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Hicks excelled at the bat with a single and a fine three-bagger to left 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...
...fielder, and Hicks made third easily. Lanigan placed one just over second base, and Hicks trotted home with the second run. Lanigan took second on a wild pitch, but remained there, as Harvey struck out, and Currier hit to short. In the same inning Princeton could not advance two men who were on base, Myers was safe at first when "Briggs dropped the ball after his injury. Dillon sent a high fly to Simons and Ballin struck out. The inning was prolonged by Dawson's drawing his second pass. Sides again failed to bring in a run, giving MacLaughlin...
...neat double play spoiled Princeton's chances in the fifth. Pitman, who was passed, started for second when White hit a fast liner to Simons. The latter caught it close to the ground and threw to first. Harvard's other run came in the sixth with two out, when Dana hit to Reed, who threw far over Warwick's head into the bleachers. There should have been another run in the eighth. Currier singled, and was advanced a base on Aronson's sacrifice. The latter was safe on the first baseman's poor throw to Dillon, who covered the base...
...their own grounds before enthusiastic partisans, the University nine scored a victory almost as decisive as the shutout at Cambridge. The fact that Princeton was able to score only one run in both games, as compared with Harvard's ten, is convincing evidence of the relative strength of the two teams...
...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...