Yale University Law School - Yale Law Reporter Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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Tlllfl VALIC SIIINGLIC. IO7 Virginia. The team was altered somewhat by the accession of Carter and Kedzie from the College nine, and the consolidation shows what the real strength of the 'Varsity might have been last year. Losing two games meant disqualification from the tournament. We lost the iirst one. It was a had outlook, but tjust here we developed the historic Yale sand, sometimes called Yale luck. Our second game was with Vermont, who had been our opponents in the first game. It was in the ninth inning that we proved our right to live. With the score 1 to o against us, and with our last turn at the bat, we batted and ran out two tallies, all done so quickly as to leave the poor Vermonters dazed and limp. ,93 divides the honors of that game with us, for Parsons did the batting and running that tied the score, while Graves batted in the winning run. Vir- ginia fell an easy victim and Amherst alone stood between us and victory. She made us a stubborn iight, but at the close of game No. 1 we had one score to her nothing, while in the decisive game we were bet- ter stayers, making nine runs toward the end of the game and again shutting her out. The trophy of the tournament was a beautiful sil- ver and gold cup offered by A. G. Spalding, and presented to the happy victors by Mayor Carter Har- son. This was the end of a glorious season. After trials most serious we had ended our mission. We had earned a unique trophyg we had smashed the undergraduate rule. The cup stands in the librarv, an everlasting memorial of our eiforts. Y Manager Durant's men were a jolly combination.

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'06 'l'Ill'I YALE SHINGI.li. bers of '93, we completed an organization and elected H. R. Durant manager of the nine. Once over that breaker, we found it fairly open sea. R. S. Baldwin, '93, was elected president, H. A. Couse, '94, secre- tary and treasurer, and H. O. Bowers, captain. Our movements had aroused widespread interest. As soon as permanent organization was announced chal- lenges came pouring in. Most favorable terms were made, for our strength was recognized from the first. Financial support was not lacking, for S400 was sub- scribed and paid in at once. Training began about March 1 and by Fast Day the nine was so well in hand that the Connecticut State Champions at Waterbury fell an easy prey in the opening game. The Easter vacation then inter- vened, but we celebrated the beginning of the new term and the actual season by administering her first defeat to Wesleyan at Middletown. From then till Commencement the team fared full well, winning its share of games and doing credit to the School. Only one game was played at home, and won,- with the N. Y. A. C., who had just defeated the College nine. Brown, Wesleyan, Fordham, Dart- mouth, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins all fell victims to our prowess, while Harvard barely defeated us by the score of 4 to 3, said to be the best game played on Holmes' Field during the season. Amherst's cham- pion N. E. College League nine played us a tie game. .lust following Commencement the nine went to Chicago to take part in the World's Fair Intercol- legiate Base Ball Tournament. Here we met Amherst, University of Vermont, and University of

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ION Tllli Y.Xl,l'1 SI-IINGLIC. The manager himself did lots of tall hustling and played an errorless game. Many of his hits were timely. Willie Norton christened the team the Indians, and the name stuck. Willie's weakness was telling about Claremont and the Kersages and Waukegan, but we all got used to those yarns. Beiclleman did the catching and proved his sand in the hrst game when, after one eye had been closed by a stray foul tip, he caught the game of his life. Denny O'Neill's shape on first base caught the crowdg Baltimore people jollied Papa O'Neill and his chil- dren. Reddington started the season at second, but showed so much ability as a Helder that he was changed to left iield. Farrell proved a valuable man both at third base and behind the bat. An unfortu- nate accident kept him out of several important games. Parsons was a ,Q3 man, and when he could be lured into the game, did much brilliant work. His batting at Chicago helped materially to win the day there. Brady, Curtis and Foster were a rare trio of outhelders. Their like has never been seen before, nor will it ever be seen again. Brady and Foster could never see what use Curtis Was, Cur- tis and Foster didn't appreciate Brady, nor did Brady and Curtis understand the hue points of Fos- ter's play. Brady was from the wilds of the Pacific coastg Foster was a Maine Yankee and had made his mark at Colbyg while Curtis was dubbed by the bleachers a Sheeney, a Dago, a Chinaman, a Creole, and an Indian Curtis himself said he came from New York, He played good ball and that excused his various enthusiasms. Murphy and