Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26
DARKNESS ENDS
GEORGETOWN'S GAME
Draw With Harvard After
Eleven Innings of Sharp
Work-Battle of the
Pitchers.

The Harvard and Georgetown base ball
teams went eleven innings to a; draw yes
terday afternoon on Georgetown Field be-
fore the largest crowd Of the season. The
game ended with the score 2 to 2, being
called because of darkness.
The contest was a pitchers battle
throughout. Cantwell being on the firing
line for the Blue and Gray and Hartford
and Hicks for Harvard. Only the fast
fielding Of the local team on two occasions
kept the Harvard boys from taking the
contest. With the bases loaded in the
eighth inning Simons hit to Smith. who
threw home, and the runner was shut OF
at the plate. The next man up Harvey
hit hot grounder to Mayock, who
touched q runner and threw to Mcdonald
completing q double play and ending the
inning.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth and
party witnessed the game from the grand
stand and remained throughout the eleven
innings. She heartily applauded the Har-
ward boys for their fine work. Quite no.
ticeable in the large number of spectators
were the young ladies. who kept UP en-
thusiastic applause for their favorite
team
Cantwell in Good Form.
Tom Cantweu was IN great form for the
game. He was touched up for nine hits.
but famed six batters. Only one Of the
Harvard runs was earned. The other re-
suited from a wild throw to second by
Duffy. Simon letting the ball get through
his legs. Hartford. who twirled the ten
innings for the visitors. was hit for eight
bingles. two of which were triples. George
town also earned only one Of its runs, as
the other came when Montgomery, who
batted for Smith in the tenth inning. was
walked and scored on an error and a
single to right by Cantwell.
The batting Of Mess and Cantwell was
easily the feature Of the game. each OF
them making a triple and a single. the
formers counting In the first run for
Georgetown. Simon also got two hits.
For Harvard, Briggs got triple and
single. Harvey drove out three singles
and Kimble got two;
Mayock. at. second. got after every
thing that came in his territory and &C.
copied eight chances without a slip-up.
''Cy'' Mcdonald, on the initial sack. played
one Of the best games at that corner that
has been seen for some time. He dug up
several bad throws out Of the ground
and pulled others out Of the air, and alto
gether got twenty putouts. Sam Simon
made q great catch in the tenth inning
with a man on third and two out when
he got under Simons' line drive, which
was labeled for two sacks. Mccall. at
second, and Currier, at the receiving end
of the battery for the visitors, played
well. The latter got foul ny from Nc
Donald's bat in the first inning by pick
ing it of Of the bleachers.
How the Runs Were Made.
The first run of the game came In the
NTH. For Harvard. Currier singled to
center and stole second. In attempting to
catch him Duffy threw wild. and Simon
let the ball get through him, with the re-
suit that the runner got all of the way
home
Georgetown tied the score in the eighth.
Mess tripled to left, and scored when
Courtney hit to Mccall, who threw home
to catch him.
Harvard went one run to the good in
the tenth. Kimble singled through short
and stole second. Briggs tripled to left.
scoring Kimble. Georgetown again tied
the score. Montgomery went up IN place
of Smith and was passed. Duffy was safe
when Briggs dropped Harvey's throw.
Cantwell again came to the front with a
single to right. and Montgomery scored.
The score.