19, 1963
•THE LANCE
Itching To Prove Key Baseball Factor
PAGE FIVE
By STEVE PITT
Sports Writer
, opUmism - thf s the big
1,2 for this year’s edition of
L Knighte of the Diamond.
Poach
1 in his anticipations for
Js year’s baseball team.
The big factor confronting the
u , hts wiU be whether or not
r pitching comes through. If
Z pitchers come through, as
•;pected, the Knights vvUl give
opponents a hard tame.
A strong point for the Knights
. in their hitting. Last year the
’jghts outhit their opponents
f? to .233), and most of the
hitters are returning this
,r Defense should be improv-
led over last year because of
Lveral replacements.
Big Guns From Mound
In tbe pitching corps, return
ing from last year are Doug
Maxwell and George Britt. Last
Lear’s corps had a better ERA
as compared to the opposing
hurlCTs.
OMaxwell will be depended up
on heavily, just as last year,
but he will get some help from
George Britt. Britt looked very
impressive in his appearances
last year and will be counted
on for a lot of mound duty this
year.
A newcomer, southpaw Jack
Cole is expected to handle the
hurling from the left side of
the hill. Pete Stephens will be
used in relief.
Fewest Strike-Out King
Behind the plate. Von Set-
tylemyre, who batted over .300
last year, will be returning.
Von is very good at getting
on base, drawing over 20 bases
on ball while striking out only
three times during the entire
season last year.
Johnny Wilson and Paul Rose,
tw'o freshmen, are pusliing Von
hard. Wilson has shown consid
erable power at the plate.
At the first sack, Charles
Hughes has looked very good
and will probably hold down
the position when Maxwell is
pitching. Dick Sansbury, a
freshman has also been impres
sive at the first base position.
Both Hughes and Sansbury are
newcomers.
Keystone In Good Hands
Second base is a bright spot
as Norman Foxworth has claim
ed It as his own. Coach OUls
has high hopes for Fox who has
very quick reflexes and wields
a strong stick.
Bobby Crenshaw will back up
Foxworth at second while not
playing shortstop. Bobby Ben
ton is also being counted upon
to perform similarly to last
year as he batted wiell over .300
and was very impressive as the
regular short-stop.
Handling the chores of the
“hot comer” will be Pete Ste
phens. Pete played second last
year but is moving to third, re
placing Morris EUison. Pete car
ried a big bat and is constant
with his hitting.
Lee Settylemyre another new
comer will also be at third and
is considered to be very capa
ble and will give Pete a run for
the position. Lee has quick
bands and is mean at the plate.
The outfield features Gene
Barbour, a returning senior,
who has a lot of power. Last
year Gene slammed the ball ov
er 400 feet on several occasions.
He will probably roam the mea
dows of left field.
Ward Anderson, a transfer
student, has been termed as the
best of the newcomers. Coach
Ollis says this boy has baseball
instinct: he covers center field
as if he were bom there. He
also hits with good power to all
fields.
Jim Knupp will be in right
field. Jim is a newcomer who
has given an indication that he
will help the team very much.
Returning Connie Little wiU
help with some power at the
plate while playing in the out
field and possibly helping out
behind the plate too.
Good Depth Major Asset
Returning infield utility men
ai'e Flea Croon and Ed Carter.
Ed Hurt and first year man
Bill Stainbach give the outfield
added deth. Good men able to
come up with the right play at
the right lime will give St. An
drews an added asset which it
lacked last year.
One bad factor working
against the team i« the weather.
The team has only been able to
get on the playing field about
six times since the beginning of
practice.
St. Andrews opens its home
schedule against VMI on April
2. During spring vacation the
team travels to High Point and
Milligan Colleges.
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