Cedarville'sfirstloss was from Findlay College, 12-5. Committing eight errors, the Jackets were unable to support Judy, their second year pitcher. With Cedarville leading 1-0 in the eight, a highly-favored Xavier University team handed the Jackets a 9-0 forfeit for their third victory. A protest by the Xavier shortstop and refusal by their coach to continue halted the game. Townsley held the losers to two singles. Barger scored on a pop fly by Ulsh thatwas dropped by the Xavier second baseman. Three defeats in top-notch competition followed for the Jackets. The University of Dayton gained a 9-8 win with Brooks going allthe wayfor Cedarville. Marcus Townsley struck out seventeen but Cedarville dropped a ten inning contest to Wilberforce State 1-0. Morehead State put on a late rally to defeat the Jackets 7-5 with Judy on the mound. Revenge over the University of Dayton came in the next contest with the Jackets trampling U. D.'s Flyers 10-2. Townsley went all the way. Cedarville split wins with Bluffton College, absorbing a 5-2 loss on the Beaver diamond but winning a week later at home by a score of 10-2.•Judy pitched both games. Three Cedarville pitchers, Brooks, Watkins,and Judy were used in a wild second inning that netted Villa Madonna fourteen runs. Judy pitched shut-out ball the rest of the way and Butch Ross homered for Cedarville with two abroad to start a six-run rally but Villa Madonna was the victor 17-9. An error in the ninth frame deprived Townsley of a shut-out over Morehead State as the Jackets tallied their sixth win, 2-1. Don Nock, Cedarville third baseman, collected two hits in three trips to the plate. Cedarville split a double-header with a traditional rival, Wilmington College. Dunlapslammed outthreefor four and Townsley held the Quakers to four runs in the first game. Ulsh tripled in the third inning and broughtin two runs to aid in the 5-1 victory. In the second contest Ulsh got the only Jacket hit as Wilmington evened the record 3-0. The only team to beat Cedarville twice was Wilberforce State, winner in the final game 2-1. A close decision on an attempted squeeze play in the last of the ninth was lost by Cedarville, ending a good game and a good season for the Jackets. 33
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