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.