The times., 1897-05-20
CLANCY WINS The GAME
His Hit to Center Scores the
Needed Run.
The Columbjans Tie Three Times
Contest Full of Kicking
and Hard Feeling.

The game on Georgetown Field, he
tween the Georgetown and Coluln;Jian
'varsitIes, was won by the former, by
score Of 6 to 8. heartbreaking fiLish
was the only feature, W hich, in measure,
relieved the contest of monotony.
Team hitting, and, at times, sharp base
running won the game Tor the Blae and
Gray, and to Clancy is due TO small
measure of credit for the victory, for. after
the third inning, he pitched splendid Tall.
Farmer Cy Cummins would be a more
popular pitcher with the spectators ii ne
were not so tiresonely long in delivering
his twists and ''straight-oyers. He had
only lair support
The game was full Of kicks and queries,
and twice Greene, who has queer idea
OF how to gain points, almost influenced
his team TO leave the field. Once all hands
had picked up their tools an d implements
and were marching away, but cooler heads
in the ranks decided that that was hardly
the way to play baseball, and returned and
played it out.
Columbia went first to bat and three men
retired in order and Geor getown followed
suit. Then Columbia opened up in earnest
Fugitt hit har d one to Fleming aud on his
overthrow To first the runner reacned sec
ond. Beard was an easy out To Dawson.
Cummings drove one to Fleming, and he
fmnbled and again threw wild Lceeh's
hit To Fleming cut off Cummings in his mad
flight, Fugftt scoring on the play, and on
Stackslaver's pretty single Leech scored.
Farnham was an easy out.
Reardon, the first man up in the blue aud
gray's second, popped UP a fly which
Fugitt dropped, the runner reaching second
Lamb was hit by pitched ball. Dawson
famed and Mcintire hit the first bail
pitched To Che roadway for a homer scoring
Reartion and Lamb ahead of him Maloney
was safe on DalZelrs error, but the next
two were easy outs.
Both sides drew blanks in the third and
Georgetown did not score again until the
seventh.
In the fourth Columbian tied the score
on Boards grounder past first, i steal,
and scored on Maloney's wild throw to
catch him at third. Cummings was caught
at second trying To stretch a single into q
double Another was added in the fifth
Greene landed at Dawson s corner on Rear
don s error of his fly, and scored on Beall's
bags, but he was declared out because he
failed to touch second bag, in plain view or
all And then came the kick, mighty
kick; but the team didn't go away as il
threatened To do. Dalzell was the next
and an easy out. The score was now to 8
in the visitors favor.
Both blanked in the sixth and George
town tied the score in the seventh, amid
the first show Of life by the blue and gray
rooters, and from thence out they made il
lively enough. In this inning Maloney took
in two difficult foul flies. The run was
made by Maloney, who was hit by pitched
ball, stole second and scored ON q poor re
turn by Dalzell of Clancy's single over
third
: Columbian went the blue and gray one
better In the eighth on Bealfs double,
Fugitt's sacrifice and Boards single
gain Georgetown tied the score OH Rear
don's two-bagger to left center, scoring
on Lambs hit for like number The
fstter should have scored but he tried to
steal home with the ball in the infieId
and was lost in the shuttle. For their
last turn at bat Leech, Stockslager and
Faruhan were struck out i'll order by
Clancy, who was pitching in mastery
style. The winning run was made after
McIntire went out from Beall to Greene
Maloney landed safely at first on BeaI's
error, stole second and third in quick
order and scored the winning run OH
CIancy's hit to Fugitt, who made a mess of
it, and thus Clancy, after all, won his
own game. The score: