasted the entire night.
To-days game was the second of the
Yale-Princeton SERIES the Blue having
won at New Haven two weeks ago. The
deciding contest will be played In New
York some day next week. The score: