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I By Rocky Sileo
Our great infield racked up three
more fast double plays Monday des
pite a loss to the Graham Hornets.
These have brought the total to 19
in 16 games for an amazing record
of slightly better than one a game.
Incidentally, the 4-0 loss handed out
by McCrary last week was the first
whitewashing the Fighting Christians
have received thus far this season.
Jack Andrews can’t seem to shake
off that Indian sign. Despite a beauti
fully pitched game, the ace right
hander dropped his fourth conse
cutive contest to the Indians in col
lege competition. The slugging pit
cher did garner a single and double
though to boost his average to .375,
with 6 hits in 16 trips to the plate.
Dick Painter is Coach Pierce’s new
right hand man, succeeding Frank
Roberts, who did a great job in direct
ing the intramural football and bas
ketball activities.
A golf team of Zurlis, Baker, Har
ris and Chabalko lost their opening
match to High Point. Contests have
also been schduled with Guilford and
E.C.T.C.
If he had his way. Yogi Berra, the
colorful catcher of the Yankees would
have Niarhos and Silvara do all the
receiving and he do all the hitting.
The youthful backstop is no Bill
Dickey behind the iplate but does
pound the ball occasionally.
Jack Graham, no kin to our own
lefthanded chucker, has hit 12 homers
in San Diego’s first 26 games in the
Pacific Coast League. Statisticians
say that at this pace the former
Giant performer will hit 103 round
trippers by the close of the season.
The big thumper is that type of hit
ter who either loses the ball over the
fence or into the catcher’s mitt.
Whitey Lockman of my New York
Giants is destined for greater heights.
The 21 year-old slugging outfielder,
who hails from Lowell and now makes
Charlotte his home, has already es
tablished himself as a ball player
deluxe.
Speaking of the Giants, the ailing
Bill Rigney has trotted over to
Yankee Stadium and has been work
ing out with Bucky Harris’ club while
the Polo Grounders took to the road
And Fred Claytor still won’t con
cede to the fact that Mel Ott has a
I good team. But he is playing the
role of the ol’ faithful, remaining
loyal to the sad remains of a once
mighty Cardinal team.
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Catawba maintained their mastery
over Elon Saturday night, defeating
he Fighting Christians 5-3 in a night
5ame at Salisbury.
Jack Andrews and Bill Greene, aces
of their respective clubs, hooked up in
a great pitcher’s duel, and the out
come of this beautifully played ball
game was not decided until the last of
the eighth, when Richardson and Par
ker hit consecutive homers to sew up
'he contest for the Indians
Elon touched Greene for a run at the
contest as Dick York bulleted a driv'e
)ver second and went around to third
IS the ball bounced off right fielder
Williams' knee. The fleet cen-terfield
;r scored as Gene Caviness hit into
1 force play after Ed Ellis had walked.
Andrews held the Indians in check
jntil the third, when they tallied twice
‘o take a 2-1 lead. Dorton reached
first on a much disputed fourth ball
ind to second when the plate umpire
ruled that Catcher Hank' DeSimone
had interfered with Greene's bat. Then
ifter Lyerly advanced the runners, Al-
nond scored both with a single
through the box.
From here on until the seventh it
■vas strictly a pitchers' ball game, as
both Greene and Andrews retired the
batters in easy fashion. Andrews did
run into trouble in the sixth when with
one out Catawba loaded the bags, hut
he big righthander fanned Ward and
forced Liveberger to hit a slow dribble
in front of the plate.
Elon tied the count in the seventh on
Walker's bunt single, an infield out
and DeSimone’s single through the
hiiddle, scoring Walker. Andrews gar-
[nered his second hit, sending DeSi
mone to second, but Matze fanned to
retire the side.
Then the Fighting Christians went
ahead in the eighth as Ellis singled,
scooted to second and third'moments
later as Dorton’s throw wenf into cen-
terfield. The peg to third was wild
and Ellis scampenfd home with what
appeared to be pay dirt, but after
Almond grouncPed out and Williams
walked, Richardson golfed a low curve
deep over the left centerfield fence
jto put the Indians ahead 4-3. And
ithen to add to the humiliation, Parker
axed a very high pitch into the same
site for another homer, and Catawba
went on to win 5-3.
All in all. Jack Andrews deserved a
Thursday, April 22.
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better fate. The ace righthander gave
ip but five hits while fanning seven
ind walking only two. He also chip
ped in with two of the seven hits ofF
Greene, one a sharp double down the
right field line. Greene fanned eleven
batters in his fine performance, and he
also walked two men.
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Catawba 0 0 2 o 0 0 o 3 x 5 5 3
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