Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31
PRINCETON SHUTS
OUT GEORGETOWN
Overwhelming Defeat for the
Local CoIIegians, Who
Couldn't Hit Safely.

With only one clean single into the out
field, two very scratchy bingles inside the
diamond and three widely scattered bunts
to her credit in nine innings, the George
town base ball squad went down to over
whelming defeat in the first game of the
season with Princeton on Georgetown
field yesterday afternoon. Only once did
the home team offer serious menace to the
home plate and then the hope of avoiding
a shut-out was shattered, as First Base
man Mclean pushed his mitt In front OF
drive from Simons bat and Devlin and
Burns fell easy victims to rapld-nre
double play. The final score: Princeton
Is; Georgetown, 0, very nearly depicts the
relative merits of the two teams as they
offered demonstration Of the great national
game yesterday.
Pitcher Heyneiger's Great Work.
Pitcher Heyneiger was the bright partic-
ular star for the visiting collegians, as he
not only famed half the batsmen who
faced him, but also accepted four chances
without an error and capped the climax
by collecting two doubles and a homer out
of Ave times at bat. In fact, it was one of
the games, rarely seen, in which the field
ing part of the contest could safely have
been left to the catcher, pitcher, nrst ana
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still have carried away victory by large
margin of runs by calling upon their other
five team mates only for assistance at the
bat Cantwell vanished from the horizon
as a possible deliverer of puzzlers at the
end of the fourth inning, for by that time
the visitors had landed on his curves for a
total of ten singles and doubles, which, with
a couple of errors, netted seven runs. De-
vine finished the game, but he only par
tally interrupted the procession OF run
ners crossing the pan. Shaf1y also entered
the game in the fourth inning taking Gal-
WINS place in right field The only cnange
In Princeton's lineup was MADE IN the SKIN
inning. after Sides had been spiked by
Scheeler in sliding for second, Fish holdins
down the third sack for the visitors from
that time.
How the Runs Were Made.
The run-getting started in the third In
ming when Devlin stumbled and fell in try
ing to quickly handle a drive from New
combs bat; Vaughn made a neat sacrifice,
and Harlan. Wistar and Mclean contribut-
ed a series of doubles and Sides a single
three runs Again in the fourth the Prince
tonians took kindly to CantwelPs curves,
and five lusty swats, aided by clumsy
hadl{ng of the sphere at the plate, contrib
uted four more tallies.
Even with two out in the ninth the visit
ors were not content to rest on their lau-
rels. Pitcher Heyneiger starting another
batting matinee, which netted three runs.
AS far as stick work was concerned
Georgetown showed to advantage only in
the beginning of its half of the eighth in
ming. Plumbing of bunt by Fish gave
Devlin life; Scheeler made the only clean
hit into the outfield for the home team,
and Smith pulled off his third success at
bunting The bases were full but Simon
popped an easy drive into McLeans hands,
and Burns sent bounder to Fish, which
resulted in himself and Devln being
doubled up, Fish to Cooney to Mclean. All
through the game Georgetown batters
seemed unable to solve Heyneiger's deliv-
cry, and times almost without number
Princeton's slab artist used swift drop
ball to hear Umpire Belts Immediately aft
erward announce the fatal. Three and
out" Scheelers one-hand stop of line
drive of Harlan's bat in the seventh, and
| a quick throw to first, resulted in the pref
| test double play of the game. The score: