The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-30
BY \. =. WORLEY.

Undaunted by the defeats of the past
few days the Georgetown baseball team
took a hair-raising contest from West
Virginia University on the Hilltop yester-
day. 4 10 8. Despite the dlscouraging
lead obtained by the southerners in the
first inning. the Hiltoppers plugged
away I'm real championship style and
in tho fifth were again on even terms
with their opponents. thanks 10 a lovely
swat over the right field bank for a
home run by Hunt In the ninth tho
home team won the game on a base on
balls. sacrifice. and single.
The exhibition was the best that has
been played on Georgetown Field this
season. and was fast and very exciting
The batting was sensational. and the
fielding first class. In the first inning,
with three men on the sacks. Kee landed
on one OF Balzer's curves for triple.
which put his nine to the front. Hunt 8
wallop in the fifth was even more timely
than KEGS bingle. as it tied up the bat
tie and imbued the Hiutoppers with re-
newed energy
BnIzer's Good Work
Balzer held the visitors 70 five hits.
and when It is remembered that the West
Virginia troupe made fourteen b.ngles of
HUMPHREYS last Friday. some idea Of the
good work performed by Smoke" can
be CLEANED. Balzer kept his hits scat
/ tered and did NOT walk as many as he
usually does. In no inning did the oppo-
sition cop more than one safe swat of
! "Heinie." and without doubt Balzer
displayed the best form he has had this
year.
Rittencutter worked with a will and
with the exception OF the faI that
/ Georgetown hit him hard. he pitc I'd a
| creditable game. The IIlItoppers annexed
ten safe drives of the West Virginia
pilot and hit better than they have In any
Of their previous contests.
/ First honors for the days play must
/ be divided up among several people. Fee
nan. Hunt, 'Morry'' O'C0unor. and Sit
terding. Of the winning aggregation. de
/ serving special praise for their fine play
ing. while Kee and Wiley did the best
/ for the losers. O'Connor got a bad start
/ by mufing ball in the very first round
but afterward did so we'll that this mis-
cue was quickly forgiven. "Morry" ran
after n foul hy that coaxed him almost
10 the bleacher seats near first base and
/ after smotherinE the ball in his nit
turned and threw TO S.tterding, nipplng
Boone pegginE 20 third In the cighth
/ OConnor held one leg on the sack and
reached forward and 70 one side and
caught Gibson's wild heave TO retire
Munk and completed the play
Feenan Catches Well.
Feenan caught several pick-ups with
men on the sacks and did not allow a
stolen base, catching all those who ven
uIred off the bags. Feenan's work can
not be given too much praise. and no
doubt the fact that Georgetown won is
largely due 10 the way in which he
threw to the sacks. Hunt continued 70
smack the leather 20 home run territory
10 the great delight Of the Georgetown
rooters, and he drew a base on balls and
hit for a single and a homo run out OF
the five times he went up TO the plate.
Connolly was in the left garden and
did some fast base running and good
hitting, making two OF the hits credited
I
day for the Blue and Gray and Tor
Coach Phil King. under whose tutilage
the Hilltoppers have steadily improved
King had his charges on their toes from
start to finish, forgetting the mistakes
Of the last inning as soon as the next
one rolled around, always ready 70 take
advantage Of the opposition. and last
OF all crammed full Of the kind OF hope
that makes one play on when losing
and fight 70 the finish
Win Game on Merits.
Georgetown won the game not because
West Virginia played poorly. but because
OF superior aIl-round' work. Had not the
Hilltoppers played such an excellent
game. the work of the Southerners would
have been the talk Of the day.
Georgetown did not make a hit during
the first three innings. but hit the bal
in every other round, making four bingle;
in the fifth and two in the eighth.
Balzer has only himself TO blame thai
his team did not win hands down, as Fl
was largely his fault that the Blue anC
Gold players made their runs in the first
Smoke" walked NIunk, who was quickly
showed along by a sacrifice by Merrill
Vandle hunted, and when Balzer threw
70 first, O'Connor dropped the ball. WILEY
worked a pass and filed the sacks, where
upon Kee smacked the horsehide out e
deep left and cleaned up the bases
"Heinie" then famed the next two bat
tiers, and that ended West Virginias scor
ing for the afternoon.
Georgetown Scores in Fourth.
Georgetown made its first tally in III,
fourth, after Murphy had reached frs
on an error by the second baseman
Murphy stole second. Sitterding popped
10 Riddle. and Gibson took three larg,
slices out Of the mist that hung over IN,
field Connolly hit a slow one to thirt
that was felded Clearly. but which h,
beat out, Murphy scoring all the way
from second on the hit Feenan hit Z
puny roller to the pitcher and stopped tn,
uproar.
The fifth was the real big strawberr,
festival OF the day. "Morry'' O'Conno
started of by popping a foul to the frs
baseman. Cogan's double to left helpe,
things a bit. but Blazers attempt wa.
caught by Vandle, and II looked like IN,
Hilltoppers were not going to cross tn,
threshold Hunt then appeared on tn,
scene and reminded the fans that he wa!
in the game and some hitter, too. b,
sending one screaming through the tree.
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