Comfortable in outfield Sherkel By RICH MUKA Collegian Sports Writer Former ace pitcher Rich Sherkel has found a new home in left field this year and his pitching and batting credentials should keep him there. After compiling a 6-2 won lost record and a 1.50 ERA on the mound last year, Sherkel slipped to 0-2 with a fat 4.86 ERA this season. But he managed to hit .281 with 2 homers and 19 RBIs. “You can’t concentrate on your hitting when you have to pitch,” Sherkel said. “I’ve always wanted to play the outfield anyway. “Pitching is a 50-50 proposition,” he added. “Sometimes you have it, and sometimes you don’t. “Last year they were hitting the ball right at someone. But this year my luck seemed to run out and the balls started falling in.” Despite Sherkel’s shaky mound performances, Coach Chuck Medlar managed to find the necessary pitching to guide the Lions to a berth in the District 2 double elimination playoffs in Trenton, N.J. 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But he’s still available to pitch if we need him.” But Sherkel said, “I haven’t pitched since the Georgetown game a month or a month and a half ago.” He said he seemed to find something in that game that he had lost in the Rutgers game long ago. “I stayed up until 4 o’clock one morning trying to remember what I was doing wrong,” Sherkel said. “I wasn’t falling off the mound, when I do, my fast ball becomes a natural slider.” Sherkel said he was doing okay for awhile in the Spending your summer In Happy Valley? GET INVOLVED! ARHS needs Chairpersons and Workers to help with Summer Council INTERESTED? Call anytime 5-9982 5-5230 5-6929 5-5178 HELP ARHS HELP YOU Eve>y Thursday Georgetown game before he threw three or four high pitches which were hit pretty hard. “Then the coach took me out, and I was glad that he did,” Sherkel said. Although he has not en countered many problems in the outfield, Sherkel may have some trouble with the lights tomorrow night. This is the first night game for the Lions in several years. “In the daytime,” Sherkel said, “the initial move is to run to the spot where you think the ball was hit, and then you can turn around and pick up the ball without any trouble. “But at night, you have to keep your eyes on the ball the whole time. So once you have lost it, you’re in trouble.” AP wirephoto Phils Bob Boone deft) won't get sliding Gene Alley UMWWHnrjnißuvi EARTH, WIND 6-FIRE HEAD TO THE SKY including: Evtl/Keep Your Head ToThe Sky/Clover Build Your NestfThe Worlds AMasquerade KC 32194* Columbia LSP4B34 dOn Sale Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. iscount records 127 SO. ALLEN ST. STATE COLLEGE 50°/ Nicky Hopkins Dark Side of the Moon The Tin Man Was A Dreamer I PINK FLOYD f Wailing For The Band Speed On Lawyer s Lament /\ Pig's Boogie /nN. 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So, after Sunday’s game was rained out after 1 2-3 innings, Xuzinski and Phillies’ Manager Danny Ozark went to the batting cage under the stands. They talked and Luzinski kept changing his hands, changing the position of the bat. “Finally, I felt comfortable,” Luzinski recalled. “I could see the ball better. I was swinging quicker. It was just a slight adjustment, but it seemed to do the trick.” Rentzel penalized LOS ANGELES (AP) Lance Rentzel, already on probation in Texas for indecent exposure, was sentenced yesterday to 90 days in jail, a $2,000 fine and three years’ probation on charges of possessing marijuana. But Superior Court Judge William Caldecott stayed the sentence of the 29-year-old wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams pending appeal. Rentzel contends that police illegally searched his Hollywood apartment last January when they reported find ing drugs. Despite his legal problems, Rentzel says he hopes to con tinue his pro football career. Robert R. 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