Dal Jones

You wouldn't call the season just past a noteworthy first year of college baseball for freshman Dal Jones of Azusa Pacific University. He played little, being used primarily as a relief pitcher. He struggled to find a hitting stroke, batting only .118. To some, that might be disappointing. But nothing that happens on a baseball field can be seriously disappointing to Jones. He has battled Hodgkin's disease the last three years.

You wouldn't call the season just past a noteworthy first year of college baseball for freshman Dal Jones of Azusa Pacific University. He played little, being used primarily as a relief pitcher. He struggled to find a hitting stroke, batting only .118. To some, that might be disappointing. But nothing that happens on a baseball field can be seriously disappointing to Jones. He has battled Hodgkin's disease the last three years.

They were told not to consider it punitive, but Cal Lutheran players must have wondered how many other college baseball teams were required to spend Wednesday night practicing--inside a gymnasium--only hours after they finished a game. The Kingsmen were. After Azusa Pacific pounded Cal Lutheran, 11-3, in a nonconference afternoon game at CLU's North Athletic Field, Coach Rich Hill announced a 10 p.m. practice.

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