Defeat Snaps 12-Game M.U. Win Streak(Columbia Daily Tribune, Saturday, June 12, 1954)
OMAHA, June 12 - Little Rollins college, which boasts only 300 male students, snapped Missouri's 12-game winning streak and dropped the Tigers into the losers bracket of the NCAA College World series with a 4-1 victory in the second round of the tournament before a crowd of 4,269 fans here last night.
The defeat paired the Bengals with the University of Massachusetts in a losers' contest at 2 o'clock this afternoon, with Ed Cook the probable Missouri pitcher. Massachusetts, which dropped its opening game to Michigan State, edged out Oregon, 5-3 yesterday afternoon.
Michigan State and Rollins remained the only undefeated teams in the tournament as the Spartans eked out a 2-1 victory over Arizona last night. The two unbeaten clubs will meet at 8:30 o'clock tonight. In the losers' game yesterday, Oklahoma A&M defeated Lafayette, 4-2, and will play Arizona at 6 o'clock this evening. If the Bengals can get by Massachusetts, they will take on the winner of the Aggie-Arizona game at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. A Massachusetts victory would eliminate Missouri from the tournament.
The Tigers last night made only six hits off the southpaw slants of Phil Brophy, who posted 12 strikeouts. The Tars of Rollins had only six blows, all singles, off Bert Beckmann and Norman Stewart, but broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth with three runs on a pair of hits, two walks and an error.
Missouri's lone run came in the second inning when Jerry Schoonmaker reached first on Delton Helms' error, stole second and scored when Buddy Cox whacked a change-up pitch to the right field corner for a triple.
The Tars evened the count in the fourth on Conie Butler's inside-the-park home run, a drive which caromed off the left field fence and ricocheted into center. Butler rounded third as Dick Dickinson took the throw from the outfield, kept going, and beat the relay to the plate.
Brophy led off with a single off Beckmann in the sixth and was forced at second on Don Finnegan's hopper to Dickinson. Fred Talbot drew a walk and Butler smashed one over second base which Cox stabbed back-handed and beat Talbot with a dive to the bag as Finengan scored all the way from second. Butler took second as Cox threw to the plate in an attempt to flag Finnegan. Helms walked and then pulled a double steal with Butler. Bob McHardy went down swinging for what should have been the third out, but the pitch got away from George Gleason and rolled to the screen as Butler scored. Helms moved to third and MacHardy reached first. Dave Smith then singled to center to score Helms, after which Nick Vancho was retired on a grounder to short.
After Beckmann went out for a pinch-hitter in the seventh, Stewart took over and faced only six men in two innings, getting four of them on strikeouts.
The Tigers missed scoring opportunities in each of the last three innings. Jerry Schoonmaker tripled with one out in the sixth and after Gleason popped out, Bob Schoonmaker shot a line drive toward left that shortstop Vancho turned into a leaping catch.
After Cox had fanned in the seventh, Emil Kammer blasted out a three-bagger, but Brophy fired third strikes past both pinch-hitter Jack Gabler and Dickinson.
Gleason walked to open the ninth and Bob Schoonmaker followed with a single, but Cox fanned and Kammer hit into a game-ending double play.
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