Two tough losses hurt the USF Frosh baseballers this week as the Donlets dropped decisions to top-rated City College and to the St. Ignatius Wildcats. The Frosh played their best tilt of the season against the Rams, outhitting the Phelan Avenue crew — which boasted six high school All-City stars— 14-6, only to fall short in a late inning rally to lose, 11-8. Sandlot star Chuck Rapp continued his fantastic pitching performances, showing speed, control, and great promise, as he twirled the Saint Ignatius Wildcats to an 8-0 victory over the error-happy Frosh. Rapp allowed only two hits—by Kev Costello and Don de Zordo—in besting Johnny O'Neill. O'Neill threw well but was let down by the lack of fielding support and his teammates very cold bats. Lack of depth has been the main problem all season with this year's club. A good number of the players were pitchers in high school and have been converted to unfamiliar positions. In some games, coaches Bob Braghetta and Leo LaRocca have used as many as six pitchers at various positions at the same time. These necessary stop-gap measures are probably accountable for the fielding problems which have betrayed whichever of the hurlers who happens.to be on the hill. The Frosh pack power in the batting department with four men sticking at over .300. Bill Cutler at .491 leads the squad, followed by Bob McDonald (.400), Costello (.357) and Bob Norton (.333) Outstanding defensively have been catcher Rich, Clarke and outfielder Norton, while three pitchers—O'Neill, Costello, and Arnie Calonje have accounted for the Dons' three wins so far (TheFoghorn).
