Farmingdale State College - Islander Yearbook (Farmingdale, NY)

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emi 'I 1' Qtaa . NY SIA if A 2 ....-............... Baseball Games NEW YORK AGGIES VS. WEBB INSTITUTE In the opening game of the season with Webb Institute of New York, we bowed to our superiors after a hard struggle. Our team scored two runs in the initial inning, but were held scoreless the rest of the game by the fine fielding and pitching of the Webb aggregation. The game ended 4-2 in Webb's favor. NEW YORK AGGIES VS. AVIATORS In our next game, we were defeated by the strong nine from Mineola. The game was an exciting one, our team leading up to the ninth inning. A rally in that inning by the Aviators netted them four runs, a lead which was too much for our boys to overcome. Our battery of Goerke and Kolly fea- tured. They held the Aviators for nine innings and scored all our runs, a single by Kolly followed by a double by Goerke in the seventh and ninth innings scoring our lone two runs. Nilson, pitching for the Aviators, was the main factor in their 4-2 victory. NEVV YORK AGGIES VS. SAVAGE In what has proven to be one of our best home games of the season, the Savage team of New York were victorious by a 5-l score. Their scoring was all done the second stanza of the game, when Krantz, pitching for us, after making a sensational start, fanning two out of three men blew up and was found for three timely hits. From then on it remained a pitcher duel between Eulbion of Savage and Goerke, our veteran pitcher. Georke had the better going of the two, but our hits were scattered and our men stranded on bases each inning. l'ollet's hitting and Fostefs fielding shone for the Aggies. l71l

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