St. Louis University found a way to win a baseball game. Larry Scherer last night pitched a no-hit game, said to be the first in Billiken baseball history, as the Blue and White beat Southeast Missouri State College, 5 -- 1, at Crystal City.

The victory was the first of the season for the Billikens after nine defeats and a tie. The tie was against Southeast Missouri last Friday.

Scherer also had a big night at bat with four hits in five trips including a double, Len Boehmer also was 4 -- for -- 5 with two doubles and Dave Ritchie had a home run and a triple.

St. Louis U. was to be in action again today with a game scheduled at 4 against Washington University at Ligget Field.

The game opened a busy week for Washington. The Bears are set to play at Harris Teachers College at 3:30 tomorrow and have a doubleheader at Quincy, Ill., Saturday.

If it's true that contented cows give more milk, why shouldn't happy ball players produce more base hits?

The two top talents of the time, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, have hit the ball harder and more successfully so far this early season than at any period in careers which, to be frank about it, never have quite reached expectations.

And that's meant as a boost, not a knock.

Mays and Mantle, both 10 -- year men at 30, have so much ability that, baseball men agree, they've never hit the heights. Their heights, that is.

Mantle, the bull-necked blond switch-hitter, had one sensational triple-crown season, 1959, when he batted.365 and also led the American League in home runs, 52, and RBIs, 130.