The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-20
By NJ. p. woRLEY.

This broke the ice. however. for the
West End aggregation got together in the
/ fifth session and hammered the ball 70
| all corners Of the lot and had the Aggies
blowing around the field and heaving the
/ BAH in all directions. Six hits, combined
with an error, a sacrifice fly. and base
on balls. Melted the Georgetown team six
runs before the visitors could check the
onslaught.
Until this inning Georgetown had been
unable TO locate the ball. and Goeitz APP
parentIy had them buffaloed. while the
Farmers had two clean hard drives 10
their credit. each OF them coming at
the head OF the batting order in the
! third and fourth innings But the rally
changed the tide, and after the fifth the
Vest End aggregation hit the sphere
hard, and could have made more runs
than they did.
O'COnnOr TwirIs Good Ball.
| O'Connor. a big. sturdy youngster, was
selected TO serve the pellets for the home
squad. and he took up his work Ike
veteran. making nine Whit the air and
keeping out of danger at ali times he
had two wild pitches 10 his credit and
issued two passes. besides hitting two of
the opposing side in the ribs, but he was
much steadier than his record shows.
The throwing of Catcher Menefee, OF
| Georgetown, pleased those who saw yes
| terday's game. the former Central star
catching three men trying 10 steal. and
nipplng Shipley Off second In the fifth by
/ quick lire throw.
While the Georgetown team this year
does not look 10 be of the same batting
strength OF last years nine, there is no
doubt that the present combination
is a fast fielding bunch. In right field
they have q fast, sure fielder, who COB
bles up all kinds of nasty drives and who
succeeded in smothering several in the
game yesterday. The infield works well
together and apparently has the snap
and go which is necessary 20 back UP a
pitcher
The two errors made yesterday by
| Georgetown were in a way excusable-
That one of Menefee's occurred in the
fourth inning. with Burns on first and
Grayson at the bat. Grayson famed and
Menefee dropped the ball and the Aggie
captain and Brown started to run. Meme
fee hesitated a moment and fired the ball
| 10 second. throwing wild and allowing
the runner TO take third, from which sta
ton he scored a moment later. 1t was
pure case of being ratified, and the
Georgetown catcher more than made up
for II by his work later.
Feenan Drops Foul Fly.
The other error, chalked against Fee
nan. occurred in the seventh, when he
dropped Goeltzs foul fly
! Georgetowns fielding showed up we'll
in contrast, the Farmers evincing nerv-
business at critical stages. The Hilltop
ipers made two lightning double plays
one in the second and one in the eighth
After Sanders had grounded. second to
first. Shipley took one of O'Connor's
easy ones in the side and waltzed TO
the initial corner. but not for long the
next batter sending one out to right,
from whence it was promptly returned.
mailing him at first
The other play stopped a rally late in
the game, Woodward hitting to short
and being retired at first, and Feenan
catching Grayson at the home plate by
a nifty toss to Menefee-
How the Runs Were Made.
The Aggies made their first run in the
fourth Burns smashed out the first hit
of the game. q teaser over the short
stops head, and stole second OF Men
efee when Grayson famed and the
Georgetown backstop threw wild. When
the ball went to center. Burns few 10
r-feo
It's hard to tell everything that oc-
Cured iD the fifth session. so many
things happened. but it all started when
Cogan drew a pass. Gibson whaled
thigh fly out to center, and Right Fielder
Furniss ran after it. although It was
clearly the center flelder's ball. eonse-
duently the sphere hit the ground be-
tween the two. and In the scramble that
| followed Goeltz threw TO second and hit
the bag, sending the ball back into the
outgarden and allowing both runners 70
advance 4 base
Feenan ballooned TO right, and Cogan
beat the bali home. evening up the score
and setting the Georgetown adherents
wild O'Connor and Hunt singled and
Hardin bit to Pitcher Goeltz, who threw
TO second to catch Hunt. who beat the
ball, all hands pulling up safe.
! About this time the runs were coming
In fast, and the Marylanders looked like
they wished they were back home on the
farm. Murphy and Sitterding added TO
the general Joy on the hilltop by swat
ting the ball in true Casey style and
cleaning up the bases. Sitterding stole
second, and when Menefee hit to third.
I.ednum took plenty of time and threw
! FIVE yards over the first baseman's head
Cogan came up for the second time in
that inning, and not being satisfied with
the damage which he had already done,
soaked one OF Goeltz's shoots on the nose
as sort of farewell and never stopped
until he was safe at second Gibson
ended all with a fly to left.
Add Three More Runs.
| Georgetown's other spaSm came in the
seventh. when three runs were added to
the seven garnered IN the fifth inning.
| Sitterdipg's gTounder was too hard for.