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THE WESLEYAN DECREE Sunday, May 31, 1964 Campbell Edges Wesleyan, 10-9 After Eleven Innings Of Play By TIM TRAYLOR The “Battling Bishops” lost a very exciting l)a.scball game last Tuesday (May 19) to the Campbell CameLs by a score of 10-9 on our home diamond, 'fhe highlight of the game came wheji tlie “R" boys, Bob Roop and Dave Reeves, hit back to back homers. The two big bombs exploded in the secoind inning and put the Bishops in front 2-0. Before Roop and Reeves’ big blast, there were no hits by either team. In the home half of the third, Wesleyan increas ed its lead to four with two runs. With one out and Denny Seybert on second and Roop on finst, RtMJves hit a single to drive Seybert home and Roop to second. The next batter, Joe Williams, also got a hit to drive Roop home for the final run of the inning. The next two batters struck out to end the rally. Campbell got on the score board in the fourth with a home run by the big first base man, Shaw. This cut the Bis hops’ lead to 4-1. There was not any action for either team in the fourth and fifth innings. But in the sixth inning Camp bell cut througli for two more runs to make the Bishoi^s’ lead a slim 4-3. Tlie Camels scored their runs on one liit, two errors and a sacrifice bunt. Campbell tied the game up at 4^ in the seventh inniing, again because of fielding lapses. Two errors were committed while Campbell picked up only one hit. With two men out in this inning, AI Rexroad, Uie starting pitcher, was replaced by Ed Schultz. In the Biishops’ half of the seventh, Wesleyan took a 5-4 lead. Steve Cherry, with one out, led off the inning vdtli a single. On an attempted steal, the Camels’ catcher threw wild to the second base man and Cherry wound up on third base. The next batter up, Roop, drew a base on balls. Reeves drove in, at the time, the leading run with a sacri fice fly. In the eighth inning both teams picked up three runs. The Camels earned their runs Vvith a single, triple, error (Oh tliose errors!) and a sacrifice fly. Wesleyan came back with its ruinis with doubles by Rusty Lancaster and Ronnie Rags dale and singles by Skip De laney and Joe Williams. An error also lielped our cause. The score after eight innings was 8-7. Campbell Player Pos. AB R H RBI Koonze CF 6 2 2 2 Richardson 2nd 3 0 0 1 Pope SS 6 0 0 0 Shaw 1st 6 2 4 1 Willett LF 6 1 1 0 Miller P 1 0 0 0 Bauman P 3 0 0 0 Edwards P 0 1 0 0 Horton Pill 0 Brown 3rd 4 2 1 0 Capps C 6 1 1 1 Wood RF 6 0 2 2 TOTALS 48 10 12 7 Wesleyan Player Pos. AB R II RBI Lancaster CF 6 0 1 1 Cherry 2ndB 6 12 0 Soybert SS 5 1 1 0 Roop Catcher 4 3 2 1 Reeves 3rd B 4 1 2 3 Williams R Field 6 13 1 Ragsdale L Field 4 11 1 Delaney . 1st B 4 1 2 1 Schultz .. 6 1/3 P 2 0 0 0 Rexroad P 2 0 0 0 TOTALS 43 9 14 8 WP—^Horton LP—Schultz SO—2 HR—Roop, Reeves V., Shaw 2B—Lancaster, Ragsdale 3B—V., Koonze Going into the nintli inning Campbell needed one rum to tie the game. If they didn’t get th.; run, the game would be over. But to the sorrow of the small partisan crowd, the “Ar guing Camels” scored two runs on three singles, one base on ball and another error. Now the Bishops had their back up against the wall. The Bishops did come back! Roop started the inning off with a walk, another walk to Reeves put runners on first and second. Two outs later, Don Everett, who took over for Ragsdale, cracked a single to tie the game and send the game into extra innings. The game was at 9-9. In the tenth inning each team was able to retire the other without much trouble. The score remained 9-9 after ten innings of play. Hopes of closing out the sea son with a victory faded in the top of the eleventh inning First man up for Campbell singled and was sacrificed to second. With two away the Camels’ big first baseman singled in the potential winning run. Again with our backs to the wall, the Bishopis needed one run to tie and two to win. But in that dreadful inning, the Bishops went dowTi in order. Even though our team did not fair too well this season, losing eleven out of twelve, the team should be given a lot of credit. Backed by a school with little spirit, a team cannot be expected to be ais competitive as compared to schools who have more tram support from the students. If, and only if, the Wesleyan student body de cides to support its teams whole-heartily, then the Wes leyan athletic teams wiU be on their way to better things in collegiate competition. * J HOLDEN VOLLEYS AGAINST CAMPBELL Golf Season Ends In Loss ' ^ k t t MASSEY CONGRATULATES BAUER ON FINE GAME AGAINST CAMPBELL W.C.Reid&Co. “RADIO SMILES” WRMT 1. W. Rose Drug Company Eastern Carolina’s Leading Music Store 1490 ON YOUR DLAL 112 N. Main St. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Complete ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. NIGHT THEME 10 - MIDNIGHT Prescription Service — Cosmetics — By STEVE HALL On Tuesday, May 19th, the Wesleyan golf team played host to the Campbell Camels. This was the last golf match of the 1964 season for the Bishops. The Wesleyan golfers looked good throughout the match but could not overcome the 13.5 to 7.5 final score. Players for Wesleyan CoUege were Mike Emory, Buzz Bark er, Don Midget, John Church, Tennis Season Is Concluded By STEVE HALL On Tuesday, May 19th, the tennis team lost a very good match to Campbell by 7-2. Because of excessive injuries, Mike Pratt, Gil WiUe, Lyn Holden, Turong Ngugen and Scott Brignon were the only members of the team who were able to play. Ngugon and Hold en won their single matches and they were the only two matches won out of five that the team was able to partici pate in. The number sixth single was forfeited because of lack of players. The Bishops also had to forfeit the third doubles. The last tennis game of the season ishowed vast improve ment for Wesleyan. In the other match with Campbell, Wesleyan lost, 9-0. Tlie highlight of the game came when it was announced that a female student from Campbell would play in one of the singles matches. It wasn’t so amusing though, she won her match. Winston Thomason and Wayne Cooper. The medalist for the day was Ned Pugh of Camp- beU. The golf team has done ex tremely well this season con sidering that it is the first year Wesleyan has fielded a team in this sport. During the season our team compiled a 5-3 winning record in confer ence play. The boys gained valuable ex perience which will lead them to the conference championship in the future. The DECREE salutes the golf team for its fine effort during the past sea son and wishes them luck in future matches. Have You Tried BOWLING At ROCKY MOUNT LANES It’s Sensational For A Date U. S. Highway 301 JOYNERS' ATHLETIC HOUSE 124 Tarboro Street Rocky Mount, N. C. SPORTING GOODS Bank at the .. . Bank Of Rocky Mount “Your Friendly Bank . . . . . . With You In Mind” Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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