The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-12
BY n. T. MORLEY.


BY Y. T. WORLEY.
Branch Bocock and his crack Blacks
burg collegians turned up at George
town Field yesterday afternoon primed
for the scheduled fray with the Hilltop
pers. and they went back home very
much disappointed because the juicy
downpour earlier in the day had soaked
the field and made it impossible to play.
: Y. Z. l. has a good team this year and
expected to trim the crippled Blue and
Gray outfit. They have several Wash
ingtonians in their lineup and had the
weather been propitlous. a good crowd
would have journeyed out TO the West
side diamond and merry old battle
would surely have been waged.
The next time the Georgetown team
plays in New York the squad will go up
70 Gotham on Friday so that they will
not be tired out on Saturday when the
game is played. Last Saturday morning
the Blue and Gray outfit was hurried of
On the o'clock train and after five hours
ride and a light lunch went straight to
the ball park 10 clash with Columbia.
There is no doubt but that the terrible
drubbing received by the washington
contingent was due in a measure to the
fact that they were exhausted after their
long ride and in no shape to play base
ball
Billy" Belts umpired the Pennsyl-
vania-Princeton game last Saturday.
Penn won in the ninth after being behind
for eight innings. The score stood . 70
in favor Of Princeton when the Penn
| sylvanians came Up In the final round
Before a man was out the tide was
turned and the Tigers were humbled to
the tune Of 3 10 ?. Mr.. Belts says that
the crowd which witnessed this battle was
one OF the largest before which he has
umpired.
I Washington amateur ball players do
not realize how lucky they are to hare
Il man Ike Billy Belts 20 urnpire the
sand lot contests. Belts is known through
out the college baseball world as an
umpire ann has In the past figured in
some great contests on the diamond. His
name has been submitted by Pennsyl-
vania as the umpire in the game with
Yale next Saturday.
Shultz. Pennsylvania star pitcher. was
unable 10 play last week. owing 10 an IN
jury TO his leg. Should he be out Of the
game for any length OF time. PENIS
chances for winning the championship OF
pD,11aurg
lessened.
Jimmy" Oakley caught the first game
Of the season for Manhattan. Oakley
was injured I'm a football game last fall
and it was feared that he would not be
able TO catch this year He is popular
with the fans who frequent McDevitt's.
and was given an ovation when he ap-
/ peared in uniform.
The Manhattan boys were sporting new
suits In the game with st. Paul. and. not
! thinking that the reception they received
was warm enough. Immediately made II
hot for St Paul by winning by a 12-to-O
score.
II players only stopped to figure how
! they are a weakness 10 a club when they
are in the habit Of nagging the umpire.
/ less kicking would be done against the
work Of the arbiters. Capt Monk" Wal
ter, of the Ninth Street Christian Church
nine, was put out OF the game Nav for
/ protesting vehemently against one of
/ Shorty Hughes decisions. and. by a
! vote Of the board of managers OF the
/ league. was afterward suspended for ten
days Had he been with his club Tues
day he would have been a big help. and
It is possible Peck woud have had a
harder time winning than they did.
Many of those who see the ball games at
McDevitt's Field each night have won
dered at the name Nassaus. which a burAh
/ Of Eastern High School stars have called
/ themselves. The writer ventured TO in
/ quire Of the manager from whence this
name was derived. and was informed that
it emanated from the mind of one Of the
I boys on the team. Many Eastern High
! School grads go from Eastern to Prince
/ ton, and the name was thought 20 be a
very appropriate one
At the rate Riddle pitched Tuesday
against Ninth, he is a twirler Of no
mean ability. and Peck would do we'll
to work him oftener. He made all of
the heavy hitters on the Christian out
fit look like cannibals
The game between the R P. Andrews
Paper Company team and the Brentano
club, which went six rounds TO a tie.
to 2, was the best game of the season
in the Commercial circuit Only three
hits were made in the game. and Bren-
tanos failed to locate Garland's curves
for single swat.
Pension Bureau has a batting team
this year, and when the Pensioners strike !
their stride Sargent Robbins outfit may
justify the figuring Of its jovial leader
before the windup of the year In the
game with the Hygienic Laboratory nine
recently the Clerks hit for seventeen
safe bingles, which counted for thirty
five bases. Conover made a home run
and two doubles, Maddux made two two
baggers and single, and Mccarthy
soaked the hOrsehide for two CooNies and
a single. To go farther down the line
would be merely TO repeat, but every
man on the Pension Bureau outfit made :
one or more hits. except the pitcher and !
center fielder and we're told thew had an /