The Washington times., 1909-04-02
GEORGETOWN WINS
IN OPENING ROUND
UnSteadineSS of Yale Pitcher
in First Session Gives
Locals a Victory.
CANTWELL SHOWS
EXCELLENT FORM
Holds Opponents Safe at All
Stages and Displays Rare
Judgment.

Unsteadiness in the box in the first
inning brought A defeat to the Yale
Bull Dog at Georgetown Field yester-
day. the Blue and Gray aggregation
landing ahead by TO O.
Right of the reel Murphy and Schafiv.
the first two men to face Van VIeck,
who started the game for Yale. drew
passes. n neat sacrifice followed and
then came the timely single which
scored the pair and gave Georgetown
one or the biggest games on her sched-
uIe- 1t was Mayock, second sacker for
Georgetown, that clouted out the bincla
over second base which won the contest.
Van Week Weak.
Van Week twirled the first four in
nings for the losers and failed TO show
any flashes Of the form for which he is
noted In the North. A marked lack Of
confidence seemed his stunbIingblock.
his erratic work in the opening session
Icing directly responsible for his teams
loss, for it not only out-fielded the
winners. but likewise out-hit them Yale
played an errorless game and is credited
with i've hits as against three for
Georgetown.
Merritt, who supplanted Van Week
in the fifth. proved the goods There
mas probably not been a pitcher on the
georgetown Field within the past sew
eral years who shows the big league
lndinerence this younster did yesterday.
ana the fact that he put the kibosh on
his opponents, Georgetown failing 10
get hit during his stay on the rubber.
seemed more a matter OF course with
him than anything else. A sharp. de-
ceptlVe break ball seriously threatened
70 destroy the stretching element I'm the
necks Of the Georgetofn batters. for.
from the fifth on. they swung and
that was about all. Merritt is th..
yo1Egster who IS being touted as the
7 ale conner. He has a wide reputation
in the New England States. and was a
member of the Andover team. Work.
the caliber of that he showed yesterday.
viii make him invaluable TO the Yale
team
Speaking of the twirling end Of the
game, the best has been reserved for
last Cantwel never displayed better
form He went the route at a con
slstent gait. and held his opponents SAFE
AT nearly every stage. Only twice was
ne called upon to extend himself and
ootn umes be came forward with
Erano squirt The longer the game went
the better he seemed TO grow In the
Hnal inning he retired the first two
that faced him on strikes. The third
batter new out TO right. A high straight
one, IN close, and the occasional use OF
the low out curve kept the Yale batters
at the mercy of the lanky captain OF
the winning team, and although twice
yale had player on third. George
towns lead was never seriously threat
cned.
Georgetown Improving.
These few games have shown a world
OF Improvement in the team work of the
Georgetown outfit. Yesterday two
errors were charged against it, Both
were slip-ups. Mayock failed TO handle
an easy chance right in his nit. and
Mcdonald heaved weakly TO third. ad-
NancinG Yale runner who occupied
second With these exceptions. the en-
tire team worked in harmony, especially
at critical stages Today Georgetown
meets Penn State, and tomorrow Il
lines up against the fast Cornell aggre-