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...tenth inning Princeton won the game through a most remarkable piece of luck. Kelley the first batter hit a grounder to Haughton, and was out. Titus made a hit, but Altman knocked a high fly to Rand. Wilson then hit a swift bounding ball just to one side of Paine and above his head. Paine reached out his hand and partially stopped the ball, but unfortunately it grazed the arm of the umpire, who was standing near. Chandler, who picked up the ball, had plenty of time to put out Titus at second base, but under the rules any ball...
...Harvard team was almost perfect; no errors were made, almost every opportunity was accepted, every man made a hit, no one struck out, and only one hit was made off Paine. Neither catcher had a passed ball, and neither pitcher made a wild pitch or hit a batter...
Fitz pitched for the first seven innings and then Mains took his place. Both did well but their support was so poor that if the batter hit the ball at all he usually got first on an error...
...last time the Harvard Eleven went to Philadelphia, two years ago, they won the intercollegiate championship. This year the chances are still better. The batting is better on the whole, and there is less reliance on a few stars. Clark, Comfort and Lippincott are probably the best batters, although the latter has not been doing as well this year as usual. Wells and Hastings have been showing up well, also. Clark is the strongest bowler. Hastings, du Pont and Lippincott will do the rest of the bowling. Gray is the regular wicket keeper. Duckering has only been out a short...
...whole the catchers are not as promising a lot of men as the pitchers. Morton '96, who was a substitute on the 'varsity last year, is a good backstop and a fair batter, but his throwing is poor...