Nine Trips Northeastern, 6-4, on Last Inning Rally

The varsity baseball team crept from behind yesterday afternoon in Brookline to win a soggy 6 to 4 ball game from Northeastern, before the eyes of a dozen spectators, great quantities of small children and a St. Louis Cardinals scout.

After blowing an early three-run lead, the Crimson came back in the top of the ninth to win on a single, a safe bunt, two walks, and a large lump on Bennie Akillian's forehead. Akillian, crossing the plate with the tying run after a wild pitch, was hit by the ball thrown by the over-cager Husky catcher. The Harvard left fielder walked away under his own power, however, and no complications are expected.

Stuffy McInnis team gave lefty Rufe Webb a three-run advantage over Husky see Dick Sheldon in the first two innings. In the top of the first, walks to Ed Foynes, Johnny White, and Akillian, and a single by Russ Johnson produced two runs. Tom Cavanaugh led off the second with a drive to center that took a bad hop and went for a triple. Chuck Wade singled Cavanaugh home.

Northeastern started to reach Webb in the third inning. With two away, second baseman Tinker Connolly singled to left and came all the way around when Andy Allan's drive to left took a bad bounce between Akillian and Foynes.

The Huskies tied it up in the fifth, also with two out. Sheldon singled, Connolly beat out are infield hit, Allan walked, and catcher Don Daley rescued two runs with a hard drive that bounded off Kev Reilly's leg into center field. And in the following inning Northeastern made it 4 to 3 when (again with two out) Red Kelly followed Fran Pineau's single with a slice down the right field line that went for three bases. Kelly was thrown out, Walt Greeley to Cavanaugh to Wade, trying to stretch his hit.

George Emmons pitched the last two innings effectively for Harvard and was given the decision, backed by three Crimson runs in the odd but eventful ninth. Akillian walked and went to third on Johnson's hit-and-run single. Bob Smith, batting for Reilly, walked to fill the bases. Then came Akillian's headache, and while practically everyone gathered over his prostrate form Johnson strolled across with the winning run. Smith came around on a hit, an infield out, and a long fly to clinch the contest. HARVARD   ab  r  h  po  a  e Foynes, cf  2  1  0  2  0  0 Greeley; rf  4  0  0  4  1  0 White, ss  4  1  1  1  2  1 Akillian, lf  2  1  1  1  0  0 a Smith  0  1  0  1  0  0 Johnson, 1b  5  1  2  6  0  0 Reilly, 3b  3  0  0  1  0  0 Cavanagh, 2b  4  1  2  2  4  0 Wade, c  2  0  2  5  0  0 b Switzer  1  0  0  0  0  0 Fitzpatrick, c  1  0  0  3  1  0 Webb, p  2  0  0  1  1  0 c Cabot  1  0  0  0  0  0 Emmons, p    1  0  0  0  0  0 Totals  32  6  8  27  9  1 a Walked for Reilly In ninth b Grounded out for Wade in seventh c Reached on error for Webb in eighth