—The Daily Collegian Friday. March 9, 1979 Bombs away Jim Rice of the Boston Red Sox christened the exhibition baseball season with its first home run, which came off Detroit Tiger pitcher Dave Romema. The Grapefruit League season opened yesterday. I===lll R-034 ===2ll ■' *Closeout on selected athletic shoes by Puma, Tiger, Nike, Mitre, Brooks, Gola now 11.95 - 14.95 reg. to $30.00 Free * 1 Dozen Custom Screen Printed T-Shirts Guess the number of baseballs and softballs in our display window and win one dozen custom screen printed T-shirts of your own design. , Sale and Contest ends March 17 *not all styles available in all sizes plazaParkuuoy and Logan Douse 1000 PLAZA DRIVE 238-3432 I===a Student Employment Center Summer Job Program Information is available in the Student Employment Office in 105 Boucke ..):-.(. 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The team has prepared for the up coming season by touring the South during spriilg break and competing against 11 teams in 12 days. Now Reed is relieved not to start CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) Ron Reed once felt that relief pitchers ought to receive relief checks instead of six figure salaries. After all, Reed was a starter for eight major league seasons, one of those special types who worked once every fourth or fifth day. Reed is the first to admit that starting to him once was what pitching was all about. _ But in the off season of 1975, Reed was dealt by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies. He was sent to the bullpen and designated a reliever. It was a shock and Reed was tempted to rebel. But the 6-foot-6 one-time Notre Dame basketball player swallowed his pride. What he didn't know then was that it was the best move in his career. C-) (-) - (:-) 2:==:=2l I===zl only $14.95 reg. to 30.00 '3 S. ALLEN • Efficiencies, Junior One, One, Two and Three Bedroom Apartments Site Swimming • On Pool • Located Across From Westerly Parkway Shopping Plaza Cathrall described the tour as "boot camp" for his players. "You send a man •to boot camp before you send him to war. That's what we accomplished on the trip. We tried to prepare ourselves first," Cathrall said. But youth and inexperience aren't the only problems facing Cathrall. This year's schedule has been upgraded to include Harvard, Columbia and Hamp ton Institute. Last year Penn State recorded a school record of 18 victories in 21 mat ches and Cathrall said his team has a chance to repeat that performance. "We hope for a winning season "right now, and I take them one at a time, but there's a good chance for us to be a really good team," Cathrall said. Reed, who features a bullet-like fastball, and has developed a fork ball that baffles some of the best hitters in the National League, has become one of the game's premier relievers. He's had 46 saves in three seasons. Last year, Reed was in 66 games, saved 17, retired the last two Pittsburgh batters in, the game that clinched the Phillies' third ' consecutive Eastern Division title. He also discovered that relief pitching was not a synonym for relief check. Baseball firemen are paid pretty well, some more than starters. Now, there is a rumor circulating the Phillies' spring training camp that if the Personnel Director Paul Owens doesn't come up with another starter to replace the injured Larry Christenson, Reed 0 o=roJl famous for friendly s YOUR EARS PIERCE FREE! When You Buy Coro's 14 Kt. GOld Earrings! smm GOLDEN BALL . . $lO a pair Friday and Saturday, March 9-10 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Have your ears pierced by our licensed nurse. Take advantage of this wonderful opportunity and you'll never lose another earring! When you come in to have your, ears pierced, we will ask you to sign a CONSENT FORM for us, and if you're under 18 years of age you must have one of your parents with you to sign Downtown State College That enthusiasm is also expressed by junior Tim McAvoy; the team's No. 1 singles player. McAvoy also said the team could repeat last year's per formance. "We're shaping up to be a good ball club, and that will be the goal (18 wins) we'll be shooting for," McAvoy said. McAvoy will have to replace Mark Darby, who went professional after last season, but Cathrall said the junior should respond to the challenge. "He (Darby) was a fine, number one player and a good leader. But we have a fine person in McAvoy, who , has the potential to beat quite a few good players," Cathrall said. But McAvoy must also work with team might be reborn in that role. Nobody is more anxious for Owens to make that trade than Reed. He wants to stay a reliever. . Reed said he has spoken with Manager Danny Ozark on the subject. "He felt like he was going to do his best not to make me - a starter," Reed said. "He said he would rather have me out in the bullpen, especially the way I've thrown the last three years out of the pen." Ozark fed Reed the same line the pitcher once told himself. "He said, 'anyway, you don't want to work one day and then sit around for four,' " Reed recalled. " 'lf you're a reliever, everyday you come to the park rvice captain Alex Davidson in molding the' team together. "If we can just hold together and stay loose, even if things go bad, then we'll be all right," Davidson said. Davidson also expressed faith in McAvoy. "McAvoy can play under pressure. The loss of Mark Darby take,a4 away from our depth, but McAvoy has a chance to be just as good," Davidson said. McAvoy and the rest of the team will find out just how good they are on Sunday when they face a Rochester squad that was beaten quite easily b, last year's Penn State team. "I would say we're going to have a good season, but that could blow up in my face," Davidson said. you've got a chance to be in the ga - me.' " Reed didn't argue the point. "I'd rather do it that way," Reed told his manager. Reed admitted he never thought he'd hear himself say those words. "But I found that for some unknown reason my arm was able to bounce back, and I'm able to pitch three or four days in a row out of the pen," he said. Reed was asked if winning a fourth consecutive division title would ' b\it enough for the team. "No, I don't think winning a division title is enough for any team whether it's the first one or the fourth one," Reed replied. "Naturally when you get thati far you want to go to the World Seriei, and win that too." \ , • \ ... \
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