The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-27
By n. T. woRLEY.

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BY n. IT. WORLEY.
Before an enthusiastic and nonpartlsaa
+. crowd that completely filed the grand
stand and blsaehers. and that comfort
ably marked the base lines. Georgetown
and Princeton batted for nine long in
nings yesterday on Georgetown Field and
finally quit with honors even. Score
to 2.
The dove Of victory. with Aekleness
that was marked, lowered first over ono
side and then the other, and the result
was in doubt until the last man had been
retired in the ninth. Georgetown took
/ the lead in the first inning and held it un-,
I'll the third, when the Tigers. by cluster
ing. their hits. gathered three runs into
the basket. and for q brief half inning
! forged TO the front. But in their half the
Blue and Gray players tied things Up,
and tn the sixth took the lead again, due
TO home run 10 center by Charley Du-
gan. HilltoDpeTs' diminutive left fielder
The visitors evidently thought they had
struck a tough proposition. for In the
| seventh they got together and tried their
hardest to put the game IN the ice box,
their efforts amounting to three snug
scores. once more giving them a margin
| OF one run. The HiIItoppers again tied
the score in the seventh. Princeton took
the lead in the eighth. and a succession
! Of battery errors gave the boys from
across the creek the needed tally to tie
up the game IN the ninth
/ Gray was on the firing line for George
town.. he had a sore arm and tried 10
rest 1t as much as possible by easing
up after two hands were down He got
out Of several tight places In the fourth,
fifth, and sixth innings, when the visi-
tors had men on bases. but failed to con-
meet with the bah for the hit needed 10
send their men across the plate. GRAY
was hit lively, eleven healthy bingles
being garnered Off him in the eight ses-
/ sions he was IN the box, but as the HIT
| ting was not confined to any one team,
and the game was a seesaw affair. hs
J was allowed TO remain on the mound until
/ the eighth and was only taken out 10
allow Harbih TO bat for him IN tbs
] eighth. Wymard took Gray's place and
/ struck out Reed, White, and Sterrett, in
the order named. in a way that immensely
pleased the Georgetown sympathizers.
Bill Clarke on Scene.
Coach Bill Clarke. who viii be remem-
bered rs an ex-National. trotted out
/ Greenbaum 10 pitch for the Tigers, and
the lanky one held the Hilltoppers 10
nine hits. one of which was decidedly
/ seratehy. and struck out four. Menefee
/ and Dugan took an especial liking to his
twisters. these two boys putting their
trade mark on the bali on three diffsrenC
/ occasions. and chasing IN six OF George
towns seven runs. Dugans home run
was the result Of a bad bound which
made the ball skip To one side Just as the
/ center FIELDER was about 10 gather it into
his glove. but the wallop was hard one
and would have been d good single at
that. Dugan's first hit was "a two-bag-
ger to left that was as clean as fresh
paint. and that burned the air through
which it Travelled. The Princeton play
ers learned TO fear these two Youngsters
before the game was half over. but they
had their eye on the BAR and slammed
II about Ike seasoned professionals
The contest despite the facs that it
lasted nearly two and half hours. was
interesting and well played throughout.
Each team made three errors. at least
three of them proving costly. Sitter.
dlngs wild throw 10 first in the seventh
permitted the New Jersey collegiaus 10.
tie up the score after it looked like tha
HiIltoppers had the game safely in hand.
while Sterretts mun Of Warwlck's heave
in the ninth paved the way for the Blue
and Gray boys to tie the score when
several battery errors followed. Had
Warwick caught Sitterding's fly in the
first. Georgetown would not have scored.
in that round.
sitterding played a good game at third
for Georgetown. If his one error IS not
considered, and he handled five chances
gracefully. He stopped some hand drives
down the third-base line and caught
difficult foul f. back Of third base.
Reed. of Princeton, drew attention his
way when he scooped up Cogans grass
cutter in the opening inning. In the
fourth Cosan ran back of second base
and stopped throw Of Mehefee's that
would have gone into center and per
mitted a runner TO score from third, and
also took care OF his other three chances
In q clever manner
While only four bases were stolen OF
Menefee. the Princetonians ran the bases
like scared deer. and outshone George
town in this particular. Balm proving
an especially fast man.
The work OF Warwick. who covered
second for the Tigers. was probably the
best of the day for his side. he hitting
the ball three times for long drives out
of the FIVE times he went TO the plate aud
fielding well. His longest swat was Tor a
circuit OF the bases in the third
inning, scoring Bard ahead OF him
The Game in Detail.
After two out in the first inning, War
wick dropped Sitterdings Texas Lacquer
back of first and Menefee followed with
his first hit. a poke to center. which fer
ryed Sitterding around to third. Men
efee purlolned second and Dugan cleared
the bags with a hot double over third
base. Reed made great stop OF Co
gan's blow 10 short, and threw him onc
at first base. Princeton failed t0 store
in this round. and neither team got a
runner home In the second.
In the shird The Tigers handled the wlI-
icV in n taiffnrr manner and 7,ffe# ~,