1967 Coach Thomas Davies PRESS and RADIO INFORMATION BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania GENERAL INFORMATION Dr. Harvey A. Andruss President, Bloomsburg State College Russell Houk, Lock Haven S. C. '52 Athletic Director Thomas Davies, Waynesburg C. '53 Head Baseball Coach Boyd F. Buckingham, Bloomsburg S. C. '43 Director of Development and Public Relations Bruce 'Nick' Di,etterick, Penn State U. '47 Sports Information Director ATHLETIC INFORMATION Member NCAA, PSCAC, NAIA Colors _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Maroon and Gold Nickname Huskies Home Field _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Light Street Telephone, Sports Publicity ____ 784-4660 Ext. 218 COLLEGE INFORMATION Denomination Non-Denominational Conducted by __ Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Year Founded 1839 Enrollment 3100 BASEBALL OUTLOOK 1967 New head coach Tom Davies hopes to raise the Bloomsburg State College baseball team back towards the prominence it enjoyed two years ago as Pennsylvania State College Champions and District 19 NAIA Champions. Thirty-seven candidates have been working out for a number of weeks preparing for the opening game on Saturday, April 8, against East Stroudsburg. Twelve returning lettermen indicate that the team should have a fair amount of balance. A lot depends, of course, on how the untried sophomores shape up. The pitching staff at the moment is a question mark. Two lettermen-Bill Hunter and Bob Gibble-who both had 1-3 records last year and good E.R.A.'s are back along with junior Joe Walton. The leading hitters returning from last year are junior Jack Hollis (.417) and senior John Gara (.375). Although there are five or six candidates vying for the catching position, two mainstays who have the inside track at the moment are senior King Perry and junior Ben Pollock. All four infield positions will be sou_ght by returning players senior Steve Bilyk, and juniors Red Callahan, Harold Albertson, and Jerry Devlin. The outfield, in addition to Gara and Hollis, has juniors Pat Colgan and Jim Rupert back for another season along with Gene Gruber and Tom Taylor. The attitude and morale of the team have been excellent, which could result in a winning season for the Huskies. The biggest problems facing Coach Davies are his defensive infield and developing hitting power. Davies is in the process of attempting to schedule one or two practice games prior to the opening of this season. Davies will also be in charge of the freshman team and the varsity will again use the Light Street (Pa.) baseball field. BASEBALL SCHEDULE Varsity April 8-East Stroudsburg, 1 game .... H-2:00 p.m. April April April April April April May May May IS-Lock Haven, 2 games ____________ A-1 :00 17-Kutztown, 1 game ---~A.-3:00 22-Shippensburg, 2 games ________ H-1 :00 25-Mansfield, 2 games _ _ _ A-1 :00 27-Millersville, 1 game ____ A-2:30 29-Lock Haven, 2 games ____________ H-1 :00 3-East Stroudsburg, 1 game ____ A-3 :00 6--Mansfield, 2 games _ _ _ H-1 :00 10-Kutztown, 1 game _ _ _ _ H-3:00 April April April May May 8-East Stroudsburg _ _ _ _ H-2:00 27-Millersville - - - - - - ~ . - 2 : 3 0 29-Bucknell _ _ _ _ _ _ ___,.-2:00 3-East Stroudsburg - - - ~ " - 3 :00 17-Bucknell _ _ _ _ _ _ _ H-3:00 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. Freshmen p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE VARSITY BASEBALL SQUAD Name Class Bilyk, Stephen Christina, Michael Harvey, Robert Hunter, William Perry, G. King Saint Sing, Ronald Albertson, Harold J. Callahan, Francis, P. Chellew, George Colgan, Pat DeFrancisceo, Michael Devlin, Jerry Erney, Dana Gibble, Bob Gruber, Gene Hollis, Jack Pollock, Ben R. Rupert, Jimmy Taylor, Tom Wenner, Tom Christina, Ronald Davis, Herb DiOrio, Alfred Dura, Richard Ferraro, Mark Fisher, Denny Gay, Dave Giannetta, William Hummel, Jeff Kanaskie, Gregory Kishbaugh, Chick Mastroianni, Frank Megargel, Terry E. Parker, William Sipida, Robert John Wysor, James Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. So. Age 21 22 21 21 21 21 22 20 20 20 20 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 21 20 19 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 Ht. Wt. Pos. Hometown 5'8 6'3 5'11 5'11 5'10 5'8 5'11 5'8 6'2 5'10 5'10 5'9 6'0 6'2 6'0 5'10 6'2 5'10 6'0 6'4 6'0 6'0 5'8 6'2 5'9 6'0 6'1 5'9 5'8 5'9 5'11 5'7 5'11 5'11 5'11 5'11 155 205 200 175 IF p 190 C OF 2B 3B SS/2B OF Phoenixville Phoenixville West Hazleton West Hazleton Harrisburg William Penn Winfield Lewisburg Joint. Aldan Lansdown-Aldan Hershey Hershey Benton Jonestown Mt. Carmel Mt. Carmel Catholic Hummelstown Lower Dauphin Carbondale St. Rose Bethlehem Liberty Espy Central Columbia Harrisburg William Penn Reading Reading Boyerstown Boyerstown Area Freeland MM I Benton Benton Area Bloomsburg Bloomsburg High Middletown Middletown Orangeville Benton vVest Hazleton West Hazleton Reading Mt. Penn Philadelphia North Catholic Frackville Frackville Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Dunmore Mifflin ville Central Columbia Tunkhannoch Tunkhannoch Dunmore Dunmore Northumberland Northumberland Shamokin Our Lady of Lourdes Berwick Danville Scranton Scranton Central Danville Danville Williamsport Loyalsock Twp. Freeland Foster Twp. Pennsbury Fairless Hills 159 150 150 165 170 165 150 178 175 185 200 218 140 180 250 208 170 150 175 150 160 190 167 145 155 185 150 180 165 170 186 C p ss SS/2B 2B p 1B CF C CF OF 1B C C 3B p OF p p 1B 2B OF p 2B OF p 3B/SS C High School THOMAS DAVIES HEAD BASEBALL COACH Tom Davies, who will be in his first year at the helm of the Huskies, is respected for his knowledge of baseball and his ability to impart that knowledge to others. A participant in numerous baseball clinics Davies doesn't merely tell how, he shows how in detail. A native of Pittsburgh, Davies received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Waynesburg College and his Master of Education degree from Duquesne University. Prior to coming to Bloomsburg State in 1964, he taught at Trinity High School, in· the elementary and secondary schools of Willoughby, Ohio, and at Port Washington, Ohio. Davies has had a number of years in coaching football, basketball, and baseball both in the elementary and secondary schools of Willoughby and in the Armed Forces. During the 1964-65 season, he served as freshman basketball coach at B.S.C. and in the 1965-66 season assisted head coach Bob Norton in basketball. Davies, who replaced Dick Mentzer, is well-qualified to teach good baseball fundamentals to the players and thus help to continue to produce the fine baseball teams that have been associated with B.S.C. over the years.