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By Jim Martin
Executive Editor
It happens every spring: that
is, baseball begins. But this is not
spring. The only baseball being
played is between the division
champions in the Major Leagues.
What has not happened every
spring at Behrend is a relatively
little known fact of an ac
complishment on the part of a
Behrend College athlete.
Last spring's baseball cam
paign was productive and
rewarding in several areas. The
crack of bat on ball was echoed
continually by baseball jocks.
They banged out base hits
repeatedly to finish the season
with a very fine team hitting
average of .304. The free
swinging Cubs helped propel
themselves to a 9-1 start. In
addition, two of the starters
completed truly outstanding
statistics versus those of the
competitors. These two main
stays. batting third and fourth
respectfully, were Bill Metzler
and Jim Davis.
Jim, who was injured relatively
early in the season, totaled these
excellent statistics at the plate. In
facing the opposition at bat 76
times, he safely hit 29 times while
driving in 23 men and scoring 18
runs. This adds up to a superb
.367 hitting average.
The real highlight of the season
was the reward that another
individual earned. That player
was the Cubs' third baseman, Bill
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By Pamela Gilmore
Collegian Staff Writer
I had tentatively planned on
writing a detailed account on the
antebellum south. However, after
careful consideration, I've
realized that an analysis of the
ante-bellum south lies within an
analysis of the institution of
slavery itself. And because at
tempting to write an interesting
and informative essay on slavery
in one column is not only
ridiculous, biit absurd, I shall try
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Metzler. What he received was a
First Team Selection in the
District 18 division of the National
Athletic Inter-Collegic
Association. Bill's statistics
were: with 77 times at bat, he
pounded out 28 hits, drove in 25
runs, scored 25 runs and walked
13 times. His hitting average was
a crisp .363.
Teams which compose the
District 18 division which he
faced were Slippery Rock,
Geneva, Gannon, Thiel, Mer
cyhurst, Alliance, Point Park,
Edinboro, Westminster,
Duquesne, Malone, Houghton,
Youngstown, Allegheny, and
Grove City.
Understanding his statistics is
important. Realizing the actual
significance of this fact is per
tinent in Behrend College being
recognized.
Bill performed well in fall and
spring training at Behrend and
several other scouting outings
that baseball coach Stoner was
"not at all surprised at Metzler's
ability" in earning this singular
award. But the coach was
doubtful the due recognition
would be given by the voting
coaches of the teams Behrend
played against.
Metzler recorded 28 hits, which
was Behrend's record for most
hits in a single campaign by a Cub
until Davis broke it by one during
the same season. What is hard to
relate is, along with his hits, he
knocked in some 25 runners,
Soul Of Seventy-Six
to analyze the institution of
slavery throughout the next few
columns according to black as
well as white opinions. And I shall
culminate the series with my own
personal opinions on the subject
matter.
As a beginning, let it be un
derstood that the history of
slavery did not begin with the
formation of America. Quite the
contrary. Lerone Bennett Jr.,
author of one of the most out
standing books on Black history,
"Before the Mayflower: A
Member of
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almost one for each base-nap.
Also, once on base, he proceeded
to score 25 times.
What looms as more im
pressive is that Behrend College
ranks up there with any other
college in any sport in deter
mination and perseverance of all
its coaches and dedicated
athletes.
The competition in most cases
for the other colleges draws from
a larger pool of talent. That is,
these colleges have players for
four years academically and
athletically. Comparatively,
Behrend does not, in either field.
The competition has long
established ways and means for
recruiting and receiving athletic
funds and primarily a well
functioning "Public Relations"
output. Once a college with good
PR has the talented players, then
recognition is profound.
Speaking with coach Stoner, he
felt that it was a "definite
disadvantage that Jim Davis was
injured" because his shots were
excellent and he received no due
votes of recognition for them in
the balloting for first team.
It is an accomplishment indeed
for not only Bill Metzler but
Behrend College athletics. We
are establishing our growing
achievements in sports with
quality players and quality
coaches. The acknowledgement
by the other colleges is visually
buttressed by Bill Metzler's
selectioni.
History of Black America" (1969,
Johnson Publishing, Chicago)
states on page 32 of the text, the
following: "...it (slavery) has its
roots in the dawn of history.
Slavery in one form or another
has been practiced in every
country known to man. It was old
when Moses was young. In Plato's
Athens and Caesar's Rome, men,
white, black and brown, were
bought and sold_ Slavery existed
in the Middle Ages in Christian
Europe and in "pagan" Africa
and still exists in many of the
underdeveloped nations of
Southern Africa and politically
dominated islands of the South
Pacific."
Yet, there is a great difference
between Ancient slavery and
Modern slavery American style.
Ancient slavery had little to do
with race and was precipitated by
war. Whereas American slavery
roots lie along racial lines only.
The fact remains that for 350
plus years, black, brown and
yellow, men and women were
held in bondage. A bondage
different from that which all
America suffered under by Great
Britain. Yes, throughout
America, a group of peoples—a
group of human beings—were
held in bondage once again.
Next issue, a structural lOok at
the plantation south.
News Editor
The - Belwend Collegian Etoard
of Editors, by a invmhnous
decision, chose Ms. Mary Car
malt as the-new News Editor for
the 1975-76 publication year.
- The attractive Ms. Carman
- was Chosen - . among, a - list of .ap
-plicanti; her-energetic interest in
Collegian affairs being the '
highlight of her appointment.
She was:also busineisinanager
of her high school newspaper, the
War: Hoop, in 'Wheeling, West:
Virginia.
Ms. Carmalt made it very clear
during_ the interview that she
- "loves - Behrend; especially - the
parties" (as most of us have
noted), and that she is looking
forward "to a very productive
year as News Editor of the
Behrend Collegian.'
"Seagull" to open
at Moro/horst
late this month
(Reprinted, by request, from the
Mercyhurst Merciad)
"Seagull", a different
production for the Mercyhurst
Little Theatre contains no
Jonathan Livingston Seagull. On
the contrary, it's written by Anton
Checkov, a dramatist of the late
1800's. Surprisingly, the play is
very comical and the characters
are diverse. For instance, there is
Marsha, a drunk snuff-sniffer
portrayed at Mercyhurst by
Maripat Rafferty; Arkadina, an
aging actress enacted by Mrs.
Mina Eisenberg; Treplev, a
neurotic writer enacted by John
DiGangi; Medvedenko, a boring
professor of something played by
Sean Casey; Shamraev por
trayed by Glenn Hollenbach who
is a Court jester; Nina, a sweet,
budding actress performed by
Mary Ann Rozsas; Dorn, a wise
man in full moustache and beard
played by Peter Libra;
Tirgorin, a famous writer
Shodage
prices to
but beef
That old mealtime standby, the
bacon, lettuce and tomato sand
wich, may take on a new look
and taste—in upcoming months.
Because of expected continuing
high pork prices, consumers may
be fofced to find a substitute for
bacon in their BLTs, or do without
the sandwich favorite.
According to H. Louis Moore,
extension agricultural economist
at the Pennsylvania State
University, there was an
overabundance of pork last year,
but the situation changed by this
spring after hog producers cut
back production to the point
where pork became relatively
scarce.
"After the seasonal price rise
at mid-year, hog prices just kept
moving up," Moore said.
"Butcher hogs today are selling
for more than $6O per hundred
and comparable feeder pigs are
worth about three times as much
as they were nine months ago."
Moore predicts that current
conditions are likely to continue
for anther year, noting _that
.marketings this fall will be
relatively small because the
spring pig crop was cut back by
22 per cent, while hog slaughter
for the remainder of 1975 will
probably be about 20 to 25 per
Voters
don't forget to
register for your
absentee ballot at the
- Erie County Court
House NOW
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enacted by Tom Edwards;
Pauline, a bothersome wretch
played by Delia Mirarchi; Sorin,
a habitual hypochondriac per
formed by John Reed; and
Yakov, a "yes man" played by
Michael Phillips. So "Seagull"
has interesting and unusual
characters. It takes place in a
utopic atmosphere on a large
estate with gardens and wildlife.
And for all you seagull lovers, we
have one stuffed complete'with - a
tragic theme of two young lovers.
Treplev loves Nina who loves
someone else. Those bird stuffers
will get you everytime. And we
hope "Seagull" will get you right
in your laughter and serious zone,
because as Mr. Peter Libra often
says: "Sailors have more fun!"
And so do seagull lovers and
seagull stuffers. The per
formance of Seagull opens
October 31 at the witching hour
of 8:00. Admission is Free, so
ATTEND and you may even fall
in love with our "Seagull".
of pork raises
all time high
remains abundant
cent below the levels of a year
ago.
"Even though hog production is
currently quite profitable," he
said, "wholesale expansion is not
likely to take place this fall. The
return of the Soviet Union as a
major grain buyer has en
couraged many grain producers
to consider selling their crop once
again rather than to feed it to
cattle or hogs.
"But profits are sufficiently
high in the hog business so that
expansion in numbers should be
noticeable by the end of the year.
These increased numbers would
not reach the market until the last
half of 1976 so it would apear that
good profits will be in the hog
business for at least another
year."
What all this means to con
sumers is continuing high pork
prices.
However, Moore noted that
beef supplies will be fairly large
in the months ahead so
housewives will be able' to sub
stitute more beef for pork.
A beef - roast can be easily
substituted for a pork roast, he
added, but it will be rough sub
stituting something else for
bacon in those bacon, lettuce and
tomato sandwiches.
All clubs . and
organizations that want an
allotment from the
Student Government must
fill out and return budget
request forms by Thur
sday, October 9, 1975 to
SGA treasurer Joanne M.
Bruno. '
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