Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-26
ANOTHER ! GAME WON
Georgetown Defeats Pennsylvania in
a Close Contest.
INTERESTING BOWLING LEAGUE RACE
Local High School Mines Defeated
Out Of Town.
CURRENT SPORTING NEWS
CURRENT SPORTING NEWS

Georgetown's colors fioated proudly over
the campus last evening. Another credit
able uphill fight had been waged and won.
and another representative team of the
big Four in the college base ball arena
had doffed its cap to the biue and gray
this time by 8 to 4. For nine long innings,
with a trio of runs EACH there was little
to choose between Georgetown's champions
and the lads who under Arthur Irwin's
tutelage, fight diamond battles for the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. In the tenth,
however, the pace began to tell, and old
Penn was nosed out by that same lone tally
that invariably is as good as a hundred"
In this inning Huston and Shape the
first two up for Pennsylvania ingloriously
struck out, while Jones did little better by
popping fly to O'Hara. GEORGETOWN had
good enough fortune to start it's rally with
the top of the batting order. Moran prompt
ly singled to center. moving up base on
Layton's wild pitch; he advanced to third
on Downe's out at first. ard scored when
Walsh. in response to frantic appeals from
the gallery, lifted fly to deep center. Hus-
ton made a great throw to the pate--a sec
ond too late, however, to stop the winning
run.
Up to the eighth inning, when George
town caught up with the Quakers. the play.
despite closeness of the score, was a trife
runners poorly, so that dozen bases were
p:lfered with apparent ease. Capt. Flavell
the visitors backstOp. in particular had an
Off day with his throwing gear and made
several weird throws that resulted in runs
Both White and Layton pitched effective
~, though the former struck out eleven to
the latter's seven. and also proved steadfer
than his Quaker opponent in the closing
innings. The spectacular feature of the
game was Burbank's catch of Browns liner
in the sixth inning, on which Gawthrope
was doubled up at first Moran. as usual,
short. even though his first single and triple
failed to make guns. O'Hara did well at
second For Penn. Collier led at bat with
four timely but scratchy hits: Huxton made
good catches in center and Brown covered
third in fine STYLE
After crowding the bases with Quakers
in the opening inning as tho result of poor
control. White steadied down and prevent
ed scoring by retiring Flavell on a weak
fly and striking out Gawthrope. In the
second. with White on first and two out.
pennsylvania scored q pair of runs on Col
ters badly-bounding two-base hit and
Illusions single. Georgetown eveued up
matters in its half on Dovlin's pass.
Smiths single. two easy steals and a wild
pitch. Old Penn added Its third and final
run in the fourth. when Layton walked.
took second on Whites out and scored on
Golfers single. In the eighth, after one
out, Walsh was passed to first, stole sec
ond and ambled home with the tying run
when Flavell threw ten feet wide of third
in an effort to head Walsh off on his second
attempt to pilfer.
Tom Brown the ex-senator. umpired. His
work was impartial, and, with the excep-
ton OF a few strikes, was accurate
one OF the larSest gatherings of the sea-
SON. filling both stands and side seats, was
in attendance.