Princeton won the baseball series for the year by taking the second game, postponed from Saturday, on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon by the score of 7 to 1. The University team was outplayed in every detail of the game, making three hits to eight for Princeton, and committing five errors in the field. It was a most discouraging showing for so important a game. The record of the University team up to the present time is three victories, six defeats, and one tie game.
The change of Aronson for Rogers in the outfield apparently made little difference in the fielding, as Rogers handled his one fly cleanly. What difference the changes in the batting order may have made are of course problematical. Carr was not in good form at shortstop, and his poor playing may perhaps be attributed to his recent injury. He made a muff of a hard grounder in the opening inning, and in the fifth, with men on second and third, he made a wild throw to the plate which let in two runs. Hicks was ineffective up to the sixth inning, and allowed eight hits, one of which was a home run. On the other hand, the Harvard batters were unable to touch S. V. White's pitching. He secured 12 strike-outs to five for Hicks, and gave no bases on balls. Only one of the errors by Princeton figured in Harvard's run.
Princeton scored once in each of the first three innings, and added four more in the fifth before Harvard scored. At the start of the game Ballin was passed to first. He reached second when Lanigan threw out Bard at first. Carr made a poor stop of Reed's grounder, and both base runners were safe. Warwick sent up a high foul fly near the first base stands which McLaughlin, by an error in judgment, caught, allowing Ballin to score from third on the throw home.
Dawson opened the next inning with a short hit over Potter's head. Cunningham sacrificed him to second with a bunt which McLaughlin handled, and he scored on S. B. White's fast hit over third base. With S. B. White on first, S. V. White hit a sharp liner to Hicks, which was fielded to McLaughlin for a double play.
In the third inning Ballin beat out a perfect bunt along the third base line. He stole second a minute later and scored on Warwick's hit to centre field. The two men following struck out and Sterrett raised a foul fly to Lanigan.
With one out in the fifth inning, Ballin hit over Carr's head and Bard sent a similar one over Potter. Ballin reached third on this hit, and Bard immediately stole second. Reed sent a sharp grounder to Carr, whose throw to the plate was extremely wild. Two men scored on this error, leaving Reed on second. After Warwick had grounded out, Sterrett hit a home run liner far into left field, finishing the scoring for Princeton.
For Harvard, Potter got a clean single at the opening of the second inning, but he was forced at second on Hicks's grounder and the hit went for nothing. The batters went out in order until the sixth inning. Then with one out Rogers beat a slow rolling hit to second base. After Lanigan had gone out on a fly to Warwick, McLaughlin hit a liner to centre field, which would in any case have been good for a single. Cunningham came in fast in an attempt to take the ball on the fly, but it bounded over his head allowing Rogers to score from first and McLaughlin to reach third, where he was left when Babson struck out. Harvard men reached first on errors in the eighth and ninth innings, but it was with two out in each case and the runners were left on first.
The Princeton team played an exceptionally fast fielding game and supported the pitcher in creditable style. Ballin was the best at the bat and on the bases, with three runs and two hits, and Reed played conspicuously well at shortstop.
The summary:
Earned runs--Princeton 3. Left on bases--Harvard 4, Princeton 4. Home run--Sterrett. Sacrifice hits -- Hicks, Cunningham, S. V. White. Stolen bases--Ballin, Bard, Cunningham, S. B. White. Double play--Hicks to McLaughlin. Bases on balls--By Hicks 2. Struck out--By Hicks 5, by S. V. White 12. Umpires--Van Cleet and Adams. Time--1h., 35m.
*Batted for Carr in eighth inning.
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