The first nine defeated the second nine Saturday on Soldiers Field in a close game by a score of 12 to 9. The fielding on both sides was very ragged and many easy chances were missed. Highlands and Paine were the pitchers for the first five innings and Cozzens and Gregory for the last two. In the seventh inning both Gregory and Cozzens went to pieces. Scannell started to catch for the first nine, but had to stop on account of an attack of lumbago and Buckman took his place, and when Gregory pitched Morton caught. Scott caught for the second nine, which was captained by Dean.

The second nine went in first to bat. After Wrenn was out and Burgess on first base, Rand hit to Whittemore, who threw Burgess out at second; Rand scored on Hayes's fumble of Stevenson's hit. The first nine scored two runs in their first inning. Hayes got his base on balls, stole second and scored on Highlands's hot liner to left field. Highland's got second on a passed ball and scored on Beale's base-hit to right field, which was fumbled by Burgess.

In the second inning the second nine scored two runs on errors. Highlands gave Paine and Selfridge bases on balls, and advanced each a base on a wild pitch. Paine scored on a muff of a thrown ball at the plate, and Selfridge on an error by Whittemore.

The first nine increased their lead in the next inning by scoring three runs on singles by Beale and McCarthy and two bases on balls. In the next inning the first three batters of the second nine hit singles to the out-field, netting one run. In the fifth inning Beale scored another run for the first nine on a base on balls, a wild throw by Lord, and a stolen base. In the sixth inning Dean got his base on balls, stole second, and scored on a muffed fly by Garrison.

At the beginning of the seventh inning, the last inning of the game, the score stood 6 to 5 in favor of the first nine. Then both batteries went to pieces. Cozzens was hit for three singles and a two-bagger. Morton, the catcher for the first nine, let in two runs on a wild throw to second and a fumble at the plate. These hits and errors brought in four runs for the second nine. In the last half of the inning Gregory gave five men their base on balls and was hit for two singles. Scott made two wild throws to bases. These, together with three wild pitches, and a passed ball, allowed the first nine to score six runs. The final score was 12 to 9.

Innings, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

First nine, 2 0 3 0 1 0 6 - 12

Second nine, 1 2 0 1 0 1 4 - 9

New York, 7; Yale, 5.The New York league team defeated the Yale nine on the polo grounds in New York on Saturday. Carter pitched for six innings and did splendid work. Then he was relieved by Trudeau, who pitched well, too.

Yale batted very well, making 11 hits off Meekin, Rusie and German, who pitched three innings each, but sharp fielding kept their score down.

In the field Yale showed up in wonderfully good form, running catches by Rustin and Keator being the best features. Greenway caught superbly. Tiernan, Davis and Burke did the bulk of the batting for the New Yorks.

Yale's first baseman, Stephenson, was hit in the eye by a pitched ball in the first inning and had to retire.

The score by innings:

Innings, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9