Crimson-Princetonian Game Ends in Five to Five Victory

Against the powerful batters of the Princetonian Saturday the ambidextrous moundsman of the CRIMSON fought his way to a startling five to five victory. Ably backed by his fighting team he pitched only as well as his Princetonian opponent who also had the better end of a five run tie. Several times during the game the reversible battery reversed itself with a creditable show of technique and flaming Crimson.

Thanks to the hospitality of the Princeton contingent the first inning passed quickly with several men striking out on each side. The second inning, marked only by occasional shifts in the line-up, passed with equal rapidity as the teams went around the batting order. In this inning either two or three runs were scored for the CRIMSON and forced the Princetonian hurlet behind the bench. The third and fourth frames were filled with the crack of bats as the Crimson willows, second only to the war clubs of the battling Princetonians, struggled hard to stop the batting order from going around. By the fifth inning the umpires had retired into conference to consider cancelling the game because of camp grounds, but the CRIMSON cohorts, being two runs behind, stuck to their bats through the four remaining frames second baseman was caught surreptitiously spiking himself in center field and was rolled out of the game by the referee.

At the conclusion of the game the scorer of the CRIMSON side found that his scorebook showed the Princetonians leading five to four. On comparison with the rival scorer who had the CRIMSON leading five to four a committee of impartial judges consisting of the two teams decided to call the game a tie. Immediately the CRIMSON team carried the gallant Princetonian moundsman off the field while the ambidextrous and reversible battery of the CRIMSON collected by the remaining Princetonians tore up the sidelines still confident in their ability to keep their heads.

Sunday morning the CRIMSON team, slightly fatigued by the strenuous Saturday game, left Princeton in good spirits due to the cordial treatment which it had received at the hands of its opponents.