Wagner College - Kallista Yearbook (New York, NY)

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The l949 edition of the Wagner College baseball team, recovering from a dismal start during which seven contests out of the first eight resulted in losses, finally righted itself and closing with a rush, completed the season with a respectable record of eight wins against eight losses. The disappointing start of the Seahawks was due mainly to the defects of a porous infield, which in the early portion of the season, allowed the oppo- sition to score a disconcerting number of unearned runs. After the infield gap had been plugged by the shifting of Bucky Hall to third and Al Frohlander to shortstop, the club righted itself and showed to better advantage. Even so, the Hawks finished the season with a record of having committed fifty-five errors in sixteen games, which is too much, even for college ball, Of the regulars, Phil Qualben, Bucky Hall, and Mike Petosa, had the highest batting averages, hitting 333, 308, and .298 respectively. Two mem- bers of the pitching staff turned in excellent earned run averages, Ziggy Wachsmuth allowing a miserly l.85 runs per nine innings, while Bob Penna- macoor, used mainly in relief, yielded an average of only l.98. All these ballplayers, with the exception of Petosa, are returning this sea- son along with most of last year's club, so the Hawks will be able to field a veteran club with a minimum of the experimentation which hampered the team so much last year. Most conspicuous last season, was the lack of an outstanding long ball hitter on the Hawk squad-only one home run and three triples were hit in sixteen games. If Coach Sutter can uncover a slugging outfielder or two this year, the prospects for a banner season would indeed be bright. l34

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The track and cross country representatives of Wagner Col- lege suffered an unfortunate season in l949, winning but one victory in twelve meets, even though some individuals turned in outstanding performances upon occasion. The cross country team after being defeated by the harriers of Adelphi, Montclair, and Hofstra, competed unsuccessfully in the Middle Atlantic lnter-Collegiate Track and Field Association Cham- pionship meet. lts lone victory was scored against Brooklyn Poly. The captain and star of the team was Ted Lovington, William Thompson, a freshman, showed much promise too. Other members of the squad were: Vin Leo, Leon Mangin, Willie Bodamer, John Cotter, Art VanEtten, Don Parnell and Bill Harden. John Fehringer managed the team. The track team met defeat in six meets, Seton Hall Relays, Trenton Teachers, Montclair, Brooklyn Poly, St. Peters and C. C. N. Y.-St. John's meet . Bill Kelly was the captain of the squad, whose star performer was Bob Winkler. The rest of the squad was comprised of Bob Corring, Herb Schulman, Ted Lovington, Ray Whalen, Ed Weinberg, Neil Maclntyre, Bill Roehrich, Jim Rahman, Vin Leo, Joe Lauro, Harold Kjellen, Charlie Keller, Leon Mangin, Jack Dicker, Dick Washmund, Phil Schick, and Dick Regan. 136