Crimson Dumped by Huskies, 9-1; Errors, Poor Hitting Cause Loss

Baseball is a funny game. The New York Mets have a four game winning streak going and the Harvard nine dropped two last week-end. But that's what makes baseball the great game it is.

The Met's wins are totally inexplicable; Harvard's losses, or at least its 9-1 decay before Northeastern, can be traced to three deficiencies--hitting, fielding, and pitching.

Much to the Huskies' surprise, the Crimson displayed a surprising meekness at the plate and incredible ineptitude in the field. Harvard managed to reach first on base hits but five times, and made three errors.

There were also cases of confusion. The fifth inning at Northeastern Saturday is a case in point. With the bases loaded, Husky catcher Nathanson hit a lazy high fly in the general direction of centerfield. Gavin Gilmor called for it, but apparently didn't notice that the wind was carrying the ball back to the infield.

Stortstop Tom Bilodeau also failed to observe this alarming occurence, and the ball dropped in safely for a double. Gilmor then threw it away in an attempt to stop a runner at third, an act which allowed the third run on the play to score.

Before this comedy Northeastern pitcher Dick McPherson had commenced the inning with a 360 ft. home-run, a wild pitch had set-up a second run, and Harvard pitcher Dick Garibaldi, who took the loss, had walked in another.

An error by Bilodeau gave the Huskies a nice beginning in the next inning. Two singles produced a run and placed men on second and third. Harvard seemed safely out of the inning when the right fielder, Lombardi, struck out, but Dick Diehl dropped the ball. Compounding the error, Diehl then threw the ball into right field, scoring two more runs.

Harvard's only glory was in the third when singles by Tom Stephenson and Gilmor helped bring in the Crimson's second run of the week-end.