Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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fi- fiiiijr is 4 iiplinu LJlYt1Ylsl, t oath ht lil.l 1, flliiiititlei .Xl11.1.1 1: Tl1e Sahrinas opened tl1eir season witl1 a sl-2 win over A,l.C, Cl1arlie Murphy pitched tl1e full nine innings, letting the visitors down with only six hits, while striking OLII fifteen. His team- mates hacked him up bv pounding out four consecutive l1its in tl1e sixth inning after two were out. Against St. Michael's in the second game the jelfs collected twelve hits while pitcher Don Dunbar allowed the .Xfikes six for a I2-I victory. The l1o1ne team scored twelve runs in the first six innings before Ecklev pulled out all hut two of his starters and finisl1ed tl1e game with the reserves. Trinitv came to .Xleinorial Field to he the victims ol the third Amherst victory. ln a wild scoring contest tl1e home team won, 22-11, behind tl1e pitching of Murphy and reliefer .lohn Bergin. Tl1e ,lefls notched three runs in the sivth inning hut sealed their victorv in tl1e seventh with a nine-run outburst topped with a grand-slam home run hv Captain Rosendale. Two unearned l'llIlN in tl1e eighth inning hroke a -f--l tie to give Amherst a triumpl1 over Bowdoin. Xvith two on and two out the Polar liear leftfielder dropped Nloose .NfcC.rath's fly into short left to let in tl1e tie-breaking win and a moment later llarrv Nliller stole home to insure tl1e jeff run. Don Dun- har and -lohn llergin handled the pitching for Amherst. The XY'eslevan Cardinals finally hrolte the jeff winning streak with a 7-fl victorv at ,Nliddletown Charlie .Nlurphv suffered his first defeat though striking out eleven men, ten in tl1e first four innings Rosendale and Dave .NlcNeish were the only visit- ing hatters to hit the pitching of XVeslevan's Frosty Francis. W'ith ,lohn llergin making his first Amherst start on the mound, the team lost its second straight to Springfield hy a 9-3 score. All but three of the Springfield runs were a result of five consecutive walks isstICt,l hv tl1e Amherst inottnd staff in the seventh inning. The ,lefTs got hack on tl1e winning track against Wlestover Field, highlighting the sports of Prom Weekeiitl with a lo-2 rout of the visitors. Charlie Murphy retired after four innings with a ten run lead to 111ake wav for Dave Hunter, who held Page Une Htnidred LTiuel11e Fssafs the soldiers scoreless for three frames. Ned Barry finished tl1e game, allowing only one hit. For the fourth titne Amherst went into douhle figures to heat Tufts, lfi-lv. Tl1e ,leffs totaled 13 hits while the losers con- tributed seven errors and ten walks to the Sabrina causei Bill Genovese who had previouslv heen hampered by a bad ankle went the full nine innings at third, celebrating his return with a grand-slam homer in the first inning. Charlie ,Nlurphv limited Xvesleyan to four hits as the ,leffs avenged their earlier defeat with a 5-ll triumph Dnlv three Cardinals reached second hase as .Nlurphy outpitched XY'es- levan's Francis all the wav. lvar Rosendale scored E: Bowen on a long triple in the third inning. The ,leffs exploited XY'es- levan's defensive weaknesses in the fourth to add three runs to their total. The Lord ,leffs slapped out nine l1its to heat Trinitv, 5-1, for their fourth straight win. Don Dunbar pitched shutout ball for six innings before giving wav to .lohn Bergin, who allowed only one hit and a single run. .Nlaking it five in a row, the Amherst team edged ottt highly-touted Dartmouth by a 3-2 score. The lndians tallied twice in the first two innings to take a OflC'l'LlH advantage hut the ,leffs came hack in the fourth to win the hall game. Charlie Murphy, who allowed Dartmouth only three l1its after the lirst two innings, singled in the tieing run and Dave .NlcNeish drove l1i1n in to clinch tl1e victory. Against Colgate the Sabrina squad suffered a complete re- versal of form and fell by a count of 14-3. Four jeff hurlers received little or no support as the Red Raiders scored seven unearned runs in the first inning and went on to an easy triumph. Harvard edged the jeffs, 5-4, in a tight game at Cambridge. Charlie Murphy had a bad day as he issued nine walks while striking Ollt three. Don Dunbar did a line iob on the mound as the ,leffs con- quered Columhia, 2-1, in eleven innings. lt was a pitcheris duel all the wav with each moundsman allowing only four hits and one l'l.Il1 until the last half of the eleventh, Then an error hv .Yr ,A ..-f' ,tgt-nip gn' 'C - '-N 5 -sw- if. ' l.,., 'f- 5 , . 'nz . . - -'-rw-, -rv , , .---'lee 1 R .a1,.7 f:.ts --'..' -. - A Y - '- - -, sf -,-t J's::g,1-s,- ,gs ,- - J A , seg: ---- s : -1- W. 4- .x-.:i.,,.-,a,4--x- -w f ,- .., . sew., L V,-.4-.'-r' - ' -, , :. t--1 'i'15ef'sQ4- YT' -- . ..gw5.'.' .-1 -.',..Qf....,.- ' lf

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1949-Since 1859 when Am- herst beat Wfilliams in the hrst intercollegiate baseball game, the -lehfs have had an enviable record. Especially since Paul Eckley took over as coach four- teen vears ago, Amherst has been able to hold her own with K N any team in the East. The 1949 team lived up to tradition, out ini 55, , .fum mm of sivteen games the team won eleven, including victories over Dartmouth and Columbia. One of the main reasons for the successful season was the pitching of Charlie Murphy, one of the Amherst baseball stanclouts ot the post-war era. Behind Murphy, Coach Ecltley had an airtight infield consisting of Ez Bowen on first, Dave .NlcNeish at second, Ivar Rosendale at shortstop, and Bill Genovese at third. The hitting and lielding of these veterans formed a nucleus around which Ecltley built one of his best teams. Catcher Dave Cold and outlielders Moose McGrath, Sam Crowe and jake ,lordan were good defensive ballplayers and provided extra punch in the batting order. 1949 llifvtiiiii Rosenii,-xLi3 . liiilierst w 12145 l SCORES Hjvlvoiiciit 4 A.l.C, 2 I2 St, rXlichael's 1 22 Trinity fi rw Bowdoin 4 U XVesleyan 7 n Springiield 9 I6 XVestover Field 2 I tw Tufts fa 5 Wesleyan 0 5 Trinity 1 3 Dartmouth 2 3 Colgate 14 4 Harvard 5 2 Columbia 1 5 Williaitls 7 IH Vililliams I FIRST Row Smith, Cmperiim, flliller, Diinluzr, Qeizuwese, Hergiri, Yordizn, 'H'ucliiliii, Barry SECOND Row Sclelev tfuntlih, 5lltQmIli, 'Wviq I Dinqley, 'l'i'il5on, Cliristeiisoii, Htirnx, Pierce, Cummings, Fisher, Tllillevtflltzmzilerl. THIRD Row: ML' tfmirierk, Burnett, Lcqilctl, Reviiolrls, Ltmq lmitscr, Dammit, Tunes, Crowe, HtlIl'klIIX Miss t flfqi' l. Page flue fhliiiidrvii flci t

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the Cftiltttnhia rtglttlteleler alluvteel llusenelale lu eutne lwme vvith the vvinning tallv . . A x E' George llitmar tit Xvilliams maintained his masterv titer .-Xmherst haselwall teams vvitli a TIP victttrv in the lirst game lwetvveen the ttatlitiunal rivals, Ciharlie Murpliv, the Amherst starter, gave up lmtr runs in the lirst inning helftre heing replacetl lay .ltthn liergin, ln the seasttirs linale, liuvveveti Xlurphv returnecl lu his usual waht lurin and lecl the ,lells tu a lit-1 victttrv liver the lfphtnen This ,. ,--' 'wr -.dhtl fi-,jim si ,L -. 1. triumph threvv the Little Three race intu a three vvav tie It was Xlurphv all the vvav as the veteran pitcher allwvvetl unlv tour hits in his last intereullegiate game. llitmar vvas kn-tekecl uut ut the hex in the sixth inning. The afteiiiuttn was high- lighteel lur the partisan Cttinmenceinent vveeksentl ermvel hy httme runs trttm the laals tit Rtisenelale anel lluvven This game marketl tlie last intercollegiate appearance ot lltmen, NlcNeish ancl Rnsenclale as vvell as Murphy, leaving Bill Cjenuvese as the nnlv returning ittlielcler. Will-Tlie eightvktltirel eelition ul the Amlierst hasehall team Y - startecl practice in the cage early in ,Nlarch with Cuaeh Paul Tfcklev beginning his lnurteenth year at the helm ul the ,lell lwasehall turtunes The squad moved ciutside alter Spring Yaca- Mlm, kmLl,,m, tm, ,lm mwtv lm, Nm. mul HMI, qjl,,,,,k.,,,,,,1 l 'n H'Hlf'1'1' lW3lllL ' lW'll'f'i'Ll 'llc Wllililillllx anutlier stantluut as a freshman, are YUIITIPCIIHQ lur the haekstup . . . , , , .. . pttsitittn This vear s captain ls Bill bemtvese, regular thirel lwaseman ut the past three seasttns He is the tmnlv returning ittemlwer 'tt Thu qnimm I,,ul,m,, i, the l,,.,,,L.,t ql,L.e,,,,n mail, lui' Ifiitl the stellar inlteltl ut VW' This elirth ul veterans in the inlieltl lynn lhunlwar is the unlv starting pitcher haek twin last season wlll llc 3 mnlm' l 'lll'm lm' Coach Efklcllt lm' ll' lm' Wllcml luhn Bei'-'in 1 veteran reliel hurler has he-en kept inactive g , . . , . t fHmlit'H'UQ lmlll llllltll lf' fllwgc llll' V': 'lN Flmlll Q l WW hv a shuuleler separation Rack ol Dunhar are Neel Harrv and itil' l 'lml'll' f 'll'm'Q at third llllmgll ll' lux ll 'il4L'Ll ul at llave llunter luttth Ht vvliuin sau slime aetiun in 1041! and secfintl at times, Sn lar George Carpenter ltmtiks like a regular g,,ph,,,n,,,.w vvqlim vy',lN,,n ami gut, tom., at slitwtstttp llttvvie Burnett is the leading eontentler lur seennel hase, vxhile Ilitk Dinglev, anwtlier suplininttre, vvill prttlwahly he .Ns usual the .lell selie-elule inelueles several higger selmnls, the starting ltrst haseman, llarvaitl antl llartmtiuth return lrum last vear's program, vtltile Yale, Rutgers, antl llttlv Cross vvill alstt pruviele ttppttsitiun elur- ln etintrast lit the inlielcl, last vear's pieket line has returnetl intaet ,lake Al4'I'LlJI1, Sain Lrctvve, and Nluttsg Nleljatlt, laal littinefaml-liuine series vvith Trinitv antl the traditietnal Little vear's starting ttttlllelel, are all hack, hut it lttttlis like llarrv 'I't,,,L.k. ,imp vvgllmmx Rnd vycglcmn .Nliller mav hreak intu the lincvup in left, liuekv llairis eaptain ancl heavy hitter lruin last vear's fresh sriuatl, alstt is tin the The Walt manager is Dttug Miller, vvhtt is assisteel hy ltthn Xvalker and Huh llavvkins, Qeulli -lacksctn Is in charge til pulwlie- itv tur the team antl Bill liek vttll again aet as trainer vvav tu heeuming an ttutlield liixture. The ,lells shuulcl not have lim mueh truuhle hehincl the plate. Bill Xvuehrlin, vvlitt tlitl If X , ' 4- ' t. ing the cunning campaign The I7-game slate alsii euntains lltltlt' .Xpiil IW .tl Cf Here Yale There St .Xliehael's llere Trinity There T7 llttvvelmn llere W Tults llere .Nlav Springlieltl There lt Rutgers There Ill llarvarcl llere 13 XY'eslevan llere 17 Trinitv Here Qll Rttsttm Cttllege Here 25 lla: tmttuth There QT Xveslevan There Stl XY'illiams There ,lune Httlv lilitlss. There Xklilliams Here 'Pitt lltllltlleil Tltttlt 'll