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AlOIHIA BASEBALL SQUAD BASEBALL Coach M:olly Twigg had good material around with which to construct his baseball nine for the season of 1934, but weather conditions interfered greatly with practice sessions and prevented the team from showing their full ability in their first two games, which were lost. Georgetown University beat the Terrors, 9-6, while Gettysburgh College won 9-8, in the two games played before the ALOHA went to press. Coach Twigg's main problem was to find a pitcher to share this burden with Bud Shil- ling, which was solved when Skinner, a newcomer, adequately filled this breach. Hurley and Willis, regular first and second basemen for the past two years, cavorted at new positions this season and fitted into Coach Twigg's reorganized line-up quite welL Two other changes placed Lipsky and Fowler, former outfielders, behind the plate and on first, respectively. The regular line-up usually found ,Lipsky catching, Fowble at first, Hurley at second, Cum- berland at short, Shepherd at third, Willis in right field, Captain Tollenger in center field and either Keyser or Kimmey in left field. Shilling, Skinner, Preston, and Kimmey did the hurling. Ransom was general utility man for all infield positions, while Lantz was Lipsky's substitute behind the bat. Shepherd, Lipsky, and Fowble were the sluggers, but Willis, Hurley, or any of the other nine were dangerous batsmen. The team on the whole was weak in its defensive work in the two early games that were lost, but this will be smoothed over with more practice. Games remain to be played with Dickenson, Mt. Saint Mary's, Penn State, University of Maryland, George Washington, and Gettysburg. In all the team will have played twelve games when the schedule is completed. Captain Tollenger, Hurley, Willis, Shilling, Kimmey, and Lantz will be lost through graduation, but there still remains in Shepherd, Lipsky, Cumberland, Fowble, and Skinner a starting group for another good team. PAGE ~10