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...ninth inning the University's lead of five runs was too great to overcome, and the purple team was defeated by the score of 5 to 3 on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. The game was one of the best seen here this season, and up until the final inning Hitchcock had the visitors at his mercy, allowing only three scattered hits. Up until this time the University pitcher had given only three bases on balls, but in the ninth alone he passed as many again filling the bases. Frye replaced Hitchcock at this point and Hodge, batting for Bowen...
Aside from Hitchcock's good pitching, the base running of the University team was the commendable feature of the game. Hardwick and Wingate were especially fast on the bases, the former's tally on Waterman's scratch hit between first and second being one of the fastest bits of base-running seen on Soldiers Field for some time. Bowen pitched good ball until the eighth when three hits were registered against him, one of them a double. These hits combined with an error netted the Harvard team three runs. Both pitchers were given good support, although none of the fielding...
...first half of the ninth, Hitchcock passed the first two men to face him; Statler, batting for Cutler, and Swain. J. Clark field out to Fripp, but Hitchcock then passed Young, who went to bat for Powell. Frye was substituted at this point and Hodge, batting for Bowen, hit the first ball pitched to deep right field for three bases. The next man, Toolan, field to S. Clark, while Gillette went out, S. Clark to Nash, retiring the side...
...University team will line-up as it did against Brown on Saturday, except that Hitchcock will probably pitch instead of Mahan. The latter will likely be used on Saturday in the second game with Brown...
...probable batting orders follow: HARVARD. WILLIAMS. Nash, 1b. c.f., Cutler Wingate, s.s. s.s., Toolan Clark, 2b. 3b., Swain Ayres, 3b. 2b., Ainslee Gannett, r.f. r.f., Gillette Hardwick, l.f. c., Michler Milholland, c.f. l.f., Higinbotham Hitchcock, p. 1b., Seibert Waterman, c. p., Hodge