The Washington herald., 1917-03-30
'LOYOLA Nine LOSES
To GEORGETOWN TEAM
Hil!toppers Capture Opening Game by
ll-to-0 Score.

Georgetown ushered in the local coll
legiate baseball season yesterday after
noon with 1l-to-o victory over Loyola
College. of Baltimore.
The visitors plainly showed a lack of
development, they only getting six men
on the bases in the six innings OF play.
Neither Finnegan nor Breslin. the Blue
and Gray's hurlers, allowed the sem
blance Of hit during the pastime. Fin
negan worked the first four frames and
Breslin the last two.
Cody opened the second half of the
final by stopping one of Eddie Vaeth's
fast ones with his ribs. He went all the
way to third on sacrifice by Harry
Sullivan. Vaeth again developed a wild
streak and pasted Whelan on the leg
Georgetown's first sacker stole second on
the second pitch. Maloney drew a pass.
filling the sacks and on a wild heave by
the Baltimore hurler. Cody and Whe-
Ian crossed the pan.
Bill Cusack strolled and pilfered and
Comeiford. with a blow over second.
scored Maloney. "Commy" stole second,
but with Cusack was left when Jimmy
Sullivan skied to Anderson and Green
rolled an easy one to Vaeth. With only
one hit Georgetown had put three runs
across the counting block.
F1nnegan. after getting two and one on
O'Connor, grew trifie wild and hit the
Loyola shortstopper in the ribs. Killan
touled out to Quinn. Kirby struck out,
and Anderson lifted another high one
which Green took care Of
The second inning saw the best playing
of the game. Finnegan shot one to CEN
ter and on a sacrifice by Cody moved up
to second. He was left. however. as
Harry Sullivan struck out and Whelan
few out.
Loyola was set down in order in the
first half of second. Quinn ballooning to
Cusack Faeth dribbling one down the
first base line that Whelan attended to
unassisted and Farrell. after drawing a
base on balls. was cut down on an at
tempted steal.
Wilkerson opened the third by ground
ing out to Whelan. Finnegan again
grew wild and passed Kerr. but redeem
ed himself by setting down O'Connor and
Killan via the strike-out route.
Maloney started Georgetown's half by
failing to connect and after Cusack had
skied to Kerr, Comeiford met one that
was labeled for a hit, but O'Connor inter-
cepted 1t on its way to the outfield and
threw the Blue and Gray left fielder out
,at first.
Finnegan again retired the Baltimore
ans in order in the fourth. He struck out
Kirby and Quinn and forced Anderson
to send weak effort to Maloney.
Jimmy Sullivan poled one to center
and advanced to the midway station
when Green put another in the same spot
Rea hitting for Finnegan made a swing
ing bunt down the third base line that
Vaeth gathered in too late to catch Sui
livan at the hot corner. Cody then shot
one to center and Sullivan and Green
counted. Harry Sullivan followed suit
and two more runners paid OF at the
plate. Whelan drew a pass and when
Maloney flied to deep left Whelan. who
had stolen second and had advanced to
third on a passed ball. registered the
fourth and last run OF the inning. Gu
sack ended the frame by grounding out
to short
Breslin worked the last two innings for
the Blue and Gray and not a Balti-
morean passed second. Killan being the
only man to get on.
Georgetown added three more runs IN
the fifth when Cody laid up against one
OF Winekfs fast ones and drove II to
deep left for the circuit, counting Ormsby
and Cronin ahead Of him. This was the
only extra base hit OF the game.
Georgetown easily showed a superiority
over their opponents and the general ali
around playing OF the team both at the
bat and in the field. indicates that the
Blue and Gray Is represented by one O.:
the best baseball squads in the history
OF the college.
The score: