Evening star., 1909-05-16
GEORGETOWN PUTS
UP A fine GAME
Washington and Lee Almost
Smothered by Locals
Fast Fielding.

With the memory Of last Thanksgiv-
ing's foot ball defeat still fresh In their
memory and anxious for revenge. the ball
tossers Of Georgetown University yester-
day went after the lads from Washing
ton and Lee with the vim that charac-
terized their work in the beginning OF the
season, when they forced so many of the
big northern schools to lower their colors,
and when the dust of the conflict cleared
away the Blue and Gray was again su-
preme over the lads from Lexington.
having defeated them to the tune OF IA
to 4. 1t was lots OF fun for the perfect
fielding and hard-hitting hilltoppers to
watch the discontinue of their rivals. and
while the fun was in progress the victors
made the best of their chances.
Taught by experience, the local team
took no chances. starting right after the
visitors In the opener. Only three men
faced Devine. who was in the box for the
West End school He struck out the
first two. and the other one could do no
more than to hit an easy grounder. which
was handled cleanly by Callahan and
Mcdonald. In their half, however, the
Blue and Gray lads brought two runs
across the plate, these coming from a
combination OF errors and bases on balls.
A hit by Devine in the second brought
In Callahan. who had been passed, the
side then being retired by a couple of
flies to the outfield. But it was in the
third that Georgetown had the fun
Simon was passed and advanced to sec
ond by Mayock's sacrifice. Then Cy Nc
Donald came up and connected with. the
sphere for a single, scoring Simon and
putting himself on the route. Sitterding
popped out to center field. while Ecken-
rode drew a base. Then the balloon ar
rived and took the Lexingtonians up for
a ride, at the same time helping George
town to put four more counters over the
rubber square before being retired to the
field.
Big Cy Can Hit.
A three-bagger in the fourth by Simon,
a home run by Mcdonald and single by
Eckenrode, mixed in with a base on
baAs, were responsible for two more
tallies, while three hits In the sixth
brought In another No scoring was
done in either the fifth or seventh. but
the rest was more than made up for
in the eighth, when three more were
brought over the plate by Sitterding's
three-bagger and the singles Of Mayock
and Eckenrode.
Washington and Lee scored only in the
seventh. Devipe was so handicapped by
his perspiring hands that he made a
couple of wild throws which, mixed In
with let-dewn In speed. were responsible
for the four scores credited to the losers.
Anthony: the first man up. got a base on
balls and was helped along in his Journey
by Gannon's clean hit through second
base. Watts went out on a fly to Gala
han. In the meantime. however. Speed
had made. hit, which was fielded too
late to stop the two on bases from scor-
ing. Hood got another hit. scoring Speed
and also Shooford, who had gotten on
base by Devine's wildness. Seeing that
he was unable to keep control Of the
sphere. Devine gave way to Wymard.
who finished the battle in mastery style.
While he was unhtndered. though, Devine
pitched great ball, tanning seven of the
opposing batsmen and allowing but four
hits.
The losers also used two pitchers. both
OF whom were easy for the Hilltoppers.
Peredes. who started the game, was
touched up six times before he gave way
to Watts in the fifth The latter, how
ever. was no better, being hit seven times
in the four sessions that he pitched.
Cy Blew Up.
Cy McDonald's home run was q peach
as far as scoring was concerned. but the
run around the bases was not agreeable
to the big fellow. who was forced to leave
tho game in order to recuperate from
the exertion. Simon took his place on
the initial sack. the latter being relieved
Of his duties in the outfeld by Duggan
Eckenrode's work behind the bat was
OF phenomenal order. The little back
stop seemed to be in tiptop form, and
when It came to winging them to second
there was nothing to 1t, he having. caught
six Of the seven men that attempted to
steal. He was also right on the job with
the willow, raising his batting average by
making three hits out of five times up,
one Of which was a two-bagger.
The game was witnessed by a fair
crowd considering the lateness Of the col
lege season, and notwithstanding the one
sidedness Of the score there was enough
doing to keep the spectators interested.
Epecially was this SO in the ninth. when
a marvellous piece of fielding by May
ock robbed Watts of a hit and brought
forth unstinted applause from the stands
The score: