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Captain Whittemore's ankle is still too stiff and sore for him to play, and Dean's leg still kept him disabled, and so McVey of the freshman nine covered short. He fielded his position excellently, making but one error and having to his credit one put-out and five assists...
...game opened with Harvard in the field and Rustin at the bat. He hit a sharp grounder which struck Highlands's hand and bounded to left field. Keator advanced him to second by a sacrifice hit to Winslow. Redington's hit looked safe, but McVey picked it up close to second base and then made a fine throw to first. Rustin took third during the play. Carter hit a hard one to Highlands which the latter could not quite stop, Rustin scoring. Stephenson singled to right, but Speer went out on a scarp liner to Rand...
After Letton had gone out on a fly to Paine, Quinby made a clean two base hit to center field. Quinby tried to take third base, but Paine made a beautiful throw to McVey and the latter got the ball to Winslow in time to put the runner out. Greenway made a single, but Rustin hit a fly to Stevenson. For Harvard, Stevenson was given a base on balls but he got no farther than first base. Yale and Harvard both went out in order in the third inning...
...McVey, s.s. 3b., Quinby...
...first game in the Harvard-Yale baseball series will be played on Holmes Field at half-past three o'clock this afternoon. Neither team will play with its full strength, but the contest promises to be a close one. Neither Whittemore nor Dean are in condition to play, and McVey will be put at shortstop. Hayes has been placed in the batting list, but is suffering from ivy poison, and there seems to be little chance that he will be able to play. Burgess will probably take his place unless Whittemore's ankle is improved sufficiently to allow his playing...