Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-07
By H. G. BYRD. :

There II no question about Princeton's
having one Of the best college bah teams
In the country. It 70 very doubtful II
there II another nine In the east now that
IL capable Of taking the measure Of the
Tigers in, q series Of games. At any
rate. there has been no college club which
has played on q local field that has
looked anywhere near a. wen a. did the
Tigers against Georgetown yesterday.
They helded In q manner that would have
caused . professional team to view. it
with envy. and their hitting was much
better than what 10 generally shown by
. college aggregation
There was only one thing to mar the
generally good work Of the team, the
wildpess Of Greenbaum. who did the work
In the box. While he pitched effectively,
there were times when the Tiger HEAVIER
got himself IN big holes through his in
ability to keep the bali over the plate.
At such times. though, he seemed able
Thaa hs " fne pun eut od then
lowed but one tally II indicative OF just
how we'll he did pitch when 1t was up to
him to keep the batters from driving In
runs with hits.
The Tigers inAeld looks good enough to
outclass any other college bunch. The
four men work we'll together. are fast.
hit the ball well, and are better delders
than arc ordinarily seen On college
team OF the four. Pendleton. at short.
beat out any Kind Of slow hit to the
inheld and ID q good man at fielding his
position, even though he did boot one OF
the two chances he had in yesterday
game. Besides being exceptionally fast
In the deld Pendleton 10 q good hitter.
The pitching stan a. IL appeared here
may b strong and It may not Lear.
who relieved GFeenb4um, seemed to have
q lot OF stun. but the latter viii lose .
good many ball games unless he 10 able to
get the ball over the plate more con-
sistently than he ala against Georgetown.
The outaeld II stronger than the
average college outneld. and while
hardly up to the standard Of the tn
s = sS'a Of 'aS ss clubs S eS Which 'i viii
play. There are few college trios capable
Of doing as much az the men who repre-
sent Princeton.
Unless the opinion is much amiss.
championship this year. Unless the
other northern college teams come fast
and show q great deal moro than they
have % Tar. there 10 not the least
chance Tor any college nine to beat
ershtp.
There was one instance yesterday IN
which Umpire Belts was unQuestion-
ably on IN his decision through no
fault OF his own. When Pendleton
had hit to right Tor three bases and
tried to score on Whites hit to short
he was called ont. He should have
been safe. a. Mullaney hit him with
his shoulder only and never came
within . foot Of him with the ball.
The umpire was standing behind
White, and IL was practically ifnpos-
sible Tor him 20 see the play ~ Il
really was. When Mullaney received
the throw from Hollander. who felded
the ball, II was . little to one side,
and he had 70 turn to catch the ball.
ana - he Wa IN that position Pendie-
ton struck him and whirled him
around With the result that he was
never tagGed out.
0eoreotowu - certainly lucky In one
respect and that - In the matter o1 hav.
Inn balls not 80 over the right neld
embanhment when logically they should
PenAloton's hit. which struck tree and
bounded hack into the field IN yesterdays
gsne ives the second time that the samt
Kind Of play has occurred /. The othe,
game vhsn ths ban was polsd out IN tina.
the smhankusat by . le4. vas when
IA1nVstte playe4 On the Hilltop.
western High 10 scheduled to play
thu Fort Washjugtou team tomorrow,