Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24
TEN RUNS MADE
IN ONE INNING
Give Georgetown Victory Over
Mount St. Joseph by One
Run Margin.
PITCHERS LOSE ALL
CONTROL OF THE BALL
Nine Bases on Balls, Three
Batters Hit and a Homer by
Sitterding Win Game.
BY II. C. BYRD.

No better example OF the vagaries Of
base ball was ever given than that af-
forded by the game between Georgetown
University and Mount ST. Josephs Col
lege yesterday. Played on a diamond
that was almost ankle deep in mud and
water and I'm a rain that did not cease
even for moment, il took two hours and
five minutes to play five innings. 1t was
such conditions which gave the game s.
farcical aspect, though it was not much
Of a farce to those who took part in it.
nor to the spectators. In the first four
innings Mount St. Joseph's scored nine
runs, and when it took the field TO give
the Blue and Gray nine its half of the
fifth at bat the tally stood to o in its
favor. then Georgetown made ten runs
with one hit, that a home-run clout, and
when the winning tally crossed the plate
not a single man had been put out
When it came time for the teams TO
take the field there was slow rain fall
ing, but it was thought that il would soon
stop and the game was started. Con-
trary to opinion, the conditions got worse
as the evening wore on, and il became al
most impossible for the pitchers to han
die the ball, and many bases on balls
were given as a result of the wildnesS
that developed. In the first half of the
for the Blue and Gray nine, could get
nothing on the ball and could not control
II. As a result the Baltimore team rolled
up q total of six runs.
. When Georgetown went to bat though.
the rain began to fall in sheets and the
diamond began to look like a mudpond.
taking advantage of the conditions the
Georgetown men waited for the bad ones
at the bat, and besides the one hit that
Sitterding secured of the first ball pitched
there was not a strike called on a man
during the entire inning. -Four men We're
sent to the mound by the st. Joseph'S
coach in an attempt to stop the process
sion, but il was impossible and on nine
bases on balls, three batters hit and a
home run clout, ten runs were chased
across the pan without a put-out. With
the score to against IL when the fifth
opened there was not one Of the few
spectators who thought that the Hill
toppers stood any show to win.
Little Line Given on Teams.
It was no time to get a line on the
strength of a ball club, but there were
times when it appeared that there Is
much latent strength in the Georgetown
nine. The men. while they had practically
no chance to play together or do fast
work on the bases, and were forced to
play behind loose pitching. showed flash
es of form that is sure to develop to "A
much older.
Two men We're used in one position
by the Blue and Gray. but all the other
places We're left unchanged. OConnor
was displaced on first base by Mulcahay
in the last half of the fourth. and, while
he failed to get a hit out OF his first
trip to the plate he hit a mile-a- minute
drive at the shortstop. who handled the
ball well. Mulcahay had no chance to
show what he could do in fielding.
The reconstructed infield looked well. 1t
was impossible to get a correct line on
the work of the men, but the way they
handled the ball generally under the diff
ficult conditions was evidence enough
that some mighty fast work may be eX-
pected of them before the season is very
old. Also the shift that was made in the
outfield seemed to work well. Sitterding
madeeo one error when he dropped foul
fly, but the other chances were handled
clearly. Fury made g. one-hand stab OF
a high fly. while Cogan got long fly
after a hard run over slippery turf.