The Washington herald., 1912-04-02
GEORGETOWN NINE
BEATS LAFAYETTE
In FAST BATTLE
Dave White Holds Pennsyl.
vanians Down to Four
Scattered Hits.
FINAL SCORE 4 TO 0
BY NAT T. wORLEY.

Georgetown opened fits Easter week
with the big colleges yesterday with a
clean-cut victory over Lafayette, white
washing the Pennsylvanians. 4 to o.
Dave White was in excellent form, and
with the exception of the final inning.
had little trouble in keeping the visitors
on the bases. Besides being very stingy
with his passes, the big fellow struck
out eight and kept the four hits garner
ed of his delivery well scattered.
Manager Grinsdale announced before
the game that he would send Holden, the
former Western High School lad to the
mound. but later changed his mind. and
| substituted Nugent. a tall lanky right
handler who pitched a creditable game,
despite the fact that he hit one man and
! walked five. The Hilltoppers found his
curves and shoots hard to hit and but
for his generosity the total would have
been smaller by three runs.
Despite the one-sidedness OF the scort
the game was well played and interest
record, which showed up all the better
compared to that Of the losers with their
total Of four errors
Ryan Furnishes the Feature.
The most pleasing feature OF the aft
ernoon's sport was furnished by the HUI
toppers' right gardener, the diminutive
Ryan, who made two pretty one-hand
catches, in one instance preventing the
ball from going over the bank for what
appeared to be a home run.
This play came in the fourth inning
with two out and Wright on first base.
Critchlow caught one on the end of his
bat and drove II on a line into Ryan's
territory. The Georgetown man went
back TO the edge OF the bank in right
and Just as the ball appeared to be going
over his head, jumped into the air and
brought the horsehide down with one
hand.
Just to show everybody that his previ-
Gus play was not an accident. Ryan ran
in and speared one of his shoe tops In
the seventh.
The only particularly bright spot in
the fielding work of the PennsyIvanians
was furnished In the fourth. when
CritchIow ran back and nabbed Dailey's
Texas Lacquer while running toward the |
outgarden.
Neither team appeared to he on speak |
ing terms with the hit column, and the |
record of four bingles apiece tells the |
whole story. White, Fury. and Helfrich |
managed TO uncork a double each, and |
Sitterding and Wright came across with |
two clean slsps to their credit. but 9TH |
wise was Iltle uOlnK. ana tnc |
interest centered in the good work OF |
White and the occasional bright bits OF |
fielding
NuEent Meets a Friend.
Nugent found a long-Iost brother in |
Billy Cogan. the Georgetown captain. and |
to show his brotherly feeling handed |
him three straight passes to the initial |
corner. from whence Billy managed TO |
scamper around and swell Georgetown's |
total by two runs.
Some excitement was caused in the /
nihth when the boys from Easton got |
together and tried hard to break the |
ice which separated them from a speak /
ing distance with the home plate. White /
evidently expected trouble in this round /
and was a trihe peevish. sending Hell
frich TO first on balls. Melan died
swinging at the leather as IL sailed
into Fury's nit. and CedarquIst sent up
a weak one to Davis who hugged it
tight. Wright, the only Lafayette man
who seemed to take a liking to the va
riety Of curves in Whites repertoire,
then stepped up and slammed one over
second base into safe territory.
1t looked bad for a minute. and a hit
would have meant at least one and pos
sibly two runs, but White was equal |
to the situation and Critchlow proved
easy meat, sending a puny roller to
Davis. who heaved II TO first in plenty
Of time to extinguish the runner at first.
The score: