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Hicks was a little wild at first and gave five bases on balls, but he soon steadied and Princeton failed to make a single hit off his delivery. Cunningham who started the game in the box for Princeton was effective for two innings. Then three hits in succession, one a three-bagger, by Hicks, brought in two runs. Aronson opened the fourth inning with another three-base hit, and scored on Dana's single. When the fifth began, White was seen in Cunningham's place, and the latter retired to right field. White was only a slight improvement, and allowed...
...field. Lanigan made two clean hits over second, and all the others except Harvey and MacLaughlin counted once. MacLaughlin and Simons were very fast around second base, and Dillon and Reed also covered much ground. Dana made a fine running catch of a foul fly. Briggs played a splendid game on first base in spite of a severe blow on the head in the third inning, when Myers collided with him as he stepped into the baseline to stop a wide throw from Hicks. Lanigan was a little unsteady in the eighth inning and his two errors were responsible...
Princeton's only run came in the last of the eighth. With one out, Dillon hit to Lanigan, who fumbled. Ballin sacrificed him to second, Dillon made a dash for third and Lanigan let Hicks's throw get through him, Dillon scoring. Hicks became stronger and stronger as the game progressed, and finished by retiring Sides, Warwick, and Cunningham in order in the ninth...
...team left for New York immediately after the game, and returned on the midnight...
...nine has now reached a critical stage in its development. Two of the most important contests of its schedule have been recorded as victories, and next Saturday at Ithaca another decisive game is to be played. Throughout, the team has shown a sprit of determination to win that has been a considerable factor in its success. A splendid showing has been made so far, and it is with confident anticipation that we look forward to the final games of the season...