NINE MADE POOR SHOWING

With only one victory out of nine games to its credit, and an overwhelming number of runs amassed by its opponents, the 1918 baseball team has not had a successful season. The difficulties encountered in obtaining sufficient time for practice, due to the military schedule, the lack of experienced players, and the large number of crack service teams on the schedule are chiefly accountable for the poor showing.

Two of the most experienced and promising players were lost to the team early in the season when Captain R. E. Gross '19 and J. B. Fischer '20 went. Gross entered the Fourth O. T. C. and Fischer's leg was broken in the first Princeton game and he was unable to resume practice.

The team was decidedly lacking in good hitters, the individual averages being unusually low. The fielding too was rather poor as compared with former years, and the number of errors made was all out of proportion to the put-outs and assists. A striking feature of the season's records is the scarcity of sacrifice hits, only five such hits being made during the whole season.

A statistical view of the season is given in the following tables: Batting Averages. ab.  r.  h.  Av. Wolverton,  34  3  11  .323 Evans,  38  4  12  .315 Gammack,  35  0  11  .314 Gross,  14  2  4  .286 Ward,  29  1  8  .276 Hallowell,  35  2  9  .257 Hoffman,  21  1  5  .238 Mosle,  17  0  3  .176 Bright,  6  0  1  .167 Coolidge,  28  2  4  .143 Newton,  23  2  3  .131 O'Keeffe,  16  1  1  .063 McCouch,  20  1  1  .050 Fischer,  3  0  0  .000 Horween,  4  0  0  .000 Johnson,  8  0  0  .000 Totals,  331  19  76  .234 Fielding Averages. po.  a.  e.  av. Bright,  2  3  0  1000 Evans,  19  5  0  1000 Fischer,  2  3  0  1000 Coolidge,  57  4  1  .984 O'Keeffe,  6  15  2  .915 Gammack,  35  17  6  .895 McCouch,  27  1  4  .875 Ward,  17  2  3  .864 Newton,  27  9  6  .857 Hallowell,  16  24  9  .818 Wolverton,  19  25  12  .784 Hoffman,  9  0  3  .750 Horween,  0  3  1  .750 Johnson,  2  5  3  .700 Gross,  9  7  7  .696 Mosle,  9  7  8  .666 Totals,  255  130  65  .856

Pitching Record. Innings  Strike Outs  Hits Given O'Keeffe,  39  17  46 Johnson,  16  1  17 Newton,  11  0  12 Horween,  8  3  9

Record of Games. Univ.  Oppo. April 27, Princeton,  8  7 May 1, Portland Naval Reserve,  0  3 May 4, Boston Navy Yard,  0  12 May 8, Camp Devens,  1  5 May 11, Yale,  0  5 May 15, Radio School,  5  8 May 22, 302d Infantry,  2  7 May 25, Princeton,  0  16 June 1, Yale,  3  5 Totals,  19  68

Games Won,  1 Games Lost,  8

Pitching Record. Innings  Strike Outs  Hits Given O'Keeffe,  39  17  46 Johnson,  16  1  17 Newton,  11  0  12 Horween,  8  3  9

Record of Games. Univ.  Oppo. April 27, Princeton,  8  7 May 1, Portland Naval Reserve,  0  3 May 4, Boston Navy Yard,  0  12 May 8, Camp Devens,  1  5 May 11, Yale,  0  5 May 15, Radio School,  5  8 May 22, 302d Infantry,  2  7 May 25, Princeton,  0  16 June 1, Yale,  3  5 Totals,  19  68

Games Won,  1 Games Lost,  8

Record of Games. Univ.  Oppo. April 27, Princeton,  8  7 May 1, Portland Naval Reserve,  0  3 May 4, Boston Navy Yard,  0  12 May 8, Camp Devens,  1  5 May 11, Yale,  0  5 May 15, Radio School,  5  8 May 22, 302d Infantry,  2  7 May 25, Princeton,  0  16 June 1, Yale,  3  5 Totals,  19  68

Games Won,  1 Games Lost,  8

Games Won,  1 Games Lost,  8