It was sort of like batting practice--against the slow ball pitching machine in the amusement park. Only it was better. It all counted.

The varsity baseball team clobbered five Brandeis pitchers for 26 hits as it crushed the Judges, 26-2, at Gordan Field yesterday. The barrage included three doubles, five triples, and a home run.

The victory brought Harvard's season record back to 500 at 9-9, and ended its Greater Boston League record at 4-2. The Crimson will meet Army Friday and Brown Saturday in Eastern League games.

Shima Stars At Bat

Leading the way for the Crimson (if you can say such a thing when 11 different players hit safely) was senior centerfielder Dick Shima. All he did for the afternoon was hit three triples, two singles, drive in six runs, and walk once.

Four other men made three hits. Mike Drummey led off the game with a routine line drive double to right (little did the pitcher know what was to follow) and also had two singles. Dave Morse and Al Martin each hit three singles, and Gavin Gilmor, who was recently reinstated to the team with pitcher Al Yarbro, hit two singles and the only home run of the game.

Gilmor took over for Charley Ravenel in the seventh inning (he was having a bad day, only 2 for 4) and got on when his bunt eluded the Judges' catcher. Seemingly ashamed of his puny safety, Gilmor helted a 375-foot shot over the left fielder's head for a homer in the eighth, and singled to center in the ninth. He preceded the single with another home run shot to left that curved foul at the last moment.

Besides Ravenel, Billy Rodgers and Dick Diehl each had two hits, with Diehl getting the Crimson's fourth triple in the seventh. Corky Cronin, pinch-hitting for Drummey later in the inning, hit the fifth three-bagger.

Somewhat obscured by the antics of the hitters, the Crimson pitching staff also had a fine afternoon, limiting Brandeis to seven hits and two runs.

Tom Boone started and pitched five innings to win his third straight game in the GBL. Boone allowed five hits and one run, walked three, and struck out one.

Dick Garibaldi, whose control has been off, pitched the last four innings and gave up two hits and one run. More important, he walked only one, and struck out eight Judges, including six of the last seven outs.