The Washington times., 1902-03-30
Georgetown Wins Brilliant
Baseball Victory.
FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS
Fielding of Both Teams Excellent-Mag-
rifcent Work of Blewett on the Slab
Large and Enthusiastic Crowd - The
Score to 2.

has for two years done things to George
town that have caused the local athletes
to grind their teeth and vow the direst
kind of vengeance; Princeton the indom-
liable, whose baseball team has made the
Blue AMI Gray look like 30 cents. was
yesterday forced to drain the cup cf de-
feat: yea. even to the bitter dregs.
1t was magnificent victory for George
town, and one that will go down through
the generations as having been won by
purely scientific ball playing. into which
the element of luck did not enter to any
! appreciable extent.
The day opened with bitter disappcint-
| ment. AS late as o'clock the steady
downpcur CT rain was rapidly converting
Georgetown campus into 4 liquid field of
mud. An hour later, however, the burn
ing rays of the sun were rapidly counter
acting the effects Of the drenching, and
the hearts of the Georgetown rooters grew
warm under its benign influence, as with
the passing of every minute their chances
of encOuntering the Blue and Gray's
| ancient enemies grew more and more fay-
| cradle.
Enthusiastic Cheering.
a large force of men was Immediately
! put to work drying the field, and before
the first of the immense throng OF speeta-
| tors passed into the college grounds the
diamond had been put in very fair playing
| condition. OF course, the ground was
! rather soft. b1t there were no puddIes.
| The sawdust had been generously sprin-
| kled over the worst places
Not since that memorable Georgetown
Virginia football game. the one that will
remain eyer green in the memories OF
Georgetown students. present and future,
| has such crowd assembled OH the
GEORGETOWN campus. Not since the day
| that Georgetown's nvas-clad warriors
rose in their might and crushed the all
but triumphant virginians has there been
| anything to equal the uncomfortable en-
thusiasm Of the stanch adherents to the
cause OF the Blue and Gray
As,-Georgetown piled up one run after
! another it seemed as though the crowd
! could not stand the excitement They
| cheered, they yelled, they pounded each
] other on the back, and acted generally as
though they had taken leave of their
/ senses.
Great Work by Blewett.
While this victory reflects honor upon
every member Of the Georgetown team, it
| is in the nature of personal achieve
ment for that redoubtable slab artist.
Robert Blewett. This was the fourth time
! that 'Bobbie" has faced the Princeton
Tigers, but it Is the first time victory has
followed him.
He pitched a magnificent game. allow
ing the mighty sticksmen from Princeton
but six safe hits Not only did he do
mastery execution upon the slab, but with
his trusty wagon tongue he located the
leather at opportune times. and material
ly assisted in winning the game by driv-
ing tallies- across the plate.
His support was gilt-edged In some
manner the guardians of the outer gar
dens must have discovered the system so
successfully pursued by Yale. There was
not an evidence of the lethargy that
proved so disastrous two days before.
They moved with a speed that absolutely
defied the attempts OF the Tigers to dis
cover an unprotected portion OF the field.
No Easy Proposition.
A very beneficial change in the positions
OF the men was made by Captain Moran.
He shifted Apperious from the left to the
right field. and the result was extremely
fortunate for Georgetown. Four chances
was the portion of the left fielder, and
Apperious accepted them without an
ror. OHara and Golden divided an equal
number between them.
1t was a great surprise to Georgetown
that the heavy hitting Princeton aggre-
cation did not connect more often with
the leather for safe ones. The condition
of the field was not conducive to fast
work, but, nevertheless, the local boys
succeeded in taking care OF by far the
greater majority OF both grounders and
skyscrapers that the Tigers pounded out.
Many OF these chances were extremely
difficult, but in all but two cases the
Georgetown fielders handled them without
a mistake.
The Princeton bunch was by no means
an easy proposition in any department.
Their fielding was of a high order, and it
had TO be a clean cut single before
Georgetown could succeed in placing q
man upon the initial sack. The Tigers
were exceptionally fast on infield plays.
They succeeded in doubling up George
town twice one of which was negotiated
after an extremely clever bit of fast work
II occurred in the ninth inning, after
Morgan had raped cut a single and Drill
had obtained the first cushion through
an error BY Pearson. When Dorman went
to bat lie had evidently received his in
structions,r as he made 4 pretty sacrifice,
advancing both Drill and Morgan. APP
pcrious was the next man to face the
Tiger slab artist. He waited until a
ball came swinging toward the plate that
just suited his fancy. He cut loose. and
away The leather sailed toward the short
stop. The latter leaped into the air.
gripped the ball, and before he had hardly
touched the ground, drove it to Stien-
weiRder, who was covering second. Drill
was caught about two feet of the bag.
Game in Detail.
The visitors won the toss-up, and
Georgetown was therefore forced to bat
first Moran was the first man to reach
the initial sack, which he did upon an
error by Wells. Morgan reached first On
a play that retired Moran at third. AT
this point Drill made one of the most op
perfume hits of the game. With two men
out and man on first, he pounded the
horsehide square in the centre, and before
the ball was returned into the diamond
Morgan had galloped home. Dorman re-
tired the side. Princeton WAS not in evil
dence in their half OF the first inning.
When Georgetown once more faced the
Princeton pitcher they We're apparently
not satisfied with the small lead they had
obtained Apperious. the first man up.
nailed the leather into deep left for
single He was sent to second on an err
ror by Green and reached third on dou-
BILE play that retired Golden and 0'Hara.