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Jiggs McGee · 01-09-2020, 10:32 AM

1929 AIAA COLLEGE BASEBALL UPDATE
JUNE 10, 1929
RAINER COLLEGE ELIMINATED

The big news to start the 1929 College World Championship Series was the quick exit made by the best team in the AIAA. The Rainier College Majestics, who were 39-11 during the season thanks to a dominant pitching staff headed by Chick Stout, exited the post-season with haste. The Majestics were knocked out of the double elimination tournament with a 7-2 loss to defending champion Lubbock State in their opener followed by a 6-3 defeat at the hands of Southern Division champion Opelika State.

In both cases it was the bullpen, and more specifically Stan Merendino, who let the Majestics down. Karl Moore (7-2, 1.75) pitched 7 strong innings in the opener allowing 2 earned runs before Merendino let things get away by allowing 5 Lubbock State runs in his inning and a third of work. It was more of the same a couple days later as potential first overall draft pick Chick Stout did not have a great game, at least not by his standards, allowing 2 runs in 7 and a third innings but it was Merendino who again wore the goat horns as he failed to retire a batter and was charged with 4 earned runs in the 6-3 loss.

It is a fall of epic proportions for the 20 year old lefthander Merendino who, after a 6-1 0.81 campaign in 1928 entered this season as potential first round pick. Instead, there is a good chance he will go undrafted after posting a 4-2 record with a 6.02 era for a school that had the lowest ERA in the AIAA. Then came the playoffs and in his two appearances totallng 1 and a third innings Merendino goes 0-2 with 2 blown saves, 7 hits against and 6 walks to go with a 60.75 era.

On the Northeast Conference side Commonwealth Catholic is the first team eliminated as the Knights dropped their final 3 games starting with a tiebreaker to determine the NE Division champ and followed by a pair of CWS games. The division tiebreaker was full of drama as Liberty College scored 3 runs in the final two innings to rally for a 4-3 victory and give the Bells their second straight NE Division title. Knights slugger Vic Crawford went 0-for-3 in that game so he fell 1 short of tying both the AIAA single season and career homerun records.

01-09-2020, 10:32 AM	#41
Jiggs McGee All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 677	AIAA College Update 1929 AIAA COLLEGE BASEBALL UPDATE JUNE 10, 1929 RAINER COLLEGE ELIMINATED The big news to start the 1929 College World Championship Series was the quick exit made by the best team in the AIAA. The Rainier College Majestics, who were 39-11 during the season thanks to a dominant pitching staff headed by Chick Stout, exited the post-season with haste. The Majestics were knocked out of the double elimination tournament with a 7-2 loss to defending champion Lubbock State in their opener followed by a 6-3 defeat at the hands of Southern Division champion Opelika State. In both cases it was the bullpen, and more specifically Stan Merendino, who let the Majestics down. Karl Moore (7-2, 1.75) pitched 7 strong innings in the opener allowing 2 earned runs before Merendino let things get away by allowing 5 Lubbock State runs in his inning and a third of work. It was more of the same a couple days later as potential first overall draft pick Chick Stout did not have a great game, at least not by his standards, allowing 2 runs in 7 and a third innings but it was Merendino who again wore the goat horns as he failed to retire a batter and was charged with 4 earned runs in the 6-3 loss. It is a fall of epic proportions for the 20 year old lefthander Merendino who, after a 6-1 0.81 campaign in 1928 entered this season as potential first round pick. Instead, there is a good chance he will go undrafted after posting a 4-2 record with a 6.02 era for a school that had the lowest ERA in the AIAA. Then came the playoffs and in his two appearances totallng 1 and a third innings Merendino goes 0-2 with 2 blown saves, 7 hits against and 6 walks to go with a 60.75 era. On the Northeast Conference side Commonwealth Catholic is the first team eliminated as the Knights dropped their final 3 games starting with a tiebreaker to determine the NE Division champ and followed by a pair of CWS games. The division tiebreaker was full of drama as Liberty College scored 3 runs in the final two innings to rally for a 4-3 victory and give the Bells their second straight NE Division title. Knights slugger Vic Crawford went 0-for-3 in that game so he fell 1 short of tying both the AIAA single season and career homerun records. __________________ Lead Columnist of The Figment Sporting Journal The Scripture of Sports Last edited by Jiggs McGee; 01-09-2020 at 10:35 AM.