Harvard defeated Princeton last Saturday, scoring four runs through Hillebrand's wildness and Reid's batting. The pitching on both sides was remarkable, each pitcher allowing but three scattered hits. Stillman gave his first and only base on balls to Kafer in the ninth inning, when he also hit Meier. Hillebrand gave five bases, three of which resulted in runs. Each side had a man on base in six innings, but only three times in the whole game was there more than one. Only three Princeton men reached second base, and but one of these got to third. Except the four men who scored, not a Harvard man got to third base and only two reached second.
Both sides played an excellent game in the field, but neither could do anything at the bat. Harvard's base-running was excellent, especially in the first inning, when Kendall stole home on Princeton's attempt to catch Reid at second. Princeton also ran bases well, though two men were caught trying to steal second. The feature of the game was Reid's allround play. His home run brought in three others in the eighth inning, and his single made it possible for Kendall to score in the first. He gave Stillman perfect support, threw well to second, and in the third inning made a remarkable double play by catching Steinwender's foul near the backstop and throwing to second in time to retire Watkins. Devens hit the ball hard every time he came to bat, but was twice put out by the good work of the Princeton outfield. Coolidge was badly off form. He made two errors, and missed a chance for a double play by fumbling. Fincke kept on the alert except in the first inning, when he allowed Kafer to steal second. Wendell played well in right field. Steinwender's lack of headwork in the first inning, his error in the sixth, and his failure to cover second in the same inning were the only faults in Princeton's play.
Princeton's nearest approach to scoring was in the first inning, when with one out, Kafer singled, stole second, and went to third on Pearson's out. Meier ended the inning by striking out. In the second inning Coolidge's error and Burke's stolen base gave Princeton a man on second with only one out, but Green struck out and Hutchinson was retired at first. Princeton did not reach second again until the ninth inning, when Stillman hit Steinwender and gave Meier a base on balls. There were two outs, however, and when Wendell caught Hillebrand's fly the game ended.
After Loughlin had struck out in the first inning Kendall was hit by a pitched ball and went to third on Reid's single to right field. On the first ball pitched Reid started to steal second and while Steinwender tried to run him down on the base line, Kernan stole home. Reid and Fincke were put out on a fast double play by Meier, Steinwender and Pearson. In the sixth inning Loughlin reached first on Steinwender's error and second on Kendall's sacrifice, but Reid and Fincke went out on easy chances. With two out in the seventh inning Devens singled and stole second but was left there. In the eighth inning, after Stillman had struck out, Hillebrand hit Loughlin and Kendall. Reid brought them in with a clean home run over Watkins' head.
The score: Earned run -- Harvard. Home run -- Reid. Sacrifice hit -- Kendall. Stolen bases -- Kendall, Devens, Kafer, Burke. Double plays -- Reid to Fincke, Meier to Steinwender to Pearson. Bases on balls--by Stillman: Meier; by Hillebrand: Wendell, Devens. Hit by pitched ball--by Stillman: Steinwender; by Hillebrand: Loughlin, Kendall 2. Struck out -- by Stillman: Steinwender, Meier 2, Hillebrand, Burke 2, Green 2, Hutchinson, Watkins; by Hillebrand: Loughlin, Kendall, Clark, Coolidge, Stillman 2. Time--1h.55m. Umpire--Smith.
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