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BASEBALL Eight lettermen greeted Coach Torn polish and offensive punch. Supplement- Tereshinski's first call for baseball prac- ing this quartet were Joe Kovaleski, Tom tice prior to the spring vacation. C·oach Slone, Ray Garcia, and Paul Tereshinski. Teresbinski, a pre-war catcher, faced his Material in the outfield looked a lillie first year at the helm of Western Mary- green at first glance, but several bright pros- land's baseball fortunes. As the Aloha went pects have popped up. Tilo Margarita, last to press, the team had not started to work year's slugging catcher, and Jim Formwalt, on the long seventeen-game schedule, which veteran utility man, were given an inside included tests with Penn State, Dickinson, role in the battle for garden positions. Lebanon Valley, Gettysburg, and Quantico Among the newcomers, John Babb, Bob Marines along with the usual Mason-Dixon Gage, Tom Shaw, and Chuck Gannon were contests. outstanding outfield applicants. On the mound Coach Tereshinski had The most diflicu It job Faci ng Coach Terry three lettermen in Ernie Leap, Ken Mon- was finding a place to play ball while the surface of Hoffa Field was being processed. roe, and Ken Volkart, and a rookie, Bob The diamond aspirants finally settled on Gage. On the receiving end, Tom Gorman the sloping turf between Alberl Norman and Bob Douglas were logical choices. Ward and Hoffa Field. All of which goes A seasoned infield led by Joe Thompson, to show that with the universal interest in Johnny Adamovich, Julie Dyke, and Stan spring sports comes a demand for Heldi- Kulakowski appeared to have defensive tional playing fields. first Row: Barry. P. TerC$hinski, Bahh, Gage, Shaw, Dyke, Adumovich, Garcia. Second Row: T. Tcrcshinski, Coach, l\largariw, Monroe, SlOJ1t:,Thompson, Formweh, Cannou, Gonnun, D<>u:,;ln~. 18Ci