St Josephs University - Greatonian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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i 1 1 ,4 1 - JB -1 ii? F351 ' wt , .34 fr A rQ.,,., A3 . Bob Didyoung unwinds. vice to his number one battery, John picked QE three Seton Hall men in Goheen and Captain John McGlone. one inning last year! Pep Young gives a little pointed ad- Joe Leonard displays the arm which This year's aggregate of the Saint joseph's College 5 baseball team took advantage of a new ECAA ruling S which permits Freshmen to compete in varsity competi- tion if the college enrollment is less than 1000 students. Off to a slow start as a result of the inability of the pitchers to round into shape, the baseball team settled down with the warm weather in May and went on to complete a highly successful campaign. The opening game against Lebanon Valley, found Cap- l Bases loaded!

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over 30 colleges and universities in Pennsylvania, New jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and New York, As in former years, the victory was clue to a well-balanced effort on the part of the entire team. The team consisted of Captain Al Erbrick, joe McFadden, john Cunningham, Walt Szmidt, john Bond, Bob Schwartz, joe Wiilsli, joe Mar- tin, Gene Duchesneau, Pat Fowler, Bob Cameron and Bill Hettel. This year's Freshman team won the Freshman Division of the Middle Atlantics, and thus, prospects for next year look as good as ever. John Cunningham drives in to finish first in the 1950 Middle Atlantic Fir,l vi.- ----...l -l....- ....... ..,... L- ........ -. A... .......... Afternoon warmups like this win champion- ships before the meets are run. Q 'k'i'4 w ' Sf' Iwi 'safe Hawk distanccmen, Szmidt .and Cunningham, showing the form which carried them to the front during cross country competition this year. These two were named Co-Cnplaim for 1951. right hand lf! A

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P p Young and friends '1'lili:ill ill: i 'Q' tain john McGl0ne behind the plate, john Olivo on hrst Donald Barr at second, Bob Didyoung at short, Don Clif- ford at third, joe Leonard in left, jack Schwartz in center and Tom Murphy patrolling right held. Coach Pep Youngs mound staff included veterans, George Ottinger, Bob Doyle, john Goheen, sophomore john Blaik and freshmen Andy Denicola, jim Mulligan, Tom McHugh. Freshman Bud McKeon saw quite Z1 bit of service when john Olivo was forced to the bench with a bad leg in early May. The team was very well balanced this year as the Youngmen could hit and field with considerable sharpness. Seniors on the team were john McGlone, Bob Didyoung, Tom Murphy, john Schwartz, joe Leonard, john Goheen, Bob Doyle, Gene Glavin, and George Ottinger. if , fl I1 . l N l , Ar if I 1 ltr ' 'Ili ' it ' 3 ' ' L : . ' jl,,l f .f , N. x . r 1 'hi , . y 5 wx A N. f i - 7' Y, - ,V N u , it , .Yfgv , 'ST ' X ' . . 9 . 1 ,, ' q fi K ,Vi .I .. ' . 5 ' 4 11 . 4 ' . . - X' .Q flflh ' '.f ' S '-- s -,N lx .J . o . v ' ' W The team may lose on the field, but our raucous bench hnsn't lost one to the opposition yet. 1 C Donnie Barr checks out-second best -on a close play at first. INS- ,W IA?