The times., 1898-04-13
Second Defeat Not DiScreditabIe
to GeorgetOwn'S Team.
WALLACE'S Two HOMERS
Failure TO Bunch Hits Weakened the
Locals Chances to Win - Their
Eight Stolen Bascs-Downcs's Ea;.
ting and Bache's Pitching Were
Features.

team by Yale yesterday afternoon was
by no means a discreditable one, for il
was one of the best played and most
closely contested games ever put up by
these teams. The final score, when Um-
pire Charley Snyder called a third strike
on the last man up was to 6, and Yale
went away pleased with the fact OF
second victory over the blue and gray
within a week.
The weather conditions were perfect.
and the diamond and field in excellent
shape. The warm, bright afternoon
brought out a large attendance, and
again the grand stand. on Saturday.
was picture, tinted and shaded with
bright colors of Easter gowns and bon
nets, enlivened with the brighter eyes
of their fair wearers. Parked off right
field there was a long string of all sorts
of handsome traps.
The defeat was, of course, disappoint-
ing to Georgetown admirers, as the team
was about due for a victory over Yale.
and to have split even with the sons of
Eli as they did with Princeton. would
have been glory enough for this season.
Yale played a better game than on her
last weeks appearance here, and yester-
days game stamps the Old Blue as one
of the best of the four big college teams,
and Georgetown deserves a world of
credit for giving the visitors such hard
run for the game, and with little more
consecutive hitting might have won the
game. 1t was a pitchers battle, III which
Bache, who was in splendid form, had a
shade the better of it, for Yale landed
safely only eleven times, including, how
ever, two homers and a, three-bagger.
Georgetown had an even dozen hits, but
failure to bunch hits made them less
valuable than those of the visitors.
On the base lines, the local students
were all quarter horses, for eight pur-
Ioined bags are credited TO them.
Hughes's two errors were disastrous.
Downes was cyclone at bar, with four
hits, and his three and two-baggers
respectively were very timely. He had
no chances in the field Mccarthy rank
ed next with three pretty singles. He
accepted three chances in errorless man.
ner and likewise with Hafford, who had
four chances. Maloney caught a splen-
did game, and he had eleven chances
without an error and a two-bagger
which scored a run.
Yale played an almost errorless fielding
game, and her two pitchers We're given
good support al bat and in field. Wads-
worth led at bat with three clean hits
and his fielding was without flaw.
Camp couldn't find the ball, and he
struck out twice, but ne nelded a brill
liant game. Wallace had only two hits,
but each Of these was good for four
bases.
League Umpire Charley Snyder again
officiated, and his work was very salts
factory to both sides.
Georgetown set the ball rolling by scor-
ing once in the opening inning, after Yale
had blanked. After Haffords fly out TO
De Saulles, Downes singled and Malon-
ey's tap through short advanced him and
he scored on Walshs out from Haw to
Wadsworth; Mccarthy and Moran
walked, and with the corners filled
Hughes famed. If these could have been
scored the game might have been won
in the first inning. Yale blanked until the
fourth, when, after Wadsworth had
dumped the ball within a foot of the
plate. Wear followed with tap to short
center, Greenway sacrificed, and on Ha-
zen's drive to center, Wadsworth and
Wear scored. Camp and Wallace closed
the inning with easy chances to Moran.
Georgetown tied the score in the fifth.
Hafford singled to right, stole, and adj
vanced on DoWnes's out from Haw to
first, and scored on Maloney's two-bag-
ger but the little catcher got no farther
than third, which he stole, for he was run
down, trying to get home on Walsh's hit,
of which Haw made a fielder'S choice
and caught MalQney at the bag. Nc
Carthys single advanced Walsh, but
Moran popped out TO Camp. In the sixth
Greenway was an easy out. HaZen was
patient and walked and stole, but was
play the whole team assisted, and Moran
finally had the honor of tagging the willy
Hazen.
Each side scored twice in the seventh
Sullivan singled, De Saulles was tickled
by one of Baches benders, Wadsworth
singled and sent De Saulles to second
where he landed safely on Hughess err
ror. With the bases full Wear hit to
Moran, who caught Sullivan at home.
Greenway's hit did the business with his
single over second, which scored De
Saulles and Wadsworth. Hazen and
Camp were easy outs.
Haw retired in the last half of the
inning in favor of Chauncey, who was
a little easier for the locals for he gave
the first man up, Hafford, a walk the
latter stole and on Downes's terrific drive
TO the road for two sacks Hafford scored.
Maloney famed. Walsh was safe on
Wears error and stole On McCarthy's
fly out TO left Downes scored and the
game was again a tie.
Yale scored three times in the eighth
and clinched the game with two more
in the last turn at bat.
In the eighth Wallace sent homer
over the bank. Sullivan walked and stole
twice and scored on Hughes's error. De-
Saulles singled and scored on Wads-
worth's hit.
Wallace's second homer over the bank
in the ninth scored Hazen ahead of him.
Georgetown's last scores was made in
the eighth on Hughes's single Casey
was hit by pitcher and stole and went
to third on a balk and scored on Downes's
single. Hughes in the meantime scored
on Hafford's out TO Wallace
With two men on bases and one man
out in the ninth Hughes and Casey each
famed, and the agony was over and the
chance to tie the score was lost
This afternoon the University of Penn
syivania and Georgetown will play a
game on Georgetown Field. The score:
Georgetown. II. II. PO. 4. +.
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