The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-04-21
OLD HARVARD OOWNED
MalOney's Home Run Won the
Game for Georgetown.
TWAS A PITCHERS BATTLE
Wild Pitch Saved the Crimson"
From Shut Out - Bache Gave
Only One Base on Balls and Hnd
Splendid AIl-ArOUnd SupPort-Mc-
Carthy's Playing II Feature.

In a heartbreaking finish Georgetown
defeated Harvard yesterday afternoon in
the best played and most hotly contested
game of the schedule with the possible
exception of the, game with Lehigh. The
score, three to one,r almost speaks for IT
self and tells how close a call Harvard
had for a shut-out
Baseball history almost repeated itself
as upon the last visit of Harvard to
Georgetown field in 1898 Georgetown won
by the score of three to two. Then the
game was pulled out of the fire in the
ninth inning and that with the almost I'M
surpassed Jack HyIands in the box. Yes
terdays game up to the eighth inning
seemed doomed to go down in history with
the losses to Yale and Princeton and
Pennsy. In that inning, a little luck and
a good deal of Maloneys bat turned the
tide and Capt. McCarthy's men won.
Flemings pop infield fly dropped safely
between four crimson players, owing to
a more than ordinary amount of careful
ness, fearing a collision. 1t was poor
exhibition. or, rather a lack of team
work. When the sphere was finally cor
TdleG pitcher MOTSc bNGi iiiSt SiiiN
the black-haired Fleming scampered to
second Downes walked and then little
Maloney found one to his liking and sent
it over third bag, and it continued go
ing until it reached the big gateway. Just
as he touched the plate, after Fleming
and Downs had crossed it, the ball came
to Reds hands and the game was won.
1t was then that the student body and all
the local rooters gave vent to their most
noisy enthusiasm, and the several new
college yells which had been kept in
pickle were fired off, until the stand and
bleachers ratified. Harvard's only run
was made on a wild pitch.
1t was decidedly fierce pitchers bat
tie, Bache and Morse each being so eff
fective that only six hits apiece were
scored off them. Bache was in the pink
of form and while he struck out only one
Harvard man, he also gave only one base
on balls. while Morse gave seven free
passes. but the latter struck out ten
local collegians and altogether pitched q
mastery game. If Georgetown had been
able to solve Morse's 'twisters" and
"straight-overs" after being given the
number of bases stated, the score would
have been much more one-sided.
The whole local team gave Bache SUI
perb support and put up an almost error
less game and the style of playing was
very much in contrast with recent eX-
hibitions and instilled renewed hope and
courage in the hearts of their almost dis
couraged admirers. Capt Mccarthy play :
ed the initial bag to the queens taste and
his dozen put outs without the semblance
of an error reflects great credit upon his
work. He also led at bat with two clean
| singles. Fleming was back in the game
| and gave the whole team some of the old
time confidence. He accepted six chances
tho .11a OK
| by Moran at short. Casey went to left
| and his only chances were two flies which
| he took good care of in the eighth. Ma
loney was himself again and played his
| usual fine game. His only hit was good
| for four bases.
| Harvard has good fielding team, and
| is fairly strong at bat. and with her
pitchers in good shape ought to win a
majority of her. games from now on, in
Guiding the set with Yale. Little Laugh
| lin distinguished himself at short, al
| though he missed one easy chance. Reid
! catcher, was the busiest man of the lot
| with eleven put-outs, six more than Were
| credited to First Baseman Foster. The
great attraction deserved a much bet
! ter attendance. only a fairly large crowd
! being present including a number of fair
| admirers of both teams.
Georgetown did not score as stated
until the eighth. Upon two occasions
| however. the slightest kind of a hit
would have started her run getting ear
| her. In the second inning. after Ma
| honey had gone out on foul fly to Reid
| Mccarthy. Walsh and Moran filled the
! bases Casey and Bache famed and
missed the chance of life time.
Harvards lonely tally came in the
sixth Morse was an easy out from
Moran to Mccarthy. Laughln sent
grass burner to left, and advanced on
| Capt Rand out from Fleming to first
and scored on wild pitch.
It is now known as the memorable
eighth, for in this, as already stated, the
Blue and Gray scored three runs and