1934 Cedrus Yearbook

WEST LIBERTY Inability of the Cedarville sluggers to ''get going" in their opening game cost them a defeat of 6 to 1 at West Liberty Teachers College in West Virginia. However even a losing team may have its moment as did our boys when Stew Kitchen connected for a home run, for the only Cedarville score. MIAMI The Miami ball tossers defeated the Cedarville nine at Oxford, 5 to 3, in a closely con- tested game. Our boys showed much improvement over the previous week's game, in spite of the fact that Miami had a much better team than West Liberty. WITTENBERG Our boys were no longer to be denied, so when they journeyed to Springfield a few days later, they trounced Wittenberg to the tune of 4 to 2. Miller's superb pitching proved too much for the Springfield lads to cope with. BLUFFTON The precedent of the week before ran true to form in the first home game of the sea- son, against the Beavers from Bluffton. Although the game was uninteresting from the score standpoint, Cedarville played very consistent baseball, and wound up on the long end of a 10 to 4 count. WILBERFORCE The ball game was rained out on the date this contest was originally scheduled and consequently the team had a week of rest. Because of this rest success again crowned their efforts when they finally invaded Wilberforce. The colored boys did their- best, but it was not quite enough to keep them from being on the short end of a 7 to 4 count. WILMINGTON Next, the Green Tornado came over to the Cedarville diamond with high hopes of van- quishing that seemingly unimportant school, but these hopes were downed because of Peter's masterful pitching and his team-mates' excellent support. Wilmington, although scoring four runs, was no match for the Yellow Jackets, and our visitors were forced to return home with the sad report of "We lost by a score of 5 to 4." WITTENBERG The return game with Wittenberg proved to be the hardest-fought game of the season. The score was knotted at 1 to 1 until the fourteenth inning, when Wittenberg eked out another counter to make the score 2 to I. Cedarville was unable to score in her half of the fourteenth inning, and thus ended perhaps the closest game ever played on the home dia- mond. Garlough pitched the entire game in his usual fine style. BLUFFTON Our main stay, "Peter, not entirely rested from the previous week's hard fought battle, was called on again to exert himself to his utmost in an attempt to beat the Beavers on their own diamond. Another great pitcher's battle was brought to a close, again in the fourteenth inning, this time with Cedarville on the short end of a 3-2 score. WILBERFORCE • In the annual Cedar Day battle against Wilberforce, pitchers on both sides were changed in an effort to curb the free hitting opponents, but to no avail. Nevertheless Cedarville proved her diamond supremacaynd better generalship, and consequently won her last game of the season, 11 to 10, to complete a most successful season against extremely stiff com- petition. Page Fifty-one