Word: freshmen
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Haven, Conn., May 25, 1909.--The Freshman baseball team defeated the Yale freshmen, 6 to 4, in the first game of the series, on Yale Field this afternoon. The game was full of spectacular plays and was not decided until the last man was out. The Freshmen won by bunching their hits. The fielding of both teams was erratic and errors were responsible for a number of the runs. Babson pitched well, allowing but five hits, though he weakened slightly toward the end of the game...
Brinsmade was in the box for Yale and held the Freshmen safe until the third inning, when four hits and two errors brought four runs across the plate. In the fifth inning Smith replaced Brinsmade and allowed few hits until the ninth inning, when two more runs were added...
Though the Freshmen have played but six regular games, the team has developed rapidly under Coach C. D. Moss '09. Of the games played four have been won, one tied, an 11-inning game with Hotchkiss at Lakeville, and one lost. Throughout the season the fielding has been good, especially that of the infield in spite of the fact that the team-play has been somewhat hampered by an injury to Kennedy, the regular first baseman. The batting, particularly that of Conant and Potter has been far above the general average of a Freshman team, though it is erratic...
...Yale freshmen have played ten scheduled games, of which they have lost four. They have beaten the Princeton freshmen in two hard games, the first running to eleven innings. The team is strong in fielding, but, as a rule, cannot hit when hits are needed. Brinsmade and Smith have been doing the pitching for the Yale freshman team throughout the season...
...preliminary matches of the interclass golf tournament, which were played yesterday on the links of the Oakley Country Club, Watertown, the Juniors defeated the Seniors, 10 1-2 points to 1 1-2, and the Sophomores defeated the Freshmen, 12 points to 0. The final matches between the Juniors and Sophomores will be played at Oakley this afternoon at 2 o'clock...