The Washington times., 1895-05-12
Claimants for Championship
ROnOrs Showed Under.
GEORGETOWN is INvINcIBLE
The Blue and Gray Played Rings
Around Their Opponents-Big Ma
honey Pitched SuperbIy and Had
Splendid Support--Locals Hit Hard
and Often-Nelson Had to Quit.

we liked Old 1ale, boys,
Pulled the Tigers tail, boys,
| Blackened poor Pennsy's eye.
The Georgetown University base ball team
| clinehed its claim yesterday afternoon on
the championship of Southern colleges by
winning with ridiculous ease from the strong
team from the University of Virginia, to the
tune of 16 to 2.
The Blue and Gray has won from all the
colleges of the North and the South, which
| have defeated Virginia, and now has a
clear title TO the championship.
To say the victory yesterday was en-
Enthusiastically received is putting it mildly.
| For, to the right of the grand stand was
stationed the Georgetown Glee Club, and
everywhere were the rooJers, and as the
home team rolled up score after score, it
was greeted with loud ''Hoyal Hoya
Saxa!!'' or with college tunes, composed for
the occasion. The visiting team was ac-
companied by about 200 rooters, who found
little occasion for letting off their pent-up
and highly explosive steam, e except to answer
| occasionally Georgetown's "0ld Hundred"
with a faint Dixie
The threatening weather served to keep
many persons away, but notwithstanding
this there were about L 500 present TO wit
ness the crushing defeat administered 10
| VIrginia's favorite aspiring and perspir
ing college aggregation.
Both ides of the field were lined with
spectators and likewise in front of the
two stands. The grandstand was filled
with pretty girls in bright costumes, and
many of the prettiest of these were from
the convent, which is located close by the
college.
A large number of vehicles, flying coll
lege colous, lined the right field side and
prominent among thes e was a big coach
decorated with the "blue and orange of
the visiting college.
RETURNING GOOD FOR EVIL.
The treatment yestenday Of the visitors,
rooters, and team, was of the best possible
kind. being gentemanly and sportsmanhke.
| and in striking contrast to the rurfianly
and decidedly uBs portSnianlIke treatment
accorded Georgetown at Charlottesville
las { week, when players and rooters were
treated to dose OF stone throwing, and
piled with personalities and insults.
Here the visitors were treated 70 sweet
music by the glee club, and their disastrous
visit was made as agreeable as their gore
| disappointment and shock would permit
| After the game the locals lined up at the
| gate and gave the Virgtnians a grand
send-off with a song and a hurrah.
| The local team clearly outbatred, out
! fielded, and in every way outplayed the
| visitors.
| George Mahoney filled the central point
| for Georgetown and pitched, as he always
does, superb game, aud had the visitors
almost at his mercy. He also Tielded well
and batted Like fiend. he was splendidly
received by Sullivan, who caught the game
| without an error.
Nelson, the star pitcher of Virginia S
| Varsity, had no terrors for the Blue and
Gray, and in the fifth inning he was knocked
| out OF the box and gave way in the next
| to Nicely, after which the locals only scored
! once more.
During Nelson's incumbency three home
runs over left and center field, and seven
safe hits, including three doubles, had
been recorded, and he was glad enough to
exchange places with First Baseman NeeIy.
HOW THEY WERE SLAUGHTERED.
Georgetown went first to bat, and scored
one run in that inning on E. Mahoney's
single aud error of Garnet, and steal OF
second aud third and home on passed ball
Virginia also made one in the first In
ming on Garnet's single and error of Muir
| ply, and a steal aud home on Williams
out at first.
The second was more fruitful for the
locals. Big Mike hit safely and a lucky
| steal of second and third, and home or
Reandon's hit aud force-out at second; Muir,
| ply drew a base on balls; McGrath hitsafely;
Hardy landed safely on first and then E.
| Maboney drove a long fly to deep center
| and Murphy and McGrath scored on the
out. Score. 4 to l. The visitors drew
blanks in the second, third, fourth an6
| fifth.
Everything seemed easy for the Blue
and Gray, aud in the third it clinehed mat
| ters by piling up six more runs. Carmody
hit for two bases, and Mccarthy followed
1 with a single, and both scored on big
Mixes" corAng home run drive through
left center, past the gym. McGrath was
| easy out at first, and Murphy had a good
eye for four balls, and in quick succession
| stole second and third, and now it began
to rain, and the drops came thicker and
| faster, and Virginia sought to delay in
| the hopes that more rain would come and
| stop the game, but the rain did not stop it.
Reardon was given his base; on Harley S
| out Murphy scored, and DR.. E. Mahouey'S s
| long drive for homer brought in Reardon
| ahead Of him Sullivan hit for two bags,
! but Carmody went out at first, and the
rain came down harder than ever, but
the game went on.
SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS.
In the fourth, Georgetow wu became weary
OF scoring. aud "old Virginia." which had
the reputa ton of never tiring," GER
tainly got tired of chasing after the hitsand
prayed that the rain might step the game,
but neither the rain nor their tactics to
| retard its progre SIS stopped the game,
and the locals added three more runs to
their collection. McCarty hit safely and
| G. Mahoney, on an error of Knichols, landed
on first and then the two came III on Nc
Grath's homer past left. In this
inning III. Nelson went in to catch in Coch-
rams place, and handled him self well
And still it rained and victory so well
earned seemed likely to be cut off by the
downpeur, but the d layers went On and
the fifth inning was begun with E. Ma
honey's out TO Garnet, Sullfvan-think of
| u-Sullivan bunts ana beats il out, Car
mody went out TO Garrett, Mccarthy hit
safely, and Big Mike again came on deck
and he laces ore away out past right,
scoring Mccarthy and Sullivan, but is
himself put out at second.
| In the Virginia half of the fifth E. Ma
honey executed beautiful double play.
! Nelson had bit safely and GaTnett lined
! terrific one just over Z. MahoBeys head,
for which he jumped and reached with one
hand and caught as it came down and
completed the play by touching q. Nelson
off second. The play was loudly APP
plauded.
Nelson had suffered enough for one day.
He had pitched great ball and had good
support, but he could not longer stand
the cannonading of the Blue and Gray, and
so he exchanged places in the sixth with
| First Baseman Heeiy.
All this time the glee club was counting
up the scores in chorus and singing among
| other things, Rub it in, boys, and make all
we kin, which was answered by Dixie"
and groan.
In the sixth the visitors scored their
second and last run on Williams base on
balls and his steal to second and home on
| Rincheloe's hit over second.