Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27

| The fates were kind to Georgetown
yesterday. because in the opening game
OF the annual series with its old
rivals the Princeton Tigers, It was
permitted to ring down the curtain after
the last inning with the score tie. when
it seemed that nothing could prevent the
collegians from New Jersey grabbing on
the victory. Twice during the final in
nings did the visitors actually throw away
the apparent command OF the situation.
| and their errors of commission produced
| total OF four Of Georgetown's seven
| runs. The Tigers accumulated two
wobbles in the field up to the ninth in
ming, but even SO they were one run to
the good when the Hilltoppers went to
bat in the last half Of the ninth. Then
came three errors In a row. and Capt.
Murphy ambled home with the one run
needed at that stage to make the contest
a draw.
| Following its comparatively easy VIC
| tory over the University Of Virginia Fri
day, the Princeton bunch came to the
| capital chock-full Of confidence that 1t
would whip the eternal stuf1in' out OF
Georgetown and take both games IF the
series Of 1910, and there was a large out
pouring of Princeton alumni resident IN
Washington to see the lads of Old Mas
sau wipe the Blue and Gray colors In
| the dust. But the said Blue and Gray
was still doing business at the top OF the
mast when Umpire Belts called of hos
| tilities at the end of the ninth because
darkness made further play impossible
Consequently greatest interest centers in
the contest of Monday, because lbs out
| come will determine the question of base
ball supremacy between the old-time riv-
ais for the season OF 1910.
dolly" Gray Twirls.
The best kind Of base ball was prom
ised by the college fans when Capt.
Murphy of Georgetown selected Dolly"
Gray to do the twirling for the locals
and Greenbaum trotted out to hold
down the rubber for Old Nassau. The
predictions of the boys who were sup
posed to be in the know, however,
were scarcely justified in the way in
tended, for both pitchers were pounded
we'll over the lot and Gray finally. sur
rendered his job to Wymard. Green
baum stuck it out to the bitter end
and finished by taking an aeroplane
trip, in the course Of which he I'M
corked two wild pitches and let in the
run which robbed his team Of vic
tory.
pretty well tells the story OF the game.
because the visitors discounted any
possible superiority which might have
been theirs at the bat by weird field.
ing at critical stages. For example. IN
the ninth Murphy, first up. bounced an
easy one to warwick, but with time to
burn to make the throw the second
sacker hurled the pellet while sim on
the run, and 1t went high. Sterrett
made a jump. got both hands on the
ball. and then dropped it-and Murphy
was safe. The runner went to second
on a wild pitch, to third while Reed
was throwing out Menefee at first. and
came home when Greenbaum sent an
other bender seven miles out OF Daw-
sons reach.
Gray started most auspiciously by
whiting Balm, the first man up In tbs
first inning. and he kept up the good
work in the second by tanning two
more men. One hit came in each Of
these innings after two men were re
down, but there was no damage. In
the third Gray had an unsteady streak.
and three runs were chalked up for
Princeton. After Greenbaum had swung
at a brace Of wild ones in this inning
BALM drew a pass. pilfered second and
came home when Murphy, in center