The Washington herald., 1910-04-16
By n. t. WORLEY.

Bucknell defeated Georgetown yester-
day afternoon, TO 1. in 4 game that was
interesting from start TO finish That the
Louisburg collegians did not score a shut
out against the Hilltoppers was due 20 a
poor play on the part OF the Bucknell
backstop in the last inning, when he
threw wild TO third base in an attempt to
catch Sitterding stealing after two hands
were down, the third baseman being taken
so much by surprise that he made no
attempt whatever TO stop the ball.
Until the eighth chapter the contest
was pitchers battle. with honors fairly
even and the hopes OF the home squad
rose higher and higher as Balzer con-
tinued to pitch good ball and his usual bad
inning did not materialize, but, my. how
sad that inning was when 1t did come,
Two scratch hits. an error. a base on
balls and a home run netted the visitors
five scores. and increased their total
points to seven With these five runs
Georgetown's spirit took slump, and Il
was only matter Of the final score after
ward.
As in the game with Eastern. George
than in the majority Of the games played
thus far this year. and peeled of an aver
age of a hit an inning during the early
part Of the battle. Tho four errors made
by the Blue and Gray were not costly.
and their defeat can be ascribed 20 the
hardest kind of baseball luck and an ina
billty to run the bases when they got
men on the cushions. Several times runs
were thrown away by poor judgment on
the sacks. Cogan being caught off second
in the fifth after he had ripped off a
double with no one out. and Charley
Dugan being lured from third and caught
at the plate with none down in the sew
enth. after he had reached that station
on O'Brien's error Capt. Murphy was
an exception. stealing two bases, and as
usual. using his gray matter in the way
IN which 1t would do the greatest pos
sible amount Of good.
BuckneII Looks Good.
There is no doubt in the minds of those
who witnessed the game that Buck
nell has a team that ranks high among
the college mines Of the country. Yes
terday the hitting Of tho Pennsylvanians
was most timely. their fielding. barring
the two errors made. OF a high class. and
their knowledge Of the inside points of
the game most marked When a sacri-
fee was needed it was forthcoming. when
a man reached first he Immediately stole
aecond. and they had the squeeze play
down to perfection. runners coming in
from third twice when the play was tried.
The shift In the Georgetown infeld. SIT
terding going back to third and Cogau
TO short, made the inner garden look
much better. and the results OF the
change were easily noted. Sitterding
didn't have much to handle down the
third base line. but he was on the lob
with the bat polling two doubles that
were beauts, and being the only George
towner to connect moro than once to safe
territory. Gibson and NJ OConnor also
tapped the sphere FOR two sacks each but
like Sitterding, died on base the neces-
sary bingle to bring them over the pan
being lacking.
O'Connor played first base in place OF
Feenan and had two chances TO bring n
runner home, but whitfield the first time
and popped to right field the second. In
the seventh after Dugan had been caught
pegging it 10 the chopping block O'Con-
nor hit to right and the drive put him
on second. O'Connor played well at the
initial corner. despite the fact that he IS
credited with two errors. and several
times made stops of high and low throws
that held the runner at first or completed
tho play that retired the man.
Smoke pitched the best hail he has
twirled this year, and all OF the damage
in the eighth is not his fault. Both OF
the hits credited 20 Daniels and c. Plez
in this session should have been easy
outs, but bounded bad and the fielders
could not gather them In time to catch
the players at first GibsOn's error aided
the opposition at this stage. and then
Pitcher Piez cane to bat. and while
every one was counting on him being the
third out in the inning. poIed the ball