The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-30

Holy Cross lowered Georgetown's colors
yesterday to the tune of Ia to 3, IN
game that. from a Georgetowner's view
point. was the worst played on the hill
top this year. In the Fordham contest.
the Hilitoppers were clearly outbatted'
but in the battle yesterday the Blue and
Gray were outbatted, outfielded, Outrun
on the bases, and outgeneraled In every
way.
"Wab" O'Connor toed the slab for
Georgetown, and, after banking the
Worcester aggregation in the opening
round. Topped and fioundered about IN
the next session. and. mainly due to his
wildness ana the four errors Georgetown
made In this inning, the Massachusetts
boys rushed eight scores across the pan
before three men were retired.
While OConnor hit two men, made a
balk, walked three, and made four err
rors, the big fellow did his best through
out, and did not lose heart. With bat
ting team behind him. or with the Hill
toppers' fielding up to form. the George
town twirler might have extricated
himself from the hole. but. as the luck
broke yesterday, this was impossible.
Holy Cross played sensational ball in
the field. and in the sixth inning all or
the three putouts were of the hair-raising
variety. Cawley snagged Dugan's wallop
to third and whlrled the ball TO first.
Jones picked up NJ OConnors smash
near second and fred the sphere to
Flynn, and. before the applause for this
good work had subsidized, Mahoney
scooped Cogan's slash out of the dirt and
retired the side by a perfect throw to
first base
Cawley's third base playing was great,
although he only had two chances. and
he fairly shone, despite the fact that his
team mates were also doing great work.
Georgetown made two double plays, one
by Gibson IN the fifth. when he caught
Mahoney's liner and tagged Foley off
second. and another in the previous in
ming. when Jones hunt was caught by
SitterdIng and Flynn was nabbed at first
base.
Dugan Makes Great Catch.
Those who saw Murphy's catch Mon
day thought that they had seen about as
good play as could be made in the out
field. but Charley Dugan went him one
better yesterday. when he made a lucky
stab at Burns drive in the fourth that
had the earmarks Of a home run. Dugan
was playing in his usual position when
the ball was hit. and. judging at once
that it would pass above his head. the
Georgetown left gardener turned and
hoofed it in the direction which the ball
was travelling. While on the run. Dugan.
looking back, saw the ball was about to
fan, so he took q 100-to-1 chance and
made a bacls-hand stab at the horse
hide, catching it snugly into his glove.
The nine errors made by the home team
really tell the tale of how the game was
lost and O'ConnoT's Wildness would serve
to explain any further details in regard
TO the defeat Both Gibson and Sitter
ding had two misplays chalked against
them on easy chances.
With Menefee on the injured list. No
Ian took up the work behind the bat and
after trying TO hold O'Connor's hard
ones. gave way to Duffey. who did some
what better It was not long before the
! visitors got on to the fact that Duffey
/ had a sore arm. and a Marathon run
around the sacks resulted
Duffey Saves Shut-Out.
! To Duffey must go the credit of stav-
ing off a shut-out. Standing up to the
plate and refusing to bite at the bad
| ones, he walked the first three times he
went TO bat and scored each time.
The Hilltoppers were too anxious to hit
| the ball and were impatient to get on
| base Eight runs behind. they tried to
! bat the ball out of the lot, a feat that
would have been hard for a strong hit
ting team, at the rate Mahoney was put
| ting them over.
| Mahoney struck out nine, and had the
game safe in hand from start to finish.
/ He is one of the classiest college twirlers
| that has been seen on Georgetown Field
this season, and is a veteran player of
considerable reputation and experience.
A triple and three doubles, evenly di-
vided between the two teams, were the
only long swats Gibson getting the
triple and Foley. Burns. and NJ. O'Con-
nor getting the doubles The last-named
player put up a snappy game on first