Evening star., 1941-05-04
Hoyas Blast AmendoIa
From Mound, Whip
Co|oniaIs, 1915
Sew Up Come in Third
Inning After 6. w. Nine
Gets 3-Run Sturt
BY LEWIS r. ATCHISON.


Georgetown's cannonading bats
roared a throaty reply to George
Washington's first-inning challenge
yesterday at Griffith Stadium, over
coming a three-run lead and blast
ing the Colonials for a 10-5 victory
in the first of a two-game series.
The conquest, coming on the
wings of violent five-run outburst
of shellfire in the third that drove
Eddie Amendola to cover. kept the
Hoyas on the march toward a clean
sweep in sports over their downtown
rivals, bringing them one hurdle
from that objective.
A cool wind swept the field and
Clark Griffith, bundled as snugly as
a sausage in its skin, sat through
four innings to cast an appraising
eye on several prospects. He re-
treated after watching Lou Ghecas,
Hoya outf1elder, rap a high fly to
George Oertel in the fourth.
Amendola, nursing a sore arm
that soured suddenly after a work.
out Friday, gamely tried to take his
regular turn on the hill. but after
being touched up lightly in the
second inning collapsed completely
in the third when Georgetown
sewed up the game. Red Kloak went
to his rescue and did a tolerable
relief job, limiting the foe to seven
hits in as many innings.
Wixted Good After Poor Start.
Bill Wixted went the full distance
for Georgetown, settling down after
a shaky start to hold the Colonials
well in hand. He opened the game
by passing George Oertel and pitch
ing a double to Len Sokol before
Johnny Picco struck the heaviest
and most damaging blow of the
game, long homer to the corner in
right center field. Two more hits
ratified OF the bats of Dowd and
Gudmundson before he retired the
side.
After that big Will was master
of the situation, scattering six hits
among the foe and yielding single
ton runs in the fourth and eighth
He struck out six.
Roy McNeill's two-bagger and
Wixsted's error on a hard bounder
OIL Dowd's bat, which would have
gone for the third out, gave George
washington its run in the third
In the fifth the Colonials put to-
gether Sokols second double of the
fray and McNeilrs single for their
last run.
Hitting stars for Georgetown were
Catcher Jim Castiglia. who raped
out three singles, and Dick Dieckel.
man, southpaw pitcher, who took q
turn in right field and tapped a
couple of triples. His first three
bagger, coming after Castiglia sin
gled. was responsible for the Hoyas
first two markers. He scored on
Miller's fly to left.
Hoyas Go Wild in Third.
Joe McFadden, who led of in
four innings. sent a single to left
to open the big third and was fol-
lowed by Mlynarski with a double
A wild pitch by Amendola sent Joe
home and Hank to third. Ghecas
walked and when Castiglia lashed q
single to right Amendola walked, toe
to the showers.
Dieckelman struck out, but Miller
bounced a single to left. scoring
Ghecas and Castiglia. Miller came
home when Mcneil threw wildly to
third after scooping up Koshlap'.
grounder.
Dieckelman's second triple and
another fly by Miller coined another
run in the fifth. The last two were
the result of singles by Ghecas
Castiglia and Koshlap in the sew
enth.
The defeat snapped a winning
streak Of three games for George
Washington.