SUNY Maritime College - Eight Bells Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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PITCHING STAFF-fl. to r.j Nick Esposito, newcomer to the club in his junior year and owner of a good fastball and a patented dropball 5 Kevin B r a n dt, a sneaky-fast lefthander with the best ERA on the club who has a good chance to win four games this SC8.SOl'1. ished up the game in relief. From there on in it was smooth sailing. The Long Island Aggies fell first, 5-fl, with Brandt picking up his first vic- tory, while yielding but three hits. Crawford, who wound up the season with a team high .323 BA led the batting assault with Pobutkiewicz. Pace then fell before Johnson's improving fastball, 8-3, with Montanya, Rosar, and Craw- ford picking up two RBFS apiece. A 10-10 darkness tie with Queens that saw both teams rally in the final stanza followed the Pace encoun- ter. Queens had the contest, 5-4, going into the eighth where they appeared to put the game on ice, tapping Es- posito for four runs, but a home half rally for five tallies, three coming on Crawfordls second home run of the cam- paign knotted the score. Kiritis, Skeels, Crawford, and Rosar handed Johnson, the senior captain in his Hnal game at the Fort, a sweet 8-3 victory over Kings Point. The win was Johnsonls Hrst over the Point in his four year career at Maritime. T m Crawford a sophomore third MILL1oN DOLLAR INFIELD-fl. to rl .0 , 2 h homho and baseman with flawless Helding ability and a stick to matchi Blu Stigelgldaieqijsar Whijparm four Year v e t e r a n with a very reSPCC'f3b1C fCC01'd5 W 3 T T C H u Y ' St n Pobutkiewicz a second sacker good for receiver with ability at third and a strong bat, 21 1 . withasure 0ne clutch hit Per gameg and Tom Kiritis, Hashl' lefthanded first baseman glove.

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BASEBALL - k Hunter College The way they looked against a wie. of the Mam- 'E nine that raw March 30, the 1963 S lion - fruitless sea- time Baseball Team seemed destined fOr 3 son. n i . t for the Bronxites, Mike Mathias, in his starting ClCl3U . der- . - ' thing more than a H10 . whiffed twenty Privateers with nO O B n ate fastball and slow curve. only the ever-dlaiiigiliiieuiiiuiifier Skeels and Bill Steffenhagen were able to i nd triPle hurler, Skeels hammering out a single, doub e, a J while Steffenhagen was held to a single. s slow- . . oor. Don ohnson wa Maritimeis defense was also p J Covering the outer gardens were Tom Montanya in left l Skeels in center, and DCUUY Mclntyref who was to be Pei placed later on in the season by the swift Joey Bishop, in rlglilltt was the hrst victim. The Privateers opened fast, Pobutkiewigz, Steffenhagen, Rosar,.and Crawford lashed hits in the First inning to get four quick runs. Bkeel's round- tripper in the second added three more, while Crawfordfs second triple got one in the third and Montanya's three bgigger added another pair in the fourth. Johnson, in his third start, just coasted to the 10--6 victory. MARITIME OUTFIELD-fl. to r.j Brian Skeels, the team,s power hitter over. the paSt two seasons and centerfielderg Mario Fristachi, the little rightfielder and auxiliary third basemang and Tom Montanya, leftfielder and consistent clubber with teammates on the basepaths. er than a snail in getting the ball over the plate, while the outfield had a time gathering in the sphere and the infield had its difhculties at third. Against Brooklyn College the following week, although h tie hitters finally found the range, four errors, two wild pitches and an overall poor performance by Johnson again b' U ' rought the Privateers defeat. l Following spring leave, however, the squad jelled. Look- ing around the infield one found the club set to pick up its best ledger in ten years, a 5--4-1 mark, with Tom Craw- ford at third, Stefienhagen at short, Stan Pobutkiewicz at second and Tom Kiritis on first. The injury that had kept the versatile Warren c'Buddy', Rosar out of action during the fir t t S wo encounters healed and the whiparm catcher was back in action. Failing to help Kevin Brandt in his first appearance, the Mariners bowed to Adelphi, 4-O, but rebounded the f0l- lowing day, clobbering Danbury State Teacherfs College, 21-8. Everybody, except ROW who drew five Passes: hu' Down 4-2 at the end of 316 innings, the hitters ggi be' hind Nick Esposito and pounded out sixteen runs lil the next four frames to give the tall fastballer his first v1ct0fY in Maritime pinstripes. The always strong St. Francis of Brooklyn club handed the Privateers their last loss of the season, a 9-0 afffalr th? took under three hours to play. Johnson had hi? arm B2 shape again, holding the Brooklynites to four safeties in t .- four innings he faced them, but a lack of controlfterfn il Hating in four walks-a multitude of errors, and 9- fisfu of stolen bases Proved to be his downfall. MCIUWYC Hn'

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