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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1908
Page
3
Heyme allowed only one hit while pitching a dominating game for the college team. The Tigers blank Harvard with strong defense and timely runs leading to a decisive victory.
Princeton led by Herniger shut out Harvard 3 to 0 in Cambridge. Heyniger dominated with sharp pitching and delivered a two run three base hit in the ninth to clinch the victory. Harvard starter Hartford was relieved by Hicks in the eighth after solid defense and timely hits by Princeton.
Yale defeated Pennsylvania 3 to 1 in Philadelphia. Leandrigan hit a homer for Penn in the fourth, then Yale tied in the sixth and won in the ninth with two runs. H Jones struck out seven for Yale. Van Vieck pitched the ninth. Wylie was hit by a pitch leading off the ninth and Philbin drove in the decisive runs.
Stevens Institute defeated College of the City of New York at Castle Point Field by 7 to 5 after a ninth inning rally. Tyrrell led the Stevens mound effort with twelve strikeouts while Harris rapped three hits including a late four-bagger. The game featured a late surge aided by five ninth inning hits and an error by New York.
Lafayette College defeated Columbia University in a loosely played game at Fenton Pennsylvania on March 4. Lafayette 4 runs on 6 hits with errors while Columbia scored 3 on 9 hits with 3 errors. Batteries for Lafayette were McCluskey Murrey and Stevenson Edwards Swank and Conover for Columbia.
In New Haven on May 16 Choate School faces Blackhall in a baseball game. Box scores show R H E lines for teams including Notre Dame Worcester and Rutgers with multiple players named in the fray. Umpire Mr. Han presided as play concluded with Choate securing a victory.
Several tight contests featured margins of one run and eight runs, with notable showings by Manhattans and West Indians at Prospect Park. Alleyne Hinds and Armstrong led bowling for the visitors as Kings County batsmen struggled. Staten Island and Bellevue also played, while other matches included Brooklyn-Manhattan and Yonkers Veterans fixtures with narrow outcomes.
New Haven May 16 Yale freshmen won over Harvard youngsters in a dual meet by 62 to 41.
Yale defeated Princeton in the annual spring shoot by a score of 418 to 41. The contest took place May 14 with Yale outperforming Princeton throughout the event.
In eleven innings Worcester beat Lowell 4 to 3. Haverhill defeated New Bedford 6 to 4. Fall River topped Lynn 5 to 2. Brockton edged Lawrence 4 to 2.
F J Wagner and A R Pardington lead planning for the June 5 Jamaica time trials on Hillside avenue. Cars will run a loop course with a grandstand seating 3000, practice options, and police details to enforce the rules. The Jamaica Motor Car Company offers its large Jamaica garage free of charge for racers. Louis Strang will drive the Thomas car in the Grand Prix, facing 46 entries from France Italy England and Germany with the American.
Hartford May 16 Hundreds of automotive enthusiasts gathered near the Allyn House to witness a 174 mile endurance contest directed by the Automobile Club of Hartford. Fifty entries lined the street as drivers prepared, with two rounds of eighty seven miles each and strict time limits. Seventeen finished with clean scores including the Stevens-Duryeas of Springfield a Rambler a Knox and the White entered by G W Bennett of New York.
A dinner for newspaper men hosted by carnival subscribers at the Hotel Brevoort ended with a $343 balance after expenses. General John T. Cutting of Oldsmobile chaired, praising the press and advertising. The carnival raised $89,525 by subscription, $270 from programme sales, and $870 from 87 entrants at Fort George Hill climb.
Crescent Athletic Club dominates the Philadelphia Lacrosse Club 6 to 1 in front of the season’s largest Bay Ridge crowd. Allen shuts out the visitors in the first half as Wall Kennedy and others pace the Crescents with multiple goals. Larchmont forms a new Country Club led by local women and opens with a tea at the golf house.
The Automobile Association of America prepares a demanding Glidden trophy tour with a carefully measured route through scenic terrain and major cities. D. H. Lewis leads pathfinders in a 45 horsepower Premier from Buffalo to Boston amid rain, mud, and early easy days, planning nine nights at hotels for five hundred travelers.
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