PRINCETON BASEBALL NINE WINS FIRST CONTEST OF SEASON

PRINCETON, N. J., March 28, 1923. The Princeton baseball team won its first game of the season today when it defeated the Villa Nova nine on University Field by the score of 7 to 3. Because of the severe cold the game was called off after the first half of the seventh inning.

For Princeton, Smith an outfielder starred at the bat, while Carney, who started on the mound, showed excellent early season form.

The score by innings:   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  R.  H.  E. Villa Nova  0  0  0  0  0  3  0  3  5  6 Princeton  3  1  1  0  2  0  7  8  2

Pitchers, Princeton: Carnoy, Caldwell and Townsend; Villa Nova: Meader and O'Donnell.

Pitchers, Princeton: Carnoy, Caldwell and Townsend; Villa Nova: Meader and O'Donnell.