'53 Nine Beats BU 12-10; Will Meet Green Tomorrow

Russ Johnson hit a tenth inning home run with a man on base to give the freshman baseball team a 12 to 10 win over Boston University at Nickerson Field yesterday. Fred Rhinelander, who pitched nine innings of good relief ball, got credit for the win.

Johnson's drive ended a loosely-played three-hour marathon. The Yardlings made six errors, the Terriers two. B.U. used four pitchers, and Crimson starter Scot Ricketson lasted little more than an inning.

The Yardlings picked up 13 hits off the combined Terrier pitching. George Chase got four, and batted in four runs, Johnson, John Canepa, and John CVollins also got two each.

Tomorrow the freshmen will play host to a Dartmouth team that Indian coach Hank Mueller calls only "pretty good." The Green is strong defensively and boasts fair pitching, but light hitting has been Mueller's big problem.

In an effort to exploit Dartmouth's weak stickwork, Crimson coach Dolph Samborski will start his number one pitcher, Bob Ward. Mueller will probably counter with lefty Rufus Tilden.

The best batters on the Green squad are shortstop Jack Hall and left-fielder Joe Cassidy, both of whom have shown occasionally that they can hit hard.

Fred Hitt, fastest man on the Indian team, plays second base and leads off the batting order. He, Hall, and Cassidy are the only real threats at the plate in the Dartmouth lineup.

The freshman summary:   ab  r  h  po  a  e Canopa, 2b  4  2  2  1  0  1 Smith (C), cf  3  2  0  1  0  1 Collins, rf  3  3  2  1  0  0 Johnson, lf  5  2  2  2  0  0 Chase, 3b  6  1  4  1  1  2 O'Brien, 1b  6  0  1  9  0  0 Vonderlage, ss  4  0  0  3  1  1 Wade, c  6  1  1  12  2  1 Ricketson, p  1  0  1  0  0  0 Rhinelander, p  3  1  0  0  6  0 Totals  41  12  13  30  10  6