Fordham University School of Business - Aries Yearbook (New York, NY)

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230 M.V.P. Jack McQuade. Holland singles to right. aseball Fordham Baseball coach Jack Coffey started the i956 season with confidence that he was fielding a winning team. He felt that he had a seasoned combi- nation of veterans plus a sprinkling of sophomores with which to carry the Rams to the N.C.A.A. tourna- ment at the end of the year. lt appeared as though he was right as the Rams started the season with victories over Kings Point and C.C.N.Y. ln the City game the red-head from Dealy Hall, Jack McQuade, made head- lines in the local dailies by striking out l7 men, one less than the existing Fordham record set by former Bushwick star Gene Bowe. The Rams hit their stride as they reeled off two more victories before being beaten by high-ranking Lafayette, 4-3. Coffey's boys quickly rebounded as they knocked off Navy and Georgetown on the annual Southern swing, with McQuade posting his third win against Navy. The Columbia Lions handed the Rams their sec- ond setback of the campaign, but Fordham took two easy ones from Queens and Brooklyn Colleges. At this point the record stood 8 wins and 2 losses and the chances of receiving an N.C.A.A. bid looked very good for Fordham. But the N.Y.U. game gave some indication of what was to come. The Rams won 5-2, but in doing so only managed to gather 4 hits. Following this a real-hit famine set in and Fordham lost to Manhattan 3-l, and was held to three hits in a doubleheader against Rut- gers, losing 2-O, 4-3. St. John's and Colgate followed by beating the hitless wonders before the Rams won their last game over Princeton, 3-O. Thus, over the last six games of the year, the Maroon scored only nine runs.

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Little Don Haig. As a result of its late season batting woes, Ford- ham wound up with a lO-7 record and no tourney bid. Despite the poor batting, however fireballer Jack McQuade managed to attain a 5-3 record with an amazing L89 Earned Run Average and win the Most Valuable Player Award. A big part of Fordham's batting failure was at- tributed to the injury of Don Haig, the Rams' sparkling centerfielder. As a sophomore in i955 Don gained mention on the N.C.A.A. District All-Star team and was counted on to be the leading batter in l956. With the coming of the 1957 season, and the healing of his leg injury, it is expected that Haig will regain his batting prowess and, along with workhorse pitcher Jack McQuade, lead the Rams on to success on the diamond, ,, - rf, i. H ., gy' Q' .Q 3 X, jr if Q: T' fy ' '45 ' , ' -3, fifv Q ' V: se Wx if 'A ily V 1 -'-' f -V , f 4 if ' . f X, f ' if .,.-2 Hunter gets the signal 231