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Vou. 1X.) Ne: 37. NEW HAVEN, CONN. S WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1900. Copyright, 1900, by Yale Alumni Weekly. Price 10 Cents. PRINCETON WON AGAIN, By a Remakably Batting Rally in Last of Ninth. A batting streak in the ninth inning won for Princeton the second and con- cluding game from Yale, in the baseball series of Nineteen Hundred. The con- test on Brokaw Field on the afternoon of June 9 was quite the hottest, clean- est and fiercest baseball that intercol- legiate athletics can furnish. The ex- citement was hardly less trying than in the football match betweeen the same rivals on Yale Field, Nov. 25, 1899. The bitterness of the disappointment to the loser is well to be compared, also, with that heart-rendering loss. There can be no stronger way of putting it. And like that same great fight the record of the contest of last Saturday is full of things for both sides to be proud of. No better athletic spirit can be shown than that which inspired the Princeton hitters to drive out five runs against a pitcher and a nine, who, for eight innings, by coolness, head-work, and errorless and swift fielding had held the nine heavy batters of Princeton down to three hits, had allowed only twenty-six men to come to the bat and had prevented any runner from get- ting to second base. As for Yale, it is only necessary to refer to the score card. The Nine from New Haven had returned, in a week, to high Yale form in baseball. The man who is rated the most formidable college pitcher of the season was hit twelve times with a total of nineteen bases. The hard and often long driving of the Princeton players was handled without an error for eight in- nings, and with but two in the whole game—one being a fumble, at short, of a hot hit by Hillebrand, and the other a poor throw from first to home after a too-long holding of the ball. THE DIN. The field was surrounded by the larg- est crowd that had ever attended a Princeton class day game. At the be- ginning of the eighth inning the Prince- ton army decided that the game must be won. The lines closed up and a large part of the outfield crowd moved to the side of the field near third base. With them was a very numerous fife and drum corps, which from that time on, massed on the field, inside the fence and near third base, did continuous service. The great Princeton crowd on the open stands took up the Princeton cheers with tre- mendous effect. No football din was ever greater. In the eighth inning the effect was not noticeable on either nine, but in the ninth, the intensity of the ex- citement and the tremendous volume of sound made it seem impossible for the Yale players in the field to hold their form. They. did show, then, the only sign of tneasiness of the whole game. This uneasiness, was, of course, intensi- fied by the batting streak which came with the cheering. Robertson, of Yale, was. not rattled, but apparently the strain had taken just a fraction of velocity from his speed and the sharp- ness from his curves. And so the heavy Princeton hitters struck their pace and it seemed impossible to stop them. Gar- van took Robertson’s place, but one more hit was made off his delivery, and that was enough. As run after run came in the crowd forgot themselves and surged on the field. Twice there was a long delay while Captain Hillebrand and the other Princeton players were ivi them back. , aes Yale had nearly a hundred men to- gether, most of them undergraduates, including the tireless University Band. They made their cheering, singing and playing nearly continous and only re- doubled their efforts when the full Princeton lung and drum _ batteries opened up. The Yale crowd left Prince- ton immediately after the game, on a special train, very sad, but proud of their Nine, and confident that it is able . to add yet, to the credit of excellent play, the sweetness of victory. YALE’S RUNS. Quinby made Yale’s first run by driv- ing the third ball pitched to deep left field and running the circuit like a deer. The Princeton third baseman tried to stop him in a very strange way, but he could not. In the fifth, Quinby, having two strikes and three balls, sent a high fly over right field for three bases. Camp was hit by a pitched ball and stole second. Then Cook, who had hit safely twice before, made the second out. Sharpe was next and sent a long high fly over right field for three bases, scor- ing Quinby and Camp. In the ninth Robertson singled, Quinby flied out and Camp forced Robertson out at second, going to third on Cook’s single, and home on the error of Hutchinson. Yale had seven men left on bases. In the first inning Blount struck out with two out and the bases full. Later in the game Guernsey let another good chance to score escape by his failure to hit with runners on first and third. PRINCETON’S RUNS. At the beginning of the ninth, Hutch- ings of Princeton, batting for Watkins, sent a short fly over third base. Camp, Guernsey and Blount all tried for it, but no one could touch it, and Hutch- ings made two bases. Steinweinder was hit by a pitched ball, and a single by Kafer, prettily placed between first and second, scored Hutchings and sent Stein- weinder to third. A single, immedi- ately afterwards, by Meier, sent Stein- wender home, and also Kafer, who had reached third while Sullivan was field- ing home from Kafer’s single. Then Hillebrand reached first on Camp’s fum- ble and Meier went to third. Burke hit to short first base, but Sharpe without trying to put out the runner, held he ball too long, and then threw too high to Hirsh, to score the tieing run. Pearson struck out, but Chapman singled, scor- ing Hillebrand and winning the game. An individual criticism of the Yale Nine would only be a miscellaneous dis- tribution of praise, as, with scarcely an exception, the men came up to the re- quirements. Cook and Quinby, how- ever, especially distinguished themselves, the former making three singles and ac- cepting three difficult chances in the field. Quinby played a brilliant and er- rorless game at second besides driving out a home run and a three-base hit. Hirsch, behind the bat, justified his selec- tion over the more prominent candidates for the position, Sullivan and Cunha. Meier of Princeton played brilliantly at short and his timely hit did much to win the game. The score: YALE. Ciiby. 2b: a 5 Canim ss) A, 4 Oe Ris See eee 5 pnaepe, 1s. css 5 Sittivall fi 8 Guernsey, 3b. ....... 3 4 4 4 O > 3s) aw 4 es] AS, 2; OHHH Re OH WD SW mi Lane OO OH Oo OH Nb Ou. BiOiits bie Sn eee rsh SS Roberson. 8, . = Garsie yo oe 0.0: O.o oO O00 OS CNHONOOHDNAD COOCDOOHOHO TOE A ee allowing Meier | PRINCETON. AB. Ro IB.T0. Av. Stel wender, 202... 33 1.022720 Koren oe. Ce. AE 2B OD Mee ae A A Paeesrand po ee a ete 2 Birra td OO, OO Pea ie ee OO. 4 0 8 Chace, 1h 325.45) -5 AO Wi ae oD bigichinson 3b. pe a A Watkins C8. 2 EO: Sf Precis Fic el ET OO 8 Oth 45 ho ae oc Sere 2 *Winning run made with one out in the ninth. : +Batted for Watkins in ninth. Score by innings: ~ L3,3.4°5 0574.9 9 Vale 2. oy. if 00 0 2.0 0.0 I—4 Princeton (.2 2 06 0°00 0 0.0 5—5 Summary: Earned runs—Yale 2; Princeton 2. Home run— Quinby. Three-base hits—Quinby, Sharpe. Two- base hit— Hutchings. Stolen bases — Sullivan (2), Cook, Robertson, Camp, Hillebrar@l, Burke. Struck out—Sharpe (3), Blount. Hirsh (2), Robertson, Guernsey, Quinby, Steinwender, Wat- kins, Burke, Hutchinson, Pearson. Bases on balls—By Hillebrand 2. Hit by pitcher — Camp, Pearson, Steinwen- der. First base on errors—Yale I; Princeton 1. Left on bases—Yale 9; Princeton 4. Double play—Quinby to Sharpe. Base hits—Off Robertson 7; off Garvan 1. Time of game—Two hours forty minutes. Umpire—Latham. ~~” we The New Fence on the Campus. In conformity to the wish expressed by Mr. William P. Eno, Yale ’82, in making the gift of a sum of money for the improvement of the Campus, a fence, on exactly the pattern of the historic fence which formerly surrounded the Campus, is soon to be placed inside of the driveway at the northern end of WILLIAM MANN FINCKE, IQOI S. fElected Captain of Yale Track .Team.] the present quadrangle. In front of Dur_ fee it will occupy nearly the position of the present fence, but with certain changes which will admit of straighten- ing the walks and improving the grades. Near the west end of Durfee it will turn toward the south, and will end for the present at the north corner of the Treasury Building. The fence will be cut in several places by the Campus paths. Defeats Cheney aftermoon. HITCHCOCK GOLE CHAMPION. in a Well-played Game 5 up and 4 to Play. The tournament for the championship of the University in golf began May 29, and ended June 11, Charles Hitch- cock, Jr., 1903, winning the honor by defeating Thomas L. Cheney, 1901, last year’s champion, in the finals Monday Forty-five men entered the qualifying round at 18 holes, match play the first day. The scores of the first eight were as follows: T. M. Robertson, Toor, 83; C Hiteheodk* Jr 1003, 85; BE. LL. Yves, 1000 >, Sac23. 1. Dwight, 1900 S., 86; T. L. Cheney 1901, 87; W. R. Hitt, 1901, 88; C. E. Greenough, 1902 S., 88. The following eight also qualified for the match play for the championship: W. R. Walbridge, 1902 S.; Prof. W. L. Phelps; G. W. Sim- mons, 1900; O. Potter, 1901; G. H. Hull, 1902; A. D. Dodge, 1903; F. Ss Havemeyer, 1900; L. P. Myers, 1901 S. The second sixteen men qualified for match play for the consolation prize. The first round of match play brought out some fine golf, the feature being the defeat of Captain T. M. Robertson, of the University Golf Team, by Walbridge. The scores of the round follow: Walbridge defeated Robertson, 2 up and 1 to play; Hitchcock defeated Green- ough, 6 up and 5 to play; Ives defeated Prof. Phelps, 4 up and 3 to play; Byers defeated Simmons, 1 up, twenty holes; Potter defeated Hill, 1 up; T. Cheney defeated Havemeyer, 5 up and 4 to play; Myers defeated Hitt, 5 up and 4 to play; Dwight defeated Dodge 2 up. The results of the second round were as follows: Hitchcock defeated Wal- bridge, 1 up; Byers defeated Ives, 6 up and s to play; Dwight defeated Potter, 2 up and 1 to play; T. Cheney defeated Myers, I wp. In the semi-final round, Hitchcock de- feated Byers, 3 up and 2 to play, and T L. Cheney defeated Dwight, 4 up and 2 to play. In the finals on Monday afternoon Cheney did not play in his usual form and sticcumed to the steady, and at times brilliant, play of Hitchcock. The latter was one up at the conclusion of the first nine holes, and from this point increased his lead rapidly, finally winning by 5 up and 4 to play. The finals for the consolation prize resulted in a victory for Philip Cheney, 1901, who defeated C. L. Tiffany, 1900, 6 up and 5 to play. Golf Record of the Season. The College year which is just clos- ing was the most successful one in the history of the Yale Golf Club. To- gether, éx matches were played, the Club being victorious in all of them generally by wide margins. The first team match was played Saturday, April 21, at Hartford, against the Hartford Country Club Team, which was defeated by the close score of 6 to 4. On the following Saturday, April 28, the Yale ten was victorious by the score of 32 to § over the Brooklawn Club of Bridge- port, Conn. This bad defeat was due . largely to the fine playing of T. L. Cheney, 1901, who established new figures for the course. On May 5 the Orford Club of South Manchester was defeated by 13 holes to 8. On Saturday, May 12, the Lawrence Harbor Club gave a thirty-six holes, medal play, tourna- ment, open to college teams. Here again Yale’s four, Robertson, T. Cheney, Byers and Hitchcock, carried off the honors by the total score of 745 strokes... On Wednesday, May 16, the
