Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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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

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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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fs., fe-iiiptiiiiis llofiiuii mid Pu iisox and Ciotitli Ltixii.i Y Opening its season on April lit against HU., the ,-Xniherst varsity track team whipped the Terriers 79-io, The .lells conf trolled tour ot the seven lield events hut Bill Neill! victories in the IIN! and ZHO yard dashes were the outstanding performances ot the dav as cold damp weather slowed the whole meet. In a steady rainfall the Colgate trackmen swept to Ill lirsts in a I4 event program to heat Amherst 77-SH at Pratt Field. The Red Raiders showed their heels to the -letls in the dashes and hurdles hut the latter led hy Rozarth captured the mile and two mile. Boston College succumbed to Amherst on April 311. HH-53 Uutstanding runner ot the day was Bill Neill, who set a new eollege record of 21.5 seconds in the ZZ!! as well as copping the centurv in '18, lliehfscorer tor the dav was lim Pierson who led the hurdles and hroad iump, I i l'5osti'il1 University Colgate Ilosion College Xvilliams Xveslevan Hppoiieiiis Sli 77 55 771i T223 .Xmherst lost to a greatlv underrated XY'illiams squad on Saturday ot Prom weelvend 7713-5713. It was a near rout 'ts the lfphmen tooli S tirsts and lil seconds. The Sahrinas showee their only strength in the hammer, iavelin, discus and lllll 1 Q 220-vaixl dashes. .-Xmherst was torcihlv moved into last place in Little Th track standings as it closed its season at Wesleyan with 1 72:3-1i2':: defeat. Double winner was Pierson in the hro iump and 221' low hurdles while llatch and Neuholl were only other ,lell hlue rihhon men. The IWFII track team has heen left virtually unharmed hx graduation. Coach Lumlev in his twentvvthird year at f herst evpects to produce a well halanced team with the add. tion of lilteen memhers of last vear's freshman team. l'IRNT Row Levitt l,'lliirii1.ierl,Seo!t. Colili, Pieisoii fffizptaiiil, QTei1l,3-lizitli, f1liilti'luloii. Liiiiilrv ttfoiicli 1. SILUYI1 Row- lfioi1tlloo!,Nt'ill,fllmiltilli l!'illii1ms, 'Tlioiiziiy Hill. Jptiitev liailoii' THIRU Row Hailey, Elton. flletimtli, Pmssiviiiiiiier, Qvilu, Sodei, Iiiitlier. Fiirlou' FULIRTII Row tfllliciiilst Hiller 5oIlu,5iiitIi1iv Ltztl mm Porter lllO!Itll' Q'lliziliri,tiit'ti1 liioirii f' A A . - i's:.mm .l,,.., A l Y ? 1 'G W 5' 'H 4' .1 'if' 3. N agua' . lan- W 7 4 9--1 .Y 4 'U' W.. J -fi 'Nl N, nf P11410 Une 7-liiiidieil .Foiirleeii lg.. lt? mn QQY'