The Harvard nine won an easy game from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia on Saturday by a score of 10 to 3. Both Stillman and Clarkson were very effective, and kept the hits so well scattered that, had it not been for several bad errors, Pennsylvania would have been shut out. At the bat the team continued its recent improvement in hitting when hits are needed, and lost few chances to score. The work in the field was marred by the errors of Reid and Frantz which allowed Pennsylvania to score. Aside from this the game showed that the team as a whole has reached satisfactory form.
Reid, with two excellent home runs, and Frantz, with a home run and a two base hit, all productive of runs, did the best hitting that has been done this year. Reid also showed excellent judgement in coaching base-runners. Stillman allowed only one hit and Clarkson four scattered ones, and together they struck out twelve men. Stillman, however, gave three bases on balls in four innings, and one of them resulted in a run. Clark, Devens and Putnam fielded their positions faultlessly and were more reliable than usual. Coolidge's two hits were signs of the end of the batting slump which he has had this year. Stillman, as usual, batted successfully with men on bases.
Layton and Leary were successful in keeping down the number of hits, but were unsteady at critical times and gave costly bases on balls. The errors of White and Gawthrop were also partly responsible for the ease of Harvard's victory.
With two men out in the first inning Reid and Frantz both knocked the ball over the left field fence for home runs. In the third inning Murphy got a base on balls, went to second on a passed ball and scored on Frantz's two-base hit. Frantz came home from second on Stillman's single, but Stillman was caught trying to make second on the play. Murphy opened the fifth inning with another base on balls, and came home when Reid for the second time knocked the ball over the fence. In the next inning Clark got a base on balls, took second on Devens's out at first and scored on Coolidge's single. Harvard made three more runs in the seventh inning. Frantz got a base on balls. Stillman singled, and both runners advanced on Clark' sacrifice. Devens then brought in both runs with a single, and scored the last run himself on wild throws by Flavell and Gawthrop.
All three of Pennsylvania's runs were directly due to bases on balls and errors, In the first inning Collier got a base on balls, stole second, took third on Jones's out and scored the first run when Frantz muffed an easy throw to first. Pennsylvania made her other two runs in the fifth inning. Brown got a base on balls and Collier singled. Then Reid threw to first base when Frantz was not near the bag, and both runners scored before the ball could be returned from the field.
The score: Earned runs--Harvard 5 Home runs--Reid 2, Frantz. Two-base hits--Frantz, Flavell. Sacrifice bit--G. c. Clark. Stolen bases -- Coolidge, Collier. Bases on balls -- by Stillman: Collier, White, Flavell; by Clarkson: Brown, Leary; by Leary; Murphy, Coolidge; by Layton: Murphy, G. C. Clark, Frantz, Clarkson. Struck out--by Stillman: Flavell, Noble, Keary, White; by Clarkson: White 2, Layton 2, Collier, Jones, Newman, Noble; by Leary: Wendell; by Layton: Murphy, Frantz, Coolidge; by Gross: Frantz, Stillman. Passed ball--Flavell. time--2h. 15m. Umpire--Bett.
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