Evening star., 1901-04-23
BY A NARROW MARGIN.
ManninE's Men Won Close Game
From Georgetown


From Georgetown.
The predictions that the Washington
club would have hard time defeating
Georgetown yesterday proved true, the
professionals coming out ahead by the
close score of , to 1.
Notwithstanding the cold. bleak after
noon, the contest was unusually spirited
and well played the blue and gray going
through the nine innings without an error
while the Senators had three marked
against them, two by Clingman and one
by Clarke, the latter's misplay letting in
Georgetowns solitary tally. All three err
rors were the result of carelessness or
confidence
When Georgetown's historian records the
athletic events of 1901 he may be depended
upon to devote more than a paragraph to
play made yesterday by Second Baseman
O'Hara, as the like is only seen once in a
decade. Quinn hit a fast grounder toward
right field, for which O'Hara made a quick
drive. Owing to the slippery ground and
the speed at which he was going O'Hara
lost his balance as the ball struck his
hand. and fell forward, landing on his left
shoulder and side of the head He twisted
and Wriggled to get his feet on the ground
but it seemed slow work in the excitement
and, twisting his right arm loose. threw
the ball toward first while apparently
standing on his ear Devlin made a pretty
one-hand catch of the thrown ball. and the
sensational play was completed in clever
style. The applause and cheering that
followed was almost deafening and long
continued.
The batting of both teams was light. the
collegtans naturally the result of fac
Ing such good men as Carrick and Mercer
while the Senators had not batted against
even fair pitching, and Twirler Blewett
was exceptionally clever with his curves
and drops yesterday. Georgetown placed
or fhn g T,,;1l
and Deylin, the first named pair getting
two EACH while the Senators had eleven,
one double by O'Brien. Carrick pitched
the first four innings. and the blue and
gray secured three safe hits, and while
Mercer was on the rubber the last five in
nings but two hits We're made by the collie
gians. Umpire Belts was somewhat hard
on both twirlers in the matter of calling
strikes but he rightfuly favored the col
lesians when there was any doubt. The
same thing applies to his base decisions
Work of the Local Men.
To the local enthusiasts the work of
Center Fielder Farrell and Third Baseman
Coughlin was the most attractive The
other players on the senatorial team are
known quantities and their capabilities
have been measured, but Coughlin failed
to make good here under the Wagners'
management on account Of getting a bad
start, and Farrell was really playing his
could be asked than that both men con-
tinue yesterdays work throughout the sea-
son. Farrell went to the bat five times
and placed three timely singles to his
credit, and, In addition, secured a tab In
the stolen base column. In the field he is
strictly all right, one of his catches yes
terday, when he got the ball on a run at
about his shoe tops and threw to second
without recovering, making pretty double
play, was the feature of the Senator's field
work. Coughin, at third, had little to do,
but 1t was the way he handled himself that
made everybody remark that Washington
has at last secured a third baseman of
merit. He whips the ball to first with a
speedy underhand motion. which is accu-
racy itself. and wild throws will be a
rarity this season. Out of four times at
the bat he secured two singles, both of
which were line drives.
or the others O'Brien's batting attracted
the most attention, the ex-senator getting
double and two singles. He batted with
confidence, and his exhibition was very
similar to that when he first Joined the
Washington club two years ago. There was
no doubt as to the hits; the ball shot
through the infleld on line and were in
the outfield before the players could move
from their tracks. Clarke back stopped
beautifully, and Everett, Quinn, Clingman
and DUNCAN made several pretty plays.
Following Is the score: