Ken Mont Camp for Boys - Golden Days Yearbook (Kent, CT)

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headed for the Nature Shack or the new HOSEU1 to say hello to old friends Jack and the Chief. .,. the new basketball courts were tested by Snooky S boys . . . dinner . . . meeting new counselors, and greeting the old . early Taps . . . and sleeplllg with happy dreams of the eight weeks -to come . . . Remember how most of us were up- before rev- eille that first morning . . . that sure changed quickly . . .f we were happy to see so many fa- miliar faces . . . Jim Charlton, Jim Ranchino, Jack Turek, Chief Dwayne, Jim Rafferty, Snookie Binder, ,Asher Platt, Rich Plotkin, Jim Green, Arch Tracy, Steye Storch, Al Salzman, Little Bill Vil- lano, J Farrell, Ed'Skarbek, Tom O'Rourke, '-'Clajunv Marty DeGravelle and many other won- derful guys., . . . J I Remember our league tryouts . . . Jim Raf watching every boy . . . drawing our uniforms . . . trying to fit. the 'froundfmen . . -. Sarah, -can you let the buttons out . . . my pants touch -my shoes . . . but we finally made it. . . . Remember opening day, with all-time .great Tommy Holmes helping us get underway . . . Tommy taught us a great deal that day . . . we should be better hitters for his help .... Remember the great competition in our Babe Ruth League . . . Our camper-managers provided ideal leadership . . . DAVE SIMON was a surpris- ingly effective hurler for a third baseman . . . MARC WEIN was also very effective on the mound . . . SCOTTY KRUGMAN, as for many years, was the camp's ace right-hander .... Re- member how the play of the Eagles finally decided the league standings .... Boys like RICK ROSEN, RICK KANE, EARL DOPPELT, DENNY HELFMAN, J UD STEIN, J AIME FREITAG, BOB STEIINWVURTZEL and JOHN LEVENTHAL were great contributors in their teamis winning games .... The youngest boys in the league showed great promise. LEE TUNIS, OSCAR REICHER, ROG FRADIN, DOUG BLACK, DAVE HUT- NER, KEN RICHTER, ED STRAUSS, TED MAYER, NEAL GARDNER and many others were key starters .... p Remember the perfect game pitched by GARY SINGER . . . KEN LEIBOWITZ, Ken-Mont's best Southpaw, was the league's most consistent pitcher . . . remember MIKE Babe WEIS- BEIN,S crashing bat . . . MIKE and ANDY MAYER waged a mighty duel for the homerun crown in the National League . . . KEN FELLER . '- DROPPING A FREE-THROW IN r A siouo BASE-Hsr