The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-29
by n. t. wORLEY.


ton baseball team trounce Georgetown
on the hilltop. yesterday afternoon. in a
lisrless exhibition that left no doubt in
the minds of those who witnessed the
battle that the Tigers were the superior
team. Score. 9 10 3.
Poor fielding and the wildness Of the
Georgetown twirlers were responsible for
the defeat, four errors being chalked up
against the Blue and Gray infeld, and the
Georgetown pitchers issuing eight passes.
On the other hand. Steve White. who did
the flinglng for the New Jerseyites. had
his drop bali working in great style, and
had plenty of steam. tanning eight Of
the local collegians. while the support fur
nished him by his teammates was. with
the exception of two slip-ups by War
wick. OF a gilt-edged variety.
Wymard started 10 pitch for George
town. and, after banking Princeton in
the opening inning. waded into trouble
knee deep in the next session by passing
three and allowing Sterrett 10 connect for
a home-run This was too much for Capt.
Murphy. and he sent Balzer to the mound
to stop the run-getting of the visitors.
Smoke" was in poor form.
The Tigers clinched things In the fourth
by bombarding Balzer for three singles,
which. combined with an error and
base on balls. netted them four runs
and gave them a five-run lead. From
this round on the Georgetown nine played
poorly.
Murphy Makes star FIay.
The best play of the day was made
in the eighth by Capt Murphy, OF
smashed one to the gymnasium IN deep
center. and with the crack of the ball
against the bat Murphy turned and ran
with the ball. twisting himself about
just in time to poke his nit in front OF
the leather, where it stuck. It was the
best catch that has been made on the
hilltop this season, and the Georgetown
center fielder was roundIy cheered when
he trotted TO the bench
Sterretts homer, in the second inning.
which gave the Tigers their flying start,
was the only long hit of the game that
went safe. he sent the pellet over the
bank in right field. three feet above
Hunts head.
The Princeton players were full Of
snap on the sacks, four stolen bases be-
ing registered of Menefee, and most of
them being made at a time when they
aided in the run-getting. Georgetown
also pilfered four bases. a double steal
IN the fourth by Sitterdlng and Dugan
being about as neat a bit OF base-run-
ming as has been done this season.
HiIltODpers Score on Errors.
Warwick's two misplays are responsible
for two of Georgetown's scores, while
the third run was the result of a base
on balls, stolen base, and two hits The
whole Princeton team took care Of
everything that was hit or thrown their
way in a very seasoned manner, and as
stated before, Warwick was the only one
to break into the error column. The tale
is different when applied to the losers. |
Feenan led the offenders by dropping two |
thrown balls that he should have caught, /
although both OF them were thrown to |
him with cannon ball speed. Gibson cuffed |
down Ballin's bounder in the seventh and |
picked it up too late TO catch the run |
ner, while Balzers wild heave, that
fourth misplay.
Umpire Belts called Sam White, Of |
Princeton, out Ia the third for interfering |
with Menefee's throw to catch Reed at |
second and sent Reed back to first. The
Tiger batter pOked his wagon tongue in |
front of the Blue and Gray backstop |
when Belts turned sideways to watch the |
second base play, but the arbiter had his |
eye peeled and caught White with the
goods.
The game was called in the first half |
of the ninth with one out and the score |
8 TO 3, on account of darkness, soon after /
Menefee had sprained his knee at the /
plate. 1t is not thought that the sprain |
viii keep Menefee out of the game to-
morrow, but in case it should, Duffy or |
WaldrOn Will catch