The Washington times., 1909-04-04
Lack of GameneSS or Just
Off Day, Rooters
Inquire.
WASHINGTON BOYS
ON CORNELL TEAM
Howard and Fulton Responsible
for Timely Bingles That
Rout Hill Toppers.

Georgetown played like a bunch Of
send-lotters in it's game with Cornell
yesterday at Georgetown Field and lost
by to 3.
When Georgetown is bad it's rotten, -
said a Blue and Gray rooter as he left
the Held at the close Of the final inning.
That individual had the answer At the
clip the hill-tOppers have been going,
yesterdays contest was looked upon as
certain victory. Before the early
stages were spent that idea received an
awful twist. Moody seemed to realize
1t more than the Blue and GRAY team
Itself and it Immediately gave outward
evidences of the fact By dropping flies.
booting grounderS, and lighting the ball
on throws TO the Bases. 1t was a mag
hlflcent exhibition of how the game
should not be played. and a big question
arose IN the minds Of many before that
eVentful session was over
us Georgetown Game?"
1t was the first time that GEORGETOWN
has been headed by an opponent this
season Cornell. through misplays and
several timely raps took a three-point
lead. Georgetown Immediately went to
pieces. Was il lack of nerve. inability to
play the best ball under adverse circun-
StdnC aS or was II just one of those off
days which crop out with the best
OF teamSI That question deserves more
than passing attention, and many will
go TO Georgetown Field tomorrow, when
the Blue and Gray meets Cornell again.
merely t. find the answer.
Wind Sweeps Field
a cold westerly wind swept the field.
and the poor performance of the West
End team might be attributed TO this
fact. Captain Cantwell pitched He
twirled well in the closing innings. but
was unsteady in the early stages. In
each instance when hits meant runs the
Georgetown leader fell short Although
this fact vas net directly responsible
Tor the loss il proved a great aid TO the
visitors.
In both the second and sixth innings.
IN which the 1thacans scored all their
runs. Georgetown had easy chances to
retire the visitors without a score IN
both cases two men We're down before
the tallies crossed the pan Errors
cropped out and packed the bases. The
Cornell eaters hit better in p!nches
than at any other time and therein
lies the tale of Georgetown's first de-
Il at Of the season.
The game was practically handed to
the visitors. Despite this fact tee big
red aggregation showed TO ADVANTAGE
Hawes. who pitched, was consistent
throughout Not once. with the excep-
ton Of the sixth, did he falter, ana ..ts
ascension at that time was but short
lived. a fOOlhardy attempt of a CIeO%ge-
town runner to go from second to home
on an infield hit brought the winners to
earth and Offset GeOrgetOWn's chances.
High School Boys.
Considerable interest was manifested
in the visitors because two washington
boys, Artie Howard formerly Of West
ern, and Creed Fulton, Tech sra5u-
ate, are members of the team This
pair constituted the batting element
which defeated Georgetown. Howard's
bingie in the second and Fulton's tan
in the sixth scored the majority of
Cornell's runs. fulton did not enter
while in the local high schools
but Howard was for several seasons
one OF the stars AZ Western in both
football and baseball His defeat of the
Central team with beautiful drop kick
from far down the field several wears
ago was recalled by many who saw
the yOungster in action yesterday.