Listless Stahlmen Drop 4-2 Game to Tufts Jumbos; Hatch Stingy In Pinches

Floyd Stahl's baseball nine hit a new low for the season in almost every department of the game on Saturday afternoon and after two hours and fifteen minutes of listless play, the Tufts Jumbos carried off an unexpected 4 to 2 victory.

The visitors' triumph was engineered chiefly by veteran twirler Al Hatch, who scattered six Crimson hits over nine innings and bore down when men were on the bases. His mates jumped on Tom Healey and capitalized on some infield lapses to chalk up three runs in the first and one in the second. To all intents and purposes, they sewed up the ball game right then and there.

Healy Ineffective

Tom Healey showed the effects of a week's layoff, doling out eight safe hits and ten free passes to the visitors. He was constantly in hot water and was actually fortunate to escape with as little damage as he did despite the poor support which his mates gave him afield.

The Stahlmen again looked woefully weak at the plate as they muffed countless scoring opportunities and left nine baserunners stranded. Their inability to hit in the pinches was demonstrated time and time again; in the seventh it took a base on balls to force in Bob Fulton for the Crimson to get their first tally.

In that frame the Stahlmen bunched two hits singles by Bob Fulton and Fred Keyes down the first base line, and a brace of walks to Tom Healey and Art Johns. The last one forced Fulton home with a run. In the eighth Lupe Lupien poled a long drive out to center field and went all the way around the bases when the Jumbo outer gardeners misjudged the drive slightly. That poke wrote a finis to Harvard scoring for the afternoon.

The visitors manufactured their three runs in the first on two hits, a walk, and an error. Lee got to first safely on Art Johns' boot, Chircs strolled, and both men advanced on an infield out. Budrunas singled to center, driving in two tallies, and followed them around on Hannabury's double.

In the second Tufts got another unearned marker when Raphael drew a base on balls, got to second on Johns' error, took third on a passed ball, and scored on a third slip in the field by the Crimson captain. Lupe Lupien turned a pop bunt into a sparkling double play to nip the rally before any further damage could be done.

On Wednesday the Crimson nine will have leaped most of the final examination barriers and should be ready to meet the challenge of a strong Brown team on Soldiers Field. In the first meeting of the two schools, the Bruins handed Harvard a neat 4 to 0 defeat.

On Saturday it will be Tufts at Medford with the Stahlmen attempting to break the spell which Al Hatch has woven over their bats in the last two years.