The Washington times., 1902-03-27
LEHIGH PROVES
AN easy VICTIM
Georgetown Team White
washes Visiting Nine.
SLOW, UNINTERESTlNG GAME
Blue and Gray Never Forced to Exert
Themselves-LehighE Extremely Ragged
in the Field-Moran and Golden Net
Four Sacks Each.

ty that the Georgetown aggregation took
nine sturdy sons of Lehigh into camp yes
terday. and proceeded to wallop them to
the tune of 9 to 0. The game. as an ex-
hibition of scientific baseball, was a dis
tnct failure. The local boys, while IN
doubtedly possessing ability. were not
called upon to exert themselves in the
slightest.
Lehigh put up as poor a sample of the
national game as has been seen on the
local diamond in some time. The only re-
deeming feature of the visitors perform
ance was the work of Taylor, who off,
ciated on the slab. For the first part of
the game he had the local aggregation
completely at his mercy. His work was
clear cut and his command of the ball was
excellent.
In contrast to the exhibition put up by
the visiting twirler was the ragged and
ofttimes extremely amateurish work of
the infield. 1t was this department that
was almost entirely to blame for the
overwhelming defeat. Kinne. Lewis. and
Landefeld were the worst offenders. but
Bush. in the outield. did his share to-
ward the accumulation OF ragged play.
Accurate Work by Locals.
The local bunch was especially fortu-
nate. They left the ragtime playing en-
tirely to their visitors. Every chance
that came their way was accepted with
avidity. and had they been given an OPP
portunity there would undoubtedly have
been some fast work. Several times it
seemed extremely likely that one Of the
boys IN brown would be pushed across
the rubber with the tally that would de-
stroy the whitewash.
1t was then that the blue and gray bail
tossers displayed a sample of what they
really can do when pushed. In the second
inning they had their nearest escape from
allowing an opponent to cross the coyet
ed piece of rubber. DescheeinitZ had been
presented with the initial sack through
the kindness of Fay. Awaiting his oIpor-
tunity he purloined the second cushion
Lewis. at this inopportune moment, con-
nected with the leather.
The sphere bounded rapidly toward
third base. Morgan made an Intellectual
attempt to gather in the horsehide. but
the elusive bit of leather evaded his
grasp aud for a time it looked as though
there would be something doing for Lee
high. Descheeinitiz was rapidly dashing
Morgan had faed" TE6p na Xaeg o he saw that
ing that the Georgetown fielder was all
in he made a gallant attempt for home
Unfortunately for Lehigh, however, he
had not allowed for the recuperatiye abii
ity Of the local bunch.
Individual Work Good.
After missing the leather Morgan
quickly recovered and by a sharp piece
OF work recaptured the sphere and after
snappy duet between himself and Drill
the adventurous Pennsylvania was land
ed between home and third and the last
chance of Lehigh was gone.
The individual work of Georgetown was
extremely good, considering that the
boys were not at any time compelled to
exert themselves. 1t Is not often that
professional team, composed of men
whose business it is to become expert ball
tossers, succeed in maintaining an I'M
spotted column under the letter &c"
This, however was what the collegians
from across Rock Greek succeeded in do
ing.
As Lehigh did not prove to be an espe-
cially formidable aggregation, advantage
was taken OF this fact to try out the en-
tire corps OF box artists. with the excep-
ton OF "Bobbie" Blewett. Fay was the
first 0 try his hand against the visitors.
To show that there was no hard feeling
he induced the first man up to fan most
vigorously He duplicated this little
stunt four more times before he was re-
tired IN favor OF Cox. in the fourth in
ming. The total number of safe ones
scored against him was one struggling
hit.
Three Twirlers Tried.
Cox was equally effective and during
the three innings that he occupied the
slab three men fell before his collection
OF curves He was in turn succeeded by
Seitz. the latest addition to the blue and
gray twirlers He started OFF rather wild
but soon gained the mastery over his bust
ness wing and moved down the men IRON
Lehigh like so much chat. At the be-
ginning of the ninth inning Mackay was
given an opportunity to try his collection
of teasers upon the Lehigh victims. Tie
first two men proved easy. but Deschefi-
nitZ evidently had his rabbits foot with
him and drew the initial sack. Reese,
however. who followed, could not keep up
the good work and after swinging vicious
~ three times. and encountering nothin"
but air. gracefully retired and Lehigh
sadder but wiser. departed from George
town campus.
The majority of the tallies accumulated
by the blue and gray were handed over
to them upon silver platters by the ad-
miring Lehighans. During the first three
innings. the local aggregation could solve
Taylor's delivery for but one single.
Nevertheless, during this same space OF
time there were five large and glorious
runs chalked up to the credit of George
town.
The manner in which these were gained
does not reflect much credit upon the
visitors. \ man with u large block Ii
upon his back would in some manner Sc