April .8, 1976
Coach Stoner plans for season
Baseball team looks good
By Brad Phillips
Collegian Staff Writer
Last year, the Cub baseball
team streaked off to a torrid 9-1
start, but at mid-salon the
pitching crumbled and the club
sagged to a 12-12 finish, the first
non-losing season since Behrend
became a 4-year college. Coach
Clarence Stoner hopes to better
that mark this year and he has
the talent to do it. He has three
"homegrown" juniors on the
team and more experience
returning than in previous years.
The infield looks pretty solid
offensively and defensively ex
cept at second base. At first is
returning
_letterman Jim Davis
who 'led' the club in' batting last
year with a .367 average and
holds five Behrend records.
Despite a shoulder injury, be is
very solid defensively and
smacks' the ball with authority.
He will be backed up by Paul
Mornak and Mark Illuish, who is
also a utility outfielder. At the
other corner is Bill Metzger, a
.363 hitter who led the team in
RBl's and was honored last year
by being named the District 18
All-Star third baseman. Although
replacements Ned Eldridge and
Greg Milkovich have been hitting
the-•ball well, they will probably
only see limited duty. Ton►
Lawless is the regular shortstop
and the fastest man on the ball
club. By virtue of his stealing
potential and his ability to - get on
base (.321 batting average), Tom
will be the leadoff batter. At
second, it is a duel between Steve
Burik and Bruce Shaffer; the
two are relatively dose in ability
and it is nearly impossible to pick
the starter. Pitcher Mark Falvo
played the position in high school
and could be used at second when
he isn't scheduled to pitch_. •
Coach Stone is having difficulty
choosing his starting outfielders;
there are no less than 10 players
vying for an outfield post_ Mu
Slaven, a .292 hitter last spring
with a lot of power potential,
looks to have locked up a position
in left field, but right and center
are still up for grabs_ Returning
letterman Jim Carino and David
Soccer play begins
consist of eight players in which 3
of a • possible 4 varsity soccer
• players can play at one time. The
Soccer has begun once again = standings are tabulated by giving
well, not exactly. Intramural the winnhig team two points and
soccer has begun. Men's in- each te a m th a t ti es, one point.
tramural soccer began on March Total goals will also be kept in
29th and will end Apace 13th. There case of a tie for the final stan
are six teams registered for play. dugs The officials for the games
They are the Schooners, the are Paul Lloyd, Bill Pennabaker,
Superstars, Old Pub United, - The Chris Godd ar d, L arry L a s ata,
Eightballs, B.A.M.F.S. and Jerry Mathews, Mae McClellan,
Fortan W. Each of the teams is John Russell, and Mike Warner.
scheduled to play five games. All The games are played around
of the NCAA rules are followed 4:00 each afternoon so if you have
except games will have 10 minute - time this afternoon go on down to
halves with a three minute break the soccer field and watch 'em
in between, and each side will play. _
By Betsy Choder
Collegian Staff Writer
Coffeehouse enter
A good time was had by all who attended the coffee house last
Wednesday evening.
Lewis are experienced and have
had a good spring with the bat,
Mark Esslinger is the best
defensive fielder in the group,
Russ Gavran hit .454 in limited
action last year, Tom Kummer,'
George Stathis, Joe Mack, Lou
Zegarelli, Kim Triscuit, and
Prince Mobley all will be battling
for a starting job.
Durable backstop Tom Mac-
Millen caught every game last
year to keep his hot bat (.323
average) in the line-up. Fresh
- man Dori Ruti will probably see
limited actionbehind the plate.
The idea of a designated hitter
has spread from the American
League to the college and
Behrend will utilize one this year.
Since pitchers are generally
anemic hitters, the DH bats in
place of the pitcher,' adefug some
punch 'to the batting order. Tom
Kummer hit MO in 1925 and was
the early candidate for DH, but
he is having a slow start and in
danger of losing the position.:
Mr. Stoner expected his pitch
ing staff to be the Achilles heel
of - he team, but - developments so
far have proven him wrong. "The_
pitchers have been getting the
ball over the plate with good
velocity and are ahead of the
batters unlike last year when we
were plagued by control
problems and earned run average
over nine." With a strong defense
behind them the men on the
mound won't have to worry about
striking out every batter. Early in
the season, Coach Stoner will look
towards his experienced pitchers
until the "cream comes to the top
in competition." One of his aces,
Tim Slaven, has gained new
confidence and has developed a
better breaking ball. Gary Free
man, who is trying to overcome
control problems, Al Maki, Pete
Carter and Mark Falvo along
with Slaven will form the back
bone of the starting rotation. But
don't count out promising fresh
men: Bob Paysour, Bob Maras,
Joe Mack and Bill Radolec.
Coach Stoner indicated that if
he had to put a team on the field
today he would "look towards his
experience" and work there. In
-
Behrend Collegian
the best interest of the team he
said that he would sort through
his 28 players and "fmd the best 9
men in any combination that will
win ball games." That is the
purpose of intrasquad and
scrimmage games, so the coach
can observe his men first hand
and in actual game conditions.
This is especially important since
some players hit well off the
batting machine, or in batting
Tennis team makes comeback
By Tom Armstrong
and Brad Phillips
Collegian Staff Writers
In its inaugural test of the
tennis season last Thursday,
Behrend was humiliated by the
Allegheny College Gators 8-1.
Neal Waxham narrowly edged
Dana Black 10-8, to register the
only victory for the Cubs. The
match, however, - was played
under extenuating cir
cumstances. The contest was
moved indoors to the Billie Jean
King Tennis Center because of
wet and windy weather con
ditions. Secondly, a lack of suf
ficient time demanded that the
team had to play 10 Pro sets in
stead of the customary best out of
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The picture also features Donald
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This will be the last Sunday
night movie of this school year
and the film wilt be shown at 7 and
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Admission is $1.25 for students
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practice, but choke when it comes
game time and vice-versa.
The success of the baseball
team hinges on the teams they
will play. Behrend has
strengthened its schedule for this
year, dropping some pushover
,teams and adding some
notoriously better clubs. If all
goes well, Behrend might be one
of the four teams chosen among
18 to compete in the District 18
3 series. Team member Russ
Wise attributed the team's poor
showing to "Allegheny's con
siderable improvement over the
last year coupled with our (the
Cubs) own inexperience" and
coach Herb Lauffer said that he
was disappointed and thought the
team could play better tennis.
Saturday, however, was an
entirely different story when
Behrend traveled to Beaver Falls
and defeated Geneva College in
sunny 60 degree weather. Mr.
Lauffer felt that the 6-3 victory
was an excellent example of a
team effort—all six players were
involved in the scoring—and
pointed out that it was in doubles
that the team righted itself. The
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Lions begin drills
Professor Joe Paterno will be
conducting experiments in his
football laboratory when Penn
State opens a month of spring
drills Thursday (April 8).
Paterno, a full professor at
Penn State, is noted for making
key position switches that have
helped the Nittany Lions to a'94-
18-1 record in his 10 years as head
coach. This year's spring
practice shouldn't be any dif
ferent.
"We have to move some people
around and make some right
guesses about personnel," the
Lion coach says. "We have to find
out what some people can do."
Paterno and the' other Lion
coaches actually have two jobs
this spring. First, they must find
somebody to replace the 11
graduated starters (seven
defense, four offense). After
those jobs are filled, the coaches
must develop the depth that will
be needed to face one of the
nation's toughest schedules.
"We need to fmd replacements
in spots where traditionally we
have been strong—in Greg Buttle,
Jim Rosecrans and Rich Kriston
and both starting defensive
tackles—John Quinn and Ron
Coder."
The Lions must replace both
halfbacks and an end on defense
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tournament. The four teams are
selected by the district coaches
on the basis of their final record
and the quality of their play.
Last Saturday's baseball
doubleheader against Geneva
College was cancelled because of
inclement weather, so Behrend's
next home game will be played
Saturday, April 10 against
Mercyhurst at 1:30 p.m.
match was tied at 3-3 going into
the doubles and "up to that point
we played some erratic and in
consistent tennis." After the duo
of- Steve Pappas and Russ Wise
struggling through three hard
fought sets to defeat Tom
Helsing-Joe Camp,
_the teams of
Neal Waxham - Jim Weidner and
Barry Leuven - - Harry Roth
breezed to easy victories and
locked up the match for Behrend.
In singles play: Neal Waxham
remained undefeated and ex
tended his 2-match win streak;
Harry Roth played a fine match,
winning 6-1, 6-1; and Jim Weidner
displayed good composure and
consistency defeating Geneva's
Dan Clark 6-2, 6-3. Mr. Lauffer is
proud of Jim's play and feels that
"he has matured a great deal and
has been a great help for the
team."
There was a boisterous crowd
of at least 25 Geneva students at
the match giving their fan sup
port. Coach Lauffer and the team
indicated that the crowd was a
significant factor because it gave
the home team an added ad
vantage. So the next time any of
our sports teams play a home
game, why don't you show your
appreciation and support, and
cheer them on to victory?
plus both offensive guards, the
split end and a halfback on of
fense.
"We should be much better at
the skill positions because most of
our people are back," Paterno
says. "We should be a better
team offensively, but depth on the
offensive line is a concern."
Another concern is replacing
All-American Chris Bahr, who
handled all of the kicking duties
for the Lions last year.
"Our team was basically built
around strong defense and great
kicking last year," Paterno says.
"The character may be
drastically changed this year. We
must be ready to play good of
fense early in the year. We have
to do a good job in areas we can
help ourselves."
Among the returning starters
are tight end Dave Stutts, of
fensive tackles Brad Benson and
George Reihner, center Dave
Shukri, quarterback John
Andress, fullback Larry Suhey,
flanker Jimmy Cefalo, defensive
end Ron Crosby, linebackers Kurt
Allerman and Ron Hostetler and
safety Gary Petercuskie.
The Lions will conclude their
spring drills with the annual Blue-
White game on May 8. Theannual
Camera Day attraction will be
held April 24.
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