March 1, 1973
"Diary of an Insane Manager"
Looking
A New Place
By Dave Lojewski
Sports Editor
Aprillo—Dear Diary,
"Today I had a- meeting with
my captain, Birchie Bump,
concerning that we might have to
move to another ball field. Bir
chie heard a rumor that the field
that we used for our ball games is
going to be turned into a shopping
center. What a disaster that will
be. We just started Spring
training and now we might not
have a place to play.
"After the meeting I walked
over to the old field and I just
stood there looking at it and
thinking of all the fun we had
there. The field is laid out rather
strange but it always served its
purpose. Left and right field are
so long nobody would ever hit a
home run right down the lines.
Center field, however is so short a
routine fly ball may make it over
the fence.
"The infield was all dirt and
really showed the wear and tear
of many ballgames. First base
was an old rock that nobody could
dig out of the ground. Second is a
hole and third base is a tree.
Home plate was an old board that
we nailed into the ground and the
pitcher's mound was more of a
hole than a mound.
"As I stood there I couldn't help
but remember some of the most
exciting games we had there. The
time we were behind by ten runs
going into the last inning and
ended up winning the game. Also
the time some high school kids
challenged us to a game and we
beat them 21 to 10. Some crazy
incidents also came to mind. The
time Birchie hit a long fly to left
over the outfielder's head. Bir
chie wasn't watching where he
was going and he tripped over
first. When he fell, the button on
his pants broke and he had to run
to second holding up this pants. He
slipped in the hole we use for
second base and fell in a mud
puddle. He got back up and
continued to run to third holding
up his pants. By this time, the
outfielder was making his throw
into third. Birchie had to slide
head first into third. When he did
so, his pants slid all the way down
to his ankles. He was ruled safe
and he stood on third with his
pants around his feet, covered
with mud, and a big smile on his
face because it was his first triple
ever. This had to be the funniest
sight I ever saw.
"One other incident I
remember about the old field is
the time Duane DeTub was
standing on third and Freddie
Fleetfoot's dog, Old Blew, came
over. (They call him Old Blew
because he's so old and skinny
that the wind is enough to blow
him over.) Anyway Blew came
over and started sniffing the tree.
Well, Blew's eyesight is so bad,
instead of watering the tree, he
Behrend vrs. Brock -
Last Wednesday'night, the Behrend Cubs met in fierce
competition with Brock College in Erie Hall. Here, a Cub
teammate struggles to gain control of the ball in the initial
toss-up.
For
To Play
watered Duane's leg. Duane just
stood there looking rather sick.
"Well, Diary, that's it for
today, tomorrow we're going to
look at a new field."
April 11—" We found a new
field. It doesn't look too bad but
it's a rather strange set-up. The
outfield is all grass but the infield
is all brick. It's in the school yard
so that's the reason for the brick
infield. The bases are painted on
the brick and it doesn't look too
bad. The left field and centerfield
fences aren't too bad but the right
field fence is the school which is
about 40 feet high. It may not be
too bad, we're going to try it out
tomorrow."
April 12—" Boy, was it a
mistake trying to use that place!
It turned out to be "Accident
City." During practice Lee Wong
Shlong cut his arm and leg sliding
into second. A ball bounced off the
bricks funny and hit Moe Orless in
the head. Freddie ran into the
school trying to chase a fly ball
and I hit a fly ball that broke a
window in the school. That ended
our hopes for using that field."
April 13—" Rained all day. The
only thing good about it is that
everyone can recover from
yesterday's "suicide" practice.
Also, since it rained we couldn't
look for a new field.
April 14—" Still no luck. Every
field we seem to find has another
team using it. It's an unwritten
law that two teams can't share
the same field. I've almost given
up hope. The only thing that will
save us is if they don't build that
shopping center."
April 15—" Construction began
today on our old field. I almost
cried when I saw bulldozers
destroy our memories. We are
now oliieially a team without a
field."
April 16—" Sat at home most of
the day moping around. Birch
came over later and talked for a
while trying to cheer me up, but it
didn't help. All I thought about
was our field becoming a
supermarket."
April 17—" Great news! We
found a field and it's the best I've
ever seen. Some little league
team that played there moved to
another field and Anita Hose's
uncle owns the property and
donated it to us. I went over to
look at it and it's beautiful. It has
an all grass infield and outfield,
dirt paths and a real pitcher's
mound. It also has real fences, a
backstop and even dugouts. This
has to be truly a dream come
true. Now we'll be able to con
tinue our season especially with
this new field.
"Good ole Anita, I feel so good
I could kiss her. (Well maybe not.
That kind of junk makes me
sick. )"
(Next week—" First exhibition
game").
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Behrend Collegian
"Exciting" is the Word
Brian Vollant, won one of the two individual mat matches
in a 59 second pin in the final match of the season for the Cub
grapplers at Malone College in Canton, Ohio, last Thursday.
Brian, at a trim 167 pounds, is a recent graduate of
McDowell High School in Erie. At a final record of 6-4,
Behrend's Malone match was the end of a very successful
season. Another big winner, Greg Evans, won the other
singles match with a 19-8 superior decision.
Four Pin Stops Malone
In Bid For A 300 Game
Pat Malone, a Behrend College
sophomore, recently bowled a 299
game and 735 series at Eastland
Bowling Lanes. The feat occured
on February 22, while Pat was
bowling for Security People's in a
Men's League.
He started out the night with a
233 and a 203 game just prior to
his near perfect score. All that
remained in his final game was a
stubborn four pin after a string of
eleven strikes. Pat stated that "I
was so nervous going into- that
last frame, I didn't know what to
expect. My first ball was right in
the pocket and my second strike
was a Brooklyn carry over. My
last ball seemed good but the four
pin just wouldn't fall. Even
though I didn't get the perfect
game, I felt good to just get that
far." Pat also stated that just
before he shot his last ball the
whole place was silent. "That
didn't help any either."
Pat, who is a Liberal Arts
major here at Behrend, has a
league average of 194. This
should be expected since his
father is one of Erie's finest
bowlers and has showed Pat the
way since Pat was four years old.
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WRESTLING
STATISTICS
Behrend 34; Malone 15.
118 Julio Di Marco won by
fall.
126 K. Richardson pinned
Jesse Parzero 3:56.
134 Jeff. Wolfendale dec
Gary Vosler 4-2.
142 Larry Fabrizi dec. Roy
Hollis 4-2.
150 Greg Evans dec. Dave
Hykes 19-8.
158 Mike Mucciarone
pinned Joel Hostetler
7:34.
167 Brian Vollant pinned
Dave Whitaker :59.
177 Greg Kehres (M) dec
Alan Volkman 1-5.
190 Ed Emrath (M) pinned
Tom Tylman 2:43.
HWT Ken, Brown won by
fall.
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Cub Grappler
Season Turns
6-4 at Malone
By Renee Heaslip
Sports Reporter
The Cub grapplers ended a
winning season last Thursday,
February 22, at Malone College in
Canton, Ohio. The Malone match
was the deciding factor as to
whether or not the Cubs have a
winning season or end the
season with a tie. Their record
now is 6-4.
The pressure, as always, was
on the guys in-the lower weight
class. The five regular winners
won again with all the matmen
chipping in points here and there
to win what was their most im
portant match.
Exciting is the only word for
two of the individual mat mat
ches which were won by Brian
Vollant who had a 59 second pin,
and Greg Evans who had a 19-8
superior decision.
A few of Greg's attempts for
near falls resulted in his losing
points by escapes and reversals.
The score at the end of the first
period was 4-2, 11-5 at the end of
the second period leading to a
final score of 19-8.
Well, the season is over and now
on to Nationals! ! !
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