The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
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showed some of his old-time form. He
was relieved by Ricketts,, who was wild
and when he did get them over they were
either lined out or they were juggled by
Wight or Warren, who relieved one an
other at backstop.
The Orioles were weak all around and
decidedly not in form. Their most mex
cusable errors occurred when men were
on bases, and several times the whole
business had bad cases of ''rattles.'
Their defeat was almost as bad as last
year, when Georgetown drubbed them to
the tune of "a to O. The first inning open
ed well for the visitors, with four scores
TO their credit, and two more were added
in the second, and with the score of 6 to 8
against them Georgetown feared they
We're up against defeat, but in the third
they batted out seven runs, and they had
a lead of four.
The chilly weather prevented a large
attendance, and the handsome new grand
stand was not tested to its capacity. The
bleachers and old stand had fair-siZed
crowds The new stand is a very great
Improvement over the little old one and
it will be appreciated by the crowd which
will come to the games from now on.
The visitors went first to bat, and Hal
lenbecks single landed him safely at first.
hard single past second. Swaine was an
easy out to Walsh. Writ waited and
walked and stole second on Nights long
fly over second. Hitzratt was hit by pitch
er and scored afterward on a wild pitch.
Tally, a Washington boy. and formerly
a runner in the c. A. c., walked. but was
left with Joyner, as Fletcher and Diggs
famed out
The two scores made by Georgetown in
the first were on a base on balls to Half
ford and a steal and on Fleming's out
from Hollenbeck to Joyncr and on Nc
Carthy's base on balls and Moran's pretty
double to the roadway over left field.
The second added another score by
Bach by way of his badly handled hunt
and a worse misjudged fly to center from
Haffords bat In this inning Warren took
Nights place at backstop because of the
latter's badly split hand. Hopkins in
creased their lead by two on Hollenbeck' s
grounder through Moran and on Joyner's
single over third and another on Wirts's
base on balls. which gave a score
through Taltys liner over first Joyner
was out at home on Walsh's pretty throw
from deep right.
| 1t was all up for the Hopkins boys in
the third inning when they failed to
| score, while Georgetown piled up seven
! tallies. Twice around was the order be-
/ fore the players were retired The feat
/ ure of this inning was the batting of Ca
/ sey. BY the way. he is bound TO become
/ a great favorite If he is not so already.
! Casey at the Bat is bound TO be set to
! a good jingle when the giee club gets to
/ work in earnest. With two men on bases
! he sent double to deep left garden and
/ came in afterward ON a passed ball.
The third and fourth were blanks for
! the OrioIe collegians but in the fifth
/ they scored twice. HitZratts single was
/ badly overthrown by Hafford. and ere
| it was retrieved he was at third. Then
| Wight was an easy out from Moran to
! Casey. Tally walked and then came a
! bunch of Georgetown errors and during
! the mix-up Fletcher and HitZratt scored.
while Tally was run down between third
and home. Blanks were the visitors lot
for the remainder of the game
! In the fifth Walsh walked, stole second
and scored on "A passed ball. Moran was
/ given a pass, and then little Maloney put
on some steam and sent the first bah
pitched to the road near the gate. scoring
I Walsh and Moran, and from third he
stole home while the catcher had the ball
in his hands. IT was most daring steal.
Seven runs were marked down for the
! blue and gray in the sixth inning, and
these were made on heavy hitting, wild
pitches, fielding errors and stupid BAH
| PLAYING by the visitors In this Hafford
made the first home run of the season.
| and that over the west bank. 1t was Il
long hit and was roundly applauded. The
Orioles took their half of the seventh, but