The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-24
BAT POWER WON
MOST GAMES FOR
HOLY CROSS nine.
Crusaders Averaged IL
Runs, IL Hits a Game
in % Contests

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worcester, June 24.-Perhaps |
the most significant thing about |
the championship Holy Cross base
ball team which wone 20 out Of 30 |
games lies in the fact that, the
Crusaders had tremendous batting
power.
In 20 games the lads made 2s3
hits. Rather O. coincidence too Is |
| the fact that the team average is |
IL runs per game as well as ~
hits per game. The heighth Of bat
ting power cropped out in the game |
with Colgate at Hamilton and tho |
contest at Yale. In each of these |
games Holy Cross got 10 hits and |
this against at leaset one pitcher |
who Is going to the majors. In
two games Holy Cross made IS |
/ hits, the first Of these sat tests
came when Providence played at
| Worcester and was defeated 13 to
z. The second when the indicated |
| Rhode Island State team visited |
Elton field and was nipped 10 TO
8. Providence, by the way, was the
team which stopped the slugging
Crusaders after they had won IA
straight. The score, Of this game
was to ! and the Purple VISA
limited that day to Ave hits.
Here IT'S
The record by hits In each game
L.: Boston Braves, q; Brown IL;
Colgate, II; Princeton, 8; Bates,
II; Providence, IS; Yale, 10; Penn
sylvania, ~; Dartmouth, s; Tufts,
10; Colgate, 10; Manhattan, Is;
Columbia, IA; Springfield, 10:
Rhode Island, IS; Providence, 8;
Brown, 49, Boston College. 8;
Yale, IL; Harvard IL (seven in
nings); Springfield, II: Harvard,
IL; Boston College, 10. 1t might
be noted that Holy Cross faced six
Of the big intercollegiate league
teams, playing all but Cornell, and
won every contest.
Holy Cross has had some won
derful baseball teams In the past |
but none better than the 1895
edition. Once In It's history Holy |
Cross went through without a de-
feat. This was in 1924 when Ken |
Simendinger led the team which |
won 10 straight games. Jack
Barry was coach, too. In 1921 a |
Crusader team, also coached by |
Barry, won 20 games, lost 2 and |
tied one. The 1919 team which |
Chick Bowen led won 22 games |
out Of 20 starts, the same record |
as the present champions. This
team was coached by Jesse Bur-
kett. Again In 1929 the Purple had |
record OF rs victories in 81
games. Yes sir, there have been |
great college baseball teams, but |
none reater than this present Holy |
Cross group. Why take n look at |
the record II officers numerous |
comparisons in these days Of high |
pressure.
April 18th the Braves and Babe |
Ruth came to Worcester and be-
foro $4,000, the largest college |
baseball crowd OF the year, were |
lucky OWN from the Crusader & |
to 2. A ninth inning rally OF four
runs gave the Braves the verdict. |
Holy Cross led to ! goinging into
the last frame.
Red Sox Cancel
Then followed siashing victories
over Brown 10 to s, Colgate 0 to
!, Princeton 0 to / and Bates IL to
/. The Red Sox were to have play
ed at Fitton field on April 90, bit
had TO stay In Washington because
OF rain. The game with Mass. State
also went by the boards because of
rain and after the first Rhode ISL
and State contest had to be can
celled the Crusaders started again
after weeks lay off
Look at the reception they gave
the group headed by Ell Yale, Joe
Woods chdrges were defeated IL
to !, the University OF Pennsyl-
vania was tripped 0 to 0, Dart.
mouth, the champions Of the East
ern intercollegiate League was de.
feated to 6. This was great
game and the fielding of the Dart
mouth team In this contest rivailed
that of the purple. Dartmouth Is
every bit the champion OF teh
league It dominated.
Tufts was defeated by the pur-
pie 20 to 6 and then Jack Barry
took his boys on a most trying
three day affair that would test
the calibre OF the outfit II anything
Holy Cross boys pounded out q IL
could. On Thursday, May 10, the
to 9 victory at Hamilton against
Colgate, making the second game
In row Holy Grass had taken
from this fine outfit.
Down to New York and a Friday
game with Manhattan and another
Holy Cross win, 8 to a On Satur.
day at Baker field Columbia was
defeated 12 to 3.
On taking up the cudgel at Fit
ton field, Springfield with It's much
talked Of pitching and outfield stars
was defeated to 2. Rhode Island
State, undefeated In eight games,
was trounced 10 to 3 and q post
poned game with the crack Provi-
dence College stars found Holy
Cross winning IS to Z. This brought
the purple string o. successive wins
to II and there was lots Of talk
about championship.
To win at home and abroad
from such teams as Brown, Dart
mouth, YALE, Providence, Prince
toni. Penn, Colgate, Manhattan and
Columbia caused plenty of pressure
and there was bound to be some
sort of letdown.
This came at Providence on May
rs whcn the Friars gave Holy Cross
them Ugh talked of to setback. |
Holy Cross just did not hit that
day and that was all there was to
1t.
Back into the win column the |
team jumped with a sizzling to
4 verdict over Tufts at Medford |
and grand to victory over the |
big rival. Boston College. This
game on Memorial day drew the |
second largest crowd OF the year
to Elton field indicating the interest
In the purple sluggers.
A visit to Yale and New Haven |
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