The Washington times., 1903-04-19
Crimson Ball Iossers De-
feat Blue and Gray Team
by Score of 5 to 0-CIark-
son Pitched Mastery Ball
He Allows But % Men to
Face Him, Only Two
Reaching First Base,
Where Both Soon Expired.

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There may have been JOY somewhere /
last night, but there was none in /
Georgetown.
CrestfaIlen and downbearted. the
doughty hall tossers who wore the gray
&C" on their sweaters yesterday after !
noon remained in their lair. and for
shame's sake did not venture out Of The
confines of the old Jesuit institution
As the sun was setting behind the
hills in the far and distant west and the
last faint rays broke through the som
Der blue and gray clouds that cast their
veil of depression on the local college
campus. they shOne upon HaTyard's dar-
ing crimson banner waving above
Georgetown's blue and gray, for the lads
from Cambridge, who had come here
with the avowed intention Of drubbing
the Georgetown coIlegians. had kept
their word and won the day by the score
OF > TO g.
Memorable Struggle,
The struggle was a hard one and will
long be remembered by the members OF
both teams. The majority of the as
semblage which turned out to witness
the game was made up OF Georgetown
supporters and admirers. They we're
there and rooted Justify and did their
best TO cheer the Blue and Gray lads on
TO victory, but it was not in the local
collegians. It was not for them to score.
Harvard gets the credit OF having
taken the measure and decisiveIy defeat
ing one Of the strongest college baseball
aggregations in the country, while for
their part the boys from across the creek
have the discredit of making costly er-
rors. which gave the game 10 Harvard.
The doughty Georgetown lads became
a tride nervous at times. and did things
which they should not have done, and
omitted to do things which they should
have done. That is the secret Of their
defeat The playing of the team thus far
this season. while not OF the orthodox
variety, was up 10 the Georgetown
standard. which is saying a good deal
Yesterday they went to pieces, and if
everything. even their own faces. had a
crimson hue after the game they had
no one to blame but themselves, for
they we're directly responsible and
figured most conspicuousIy in their own
undoing,
Harvard Well Prepared.
Harvard, not having crossed willows
with the Georgetown lads since 1899,
and anticipating hard struggle with an
aggregation worthy of her steel, sent IN
Clarkson 10 look after her interests in
the center Of the diamond Other col
lege pitchers have been seen in Wash
Ington, but the superior. or even the
equal, of the wizard from Cambridge"
has not as yet been seen in action on the
grassy sward adjoining Georgetown col
Iege. Clarkson had the Georgetown boys
completely al his mercy at almost all
times. The boys tried hard 10 connect
with his elusive delivery and fathom the
DEPTHS Of his benders, but It was not for
them 10 know
CIarkson not only has the distinction
of being one Of the star college pitchers
OF this country. but is also the captain
of the Crimson team He worked hard
Yesterday. and deserves great credit fol-
his stunts IN the box He bowIed The
shoots and dips UP 10 the plate in sucT
a fashion that the Georgetown lads did
not know how to meet them. although
they tried hard. So great was ClaTkson' S
speed and so superb was his contro
that II required two Georgetown men tC
talk about his curves-one to say here
ii comes. and another TO say there j
goes. He allowed but one clean cut hi
and q scratch during the progress O
the game.
The lucky man 10 get the real hit was
little Johnnie Dorman, who in the fourth
inning waxed hot one down between
short and third. and reached first base
only to get mixed up in fast double
play after casting anchor there spare
moment. sunny jim Morgan. the boz
with the auburn hair, was the individual
10 get the scratch hit. In the luck!
seventh session ne hunted the leather
directly ia front OF the plate, and am
bled down 10 first d la DuTey. beating
the sphere out BY two feet. Furthel
than this there was no noticeable hit
ting done BY The local cOilegians. Clark
son served up exactly one dozen fresl
ozone sandwiches. and the spectator
became weary OF seeing the wearers o
the blue and gray come up TO the plat
and cut three large. juicy chunks out 0
the atmosphere around the home plat
with their 'trusty'i wagon tongues No
man received free transportation Z
the premier sack, and only one man go
there on an error. Twenty-seven IS tn
lowest number o. times at the bat
team is allowed in 4 nine-inning game
Only twenJy-eighl came 70 the bat i
yesterdays game Georgetown error
and CIarkson's pitching would have wo
the game FOR any team that the Blu
and Gray might stalk Up against.
Battery Works Well
herman. behind the BAT. was the othe
particular star CT the Harvard team
but aside from these two there yer
no noti,eably good plays made by IN
visitors. Matthews. the crack negr
shortstop Of the Harvard team. pat u
fast game f. Che field and alzo "a
the bases welA lie figured in fas
double play IN ~ fourth inning, whei
Morgan raped q act one down 20 hin