Crimson Nine Whips Judges, 27-9

When the double-play relay arrived at first only slightly after Crimson catcher Al Liebgott in the bottom of the sixth inning, the umpire carried out unprotested euthanasia, finally ending Harvard's onslaught.

The fianl score of 27-9 sounds more as if somebody missed an extra point. It was baseball Harvard beat Brandeis in, though, and judging from the way the Judges' outfielders played fly balls it is possible even they weren't sure what sport they were buffooning.

It was about that kind of a day. The HSA ice cream hawker had forgotten to bring spoons. The audience of 50 was composed mainly of the venerable old guard, four spooning couples, Carter Lord's girlfriend, and refugees from the Dunster House softball game.

Punctuating the uninteresting procession of runners across the plate were a few legitimate highlights: John Dockery left the Brandeis catcher gaping with a breathtaking hook slide following a first-inning foul grounder by Jeff Grate. The Judges' center fielder retreated to the infield of the freshman diamond when Lord came to the plate after his first-inning triple. Brandeis caught Grate off third base with the old hidden ball trick. And Jim Tobin got a 20-foot "triple" when at least four Judges mishandled the ball.

In addition to providing laughs, the game gave the slumping Crimson hitters the chance-of-the-season to fatten their batting averages. Dockery led the gourmands by collecting three singles and a double. On top of this 4-for-4 performance, Dockery added four stolen bases and scored five runs.

Grate rocked the only Harvard homer, but triples by Lord, Neil Houston, Tom Munzel, Liebgott, and Grate attest to the difficulties Brandeis had fielding the long ball.

Brandeis nine runs were the result of some solid hits off Harvard hurler John Scott, pit hing wildness, and a shoddy Crimson defense.

Scott showed the effects of a month of inactivity and had to be replaced by sophomore lefty Tom Munzl in the fourth. Munzel didn't permit a hit in 3 1/2 innings, but Harvard's long at-bats cooled him off and he walked five men in the seventh, which was mercifully the last inning. Box Score     ab  r  h  rbl Dockery, If  4  5  4  2 Grate, ss  5  3  2  3 Tobin, 3b  3  2  1  2 Bennett, 3b  1  1  1  0 Hootstein, rf  5  4  2  3 Welz, 1b  5  4  3  4 Lord, cf  4  2  1  2 Houston, 2b  4  1  3  3 Sikora, 2b  0  0  0  0 Liebgott, c  6  2  3  2 Scott, p  1  1  0  0 Munzel, p  2  2  1  0