North Carolina State University - Agromeck Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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two losses aiul was tlu- inainst.u on two ol tlu ' hcst teams tli.ii St.iic c cr produced. William (Bill) Fowler, tivslim.in lioiii C liarloiie, . C. came to State liiohK touted as a eatelier. Inn Coach Sorrell sliilted Bill to the outfield wheiv Uc became the rookie star ot the league and one ol State ' s most feared batters. le set the home run pace in the league, with three circuit blows, and tied vith Leo Katkaxeck for the doubles title, with three. Katkaxeck, third baseman from Manchester, Conn., was in a deadlock with Centerfielder Willie Evans of Burlington, N. C for the triples leadership. Each collected four. Evans won the undisputed title for the number of stolen bases, s ipino six. Captain jimmv Edwards also plaved his last ear at State. He handled the catching duties throughout the season and ran the team in such a manner that man termed him the smartest plaver in the Big Eour. After several exhibition games under ad ' erse weather conditions, the Red Terrors opened their league season, with a 5-0 shutout victorv over the Blue De ils from Duke, featured by Ramsey ' s two- hit mound performance. Curt had a no-bitter until the se enth when Jerrv Frve touched him for a single. Wake Forest stopped State in the second game, 8-4. Red Cochran pro ided the blow that ga e the Nice g,oing,. ' ietorv to the Deacons by poling one of Ernest Johnson ' s offerings over the fence with the bases loaded in the ninth, lohnson had relieved Bob Edwards. Ramsev stopped the Blue De ils again, 6-5, against Duke ' s ace, Bob Moughton. Ramsey gave up eight hits and paced the attack, with three for four. Home Slide!!

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Three good hitters. A uuud pitcher. BRSEBRLL 1947 W A •r ' r -If b% Hk ' V H i Hii liH HS ftj h H L ' ' M V | ,,;„ : ' ' ' ■■ ' H ■■jlgnj p Hb I ■A l v iw B 11? ' Coach Vic Sorrell Coach Vic Sorrell guided the State College base- hall team to a second-place herth in the Big Four, with a record oF seven wins against five losses, during the 1947 season. The Red Terrors had several outstanding stars, hut a batting weakness knocked State out of the championship role— a position Coach Sorrell ' s nine had acclaimed in 1946, Sorrell ' s first year at State and the first pennant for State in 18 years. Duke, which emerged with the flag, did not fare well with the Red Terrors, losing three out of four games. Carolina managed a split with State, winning the last two games of the season, which shoved State into second as Carolina climbed out of the cellar into third place. Wake Forest ' s Deacons finished the season in the cellar, but enjoyed the distinction of splitting their four-game series with State. Big Curt Ramsey, star righthander from Crumpler, W. ' a., paced the mound staff. After winning six straight games in 1946 without a loss, he stretched the winning skein to 10 games before losing to Duke, 8-5. He finished the season with a 5-2 record which placed him at the head of Big Four pitchers. Ramsey, a senior, played his last two years at State after serving in the armed forces, compiling a record of 1 1 wins and

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Ramsey strikes another one out. runs by Charlie Richkus and Fowler tied and won the game. Johnson and Edwards teamed on the mound to defeat Wake Forest, 6-5, in a 10-inning thriller. John- son allowed four hits in eight innings and Edwards gave up two in two. Katkaveck, with three for four, Evans, with three for five, and Fowler, with three for six, paced the Red Terrors ' attack. akc Forest scored two runs in the top of the ninth, but State came back with a pair to knot the score. The Deacons took another lead, with a lone run in the tenth, but two for State in the bottom clinched the victory. Bill Stanton walked, and pinchhitter Warren Bailey sacrificed. Evans singled, his third of the game, anrl Hank Utley walked to load the bases. Katkaveck came through with his second double of the game to drive in the winning run. Ramsey limited the Deacons to seven hits as State won, 7-5. With the score tied, 5-5, and two men out in the ninth, Katkaveck tripled with Stanton and Richkus on base. Earlier in the game, Fowler had hit a home run. In the third game with Duke, Ramsey made it three straight o ' er the Blue Devils, with a five-hit performance as State was winning, 8-5. Duke collected all its runs in the eighth while Ramsey was having trouble with his control. Utley paced State ' s attack, with three for four. Evans and Katkaveck got two for four each. In a heartbreaking 12-inning game. Wake Forest triumphed over State, 2-0. Moe Bauer and Bo Bell went the route for the Deacons, giving up seven hits. Johnson pitched for State. Fowler led the Red Terrors at the plate, with two for five. State apparently had a run in the third which probably would have won the game, but Willie Evans, who was on third, was called out for leaving the bag too soon, when he attempted to score after Pinky Gard- ner ' s long fly had been caught. Duke finally beat State, 8-5, with Ramsey on the mound. It was Curt ' s first loss in two years. Fowler and Katkaveck were the big men in State ' s attack, ith two for four. At this point of the season. State had four games left— all with Carolina. The Red Terrors won the first two and with Duke and Wake Forest both finished. Coach Sorrell ' s charges needed one more victory for a tie, and both games to clinch the pen- nant. Thev lost both games.