The University baseball team will play its annual game with Princeton on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
All Indications point to a close and exciting game, as the Princeton team is unusually strong and has so far had a very satisfactory season. It has won 17 out of the 19 games played, and has shown consistently good form. Of the teams played by both colleges, the University nine defeated Andover 6 to 4, Cornell 5 to 1 and Pennsylvania 5 to 1, and lost to Amherst 4 to 3, and to Brown 2 to 1. Princeton defeated Brown twice by the scores of 1 to 0 and 6 to 3, Pennsylvania by 7 to 5, and Amherst, in an 18-inning game, 1 to 0, but lost to Andover 3 to 1 and to Cornell last Saturday by 4 to 3, in a game undecided until the last inning. From these comparative scores it is impossible to predict the outcome of the game today. In other important games Princeton defeated New York University 12 to 0, won from Georgetown twice by the scores of 8 to 1 and 1 to 0, and defeated Trinity 4 to 2, Lafayette 3 to 2 and Exeter 12 to 3. For the last two years Princeton has won from Harvard, in 1903, 6 to 5, and last spring by the score of 7 to 6.
The principal weakness of the Princeton team lies-in-batting, although this has shown considerable improvement during the last few games. As the Harvard team is also uncertain in this respect it is likely that little scoring will be done and that the contest will be largely one of fielding and pitching.
Byram, who will pitch for Princeton has done some very effective work this spring, and in the game with Georgetown struck out 16 men. In fielding, as well, Princeton is excellent. In the game with Amherst the opposing team was kept down to no runs in 18 innings, although Doyle struck out only one man.
D.J. Hurley '05 has been appointed cheer leader for the game today.
Reserved seats, at $1, will be on sale at Leavitt & Peirce's this morning and at the field after 1.30 o'clock. Admission will be 50 cents, and by H. A. A. or baseball season tickets.
The batting order:
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