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By Bruce Burns
The first season of NAIA competi
tion took its toll upon the 1980 PSU-
Capitol Campus Baseball Lions, but
with most of the squad returning for
next season, there is much hope that
PSU/Capitol can improve upon this
campaign's dismal 1-11-1 record.
After the Lions' tremendous win
over Haverford College in mid-season,
they went on to lose their last eight
games of the year. Included among the
defeats were several contests the Lions
should have won, and with the expert
encl . gained this season, should wir
next year.
he hitting excellence PSU/Capitol
displayed in the early portion of the
season dropped off dramatically in the
IM Sof
INTRAMURAL SOFTBALL
RED DIVISION
TEAM
WON LOST
Gas House Gang 6 2
Nuclear Wastes 6 2
Brewski's 5 2
Flying Wombats 5 3
XGI 4 3
Bad Co. 4 4
Pallbearers 4 4
Root beer Rags 1 7
Wrisberg Weenies 0 8
WHITE DIVISION
TEAM
WON LOST
First Year Class 6 1
Redneck Sultans 5 1
Doughboys 5 1
Ballbusters 5 2
Sultans of Swing 3 5
Stoned Rangers 2 4
WSDC 2 5
Quaaludes 1 5
WCFCL 1 6
BLUE DIVISION
TEAM
Elwood's Boys 7 0
No Names 6 1
Lappers 5 3
Big Sticks 4 3
The Graduates 3 3
NAEYE 3 5
Beta City Bombers' 2 1
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Bufoon Platoon 1 ,?,
Internatio, il Bears 1 '
The intramural softball season is
winding down to a close this week as
the four play-off teams will be decided.
The first place team in each league will
receive a berth in this double elimina
tion tournament, along with the second
place team with the best record. If two
or more second place teams have equal
records, a single elimination tourna
ment will be played to decide the wild
card team.
AEROBIC DANCING
An aerobic dancing class is tena
tively planned for summer term.
Anyone interested is urged to call the
Recreation/Athletics Office at 948-6266
Lions Look To Future
ball
The Rootbeer Rags would like to
thank whatever it was that brought
them such a great season. Also, we
would like to wish Coach Dave good
luck in staying one step ahead of the
men in the white coats.
A round of applause for the Flying
Wombats who ended their season with
a 5-3 record. All the members of the
team are proud of themselves for a
successful season.
WSDC picked up its second victory
of the season last week, conquering the
Stoned Rangers by 18-7. The game
was marked by the sparkling defensive
play of WSDC and the timely two-out
hitting of the winners.
The Redneck Sultans improved
their record to 5-1 recently with a 23-8
win over the Ball Busters in five
innings. Walt Conrad led the winners
with four hits, while seven other
Sultans stroked three hits each.
WON LOST
latter part of the schedule, as the Lions
finished the season with a poor .212
team batting average. Another area
that helped set back the Lions repeat
edly all year was their defensive
inabilities, as PSU/Capitol committed a
staggering 60 errors in 13 outings.
There were several fine performers'
among this season's squad, headed by
outfielder Vince Cardullo. The junior
from New York most likely would have
been a serious NAIA District 19
all-star candidate had he not broken his
wrist early in the second half of the
campaign. Cardullo finished his season
with a sparkling .393 batting average,
and turned in several solid defensive
games during the season before his
untimely injury.
Along with Cardullo, fellow juniors
ROOTBEER RAGS
FLYING WOMBATS
W SDC
Conrad and "Boz Czar" Burns each
batted in four runs for the victors. The
Sultans also blasted five home runs in
the contest, with"boz Czar" smashing
two mega-homers. Winning pitcher
"Lester" Musser ran his record to 4-0
with the decision.
INTRAMURAL BOWLING
Standings of the Teams
TEAM WON LOST
Midnight Express 21 7
Prowlers 17 11
WSDC 15'/z 12 1 / 2
Capitol Factor 15 13
MSU 10'/2 17'/z
11th Framers 5 23
High game: Bruce Rambaucher, Mid
night Express--230
High series: Ray Sperlbaum, WSDC--
604
High average: Bruce Rambaucher--175
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Jon Ference and Tom Stout also
compiled top batting averages, hitting
.278 and .276 respectively. Senior
Doug Schwab hit for a fine .357
average during his duties as Coach Ron
Melchiorre's utility player. The 5-10
Ference also clouted seven RBl's, tying
him with junior Tim Christine for the
squad leadership in that department.
In other statistical areas, Ference
led the Lions in runs scored with eight,
while junior Bob Hessenthaler and
senior Cliff Lewis touched home safely
six times each. Hessenthaler and
Ference tied for the leadership in extra
base hits with four each, with one of
Ference's serving as the Lion's only
home run of the season. The power
hitting Cardullo also showed speed on
the basepaths, as he stole seven bases
iphoti; by
Harry Moyer
Baseball Lion Jon Ference demonstrates his form. Ference was responsible
for the team's sole home run of the season.
INTRAMURAL TENNIS
BLUE DIVISION
PLAYER
Jeff Musser WONOST
Dave Miller
E. Ismail
Craig Williard
Thornton Irelant 0 2
Susan Mogel 0 ' 2
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to lead PSU/Capitol. The fleet-footed
Lewis took six bases on the opposition
as well.
In the pitching department,
Christine registered the only Lion
victory with the Haverford decision,
and was the Lions' ERA leader with a
3.86 mark. The 6-2 hurler struck out 32
batters in his 32 2/3 innings pitched,
while fellow junior Stout picked up the
tie decision against Messiah, and re
tired 27 men on strikes in his 24 1/3
innings thrown. Other fine pitching
performances were turned in by junior
Kevin Keffer, senior Mike Williard,
and the versatile Schwab.
WHITE DIVISION
PLAYER
WON LOST
Ted Quarry 2
Donna Bowersox 1
Mike Daskalakis 1
J. Yamamoto 1
Mike Zimmerman 0
John Reutter 0
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