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

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In the field, the team was nearly perfection it- selfl DAVE fthe glove SIMON, and PETE va- cuum cleaner MENDELSON looked like the left side of a big league infield. Second base was handled by MARC WEIN and very capably by RICK ROSEN when MARC was on the mound. The outfield was patrolled in great style by RICH MEN- DELSON, MARK GARDNER, GIL LEVINE, and RICK KANE. They were all outstanding de- fensively and with the bat. GIL hit big triples in both Greylock games. MARC Hardnose,' SIMON was probably the best -catcher KenfMont has ever seen. A fine handler of pitchers, a tough man blocking the plate and a slashing hitter, MARC will be long remembered. In the Eagle Division a fine record was compiled by the team led by RICK KANE, RICK ROSEN, EARL DOPPELT, J UD STEIN, DENNY HELF- MAN, SKIP SCHMIDT, BOB STEINWURTZEL, and STEVE DANIELS. The Condors lost just one gam-e this year. The club was led by the pitching and hitting of LEE TUNIS. ROGER FRADIN, when no-t playing third base, also pitched some fine games for the Varsity. Big OSCAR REICHER expertly handled the catching chores. DOUG BLACK and DAVE HUTNER were a fine keystone combination. A speed merchant, TEDDY MAYER was our lead off hitter and left fielder. CARY WISCHE broke into the line-up at lst base and did a fine job afield and at the plate. ED STRAUSS was a good left handed hitter with- the strongest arm among It our outfielders. KEN RICHTER was our long ball hit- ter, along with TODD GOODMAN. JEFF I-H-ERSH was a ball hawk in center field and GARY KRUG- MAN often broke into the outfield line-up. Al- though we were not a heavy hitting club, we more than made up for it by speed and finesse. The Hawks again had an undefeated season set- ting the pace for the entire. camp. The squad was led by the fine hurling of southpaw KEN LIEBOW- ITZ and the starboard slants of GARY SINGER. These boys combined to beat both of our arch rivals, Greylock and Scatico. ANDY MAYER was the big hitter for the Hawks with JON TUMEN, KEN FELLER, MIKE GOODMAN, ROGER KAHN, JEFF GINZBERG, JIM RUBENSTEIN and GARY SINGER also weighing in with some timely basehits. ROG KAHN and JIM RUBENSTEIN shared the catching duties and did a great job of handling the pitchers. MIKE GOODMAN worked hard and established himself as a fine lst baseman. KEN- NY FELLER and JOHN TUMEN were flawless in the infield while JEFF GINZBERG, JIM RUB- ENST EIN, MATTY NATHEL, BOB LEVINE, and ROGER KAHN caught everything hit their way in the outfield. The Cardinals had a successful season in their inter-camp games and came up with many fine prospects for future Upper Camp teams. BOB RIEGER, one of Ken-Mont's finest all-around ath- letes, was viitually untouchable on the mound. BOB spun several no-hitters with his overpowering fast ball. LARRY KLITZMAN was a fine catcher and on occasions was even used by the Hawks in some of their games. The hitting and fielding at other positions were handled by STEVE SCHIFFMAN, AL DONNENFELD, MIKE MOORIN, JOHN ROSS, TODD ARNOW, ,BOB ENTIN, STAN MARCUS, RICH ROSENBERG, RICH EISEN- BERG, EZRA MERSEY, CHIP GLIEDMAN, STACY SIMON and STU DOPPELT. The Falcons and Robins had their introduction to inter-camp competition, and both teams clob- bered the opposition. Unfortunately, very few camps play hardball at ages 9 and 10, so most of the games had to be softball. It made little difference to our boys-we beat them all!! Among the many fine prospects from the ranks of Robins and Falcons rigcrc. qi. to RJ Top: Richard Plotkin, MARC FRIEDMAN, JEFF FOSTER, John Laidlaw. Bottom: JIMMY ENGEL ERIC sILvERMAN PETER FASS ERIC METZENDORF, DAVID ALBI'N, PAUL FELDAN, IRA SHERMAN. Bears CL. to R.l Top: Richard Plotkin, BRYAN BLOOM, JEFF GOLD, Mike Carroll. Bottom- WAYNE RUBIN MIKE PRELL MANNY PEARLMAN STEVE KATZMAN, FRANK LAUREDA, PETE NEWMAN, DAVE DOUGLASS Lions tL. to RJ Top: Richard Plotkin BRAD GOLDBERG HOWIE R ' 1 U ' , FELT, JON BLANK, ANDY LEHRERI ALAN HARMON, JARED GOLDVS?-i-IEIE Ron Slevin. Bottom. DAVID COHEN, DAVID ADELSON, JON DOP- Pvnthefs CL. to RJ Top- Richard Plotkin DAVID PITMAN - I , JEF , STEWN FASSI ROBERT , . F DAVIDSON' LORNE GODNICK, John Mrrchcu. Bottom: GERALD RosEN COVEN, JON GOLDWATER, MICHAEL WISCHE, JEFF WILKS NEIL SKOLNIK

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LAND SPURTS BASEBALL Baseball was, as always, the most popular sport in camp during the 1967 season. With our two hardball diamonds and two softball diamonds in perfect condition, the season was off to a quick start. Under the watchful eye of our Commissioner and his many assistants, the first week was spent in tryouts, batting and fielding practice and base running. After every boy had earned a spot on a league team based on his own skills, uniforms were drawn, and we prepared for opening day. Our opening day ceremony -this year was high- lighted by a batting clinic conducted by a former big league all star, Tommy Holmes. Tommy played with the then Boston Braves for eleven years and managed the team for two years. With a life time batting average of .303 and a league leading average of .352, a home run leader for two years and twice an all star outfielder, Tommy was an inspira- tion to our young athletes. The proper stance, stride and swing were demonstrated and with a special bat that recorded the swing velocity, many of our boys were checked out under Tommyis watchful eye. It was a thrilling experience to be so close to an all star big leaguer and to learn first hand from him. Inter-Camp Competition Although it did not seem we could improve on our 1966 record, we did that very thing with every division -turning in a winning record! The Eagle-Dodo combination was one of the most successful teams fielded in Ken-Mont's history. MARC WEIN and SCOTTY KRUGMAN were the big pitchers of the staff. SCOTTY was our big fireballing righthander, while MARC depended more on good control and keeping the ball low. MARC beat Scatico 7-2 and Greylock 6-l. SCOT- TY pitched a two hitter against Greylock and beat a team of seventeen year olds from Winadu, 3-2. The SIMON boys, DAVE and MARC were the big sticks in our line-up. DAVE unbelievably averaged 3 hits and 3 R.B.Ifs per game! MARC was a vicious line driver hitter. JEFF LEWIS, our first baseman, always a clutch hitter delivered the key hit of the year against Winadu--a single to drive in the winning run. r BP., f . -- - Y .....:---- ---r'-1-------.1I': '------'.? -4 --. -- --...,, , ,, -..-gl---Q.-'Y-'-f'1-' -. . 'r '

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