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Hanvis of the visitors, garnered the first single an Bto-S setback in Philadelphia. Again it of the fray ofT Lodge, Terror pitcher, and was lack of batting punch in the pinches which before the inning was over two runs had caused the def eat. In their first Mason-Dixon crossed the plate. In the fifth inning, Western start of the year, the Washington Co1\ege Maryland came to liCe when Honernan lined Sho'men defeated the Terrors 7 to 2 on Hoffa a single to center to advance Lodge, who F;eld. reached base on an error. Later, the Terror Then Followed two defeats at the bands or hurler scored the initial run for the home club American University. As the campaign pro· as Bricker bit a long fly to deep left .field. gressed the Terrors met Penn State, Loyola, Western Maryland, however, was held in check Hopkins, Gettysburg, Seton Hall, Mount St. by southpaw Joe Scully-the final score read- Mary's, and Delaware, with but little better ing 10 to 3, Trinity. results. On April 17, another northern team on a vacation trip stopped off on their way home. This lime it was Syracuse University, who had defeated the Naval Academy and University or Maryland previous to their start all Hoffa Field. To Mike Pbillips, went the task of halting the invaders, but poor support and several Terror errors put the home club in the hole from the start. Hyan tulliedthe only run for Western Maryland in the fifth after he bad hit a long triple, making the final score read 20 to 1. Two days later, the Villanova Wildcats con- tinued 10 prey on the tossers, who absorbed
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