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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 Honor Council Dec isions Fall and Winter. 1«)6H r,u ford (111.). The Bears scored six big Case No. Verdict Penalty runs in the second inning and there case 1 13 conviction I- m the course was no doubt about the contest the case 114 conviction 1 in the course suspended rest of the way as Mike Crook case 115 conviction F in the course coasted to his first win of the cam case 116 acquittal paign He received relief help from case 11 7 conviction F suspension the third lefty on the Bears pitching case 118 conviction F in the course staff, freshman Rip Merhhof. The case 119 conviction K in the course Bears hitters contributed nine hits. case 120 conviction F in the course 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 Charlie Wood, Inc. SPORTING GOODS We specialize in fraternity and sorority jerseys 484 Second Street 743-5441 Macon, Georgia Cone it ud clew the leu with as. For aider two backs. Com* A* You An Na Tipping 2414 MO MONO AVENUE 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." APRIL 14 Ga. Col.-Macon 15 Piedmont Macon 22-N. Ga. Col.- Dahlonege 24 Piedmont Demorest 25-Ga. S. W. Macon MAY 2- Stetson Uni. Macon 3- Stetson Uni.-Macon 5 -Ga. Col.-Milledgeville 8-Ga. S. W - Amcricus 10 Oglethorpe Uni.- Macon 12-Auburn Auburn, Ala. 17-Ga. Tech Atlanta Game Timer Monday-Friday 3:00 Saturday 2:30 Double Headers 1:30 R. S. THORPE & SONS presents NEW FALL FASHIONS • JANTZEN • SERO SHIRTS SPORTSWEAR • AUSTIN HILL • CRICKF.TEER Slacks Suits and Sjioruoats Campus Representative HARRY MOORE THE MERCER CLUSTER rm Profit oh*«i«Hm M.rc.r University Macao. Georgia