1966

Let:t to right-Coach l\1!cLaugh1in, iBill Hunter,
By Hopkins, John Gara, Coach Mentzer

PRESS and RADIO
INFORMATION
BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

GE~RAL lNrORMATION

Dr. Harvey A. Andruss
President, Bloomsburg State College
Russell Houk, Lock Haven S. C. '52
Athletic Director
Richard Mentzer, Shippensburg S. C. '30
Head Baseball Coach
Eli McLaughlin, West Chester S. C. '57
Assistant Baseball Coach
Boyd F. Buckingham, Bloomsburg S. C. '43
Director of Public Relations
Bruce 'Nick' Dietterick, Penn State U. '47
Sports Information Director
Tom Sipe, Bloomsburg S. C. '69
Student Statistician
Michael Smith, Bloomsburg S. C. '69
Head Manager
ATHLETIC INFORMATION
Member ______________ NCAA, PSCAC, NAIA
Colors -------------------- Maroon and Gold
Nickname -------------------------- Huskies
Home Field -------------------- Light Street
Telephone, Sports Publicity __ 784-4660 Ext. 18
COLLEGE INFORMATION
Denomination ___________ Non-Denominational
Conducted by _ Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Year Founded------------------------- 1839
Enrollment ---------------------------- 2800

rn ,their role of deliendimg Pennsylvaill!ia staite College ,and District 19 N .A.I.A. c·hampions, ,1:ihiis year's
Bloomsburg State College niine will ihave ito hustle
to equal J:islt year's laurels. The 1965 Husky aggre•grution finished the r:egu1ar se!liSOIJJ 13-4 ancl overall
w:i:th a 16-6 record. Mter wi,Iming the Districit 19
title, B,,S,C, wellit on to 'tie for &econd pta.c,e dn NAIA
Are,a 8 a,t Shippensburg, PennsylV1ama.
The nucleus of fuis year's squad will be John
Gara, who plays either right 1iield, •shol'ltstop or fh"st
base; Gary Horn, a 1bhird !baseman; Soate Bilyk, alt
second base, and ,pitchers By Hopkins and Bill Hunter. Hopkins h:ad ,a 10{! recor:d last seaoon along
with ERA of .99. Hlllliter was 3-0 ood had a 1.89
ERA.
A number of promising prospects hope 1io fill vac1anc1es created tJwough ,tne gr:aduat10n loss of Roy
!Bower, a ca,tcher who led ,the team wu,th a .418 batlbmg ,average last year; Riay Emma •at first base,
who ilut .:isi; and ,Rlona1d Hoyle, a P1tcher with ,a 3-2
log. Ron Kirk, ,a ..WO 'hitotmg shortstop who wias
signed by Detrmt of tne American League, Wllll also
be m1ssmg fr,o,m .this year's squad.
Vy1ng to,r pos1uon,s a~e K.Jing ,Perry, John McKiay,
JacK ttolus, and Be:n •PoUocK, fu.r ootcmmg p,os1ti0ns;
Bob lhl>ble and uene rUruoer, p~tcners; ,ljOb Tucker, Tom Tay~or, firs,t 'base; Jerry .uevun, Mike ueFranc~soo, s:nortstops; Hiarmct Amer.tsoill, second
base; li'raillCl's ·OaHa:lliaill, tih:.l•rct 1oas,e; Pat C'i01gan and
'l'o,m Ev,aills, left f1e1a; J,ml .Rupert, Bill uron, BJJ.l
Murnn, ce,n:terr~eld; ,and ·.1erry HielW"Y, r1gnt f1eJ.CI.
Henry ·is a1·so a p~tcher but 1s nursmg an mjured
,arm.
Mentzer ha:s ,a greait deal of work to do as ithe
,te,am hirud a 1a:te starit due to pl'lacbice mc-J..11Jtaes.
'l'ihe team will agiMD use the LLg1111liS1treet baseoa.11
fileld.
l:s1g joib at the momellit is to determine ithe best
e'ignit or ten 'h:ltters m order ·to aeveiop a potent
~ttack.
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l!.L1 McLaughlin, who will be a.sSlist,an;t ito •Mentzer
anll w1u serve as fresnman coiacn, nas a fave-gc:IJile
scneau1e kneel up for we HusKy Pups.
BASEBALL SCHEDULE

Varsity
April
.A.Pr1l
AprJ.l
Aipril
Aprul
April
Aprll.
May
May
M!ay
May

5-E. Stroudsburg ......................................
'14!-Susquehanna ..........................................
16-LocK Ha,ven ............................................
23--8lll,ppensbu:r:g ..........................................
26-Mansfleld ................................................
l!S-M!J..llersville ............................................
llO--Lock Haven ............................................
4---E. s,trouds1l>uTg ....................................
7-Mansfaeld ..................................................
11-Kutztown ..................................................
·16--Kutzoown ..................................................

A--3 :00

April
Aprll
Aipr1l
May
Mia¥

Freshmen
5-E. 'Stroudsburg ..........................................
28-J.VIJ..uersn.ue ..................................................
;s~ucKneu Universliity ................................
4---1!:. StroudSibl.llI"g ..........................................
13---Bucknell Umversity ................................

H--,1. :30

H-1 :00
A-1:00
H-1:00
H--2:~
A-1 :00
H-2:30
A-1:00
H-2:00
A--3,:00
Away
liome
home
Home
Alwa,y

BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE VARSITY BASEBALL SQUAD
Name

Class

Age

Ht.

Wt.

Pos.

Hometown

Athens, Pa.

Theo. Keir

Levittown

John DiSangro

H. S. Coach

"Cron, William

Sr.

21

5'5"

155

"Hopkins, By

Sr.

21

6'2"

175

CF
p

"Horn, Gary

Sr.

21

5'8"

1:36

3B

Ringtown

Thomas Grow

"Bilyk, Steve

Jr.

20

5'7"

155

2B

Phoenixville

Paul Tomko

"Gara, John

Jr.

20

6'0"

177

Somerville

Albert Malekoff

"Hunter, \Vm.

Jr.

20

5'11"

170

RF!SS
p

Winfield

Bill Thomas

Henry, Terry

Jr.

20

5'6"

190

p

Hershey

Fred Poorman

Jr.

20

5'11"

190

C

Aldan

Don Cornman

Tucker, Bob

Jr.

20

6'3"

205

1B

Hazleton

Francis Kinder

Albertson, Harold

So.

21

5'10''

145

2B

Orangeville

Huber Kline

Colgan, Pat.

So.

19

5'10"

175

LF

Carbondale

Jerry Finan

19

5'8"

150

RF/SS

Mt. Carmel

Robert Orvatiz

20

5'9"

175

ss

Espy

Bill Creasy

19

5'10"

150

3B

Bethlehem

Bernie Fritz

19

5'11"

160

Orangeville

Bill Creasy

18

6'1"

165

LF
p

Reading

C. Dunkelberger

19

6'0"

180

p

Boyertown

Warren Fry

19

5'10"

185

C

Freeland

Jack Ramsey

170

C/IB

Washington

"Perry, King

Callahan, Francis
Devlin, Jerry
DeFrancisco, Mike
Evans, Tom
Gibble, Bob
Gruber, Gene
Hollis, Jack

So.
So.
So.
So.
So.
So.
So.

McKay, John

So.

19

6'0"

Mullin, Wm.

So.

19

165

LF

Upper Darby

Pollock, Ben

So.

19

6'1'
6'2"

John Syrek
Fred Ulmer

217

C!IB

Benton

Hubie Kline

18

5'10"

143

CF

Bloomsburg

John Babb

19

6'0"

175

Robert Habig

19

175

1B
p

Middletown

6'0"

Hazleton

E. Valente

Rupert, Jimmy
Taylor, Thomas
Walton, Joe
*Lettermen

So.
So.
So.

HEAD BASEBALL COACH
RICHARD MENTZER
Head Coach Dick Mentzer came to Bloomsburg State College in 1963 and is in his third year
as baseball mentor. A native of Martinsburg,
Pennsylvania, he was a letter winner in football,
baseball, and track in both high school and at
Shippensburg State College.
He then coached at Cresson High School
before going to Hollidaysburg, where he was
head football and baseball coach in junior high
school competition. Mentzer later became head
backfield coach, J. V. basketball coach and head
track coach at Hollidaysburg Senior High
School.
Following an appointment as head football
coach at Eastern High, Washington, D. C., his
team logged 120 victories, 53 losses, and 6 tieswinning 9 Washington, D. C., championships
and city championships in 1950 and 1962. In
addition, he managed and played with a baseball
team at Martinsburg in Blair County. This squad
won 3 championships. Mentzer was also a member of a city championship team at Altoona,
Pennsylvania.
Mentzer received his Master of Education
degree at Pennsylvania State University and is
taking additional graduate work at the University of Maryland.

ASSISTANT BASEBALL COACH
ELI McLAUGHLIN
Eli McLaughlin, who completed his fifth
year as head Swimming Coach at BSC and an
active college swimming official, will be in his
second season of baseball at the College.
McLaughlin started his College career at
West Chester State College in 1949, which was
interrupted by service in the Armed Forces.
As a sergeant in the U. S. Air Corps, he served
as Director of Special Services at Edwards Air
Force Base, in California, where he organized,
directed, and participated in various sports
programs.
Returning to vVest Chester in 1953, he was
an outstanding football center for three years
and then served one year as Line Coach for the
Freshman Team before graduating in 1957.
Prior to coming to Bloomsburg in Septem·
ber 1961, he taught and coached three sports at
Penn Crest High School.