The Washington times., 1913-03-09
Schaefer's Pimientas Take First
Game of Season Played
Upon Lambeth Field.
By SENATOR"

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, March p
Schaefers Pimientas-Spanish for pep
perry kids-showed they had the real
stuff when they vanquished the Uni
versity of Virginia team 4 TO 3. in a
full nine-inning battle yesterday. Though
they were facing curves for the first
time this season. one and all stepped
into the pill as If in midseason. and
hammered it to the far corners OF LAM
beth Field. Nevertheless, the collie
gians stuck to the struggle, and when
the last Of the ninth appeared the Pimi-
entas were in trouble.
Charlie Sullivan. the Helena, Mont,
rookie finger, was wild and started by
passing Fftchett. Bill Morley was a bit
anxious and booted Mickey Guys hard
roller. putting two on the cushions.
Beckwith waited for walk and got it,
filing the sacks. Then came fielding
flash by Joe Gedeon. whose all around
work during the afternoon for outshone
that of all the others. Green hammered
a bounder to the San Francisco youth.
He grabbed it, tagged Beckwith as he
raced for the midway and doubled
Green with a fancy heave to first. But
Fitchett had scored and Guy was on
third. A hit meant a tied score.
There was tumult on the Virginia
eran coach and tutor of the Virginia
varsity team. decided to pull out the
weak-hittlng Cannon and substitute
Hume. alleged to be a regular sticker.
The Pimientas' bench howled in de-
rision. but friend Hume picked one off
ward the track in center field Sheer
turned, and raced for the track, got
his bearings and wound up the contest
with one of the best catches ever seen
stuff and made Clark Griffith's eyes
glisten. The Pimientas had copped tneir
first game Of the campaign on Lambeth
Field.
Gedeon Star Of Game.
Joe Gedeon was easily the bright
star of the battle. The tall, agile ma
tive son was all over the field. drag
ging down six putouts and Ave Gs-
sists. He knocked down McGuIres
hard drive in the second by a head
long leap and failed to get his man
only because he couldn't recover in
time. At the bat he whalel a hard
bounder to right field on she hit-and-
run in the fourth, pushing Jacinto
Calvo to third, and showed rare
burst of speed in reaching the hot
corner himself when Reo Williams
drove another sizzler to right. In the
eighth he slammed q hard one to
left center for a corner and immed-
lately annexed second. The Califor-
nian showed class in every move.
Bill Morley, the 190-pound shortstop,
was the one extra-base bingler of
the day. In the sixth, with Reb Will
liams on third. the Knoxville rookie
caught one to his liking and shot It
center. He scooted to third base on
the drive. scoring Williams.
Considerable interest was shown In
the work Of the two little Cubans,
.Acosta and Calvo. Acosta took care
of three flies with all the skill of a
veteran in spite of his sixteen years
and got in a neat single to left field
off Grant Virginia's best twirler In
the fifth he coaxed a pass from Clark
aud stole second with ridiculous ease
Calvo Has Speed.
Calvo had nothing to do in the gar
den. but he beat out a slow roller to
Neff in the fourth and then raced to
third when Gedeon punished the pill
for a single TO right. Reb Williams
fine single to right sent Calvo across
the dish.
There was a fiutter of comment
from the veteran Climbers on the
bench when Reb Williams streaked 1t
from first to third in the sixth on
Schaefer's roller to short. 1t took a
world OF speed to work the trick but