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MERCER CLUSTER
APRIL II. ItH
SPORTS ROUND-UP
By Louis Johnson
Sports Editor
The red hot Mercer Hears, hit
ting like they had never heard any
thing about pitchers being ahead of
hitters in the earls part of the sea
son, reeled off eight straight vie
tones before being upset by a vie
tory hungry Ohio team
The loss was only the second of
the season for the Bears, who had
won two before losing to South
eastern Conference power house
Auburn University.
We beat ourselves in both those
games," said Coach Claude Smith,
whose m his 25th season at the
helm of the Bears baseball club
"We have been in every one of
those games until the last out.” he
said, "and if it weren't for early in
mng mistakes, we would have won
them both."
"We'Ve been getting good hitting
and our pitchers have done real well
so far. We have had a few ball
games that didn't allow them »o get
the rest they need, but they have
performed well when they were
called on. We haven’t been outhit
by any club we’ve faced this year
and as a matter of fact, only two
teams have gotten as many hits in a
game as we have. "
The Bears began the season by
avenging a year-old defeat to a
hustling Georgetown (Ky.) ball
club, winning 4-3. The win was tag
ged on Bob McCleod, Georgetown's
All America ace who defeated the
Bears by one run last vear Both
clubs had five hits apiece, but the
Bears were able to push across the
winning run on a" single bv Kich
Jacobs Jimmy Williams knocked in
the first run of the year for the
Bears with an opposite field single
Senior Mike Crook, who is also a
member of the Bears mound staff,
knocked in two runs for the Bears
before Jacobs game winning hit.
Lefthander Mark Sticnbeck got the
w in.
track with a pair of victories over
I ake Forest College (111.), 10-3 and
6- 2 Lefty Mark Steinbeck recorded
II strikeouts enroute to his second
victory of the season, allowing just
four hits. The Bears bats were well
tuned as they slugged four Lake
Forest hurlers for 13 hits. Kich
Jacobs led the way for the Bears in
that first game with three hits,
while Lou Johnson, Chuck Brewer
and Mike Crook had two hits
apiece. Jacobs led the Bears in the
RBI’ department with two
In the second game, the Bears
sticks were playing the same song as
they stroked e^ht more hits Lou
Johnson led the way for the Bears
with two hits and two RBI'S, while
Robert Bcllior also had two KBI S
Mike Crook won his second of tile-
season
Huntington College (Ind.) were
greeted in the same fashion as the
Bears continued to pound away on
enemy pitching Mercer won two
contests by 130 and 6-5 margins as
they collected ten hits in the first
game and eight in the second In
the first game. Lou Johnson and
Chester Piccrc had two hits apiece,
with Johnson, Mike Crook and liar
vcv Cochran having two RBI's each
Cochran won his second game
against a single loss
In the second game, l efts Mark
Steinbeck recorded his third
straight win as he struck out nine
batters. Chuck Brewer was the-big
man at the plate for the Bears as lie-
stroked three straight hits Robert
Bcllior and Bill Conner had two hits
tor the Bears, who showed no signs
of letting up at the plate
Mike Crook won his third game
of the vcar as he threw a one hit
shutout at Grace. College (Ind I,
7- 0. The hig senior gave up a hit to
the first batter of the game, but was
untouchable the rest of the was as
he recorded six strikeouts. The
Bears continued their hot hitting as
the banged out twelve safeties. Lou
Johnson led the way with three
hits, and Robert Bcllior, Chuck
Brewer and Chuck Ogburn pitched
in with two apiece. Bcllior had two
RBI's for the Bears
The hard hitting Bears tried to
make it a repeat performance as
they pounded eleven hits against
the Grace College club in the se
cond game . winning 4-3. Lou John
son, Chuck Brewer, Mike Crook
and Chester Pierce had two hits
each for Bears, as they fielded a
team that was hitting over .340.
Righthander Harvey Cochran,
one of four seniors on the team,
won his third of the year for the
Bears as he recorded six strikeouts
in going the distance for the fourth
time
Malone College was the next vic
tim for the Bears, as they won their
eighth straight, 4-0 Mark Steinbeck
continued his dazzling pitching, a!
lowing just one hit while fanning
eight batters
And the Bears batters weren’t
about to let up as enemy pitching
continued to be "Bear meat Mcr
ccr stroked nine hits, with Mike
Crook getting three to lead the
Bears at tlu- plate i on Johnson,
Chuck Brewer and Robert Bcllior
had two hits each lor the Bears
In the Bears second encounter
with Malone, the Bears bats were
far from being silenced as they rap
pod out nine hits, but the Malone
group eased up on the Bears and
won the seven inning affair The
visitors were allowed onlv six hits
as freshman Rip Mehrhof started
his first game of the vcar for the
Bears, but they made the most of
them Mike Crook continued his
torrid hitting for the Bears with a
three run homer, but that wasn’t
Mercer made it two in a row
with an 11-4 shellacking of Rock
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walks.. Rub Jacobs and Chuck Og
burn were the big gUns getting two
hits apiece, with Jacobs also getting
two RBI’s
In the Auburn contest, the Bears
came back from a 7-0 deficit Mer
ccr was guilty of a couple of early
inning mistakes that helped Auburn
on it's way to victory The Bears
refused to roll over and plat dead
for the visitors as they tuned in on
two Auburn hurlers for 12 hits, two
more than senior right hander Har
vey Cochran allowed Most of the
Auburn hits came with no one on
or did little damage
Robert Bcllior. Rich Jacobs and
Lou Johnson had two hits apiece
for the Bears, and Benny Mayo
chipped in with two RBI'S. Coch
ran belted a homerun that travelled
well over 400 feet against a strong
windin an effort to offset the early
Auburn lead
Chuck Brewer, Mike Crook,
Chuck Ogburn and Jimmy Williams
also had hits for the Bears.
Mercer got back on the winning
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enough as the Bears saw their win
streak go down the drain.
But that lost didn't deter the
Bears batsmen one bit as they con
tinued their assault on North
Georgia'College. The Bears scored
in every inning but two as they got
back on the winning trail with a
12-5 pasting of the visitors. Fresh
man Chuck Brewer led the way for
the Bears as he stroked four hits.
Lou Johnson had three hits for the
Bears Johnson, Robert Bcllior and
Chester Pierce drove in two runs
each, while Crook recorded eight
strikeouts in winning his fourth
straight game of the year. Freshman
Marvin Bailey came on in the ninth
inning and gave up two runs before
he struck out the side.
The Bears continued their win
ning ways and their torrid hitting
against a game Aurora (III.) team as
they stroked nine hits in the 6-3
win. The victory was the eleventh
of the year against just two defeats
in the rain threatened contest. Har
vey Cochran posted his third win
for the Bears as he struck out nine
Aurora batters and allowed just six
hits Robert Bcllior led the Bears at
tack with three hits as the Bears
scored all of their runs in the se
cond inning and made them stand
for the victory.
. The Bears will try to sharpen
their hitting and fielding against
Olivet College (111.) before they
take on rival Oglethorpe College in
Atlanta Saturday. If the Bears win
these three games this will assure
them of a winning season.
A beaming coach Smith looked
back and replied, "There it no Way
we should have lost that game to
Malone, and we actually didn’t do
bad at all against Auburn." "It’s
not often that a team get* behind
early in the game as we did (7-0)
and come back to lose by a close
margin."
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