Boston Terriers Defeat Varsity Nine; Sloppy Playing Leads to 15-7 Loss

After a brilliant first inning which saw three Crimson runs cross the plate on a single, a double and a triple, the bottom suddenly dropped out and amid a flurry of errors and extra-base hits, the Boston University nine went on to wallop the Stahlmen by a lop-sided 15 to 7 score on windswept Nickerson Field yesterday afternoon.

After Captain Freddy Keyes broke the ice in the Crimson half of the first by reaching on an error, Sophomore Bart Harvey stepped up to the plate and pasted the ball all the way to the wire fence in left field for a double that drove in Keyes and started the afternoon's scoring bee.

Up next, Bill Tully was out on a grounder that advanced Harvey to third. Ed Buckley followed with a sharp single to left, and scored when Lou Clay put a three base trade mark on the ball, lifting it over Erickson's head out in center field.

Boston Hits Brackett

That brief first inning spree put the Soldiers Field outfit out in front for the first and last time as the Terriers came back in their half of the first frame to blast Charlie Brackett off the hill with a barrage of solid hits. Brackett, who was starting his first game since the spring trip, faced only seven men before Stahl yanked him in favor of Burgy Ayres.

In this short debut he allowed two walks and was touched for a single and two doubles. Five B. U. runs had scored before the inning finally came to an end.

With poor support by his mates and only fairly effective hurling, Ayres finished out the game, allowing clusters of two runs in the third inning, three in the fourth, three in the seventh, and two more in the penultimate frame.

At least five of these enemy tallies should never have materialized. Two were out in the third when Buckley, bothered by the sun in center field, dropped a long fly that paved the way for a pair of runs.

Again in the last of the fourth two of the Collardmen were already away when Ayres covering first on a roller, muffed an easy toss from Tully, thereby greasing the runways for a three run rally.

Bright light of the day from Coach Floyd Stahl's point of view was the return to hitting form which the team exhibited. Lou Clay, who batted two-for-four including a three-bagger, and Bart Harvey, who smacked out a pair of doubles, looked best at the plate for the Stahlmen. Burgy Ayres also connected twice in four trips, including one extra base knock.

The box score:

HARVARD  ab  r  h  po  a  oKeyes, ss  4  1  1  0  5  2Parsons, rf  4  1  0  0  0  0Harvey, 2b  4  1  2  3  1  0Tully, 1b  3  1  0  10  0  0Buckley, cf  3  1  1  0  1  1Haussermann, cf  1  0  0  0  0  0Clay, lf  4  1  2  2  1  0Whittemore, 3b  3  1  1  2  1  3Regan, c  3  0  1  6  0  0Brackett, p  0  0  0  0  0  0Ayres, p  4  0  2  1  3  1Barnes  1  0  0  0  0  0Totals  36  7  10  24  13  8BOSTON UNIVERSITY  ab  r  h  po  a  oChambers, 2b  4  2  0  2  3  0DeNubla, lf  4  2  1  2  0  0Thomas, 3b  4  0  2  4  1  0Erickson, rf  5  1  2  1  0  2O'Connell, c  4  2  0  6  0  0Williams, cf  3  3  2  6  0  0Poltrino, lf  5  3  4  6  0  0Cummings, ss  2  2  2  0  1  1DeMerritt, p  3  0  1  0  0  0Totals  34  15  14  24  5