Del Rossi Wins Fourth; Lacrosse, Track Squads Triumph

The varsity baseball team was not supposed to have a 9-0-1 record at this stage of the season; absolutely no one thought it was that good.

But when the Crimson wound up a sweep of its three weekend games by beating Brown 5-2 Saturday, a few people were beginning to be convinced.

Everyone knew the pitching was going to be good; after all, Paul Del Rossi, the best Harvard pitcher in years, was on the team. But Del Rossi was on the mound only once this weekend, yet the varsity pitching staff turned in three complete games, giving up a total of two earned runs.

Better still, the Crimson hitting is beginning to show definite signs of life. Almost unnoticeable during the vacation tiour, the batters have come to life. They raked Brown's ace lefthander Doug Nelson for twelve hits Saturday, including two doubles and two triples.

Revenge

Last year Nelson held the Harvard batters to five hits and beat the team 5-1. This year the Crimson took no chances. After wasting two singles in the first inning they scored in the second when Bob St. George's single brought in John Dockery. In the third the team made it 2-0 when catcher Gary Miller brought in Tom Stephenson with a double.

The Crimson iced it in the fifth when Tom Stephenson walked and Jim Tobin doubled him to third. John Dockery whacked a drive up the alley in left center and beat a good throw for a triple. St. George fouled out, but Del Rossi singled-in the run to make it 5-0.

The single was Del Rossi's third hit of the day; he almost outhit the entire Bruin team. The Crimson lefthander gave Brown just four hits in notching his fourth win of the year, against zero losses. He struck out eight and, for the second time this year, didn't give up a walk.

Bruin Blast

The only Bruin runs came during a peculiar seventh inning. After Del Rossi had set down thirteen Brown hitters in a row, Dave De Luca picked up a one-out single, As Del started throwing to Bob Hall, Brown, coach Stan Ward asked the umpires to look at the ball; be thought Del Rossi was throwing a spitball.

Del submitted to the examination, but was obviously angry. He put everything he had on a fastball to Hall, and the Bruin catcher delightedly parked it well behind right fielder Mike Patrick for the first home run off Del Rossi this year.