The Washington times., 1906-04-15
TIGERS TRIUMPHANT
OVER GEORGETOWN
Blue and Gray Lost Fast
Game by 4 to 1.
CANTWELL TOOK H0N0RS
Devlin Came in for His Share by Spec
tacular Catch-Byram's Delivery
Fooled EN-.
cANTWELL TOOK HoNoRs


OF baseball played on Georgetown
Field the Princeton Tigers gave George
town her first reverse of the season yes
terdly afternoon by defeating the local
colIesians to /.
When Umpire Belts announced the
battery as Cantwell and Mudd for
Georgetown. and Byram and Cooney for
Princeton, the hearts OF the home root
ers sank. Byram. it Will be remembered.
is the man who defeated GEORGETOWN
last year by striking out eighteen men.
and 1t was this fact that sent dismay
to the Blue and Gray adherents. Cap
tain Simons and his trusty henchmen.
however, were far from being daunted.
and went into the game with a deter
mination that several times had the Tig-
ers on the uneasy seat
Cantwell Was Consistent.
The contest had resolved itself into
pitchers battle from the first. Cantwell
pulling himself out Of a number of nasty
holes in veteran style and allowing but
one more hit than the seasoned Byram,
who IS considered the premier college
pitcher of the year. Tommy issued two
passes TO his opponents three. and field
ed his position perfectly. accepting sew
eral difficult chances. With all his good
work. though. the Yellow and Black
twirler had little the better of the
argument, with ten strike-outs to HIS
credit against Cantwells one.
Princeton was the first to score. In
the third session. Bard drove a safety
past Smith. went to second on Cooney's
punk hit from Mudd TO Mahoney and
reached third on mix-up. finally scor-
ing on a throw-in. The side was re-
tired when Reid knocked an easy fly to
Duggan in left field Simon was up
and he slashed out the first ball over to
deep right for the first hit of lle game.
A fielder's choice by Monahan advanced
the Georgetown runner to second. and
Devlin's two-bagger brought him home,
and landed Cantwell on third With
Devlin on second and the Blue and Gray
pitcher on the third sack, Bryan pulled
himself together, striking out Duggan
and capturing Scheller's drive in time
TO throw him out at first
This is the way 1t all happened:
The Game by Sessions.
Reid. first up for Princeton. sent
grOunder to Scheller. who nailed and
threw the little Tiger out at first. Nc
Lean went out on d pop f1y to Devlin
and the side went to the field. when
Devlin gobbled HarIan's line drive and
passed It over to Mahoney Reid took
in Devlin's high one. and Duggan famed
at three wide ones. Scheller smashed
one along the first base line. which
Bard snatched and threw to Byram. Just
in time
In the next Vaughn, Sides. and War
wick were unable 10 reach the Initial
sack and for Georgetown. Smiths bunt
TO Byram reached first before he did
Mahoney and Mudd were easy meat for
the elusive drops of the Tiger twister
With two and three. Bard tore the COW
er off the ball with a slashing drive
along the third base line. but Duggan's
quick fielding kept him from taking
second. Cooney advanced him with a
bunky little hit a few feet in front of
the plate. Mudd gobbled ii in. and got
IL over TO Mahoney IN time. but 1t land
ed Bard on second. Byrams out sent
the Princeton runner 10 third. and in
the melee which ensued. Bard galloped
over the plate, just soon enough to es-
cape being caught by Smiths throw to
Mudd
In the fourth Princeton went out In
order and Georgetown was unable to
get past second In the fifth, Sides
flied out TO Duggan, Warwick got a
pass and went out at second on a field
er's choice. which landed Bard ON first,
and Cooney's high one TO ScheIler sent
the Princetonians TO the field.
Hot Doings in Sixth.
Byram started out the sixth with a
pass and was stopped before he could
reach second by Devlin's spectacular
one-hand catch of hot ore from Reid
Reid was not satisfied, and on his at
tempted steal was nailed by Mudd Nc
Lean was Cantwen's only victim. 1t
was in Georgetown's half of the sixth
that the fun began, and for a time ii
looked as If Captain Smiths followers
would sew the game up for keeps, but
with three men on bases. and no one
down. Byram was equal to the occa-
sion. by tanning two men after an er-
ror. which gave a base to Smith, who
was Immediately afterward thrown out
at second
With one man Gown in the seventh,
Vaughn hit to left. and stole a second
and third Sides hit to Smith. who
threw Vaughn out at the plate, and
at the same time Sides pilfered second.
Warwick. next up. got his base. and
the two romped home on Bard's drive
TO left. cooney's two-sacker sent In
the fourth tally for the Princeton con-
tingent, and ended the scoring for both
sides. Both went out in order In the
eighth and ninth