The University of Maine baseball team was unable to supply the Crimson nine with much opposition on Soldiers Field yesterday and went down to defeat in record time by the score of 11 to 1.
The game was featured by the return to the mound of R. H. Booth '27, who pitched shut-out ball, and let Maine down with four well scattered singles. But for an error in the Crimson infield, the Down-easterners would have been held scoreless.
Coach Mitchell shifted the Harvard batting order by interchanging J. P. Chage '28 and W. B. Jones '28. The change yesterday did not prove anything, for Chase justified his promotion by banging out a home run that scored Booth ahead of him, while Jones showed his indignation at having to bat in eighth place by connecting for a triple and a single.
Burns Burns Up Paths
H. W. Burns '28 found both the Maine catchers to his liking, and added three stolen bases to his long list of thefts. The fleet center fielder pilfered second and third in succession in one inning. Jones, too, showed his speed by committing larceny of the rubber plate that marks home on Soldiers Field.
The feature defensive play of the afternoon came late in the game, and enabled the Crimson to end the game. With Nannigan on first as the result of Booth's only base on balls, Hammond hit sharply to Lord. Instead of touching first base, the Harvard infielder shot the ball to Ullman, whose return throw to Lord was in time to nip the batter for a double play and the final out of the game.
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