Kelley's Bat and Doyle's Arm Push Crimson Past UMass, 9-3

Bobby Kelley's four-hit slugging and Bill Doyle's complete-game pitching propelled Harvard to an easy 9-3 victory over UMass yesterday at Soldiers Field.

In an afternoon when everything--the calls, the good bounces, the bad bounces--went the Crimson's way, the only threat seemed to loom above. But the weather held, permitting Harvard to cruise to the triumph.

Minuteman coach Dick Bergquist expressed the consensus view about the senior Kelley when he asked for a saliva test on the second baseman after the game.

Whatever the causes, Kelley has been hot lately. Blazing. After his two hits at B.C. Wednesday, he ripped a single, two doubles and a triple yesterday--a sort of cycle. A tricycle.

Kelley's single opened Harvard's four-run second inning, a three-hit, two-walk attack that gave Doyle an early cushion. After Kelley's line drive to right, catcher Vinnie Martelli lofted a long double--probably a homer on a clear day--to left, scoring Kelley. A Dan Bowles sacrifice, Dan Skaff walk, Brad Bauer sacrifice fly and Rick Pearce walk prepared the way for a towering double to left by captain Charlie Santos-Buch, which knocked in Pearce and Skaff.

The double came on a delicious hanging curve ("I was smiling when I saw that pitch," Santos-Buch said) tossed by the supposed ace of the UMass staff, Chuck Thompson. Thompson, now 5-2, sported a fancy 1.79 ERA coming into the contest, but the lanky junior looked unimpressive in his seven-inning stint.

On the Harvard side, Doyle stayed strong throughout, in probably his best outing since his shutout of Columbia early in the season. Sporting a harder-than-usual fast ball and a gyrating curve, the freshman was, as he said afterwards, "in control the whole game."

The victory, satisfying though it was, will mean relatively little for the Harvard season. It lifts Harvard to 15-9 overall, but has no effect on the Eastern League, which determines the teams that qualify for the national championships in Omaha, Neb.

Once ranked second in New England, UMass falls to 14-9-1. The Harvard triumph also rates as a moral victory since UMass dumped the Crimson last year, 4-1.

The Minutemen's only serious threat came in the third when, with one out, Dean Bennett singled, advanced to third on Mark Bingham's throwing error, leaving men on second and third. Mark Litano then launched a two-run double, but that was to be all, as Doyle fanned Mike McEvilly and got clean-up man Mark Brown to fly to center.

The Crimson added two more in the seventh, when Bowles singled, Skaff sacrificed him to second and Bauer and Pearce walked, loading the bases. Santos Buch sent a long sacrifice fly to center to score one run and Bauer came across when UMass shortstop Vic Bonnano--three errors--flubbed Bingham's roller.

THE NOTEBOOK: The Crimson travels to Tufts tomorrow for another meaningless non-league game. The team will then remain idle over the weekend, watching Cornell's single game with Princeton and double-header with Army closely. The Big Red now stand at 7-1 in the Eastern League and can win the title if it takes all of its remaining games. Harvard, 8-3 in the league, will host Cornell next Friday. at Soldiers Field UMASS         Doug Alyward, RF  5  1  0  0 Mark Litano, LF  4  0  2  2 Mike McEvilly, CF  3  1  0  0 Mark Brown, 1B  3  0  1  0 Jim Aulenback, DH  3  0  0  0 Dave Olelasack, C  4  0  0  1 Vin Bonnano, SS  4  0  0  0 Barry Bennett, 3B  4  0  1  0 Dean Bennett, 2B  3  1  2  0 Totals  33  3  6  3 HARVARD         Brad Bauer, SS  3  1  0  1 Rick Pearce, 3B  2  2  1  0 Charlie Santos-Buch, CF  3  1  1  3 Mark Bingham, 1B  5  0  0  0 Ed Farrell, DH  5  0  0  0 Bobby Kelley, 2B  4  2  4  0 Vin Martelli, C  4  1  2  2 Dan Bowles, LF  3  1  1  0 Dan Skaft, RF  2  1  0  0 Totals  31  9  9  6

UMass(away)  002000010--3 Harvard(home)  14001201x--9

E--Bonnano(3), B. Bennett, Bingham. DP--Harvard(1). 2B--Litano, Santos-Buch, Martelli, Kelley(2). 3B--Kelley. SB--Skaft, Santos-Buch. S--Bowles, Skatt. SF--Bauer, Santos-Buch H-Doyle(W, 4-2)  9  6  3  1  4  6 M-Thompson (L,5-2)  7  8  7  6  4  0 Vin  2  1  1  0  1  2

UMass(away)  002000010--3 Harvard(home)  14001201x--9

E--Bonnano(3), B. Bennett, Bingham. DP--Harvard(1). 2B--Litano, Santos-Buch, Martelli, Kelley(2). 3B--Kelley. SB--Skaft, Santos-Buch. S--Bowles, Skatt. SF--Bauer, Santos-Buch H-Doyle(W, 4-2)  9  6  3  1  4  6 M-Thompson (L,5-2)  7  8  7  6  4  0 Vin  2  1  1  0  1  2

E--Bonnano(3), B. Bennett, Bingham. DP--Harvard(1). 2B--Litano, Santos-Buch, Martelli, Kelley(2). 3B--Kelley. SB--Skaft, Santos-Buch. S--Bowles, Skatt. SF--Bauer, Santos-Buch H-Doyle(W, 4-2)  9  6  3  1  4  6 M-Thompson (L,5-2)  7  8  7  6  4  0 Vin  2  1  1  0  1  2