Crimson Nine Drops Weekend Opener, Rallies to Crush Brown in Nightcap

Don Driscoll hurled a one-hit shutout in the second game of a doubleheader as the Crimson baseball team split two games with Brown Saturday, dropping the first. 7-3, but coming back to overpower the Bruins in the second, 6-0.

Sandy Weissant was knocked out of the first game as Brown raced past the Crimson with five runs in the third inning. Harvard gained two of those back in the bottom of the inning but could get just one more for the remainder of the game.

Talking about the first game, Harvard coach Loyal Park said, "Ah gee, Sandy was about due for a loss anyway. He had never lost a single game here before this and he gave it a hell of a try."

"Besides," he added, "in that first game, we has a chance to beat them all the way through." Weissant allowed five runs on five hits in his three-inning stint. His career record now stands at 11-1.

Bob Lukas, as all-EIBL selection last year, pitched the opener for Brown. He held the Crimson to three runs on seven hits and escaped from several tight situations. In the sixth inning, four Harvard players reached first base, but none of them scored. In all, Harvard left eight men stranded on base.

In the last couple of innings, however, Lukas appeared to be tiring and losing his stuff. Brown coach George Woodworth said. "I was seriously considering starting Lukas in the second game and letting him pitch for a couple of innings before pulling him. He just didn't look good enough though.

"Boy, I wish he had, "Park responded to that. "We would have nailed him good." As it turned out though, the Crimson did not need any help from a fading Lukas as they tagged Bruin pitcher Ray Rzasa for at least one run in each of the five innings he pitched.

The big inning for the Crimson came in the third as they collected three runs on three hits. Ed Durso lead off the inning with a hit. Two outs later Jim Stoeckel slashed a single through the gaps in the infield and gained second on an error by the shortstop.

He and Durso reached home when Leigh Hogan stroked a triple to deep centerfield. Hogan came home on a passed ball to the next batter Hal Smith.

Driscoll's bid for a no-hitter was spoiled in the last inning on an infield single by Vin Yakavonis. Driscoll helped out his own cause inthe fourth inning as he smashed a homer over Brown leftfielder Yakavonis.

Big Bats

Hogan and Durso wielded the big bats for the Crimson as they each collected four hits on seven and eight bats, respectively. Harvard tallied a total of six runs on 11 hits in the second game and three runs on seven hits in the opener.

"These guys just take one game at a time." Park said after the doubleheader. "After the first game, we knew we could win and beat this Brown club. And that second game, boy, wasn't that a beauty."