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Williams did not score until the eighth when Haughton weakened, giving four bases on balls, a single and a double, which netted Williams four runs. Harvard then won the game as related above...
Harvard won yesterday's game because T. Stevenson played his best even when he seemed really out in the eighth inning. With one out, the score 9 to 8 in favor of Williams, and Paine on third, Stevenson knocked an easy grounder to Ashton. The Williams man came running up to the line to tag Stevenson, who made a desperate dive for first base. In the collision the ball shot out of Ashton's hand and rolled over to the bleachers. Paine came in, tieing the score. Then Pote hit to center field, and Stevenson, by scoring on the play...
Before the eighth inning the game was, however, won and then again lost. In the first, after Ashton had been hit, Dewey got to first on Dean's error. Street hit to Haughton, who caught off Ashton at third. Lewis hit for three bases, scoring Dewey and Street, and himself coming in on Goodrich's single...
...Princeton, Bradley and Wheeler fielded well and Easton pitched in fine style until the eighth inning when he grew careless...
Outside of the eighth inning Harvard clearly outplayed Brown, both at the bat and in the field, though both sides put up a brilliant game. Burgess distinguished himself by a fine running catch and continued to bat very strongly. The batting of Haughton and T. Stevenson was also excellent. Paine gave seven bases on balls but was very effective and outside of the eighth inning allowed only four hits. With proper support he would have retired Brown with one run. Chandler took Rand's place in right field and played a creditable game, though he was evidently nervous. His error...