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...players keep coming out, and in five of the last six years under coach Norm Shepard the Crimson has a winning record. The first time it failed to make .500 was last year. Shepard says of this year's club: "This look better at this time than they did last year." This means that he thinks a winning percentage is possible. During the spring training trip to Virginia and in the early league games, the Crimson has played exactly .500 baseball, and when the weaknesses and strengths add up, that record seems like a fair prediction...
...training trip and in the early games, Shepard found two pitchers who can be counted on to handle most of the starting assignments. The top man is righthander A1 Yarbro, who had a 1-3 record as a sophomore last season, but turned in an impressive 2.39 earned run average in 49 innings pitched. Thus far this season Yarbro has won two games, and lost to Navy when his defense collapsed and let in four unearned runs. Though not over powerfully fast, he mixes a curve, change-up and slider well...
...season, the Crimson will need a third starter. The only one who has shown that he might fill the spot is senior Dave Larkin, who pitched only 8 and 1/3 innings last season, but turned in a one-hit relief job against Tufts. After Larkin the prospects are darker. Shepard is carrying senior Wally Cook, juniors Tom Boone and Roy Williams, and sophomores Drew Kemalian and Tom Jones, but none have been particularly impressive in early games...
...outfield is perhaps Shepard's strongest point. Seniors Dick Shima and Charlie Ravenel play center and left respectively, where each was named to the Eastern Intercollegiate League second team last season. Shima is a left handed hitter, and tied for the team lead with a .288 average last year. He's fast in the field, and has a good throwing...
...Shepard's catching problem could be solved if sophomore Dick Diehl's arm, injured while playing football, stays healthy. Diehl hit almost .400 down South, and also handled the pitchers well. His substitutes include two seniors, Pete Tague and Dave Borkenhagen, neither of whom hit .200 last season...