The University baseball team defeated Cornell yesterday afternoon by 1 to 0 in a remarkably well played game, neither team making an error throughout the nine innings. Hartford pitched in splendid form, not allowing Cornell a single hit, and struck out twelve men. Not until the eighth did a Cornell man reach second base, though three reached first on balls during the game. Hartford's curves and fast balls, which be varied excellently, were a complete puzzle to the Cornell batters, and they struck time and again without coming anywhere near the ball.
It was Aronson's long home run to left centre in the sixth inning that gave Harvard the victory, Aronson crossing the Plate before the left fielder started to throw the ball. The batting of the team as a whole against Gable was light, only four hits being secured. Leonard made two of these, one of them a two-bagger to left. The men hit the ball hard, however, and it was only good fielding on the part of Cornell that prevented more hits. In the fourth Caldwell pulled down Currier's swift liner. The playing of Heilman at shortstop was a feature of the game. He handled four grounders very cleverly, and was lucky to stop Simons's hit which was going over second.
In five of the innings Harvard had one or more men on bases, but was unable to score. In the first inning two bases on balls and a sacrifice hit, coupled with some fast running by Leonard and good work by Aronson, put men on second and third, but Lanigan hit to centre for the third out. In the third Leonard knocked a good two-bagger along the left foul line. McCall sacrificed him to third, and Harvey was hit and stole second; but Aronson struck out.
In the fifth with two out Leonard singled and stole second, while McCall waited for a base on balls. The two then worked a clever double steal. Harvey hit towards the pitcher, who blocked the ball so that the second baseman just got the runner at first and put the side out. Aronson's home run in the next inning came with none out. After two were gone Simons singled and stole second, but was left when Harding flied to Ebeling. With one out in the ninth Aronson received a pass and went to third on Lanigan's grounder to short. Currier also grounded to short, but was out, Heilman to Williams.
Although the Harvard fielders were not overworked, what they had to do was done well. McCall, Leonard, Simons, and Harding all figured in fast plays, and Harvey captured three hard flies in the outfield. Currier caught an excellent game, as well he might with Hartford pitching in the best of form. It is a noteworthy fact that Cornell has made but one run off Hartford in 28 innings.
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