Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07
HiIItoppers Overcome Big
Lead by Timely Hitting
in Closing Innings.
HUNT CLEARS BASES
WITH A HOME RUN
Neither Team Displays Good
Form-Long Hits Cut a De-
cided Figure in Score.

Showing the grit and determination yhat
has been one Of the characteristics OF The
teams which II has always put out. the
Georgetown University base ball team
yesterday batted its way to the front,
and won its game from Catholic Universe
ty after that team had gained a five-run
lead and the contest seemed hopelessly
lost The Hilltoppers fought desperately
to regain the standing lost in the first
few minutes Of the contest. and they suo-
ceeded to the extent that when the smoke
cleared away in the first half OF the
eighth they stood five runs in the lead.
ana finally won out by the score OF 10
20 g.
Before the contest started there were
few who thought that Georgetown had
any chance against the nine which rep
resented the Catholic University. and the
Hilltop supporters refused to take bets
at even money on the result. The surprise
came through the fact that the Blue and
Gray team was able to hit Green's shoots
tor keeps when the bingles meant tallies.
It 10 generally the twenty-first reason
which is to account for the losing Of q
game. anyway. and 1t is to this that the
Brooklanders owe the disappointment
which Is theirs as a result OF their team
failing to do what had been banked on.
Green. who is. without a doubt, one Of
the best college pitchers in the country,
and who. 1t was said by the adherents of
the Black and Red, and all those who
had seen him work. would be invtncibls
before the Blue and Grays batters, was
hit hard when hits meant runs, and to
this, In the main. may be attributed the
defeat OF the Brookland team. Eleven
safeties were garnered off his delivery by
the Georgetown clouters. and, with one or
two misplays. and a couple OF bases on
balls sandwtched in, they went for ten
runs.
Two home run clouts were tho feature
OF the game In the third. with two men
on the bags, Hessler, the Catholic Unit
ball Bfenli pitched on the nose and sent
It SO far over Hunts head that the
Georgetown center fielder did not even
turn to run after the ball. It was one
field. In the eighth Hunt duplicaeed the
feat for Georgetown. The sacks had
been filled by two hits and base on
balls when the Georgetown outhsldey
stepped to the pan and on the second
bali that Green sent aoross the bag
Hunt caught it fair and lifted Il far over
the left fielders head into the fringe OF
trees which border on left dead. The
bail had not been returned to the
diamond when Hunt crossed tho plate. It
town nine five In tho lead and It WAS
never overcome.
Fury's throwing to the bags was the
best ever seen by any college catcher on
backstop got every Catholic University
man who tried to steal, ana to this may
in q great measure be attributed the fact
that more runs were not scored by the
Brooklanders. The c. u men ran wild
on the bases and Fury nabbed every man
who tried to take liberties. cutting of
several would-be runs by the operation
During the early innings the George
town crowd played like a lot of sand
lotters. but after the third q brace WAS
ball club. hitting the ball hard and field
ing In good style Several chances were
accepted by the Blue and Gray men
which looked good for hits.
tho game. they favored Georgetown. Once
or twice the players went to the bat and
pulled OF q poor play which. as It hap
pened, did not result Tor the worse The
hole which Green got into when Hunt
made the home run came a. the result
OF q ball which was hunted foul and
rolled fair after both Green and Ryan
had stopped running after II. Il vas
foul by a foot. and the players. thinking
Ing a small stick. the bali rolled Into The
diamond and was declared fatr. THAT
filled the bases. and then Hunt came
along with his big smash.
Neither team scored In the opening -
riod. But Tobin started the second M
ming for Catholic Universtty with . haA
Hessler hunted q fly to FeenAn. Sitter
ding let one go between his legs. Ryan
fled out to Sitterding. and than C1ahoy
came along with the bingle which got
through Donnelly and scored both man.
Green was an easy out. StterdinQ 10
Eeenan. In the third Hayes openod up
With q hit Zachary flied out 80 oentek
Donnelly muffed Tobin's eaAy poN And
then Hessler hit the ban over the tree a
TOPS. scoring all three runA OA&Ao}1os
University did not soore again until thA
eighth, when three hits ana basS O.
balls sent three more men soross tia uAA
Georgetown began its scoring IN a.
fourth. when o three-baso hit By Sitter
dine and q sanrihce ny scored the ilrst
Blue and Gray tally. In the sixth an
error ana two hits sent two more men
across the pan. Two hits. an error and
A fielder's choice was the method by
which the Hiltoppers annexed three
more runs In the seventh. Then came the
fireworks. Ryan got hit to left Don
nelly flied out to center. Connolly walked.
Fienn got the hunt hit which rolled fair.
and then Hunt came across with the
waIlop which sent the ball into the trees
in deep left, making the Blue and Gray
q grand total OF ten runs.
IN the ninth tho Georgetown men were
eesy outs, with the exception OF Sitter
ding, who hit safely, but was caught
stealing. .--,.--.t-s