The Washington times., 1894-04-18
PLAYED WITHOUT AN ERROR
Washingtons Put Up a Brilliant Game
Against Georgetown College.
PROFESSIONALS BATTED HARD
Pitcher Dowd Could Not Keep the Ball Away
from the Senatorial Batsmen, and as Re-
suit the Hits We're Many-Maul and Mer-
Ger We're Very Effective.

For the first time since the opening Of the
season the Washingtons yesterday flelded
without an error and gave really creditable
exhibition of ball playing. They had George
town University team for opponents and the
latter put up a fair game in the field but were
wofully weak at the bat. The professionals
had in Maui and Mcclure as their battery for
the first five innings, while Mercer and Dug
dale finished out the game. Maul's cork
screw curves were touched up for four hits
and besides he gave three men bases on balls.
Mercer started in like he had no control hit
ting two men and giving base on balls, but
he steadied down and proved very effective.
Hassamaer had another good day at shot t.
| field taking care of all the chances offered.
He was fortunate, however, in not having any
| hard grounders to handle. Ward looked after
| second base in fine style, while Joyce was all
| right at third. ''Scrappy" Bill was very much
| in the game and kept his men on the 90 all
| the time.
Mercer, while pitching very well, was SO
| slow in his delivery that the spectators tired
of the delay and for young twirler he GER
| tainly takes his time. The game was long
| drawn out, it being after half-past O'Clock
before the last inning was completed. Owing
but little for the outtlelders, there being but
three fly balls caught in the outtleld. Selbach
assisted in a double play. caused by Car
mody leaving third base before Murphy's hy
had been caught. Umpire Snyder had sew
eral close decisions. and in the majority of
instances gave the professionals the benefit of
the doubt.
Ward proved himself a lucky man at the
bat, getting to first once on being hit. once on
balls, and three times on safe hits. He stole
two bases and scored two runs Selbach
made but one hit, but he Was also lucky, get
ting in three runs none of which were earned.
Dugdale was at the bat but twice and each
time he lined out a double, much to his own
satisfaction and the pleasure OF the admirers
of this hard working and earnest player.
Abbey did not show lp strong at the bat. but
he ran bases like a colt.
For the colegians Dowd pitched good ball.
but. of course, he found great difficulty i'll pre-
venting the professionals from landing on the
ball on divers occasions. Dowd was bang up
in fielding his position and had seven assists,
most of them being on hard-hit grounders.
which the average pitchers would not care to
daily with. But the star work of the game
was the first base play of Cotter, who was
''all right and played like mechanic. His
style is similar to First Baseman Virtue, OF the
Cleyelands, and he has future before him if
he should adopt baseball as a profession.
Both the Mahoneys were guilty OF an error
but they otherwise did good work. Carmody
was not too heavy to make Il couple OF
catches in center field, but did succeed in
dropping one fly after hard run. Murphy's
throwing across the diamond was excellent.
but McGrath did not fill the bill at short. his
work being rather erratic.
In the first inning Ward made the circuit in
being hit. and Joyce's long double to right
center. The Washingtons mad three men left
on bases in this inning because OF weak hit
ting by Hassamaer and Cartwright. The
Senators baGged n trio of tallies in the third
which should never have occurred but for
bad tumble by Ed. Mahoney. McGrath's error
also contributed to the scoring In the fourth
a base on balls. three singles. and an error by
McGrath, together with good base running.
gave the professionals three more, bringing
their total up to seven.
Georgetown broke the spell in the fourth.
when they tailed once on singles by Cotter
and Dowd and a stolen base. Both sides
made Il run in the fifth. and then the col
legians cried quits in run getting for the bal
ance Of the game. An unusual thing occurred
in the sixth. when tho ball was three times
batted TO the pitcher and the runners retired
Mt first. Despite this fact Cartwright got all
the way round on base on balls, wild
pitch. and passed ball
In the eighth the Washingtons scored an
earned run, and in the ninth they pied up
five scores on tree hitting by Dugdale and
Tebeau. two bases on balls, and errors by Nc
Grath. The score: