April 20,1972
Behrend Nine Highly Rated
Suffer Disappointing Defeat
by Tony Alo
Asst. Sports Editor
“Most outstanding ever,” “A
wealth of talent” “Great,”
“Versatile.” These are some of
the terms that Coach Clarence
“Shorty” Stoner used to describe
his 1972 edition of the Behrend
‘baseball team. And accurate
terms they are, for it’s safe to say
that never before have so many
great ball players appeared on
the roster of the Behrend baseball
team.
However, in the game of
baseball or any other sport for
that matter, no matter how many
great players you may have, any
team can beat you on any given
day - that’s what makes athletics
so interesting and exciting. This is
exactly what happened to the
potent but clumsy Cubs last
Thursday afternoon when a
combination of poor hitting, bad
breaks and sloppy fielding
resulted in a shocking 2-1 loss at
the hands of Ashtabula-Kent. One
of the weakest teams on the
season schedule. A terrible way
to start the season for the
promising Behrend nine. Hie
upset ruined BC’s chances for a
berth in the NJCAA Region XIX
tourney which the team had high
hopes of entering this year.
Behrend will not even be con
sidered without. an undefeated
slate. However, a brief look at the
personnel of the ’72 Cubs leads
one to believe that they won’t lose
too many more contests this
season.
Let’s start with the pitching challenge from freshman Chris
staff - and it’s a good place to Blood (all-county shortstop
start, for returning are Behrend’s Northwestern.) Blood has had
“dynamic duo” of last year - knee problems but should be
Mark Lytle and Tom Wright. healthy soon. Denny Grace, Bill
Lytle led the Cub staff last year Simons and A 1 Bauman also have
with a 7-1 record and a shots at infield berths,
remarkable 1.43 ERA both school Bobby Marx, who had a lofty
records. The lanky right-hander .413 average and led the team
from Iroquois was last year’s with 17 RBl’s last season is set at
white letter award winner in 3rd base. Bobby combines a great
baseball - a well deserved honor, glove with a hot bat to make one
Coach Stoner says of Mark, heck of a ballplayer.
“Lytle is the kind.of pitcher that ..The talent in the outfield is
you can stick out on the mound almost ridiculously abundant,
mid expect to get a victory from. Tom Harvey of Fairview returns
He’s a great asset to the club.” in left field. Last year he hit .289
Lytle will be relied on heavily this with 14 RBl’s. However, this
year and should come through season he faces a tough challenge
with an even greater season than from freshman Roger Nolan
he had last year. (Pittsburgh North Hills). Nolan
Tom Wright is another hurler possesses blazing speed and a
who will see a lot of action on the /good arm but has had his
mound this year. The tall problems hitting the ball. But
fireballer from Randolph com- when he starts connecting you
piled a deceiving 4-3 record and a might find a few baseballs in
2.24 ERA which resulted from downtown Erie. Coach Stoner
some bad luck toward the end of says he has to play somewhere,
the season. Most impressive was Cenlerfield finds Gary Ohrn
his streak of 32 innings when he with the staring berth. When Ohrn
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4 0 0 Oriah, cf Kaydo, rf 5 1 0
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4 0 0 Johnson, c Grieshover.c 2 0 1
3 0 1 Ross, If Harvey, if 4 0 0
3 0 1 D. Mear, 2b Zimmerman. 2b 4 0 0
3 1 1 T. Mear, rf Houghton, p l 0 0
2 0 0 Takaeh, lb ' Pattyn, ss 4 0 1
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did not yield a single earned run.
The rest of the mighty mound
staff looks as impressive as its
two leaders with the likes of Chris
Gross (all-county from Watt
sbiirg), Pete Houghton
(Linesville), Steve Hoelzle
(Souderton), Gary Ohrn
(McDowell), Gary Suit (Fort
Leßoeuf), and Bob Blazek
(Cathedral Prep). All are eligible
for starting or relief duty.
Houghton Wright, and Ohrn will
double as outfielders. Says Coach
Stoner: “We have too many
pitchers and not enough games.
They’re all tough.”
In the catching department,
Jim Grieshober, who hit .314 and
had 15 RBl’s last season and Ed
Kush, a promising freshman
from Highlands, have the job
sewed up. Grieshober and Kush
will alternate at first base. Denny
Raybell from Northwestern is
also a tough first seeker but lacks
the hitting of the other two.
At second there is a real battle
going on between Duane Zim
merman (East-2nd team-All-
City), and Mark Merrifield
(Kishacoquilles). All have their
special talents and all will see
heavy action.
At shorstop. Coach Stoner has a
real problem. He has 4 great ball
players who are able to fill the
position-or any infield post for
that matter. Denny Pattyn, back
from last year when he hit .242,
has the inside track right now.
However, his fielding has been
erratic and lie faces a stiff
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Behrend Collegian
Cub Ace Cuts Loose
is on the mound it it easy to place
one of the other versatile out
fielders in center. Tom Wright
and Mike McCall (McDowell)
will also see action in the outfield.
The right fielder is Don Raydo -
last season’s “mister
everything” for the Cubs. Last
season Dandy Don set no less than
four school records including
highest average (.422) and most
hits in a season. He also pitched a
few games and performed ad
mirably. It’s hard to improve on a
season like that, but Don just
might do it.
Well, with a team like that you
might find it hard to believe that
opening day loss. Coach Stoner
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commented about the game: “We
committed too many mental
errors in the game - you can’t do
that and expect to win. I was
pleased with the way the pitching
staff handled the game; they did
a good job. We couldn’t hit the
ball. We’re definitely out of the
(Region 19) tournament, but I
think we’ll settle down and have a
goodseason.”
In last Thursday’s fiasco
Behrend jumped out to a quick 1-0
lead in the. first - inning on Jim
Grieshober’s single but this was
nullified in the 6th when Kent tied
it on Pawlowski’s runscoring
single.
Three errors in the bottom of
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the ninth spelled doom for the
Cubs. Joe Johnson scored the
winning run after reaching base
on a passed ball and advancing on
an intentional walk. This set up
the force out.at home but the DP
attempt to first was wild and
Johnson breezed them home for
the victory.
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