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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were MIKE ROSEN, BRAD GERING, KEN KUNIN Cwho received the Tommy Holmes Awardl, JOHN SHEVELL, BRAD SINGER, RICK EAGLE, SCOTT ZUCKERMAN, BILLY BLANK, CHARLEY MERINOFF, BOB MEN- DELSON, BOB MANDEL, PETE WOLPERT, DREW HOLDER, BOB FISH, AL ABRAMSON, JOSH DOUGLASS, RICH WEIL, LARRY MAYER, DAVE GODNICK, NEIL GROSS- MAN, BOB GIMBEL, LOREN KLEINMAN, PAUL and JAY KRAMER, KEITH ROSEN- FELD, CORY SCHIFFMAN, MARK LEVITT, STEVE SCHWARTZ, J ON SCHOTTLAND, J ON KATZ, BOB ,WEISBEIN, LEN RUSSELL, STU HIRSCH, MIKE LAZERWITZ, MIKE ROSEN, RICH WOOD, SCOTTWEBER, MITCH STERN, DAVID MILLER and MATTY NEWMAN. Hard work, desire, concentration and good sportsmanship all contributed to the strides our boys made on the diamond. Intra Camp Leagues Babe Ruth League The Giants won the league crown when they defeated the defending 'league champs, the Rangers, in the season's final game. DAVE SIMON, the 1eague's. Most Valuable Player, led his team to every win. RICK KANE and GIL LEVINE swung the big bats for the Giants while PETE TUNIS was the defensive leader. ' The Rangers, Captained by last years M.V.P. PETE MENDELSON, fought the Gian-ts right down to the wire. BOB STEINWURTZEL and CARY WISCHE did a iine job offensively and de- fensively. J UD STEIN and TEDDY MAYER were real clutch players for the second place Rangers. MARC WEIN, a great competitor, and Ken- Mont's BIG O , OSCAR REICHER were the leaders of the A's. The defense was among the league's soundest because of the play of RICK ROSEN, RON HERMAN and ROGER FRADIN. SCOTTY KRUGMAN, Ken-Mont's top pitcher was the Royals leader. Unfortunately forthe Royals, SCOTT could not do too much pitching for his club because of inter-camp demands on his talent. BRAD BRONK did a fine job behind the plate, while JEFF LEWIS did his usual top flite job at first base. EARL DOPPELT and SKIP SCHMIDT led the hitting attack along with KEN RICHTER and NEAL GARDNER. The Browns were one of the heaviest hitting clubs but unfortunately, their defense was Hslightlyi' porous. Led by Ken-Mont's toughest competitor, MARC SIMON, the big bats were swung by JOHN LEVENTHAL, DENNY HELFMAN, and STEVE DANIELS. National League Led by the league's Most Valuable Player GARY SINGER, the Greens marched through their sched- ule undefeated. The team had line balance in hit- ting and pitching, but the defense at times kept the games interesting. MIKE GOODMAN and HOWIE KUNIN were the clutch players for the Greens. The runner-up Golds matched the Greens stride for stride until the teams met each other. KEN LIEBOWITZ, the Gold's Captain, locked up with GARY SINGER in a fantastic pitching duel, only to lose a no-hit game on errors. The Sox followed the Goldis in the standings. KEN FELLER kept the team in contention with clutch hitting and many defensive gems. The Maroons lost 3 close ball games that proved their undoing. All-star MATTY NATHEL, one of the best base runners in the league was the star of the Maroons. The Greys finished a disappointing fifth in spite of fine pitching from BOB RIEGER and iine hit- ting and defense from ROGER KAHN. Another all star selection was the Grey's third baseman, slug- ging ANDY MAYER. L AMERICAN LEAGUE ACES- IL. fo RJ Top: Don Sommesse Asher Platt 2nd Row- MIKE ROSEN CLIFF SCHLIEN ' ' ' 1 . GREG RUBIN MIKE ROSEN JON LIEBMAN CARY sci-IIFFMAN. B ff : JACK SCHULMAN ' ' ' WARNER. o om , BRUCE MANASEVIT, MARTIN ROSENSWEET, LORNE GODNICK, DICK WEIL, SCOTT ZUCKERMAN, MARC Mets. CL. 'fo RJ Top: Ed Scarbeck Asher Plafi' 2nd Row BOB TANZER BI ' ' 1 , LLY BLANK, CHARLES MERINOFF 3rd Row: JON BLANK, MIKE LAZERWITZ, GARY SANFORD, BRAD SINGER, RA'NDY SCHWARTZMAN JAY KRAMEI?Bii-IANFIERIANKOB REICHER' Cubs.fL.'fR.JT:BbPI . JON DAVISSONI OCZ-IFFZRD ?r5jeI'Lo::f'TA3E3 ELITQGQEL, MARK LEVITT, ROBERT WEISBEIN, JEFF MINDICH, KENNETH KUNIN, ROBERT MANDEL, MARK WEISS. I MAYER, MITCHELL STERN, MICHAEL DOPPELT, JOSHUA DOUGLASS,