Evening star., 1953-03-29
Terps Play Delaware,
Hoyas Take on Colby,
CIV Faces Vermont

Burton Shipley of Maryland
University, dean of college base
ball coaches in this area, starts
his 30th year in that capacity to-
morrow as the Terps and three
other District area teams open
their seasons tomorrow.
Maryland will play the Uni
versity of Delaware on its new
diamond adjacent to Byrd Sta
dium, Georgetown engages Colby
at Georgetown, Catholic Univer-
sfty will meet Mount Union at
Catholic and George Washington
faces Vermont on the West Ell
lipse. All games will start at
3 pm.
Wilson Teachers College will
open it's season April 6 with the
Naval Apprentice School at New
port News, Va, while American
University plays its second game
of the season tomorrow against
Wesleyan University on the
st. Adams diamond. Gallaudet
will not field a team this year,
playing only intramural softball.
Discounting the war years OF
1o43. "a and AS. when Mary
land had what were known as
informal teams. Shipley has
compiled a record of 277 wins
against 2O6 defeats and three
ties in 26 official" years as base
ball coach.
Eight Lettermen Gone.
Eight lettermen, including five
regulars, are gone from Shipley's
team of last year which compiled
an 11-9 record. However. things
aren't too dark as Shipley has
Connie Hemphill, his ace pitcher,
who won seven games and lost
two last season. Also returning
are Eddie Miller, third baseman;
Bernie Faloney, shortStop; Chet
Hanulak, outf1elder; Dave ZatZ,
first baseman; Ray De Sibio,
pitcher; Dick Kofenberger, Sc
cond baseman and Gene Giu-
seppe catcher.
Faloney and Hanulak. how
ever, are both varsity football
players and are now out for
spring practice. Their possible
loss, coupled with that of Ron
ME Esposito, who broke his leg
in practice and is out for the
season, could be serious.
Georgetown, with the popular
Joe Judge again coaching. looks
forward TO a winning season. An
all-veteran inf1eld of Jack Vail
at first, Dick Ratterman at Sc
coald, Billy Wolfer at third and
Joe Carroll at shortstop will give
Judge good start. Vail, also is
considered a good Southpaw,
pitching prospect. When pitch-1
ing, his inf1eld post will be man
ned by Bob Stuhr, also a pitcher.
Outf1elderS slated to see most
of the action this year are Chay-
lie M a sterson, Jack Hekker,
Charlie Gagliano, Tom Brett and
George Gerard. Besides Vail and
Stuhr, Judge has Rube WardelI
and Bill Nolan to round out his
pitching staff.
CIV Coach Well Set.
Coach Bill Reinhart appears
pretty well set at George WASH
ington. He has George Seng-
stack, one OF the better pitchers
of the area last year; Bob Fred
erick and Jerry Marvel, pitchers:
Ronnie Gibbs, second base: Bino
Barreiro. left-f1elder and Jerry
Capperella. shortstop. and Steve
Kortchett and Ray Fox. catch
ers, all holdovers. Among the
newcomers are Jimmy Hill, a
third baseman. and BOBBY Reed,
centerf1elder, both star athletes
at, Washington-Lee High last
year. and Skinny Safer, also an
outf1elder, who starred at Fair
fax High.
Jim Castiglia. starting his first
year as coach at Catholic Uni
versity, believes he has the nu-
cleus for a firSt-rate team. From
the basketball squad. Castiglia
gets Joe Del Rata. also a men,
ber of the boxing team and a
pitcher first base candidate.
Finds Catching Prospect.
Others who have appeared to
advantage in early practice are
Don Wenderoh, a catcher, who
has a strong throwing arm, ac-
cording to Castiglia, catcher
of note himself not too many
years ago; Lefty Curtin, long
ball hitting outf1elder, and Al
Colonero, also a catcher. In adj
dition, Paul Hallissey. second
base; John (Pingl Powderly.
third base; Jim Hughes. short
stop: Outf1elder Dennis Donohue
and John Jennings, and Pitchers
Jim Whalen and John Wilson
figure to give Gu a fairly strong
team this year.
Phil Fox, Wilson Teachers
coach, was given a pleasant sur
prise the other day when 80 play
ers, approximately one-f1fth of
the male student body, answered
the call for spring practice. This
total will be pared to half that
number. Fox will have 10 players
from last years squad and viii
supplement them with six new
comerS. He will mold the team
around his battery of Leroy
Ward, whose four victories last
season represented Wilson's total
wins, and Mike Mihalic, formerly
of Coolidge High, behind the
plate.
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