The times., 1897-05-09
GEORGETOWN LOs7TOPENN
The Boys in Red and Blue Played
an Uphill Game.
DICKS0N'S GOOD PITCHING
The Local Varsity Got a Big Lead,
But the Visitors Steadily De-
creased the Handicap and Won
Out in the Seventh Inning-Rear-
don's Pretty Three-Bagger.

| The blue and red OF Pennsy waved
triumphant over the blue and gray at
| Georgetown Field yesterday afternoon,
| and again the lusty local youths across
Rock Creek were made TO taste the bit
| terness of the ashes of defeat
They were allowed TO look upon the
Promised Land of victory for five innings,
| but as the cooling draught was withdrawn
| from the parched lips of the sufferer in
Lake Tantalus, so they, too, were denied the
spoils Of d game that at the start seemed
theirs for the asking.
IL locked like Georgetown lin a WALK
| in the opening innings. The blue aud gray
piled up six runs in their first pair of times
| at bat. but then came the dull thud'' and
| cessation of scoring on their side Of the
| tally sheet.
1t was modern exemplification Of the
ancient fable story OF the rabbit and the
land turtle. or. TO be exactly classic, the
| tortoise and the hare.
Georgetown went up like rocket and
came dcwnIike stick, while the ploddng
Quakers sa wed wood steadily and never
| for tile nonce lost sight of the main
chance.
'Iis gritty gang OF youngsters that
| Pennsy has sent to the han ground this
season. An uphill game seems TO be their
| high suitand anincentive to do those things
on dia amond that win games.
A degree of praise is due Dickson, the
| crinkle-haired twrler for the Quakers
The young chap with frizzled locks of
| sable hue was not disrnayed by tie
I'D his
| kept right down to business, like as If
| he was digging a ditch. He dug it and
| Georgetown fell pelLmell into the aperture
Georgetown is not in the best of form,
owing to the absence of several regular
players on account of injuries and other
causes, but with this excuse allowed, they
| should have at least maintained their long
lead yesterday. They had the game in
their pockets, but failed to hold it down
and as consequence their scalps dangle
in the wigwams of the Indians from the
banks of the Schuylkil.
Bach seemed nervous, partionable fault
born of zeal and eagerness. He worked
hard, but failed to bring his brain matter
and mechanical ability into iuxtaposition
Had he used his head as well as lis arm
in one or two tight places he would have
ScCdpeu
For the visitors Capt Blakeley and First
Baseman Gillinder easily captured the
fielding honors BlakeIey's stops at third
and his speedy throws to first were good
TO look upon, though killing to George
towns hopes. In the Ianky. loose jointed
Gillinder the Pennsys have worthy sue
cessor to Goeckle, who was the star OF the
'95 team
Capt Mccarthy switched his infieldagain,
placing Rcardon on second and Lamb at
short. No especial damage resulted, but
it might have been better to let the above
duo play the territory to which they are
famili ar.
To Reardon fell the poems of applause 1t
was in the second. with the bases full, that
''Stump'' came to bat and smashed the
ball to deep left, clearing the sacks and
reaching third himself on the terrific drive
1t was at this time that the Iong-haired
Willie-boys the seats did a sun dance
to an accompaniment of weird, wild and
wearisome noises 1t was ''Hi, hi, kiki, hiky,
Georgetown, biff, bang, boo.' aud
a lot more Comanehe-Apache-C that
type fails to understand and can't express
The pretty afternoon and the attraction
Of the famous varsity team drew large
crowd, the total attendance approaching
a thousand. In the gathering were many
ladies, and the visitors were not without
friends among the fair fans, as the flaunt-
ing of numerous tiny red and blue flags
attested.
Mr. VIII G. Belts umpired, and was very
impartial, though Georgetown found famlt
with his decisions several tirncs-a privi
iege the losing club is always allowed To-
enjoy Belts construed the rules literally
and was positive in enforcing them. In the
first inning X eiey got in the way OF a
pitched ball, allowing himself to get hit
in the attempt to reach first, but Belts
declared him out. He also enforced the