The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-09
Vim Cuddy Second Stringer On UcOnn Baseball Squad

StorrS, Aprtl v-Tne U"Conn paSes ball team has 0 tenatlve schedule of IT games for the coming season The season opens April 10 against Springfield and closes against Northeastern on May i5, The sched. ule includes games with the Hart. ford Bees both at StorTs and at Hartford as well as one game against Yale University at New Haven on April 24. The Huskies will also meet all of the teams In the New England Conference in- cludlng their traditional rivals Rhode Island State.
 The team which is beginning Its first week of out of doors practice looks pretty good on paper but just how they'll be on the field is still questionable. Thus far Coach Christian has had little opportunity to see tho team In action since all practices before this week were held inside of Hawley Armory.
 The U.Conn coach is working hard getting together a starting team for the Springfield game. He plans to use almost his whole squad against the Indians but he would like to start of the game with the strongest possible lineup. Injured
 The best catcher on the U-Conn squad is Milt Dropo of Moosup However Dropo is just recovering from knee operation and he prob- ably won't be ready to 90 for a couple of weeks. Earl DeCarli Of Ellington or Ray Scussel of Staff ford Springs will do the catching if Dropo's knee isn't healed. Walt Dropo of Moosup will be at first base for the Huskies. Dropo, who as Q sophomore starred in basketball and football. has done some mighty good baseball playing around first base as well as some sclid hitting, Win Cuddy of Nauga- tuck Is the number two first base man.
 At second base there are three candidates fighting for the job. There are two veterans. Count" Doyle of Hartford and "Sparky" 1 Adams of Hamden, as well fresh man, Bob Potter of Windham. Coach Christian will pick the start CT from one of these.
 Just who will start at shortstop Is also causing the U-Conn mentor worry. He may use Alloy Jorgenson of Storrs, a freshman, or he may use veteran Adams and let either Doyle or Potter take over second base.
 "Gris" Griswold of Manchester is veteran and seems to have the third base position pretty well sewed up. However Doyle has also worked some at third base. The leading outflelders are Ray | Scussel, Shorty" Curran of West Haven, and chuck" Revelli of Elm wood. These three are all veterans and good hitters and they should give Connecticut a good fielding outfield.
 The pitching staff has done lit- | tie work so far but the leading hurlers are Marty Pagan of Rock vile. "Commander" Seaward of Wa terbury, Tom Peterson of Bethany and Pete Antonez of Norwalk. A | COuUlt Ok lESSk1uACAbf nA AS0AACHNS OA Naugatuck and Billy Paterson of Groton, also look like good mounds men.
 | The Schedule
 April lO-Springfield at Storrs'.
 April l7-Hartford Bees at Storrs
 April 21-Hartford Bees at Hart ford.
 April 23-Hartford Bees at Storrs April 24-Yale at New Haven. April 30-New Hampshire at Storrs.
 May 4-Rhode Island at King ston.
 May 7--New Hampshire at Dur ham.
 May e-Maine at Orono'. May l2-Rhode Island at Storrs
 May 15-Northeastern at Storrs s--double header.
 a-game with Wesleyan is pend- ing.