The Washington herald., 1915-04-11
Mccarthy and
KELLY IN FORM;
E. j. Wins GAME
Failure to Connect Safely
with Pitchers Loses for
Williams.
ALLOW THREE BINGLES
Hilltoppers Show Real Class on Bases
by Stealing Eleven-Smith
Hurls Good.
By NAT T. wORLEY.

Failure to hit the offerings of Mccarthy
and Kelly cost Williams its game with
Georgetown Yesterday afternoon. the
Blue and Gray winning. to l.
Only three hits were garnered of the
shoots Of the two Georgetown twirlers
two In the second inning off Mccarthy.
and one in the ninth of Kelly. Both
lads were going well and Williams had
but one good chance to win the Came-in
the last inning. when the boys from
Massachusetts filled the sacks with two
out LanGford was substituted for Bowen
out the best he could 40 was I pop Nv
which Giacomo smothered
Georgetown ran wild on the bases reg
istering total OF eleven stolen sacks
Connolly and Spillane pilfered four each.
and included in this number were two
steals home. IL is unusual for two pIay-
ers to steal home in the same game and
against good catcher, for Michler is
a pretty good backstop. though things
went wrong for him YESTERDAY. and much
credit must go to Spillane and Connolly
for getting away with their robbing stunt
Irwin shows Good.
Irwin caught one Of his best games OF
the year. and not man managed to
steal any territory. Those who tried
were caught by a good margin and as
the game progressed few Williams play
ers tried to advance by theft.
Smith did the finging for the visitors.
and his work was better than the score
indicates. The descendant of Capt John
had much to discourage him, but stuck
manfully to his job until he was yanked
from the mound by the Williams coach
and Bowen was substituted Just as tn.
contest was waning.
Georgetown could only gather five
hits of Smith and they were well
scattered. With better support and
with Michler holding up his nd be-
hind the bat, Smiths performance
would have been considered above the
average.
Mccarthy Pitches.
Mccarthy. who generally gambol.
around in center. celebrated his eleva-
ton TO the pitchers box by banging
out three hits. a double and two sin
giles. which figured largely in the
scoring. Only seventeen men faced
him in the five innings he worked
md he C"G.d have gone the entire
route. but Coach John n O'ReiIly
thought II best not TO risk his arm by
letting him work too hard In his first
game Of the season. Kelly was sub
stituted in the sixth and for the re-
mainder OF the contest maintained the
high pitching standard set by Nc
Carthy.
by getting off to good start in the
very first inning. Shugrue walked.
and Joyce was safe on Clark's error,
Shugrue taking third. Joyce stole
second and both runners scored on
McCarthy's single into center field
Two plays at the plate and an easy
roller to the pitcher prevented further
scoring after Connolly had reached
first on a ielders choice and Barron
had been given a life on Swain's err
ror.
spiIIan- steals Home.
In the sixth the Hiltoppers scored
again. Barron was out short to first.
Spillane walked and promptly stole sec
ond. and was advanced to third on Gia-
comos out, second to first With the
wind-up of Pitcher Smith. Spillane made
a dash for the plate. and. although the
ball was handled speedily he was safe
at the plate. Cusack ended this inning,
being out short to first
Georgetowns last two runs were made
in the eighth. Mccarthy. who had reg
istered hit each of his three pre-
vious appearances at the plate. was out
third to first. Connolly walked and stole
second and third. Duplicating Spillane's
feat of the sixth inning. Connolly dash
ed TO the plate and was safe. Barron
drew a pass and stole second. Spillans
struck out. but Michler dropped the ball
and then threw to third and after Cusac ok
had been hit by pitched ball, he was
caught at second trying to steal.
Williams only tally came in the sixth.
Smith singled to right but was thrown
out at first on fast play by Barron to
Spillane. Statler hit long. hard drive
to center and Mccarthy muffed the ball.
which rolled under the stands In center
field. permitting Statler to score The