Baseball. Following the magnificent lead set by the football men, our Varsity bgsebal! nine under Captain Mason has likewise accomplished some record breaking. The season's re- cord of 21 vicories is the finest eve. made for State, since the best pre vious record is that of 1905, whe , Captain "Harmony" Ray's tearr won 16 and lost 3 games. So that, if we again succeed in defeating tht Carlisle Indians on Commencement day, a record will be established fot 1907 which will indeed be difficult to equal ! As State's baseball record now stands it is decidedly better than that made by any other eastern col lege. Cornell, the leading nember of the "Big Six'', for example, has lost 7 games out of 22 played ; Princeton has dropped 9 out of 28 ; Harvard 6 out of 15 ; Yale 9 out of 22, Penn and Columbia being still farther in the rear The leaning feature of the sea;on's work was our brilliant 17 inning vic tory over Cornell, 3 to 1, with "Bob" Vorhis pitching one of the finest games in all State's baseball annals. Last year a 16 inning game was lost to Cornell. The recent de feat, 3 to 0, of Lafayette's nine through Mitinger's pitching gives us the undisputed college championship of this state. The Princeton game was lost on a fluke, while Mercers burg and Villanova triumphed over us fairly and squarely. Such rivals as Dickinson, Carlisle Indians, Cor nell, F. and M., St. John's, Lehigh, Lafayette, Washington and Lee, Johnstown, Williamsport, West Vir ginia, West Point and Delaware have all been shown the road to defeat, while rain prevented almost certain victories over Pennsylvania and Fordham. The unprecedented run of 16 successive victories, from the Williamsport game g at Lirxchburg, THE STATE COLLEGIAN Va. to the West Point game, has es taolished another record in S.ate College baseball, the longest pre vious run of victories being nine during the season of 'O5. The "never say-die - spirit 'of this year's Varsity team has aroused in tense enthusiasm amDtrg our under graduates as well as a-noig alumni and friends. Game' after game has been won simply through the pluck and nerve of our players. With Cap tain M i,on and short stop Cree the only Varsity veterans this spring. Coaches Sebring and Mcllveen faced a big proposition. The Fresh man mat rial has shlwn up in won derful style however, and it seems safe to say that the 1907 line-up is the best balanced Varsity combina tion ever seen on Beaver field. The staying qualities of our team have been simply demonstrated by their great work on trips: Southern trip, four games won out of five played; Northern trip, all three games won; Eastern trip, two games out of three; second Eastern trip, two out c f three. Not a single game has been lost on Beaver field out of nine pOlly,V.. The Princeton Game. For the first time in four years our varsity lost to Princeton, but defeat came through a flagrant mistake of Umpire Hassett, who called Coul son out at the homeplate in the ninth inning, when he was safe with out question, as was _even admitted by Princeton students and players. Coulson's run would have tied the score, and with Ferguson on second, ard McCleary to bat, State's sons had a great opportunity for another great ninth inning finish, such as we have seen several times this year. "Bob" Vorhi's pitched a superb game, Princeton getting all their runs on errors in the fourth inning, and our team fought valiantly to the fin ish, which came so unexpectedly when the umpire called Coulson out at the rkte:. Ptqneeton's playtts stood several seconds in their places on the field not believing that Coul son was out until the Uml ire waved them to come in: Me do not accuse Umpire Hasset of being dis honest, but as he stood near the pitcher's box he was it, no position to judge the play at the Vale. In the fourth inning Cree fumbled Dilion'-s grounder, Harlan's hit bounced high and got away from Mason; Vaughn sacrificed, Cooney hit to Crutchley and Dillon scored a close decision at the plate. Then Cooney started for second and ran into Crutchley;,,riar-• lan scoring. McCleary scored'. for State in the fifth on an error, a sty and Vaughn's poor throw. In the' ninth Coulson singled, Hirshman sacrificed, Crutchley's fly was caught, but Ferguson singled past third, and the Umpire did the rest. STATE RH Po A E, Mason, 3 L. Vorhis, c. Coulson, 1. Htrshman, 1 Crutchley,2. Ferguson r . ilcCleary, p. R. Vorhis, p Totals .. .. PRINCETON N owcomb. m .. Dillon, 2 Harlon 1 Vaughn 55.... Cooney' c. Sides, 3 McLean, 1.... Wister r Drewes, p ... Clark. P Penn State Princeton Two base hit-- Ferguson. Three base bit— Vaughn. Sacrifice hits--Mason. L. Vorhis, Hirsh man. Vaughn. Hit by pitched ball - CrutchleY. Wtster. Bases on balls—R. Vorhis, McCleary. Struck out-by Vorhis 6, by Drewes 3, by Clark 2. Stolen bases—McCleary, Dillon, Newcomb. Um pire—Hasset. Attendance 120('. The Delaware Game. McCleary had his usual supply of "steam" against the strong Dela ware college nine,allowing 2 hits and fanning 14 batsmen the eight innings. he pitched. State's batters soon located Logan's pitching and cinched; the victory early in the game,. Crutchley being the leading artist with the stick. Kelly, ex-'06,, played for Delaware, and Stein, ex 'o6, is manager of their team. They Continued on page 13 IMENNIESIII ~04.141 0 . 0 6 2 u 010 0 a I 0 0 11 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 11, 0 1 0.1 0 0 000 2 0 1 6 24 16 3 R F 1 .0 A 0 E 0 1 .0 0 1 0,3 2 1 1 o'o 0 0 015 2 0 0 1 - 7 2 0 012 3 0 ... 0 0 9 0 0 ... 0 0 I 0 ...0 0 ....0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 4 27 14 1 000010 0 0 0- 1 000200 0 0 x- 2
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