DEVENS PITCHES BRILLIANT GAME IN 5 TO 3 VICTORY

After allowing his opponents a three-run lead in the first inning, Devens, heralded Crimson ace, huried masterful ball for the remaining eight frames, while his teammates came from behind in two rallies to win over a hard-fighting Pennsylvania nine by a 5 to 3 score on Saturday afternoon. Despite the wet condition of Soldiers Field and the occasional showers, Devens managed to retire ten Pennsylvanians with case and settled with Powhida for his defeat in an unlucky pitcher's duel in Harvard's first game of the season.

Devens fanned his first opponent in four pitched balls, but the next man up nicked him for a single. Two more one-base hits, and an error by Mays, turned what looked like a sure double-play into three quick tallies, all in as many minutes of play, and Harvard came to bat when it was all over with a discouraging deficit. Both sides tightened up playing safe and uninspired ball until a lusty single by Mays in the third frame started trouble for the leaders. Thacher and Wood advanced him with nicely placed singles and Lupien followed on with a double, scoring Mays and Thacher. The Crimson team evened the score two innings later when Mays received a pass and made the circuit with the aid of an error and a sacrifice. At this moment Powhida was sent in to relieve Jackson, despite the stiff workout he had had the day before when the Red and Blue bowed before Dartmouth. For the time being he forced the Crimson hitters to pop up with ineffectual flies, but loosened up in the eighth stanza, walking Gleason. A heroic single from McCaffrey's bat, scored the Harvard center fielder, and McCaffrey followed home on his heels when Lupien connected for a sizzling double.

All this time Devens was putting on one of his usual exhibitions of bewildering curves. His amazingly fast delivery was steadier than ever, and most effective in the corner-cutting outshoots, which start from a good distance to the side of the pitcher's box and fade away over the left quarter of the home plate.

The summary:

HARVARD  ab  r  h  po  a  eMays, 2b.  2  2  1  2  4  1Thacher, 3b.  3  1  1  2  1  0Wood, ss.  3  0  1  3  1  0Lupien, rf.  4  0  1  0  0  0Gleason, cf.  3  1  0  0  0  1McCaffrey, lf.  4  1  1  0  0  0Sheldon, 1b.  4  0  2  7  1  0Fincke, c.  4  0  0  13  1  0Devens, p.  3  0  1  0  2  0Totals  30  5  8  27  10  2PENNSYLVANIA  ab  r  h  po  a  eDennison, ss.  3  0  1  0  3  2Hendler, lf.  4  1  2  0  0  0Kellet, 3b.  4  1  0  0  1  0Graupner, cf.  3  1  1  5  0  0Martens, 1b.  3  0  1  9  1  0Powell, 2b.  4  0  0  2  0  0Hemeon, rf.  3  0  0  1  1  0Klempner, c.  3  0  0  6  0  0Treretola, c.  1  0  0  1  0  0Jackson, p.  2  0  0  0  3  0Powhida, p.  1  0  0  0  1  0Totals  30  3  5  24  10