The times., 1901-03-30
LAFAYETTE PROVES EASY
Georgetown Defeats the Pennsyl-
vanians in Handy Fashion.

The Inter-CoIIeEinte Debut OF the
blue and Grey Ball Tossers-A One
sided Contest With Very Little En-
thusiasm Displayed - The Score
Flushed with two victories over the
Norfolk team Of the Virginia. North Car
olina League, the Georgetown University
baseball team yesterday made it's debut
in the intercollegiate season by defeating
the aggregation of bali tossers from La
fayette College. At the end of the seven
inning contest the score stood II
to i'm favor of the Blue and Grey, and
there was no time during the game when
the local boys did not have a sure thing.
Lafayettes pitcher Johnston, was easy
for the Georgetown batters, who found
him for total of fourteen hits. He was
accorded miserable support by the visi-
tors and errors on their part assisted in
materially swelling the score.
Georgetowns play was quite in con-
trast though at times her fielding was
ragged. At the end of the contest the
Blue and Grey had five errors. Blewett
proved himself worthy successor of
White, the crack pitcher of last years
Georgetown team. Blewett was on the
rubber for four innings and in that time
struck out seven of the opposing bats
men. His work was somewhat marred,
however, by several wild throws made
by him to the initial bag. otherwise his
work was superb at the bat as well in
the box and on the bases. He made an
opportune hit in the second inning.
In the fifth inning Blewett was replaced
by Mckay. a freshman, and a promising
candidate for pitcher. Mckay appeared to
have plenty of speed. and Lafayette failed
h. INN hot he
game closed. They did, however succeed
in netting couple of singles.
Apperious another of the new men on the
Georgetown team, showed up in splendid
form. He drove out long single in the
second, bringing in run, and on the
bases displayed judgment, succeeding in
purloining three of the cushions. Drill,
at the receiving end Of the battery, did
high-class work, and finished the game
without an error.
Chalmers, Lafayette's first baseman,
held down the initial bag in first-class
shape and made several difficult catches
of wild throws.
1t was the first game of the college sea-
son at Georgetown, and a go0dly number
of students turned out to see the varsity in
/ action. There was, however, little en-
thusiasm displayed, despite the good show
Georgetown yell heard during the after
noon.
The Lafayette players arrived in the city
yesterday morning from Charlottesville,
where they were defeated Thursday by
the University of Virginia team. They
were pretty well tagged out. and their
play suffered in consequence. However,
they could not, even at their best be con-
sidered the equals of the Georgetown play
ers.
Georgetown went to bat first Moran
walked to first and was advanced when
Connors made a pretty bunt and beat the
ball to the initial sack. Walsh lined out
hot grounder, which was thrown wild
over first base. Moran was retired at
third and Connors at second. Two sin
giles scored Walsh. and the side retired
when Devlin failed to gain first.
In the second half of the first Lafayette
scored once, Wright crossing the plate
aided by two errors and a hit by Ernst.
| Apperious scored for Georgetown in the
| second AS the result of a muffed fly on
| the part of Launt, Lafayette's right
| fielder Lafayette evened up the score
in its half of the inning.
1t was in the third that Georgetown put
spikes in it's hold on the game. Every
man on the team went to bat. The net
result OF their efforts was two two-base
hits a triple, and five runs Lafayette
sent only four men to the bat, and only
single base runner reached second. They
were retired without scoring.
Georgetown then came to bat with a
| continuance OF the batting streak de-
veloped in the previous inning. OHara
| and Apperious put the spheroid in one of
| the outer gardens for a sufficient length
of time to gain second base. At the
! close of the inning Georgetown was three
| more runs to the good. Lafayette, in its
! half, was again doled out goose egg.
| Two more hits by Georgetown and three
| costly errors on the part OF the visitors,
| letting in a quintette OF runs, was the
story of the first half of the fifth. In its
| half of the inning Lafayette gained a
| little when 1t scored single run.
| The only zero that represented an inning
| for Georgetown during the game was In
| the sixth. Johnston, OF Lafayette,
| who had received a terrible drubbing at
| the hands of the Blue and Grey batters,
| steadied and held his opponents down TO
| a single hit The goose egg presentation
| TO Lafayette was repeated.
| The seventh and last inning saw two
| more tailies added To Georgetown : score.
| bowling and Mckay both made hits and
| Devlin and Dowling each scored. The
last half of the inning was over before
| had changed. Wright, the first batter for
| Lafayette, made hit, and the next man
| up hit short one to OHara. The
| doughty second baseman gathered 1t in
! and threw it to Moran at second, who
| cut of Wright and shot the bah 10
| first. putting out the batter and retiring
the side.