The Washington herald., 1909-04-11

II was a battle royaI between the
men from Old Nassau and Capt.
Cantwell and his brigade at George
town Field yesterday. It was a
game that delights the ordinary
fan, a lot Of smuggling. backed UP
BY a good brand Of baseball The
Tigers caue 10 town with their
claws shalPened and confident OF
victo- ut they were badly beaten
by s: Hilltoppers, though they
died game, and the Blue and GRAY
hail ample revenge for the de-
feat administered last year. BY the
Intercollegiate champions. The
score was 8 to 3
CantweH went into the box for
the locals and was opposed BY Lo-
gan Cunningham. a Washington
lad. formerly Of Central High
School.
CantTell had everything. and
with the exception Of the ninth.
had the Orange and Black sluggers
at his mercy He mads eleven OF
them shatter the atmosphere. and
up to the ninth allowed but three
singles. one Of the three an infeld
+ tap that Dillon beat out. In the
ninth the first four men up met the
ball squarely, and one OF the drives
that by Sides. was far enough 10
allow the runner 10 make the cir
cult. The inning netted Princeton
three TALES, bit Cantwell tight
lened before the rally began TO look
dangerous, and ended the game. 4
notable feature of CantwelPs work
was his perfect control, not a MAJ.
reaching first on a gilt
The cold wind that blew across the
field fnoze UP Cunningham arm AMI
he didn't show the class YESTERDAY that
he has exhibited IN the e-rlier games
pitched this spring. His offerings were
Strengthened out 10 all parts OF the lor
and t0taled hfleen safe ones for a total
Of twenJy-O1e bases. some cioutinz. all
right AT times he showed flashes OF
lis real form. but they were OF rather
short duration. He worked all th0agh the
game bard 10 set Macdonald. his former
I teammate az Central. and succeeding 81
setting Cy or the bench once on strikes
bat on the days play the big first-saeker
/ had il on him getting two nice drives.
the first one for two bases
Exhibit Reversal Of Form.
/ Georgetown showed a reversal 90 form
that was expected, and it didn't look Ike
the same bunch that played Columbia.
They had a lot Of ginger yesterday. de-
sglte cold weather. anu booked Ike them
selves again They contributed the tiuo-
I ~ smuggling that put CantweH in soft
with Murphy, Schlafy. Macdonald, and
Sitterding. playing the leading roles IN
meeting Cunningham's curves
Myrpay got three nice hits and also
took pass one OF his hits was a ter
rife drive TO right and fast fielding alone
held him at second Schlshy contributed
/ three more 70 the hit column and C,y was
there with two. and both Of them timely
Billy Sitterding also got into the extra
base column with a wicked drive 10 left
I for three cushions.
/ For Princeton. Sides. Dillon. and DaT-
son ali played good ball Dillon. the
Tiger football captain and Ali-American
quarter back. was there with some excel
\ lent fielding around second. and showed
/ his speed 70 advantage on the sacks.
Dawson Is the back stop who caught
( Prirceton's star. Heyniger. in seasons
past and is also Of football fame. He
showed the crowd some clever work be-
( hind the bat, and IS I'm fact. the only
man seen out On the hlll this season who
can stack Up against Duffy in the re-
/ ceiving line and not lcck foolish Not a
I Georgetown man was able 20 beat his
throws 20 second. and his work In re-
ceiving Cunningham was also hrst-clsss-
1 Duffy caught one OF his steady, reii-
+ able games, and although two men stole
/ on hin. the PLAYS az second on both were
mighty close. All in al, II would be hard
/ TO find a better battery in college base
/ bah than CantWeu and Duty
BiE Crowd on Hand.
I In spite OF the disagreeabieness OF. the
weather. a large crowd of supporters OF
both teams was on hand With any de-
cent weather. a woodworking assem-
I b;age would have been assured. and as il
was. the largest crowd Of the season
was on hand when Empire Belts called
play at 400 o'clock The bleachers were
crowded. and many of the crowd cane
out II machines and watched the same
frem the right field foul line.
q In the grand stand were many loyal
Princeton alumni. who saw their alma
mater go down 20 a defeat. but fighting
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