Varsity
Baseball 1964
Row
1: J. Kline, B.
Holderbaum, G. Miller, R. Gipson, M. Faust;
Row
2: D. Fisher, R.
Donahue, W. Bower, S. Seely, S. Sheely, J. Carlew, J. Reed
Row
3: B. Derr, T. Witters,
R. Kreitzer, J.C. Pierce, B. Potter, T. Brown
Row
4: Coach Cassell, L.
Eberly, S. Hockensmith, D. Brandt
In the beginning …
Four
Returning Lettermen Spark
M-burg Diamond Hopes
With
the forthcoming baseball season close at hand at
Mechanicsburg
Senior High School
, both the team head coach Kenneth Cassell and the assistant coach
Richard Brandt look forward to it with optimism.
One
big setback for the Mechanicsburg nine was the loss of mos t of
the team through graduation. Glenn Miller, Mike Faust, Rob Gipson,
and Bob Holderbaum are the only lettermen back. With 52 boys
trying out, however, Mechanicsburg should be able to form a
well-rounded team.
Due
to the loss of players from last year's team, the competition will
be exceptionally rough. Cedar Cliff and
Carlisle
will give the Wildcats the most trouble. Mechanicsburg faces each
opponent three times during the season.
All home games are played at the
New
Koser
Park
field.
(April
1, 1964 Torch)
Players
Prepare for Great 1964 Season
Mike
Faust, Glenn Miller, Bob Holderbaum, and Rob Gipson contemplate
the outcome of the season.
M
- Burg
Nine Battles Way
Into 1964 Championship Race
Mechanicsburg 9, C.V.
7
After two unsuccessful attempts, the Mechanicsburg Wildcats finally got their
baseball season under way, April 9, with a 9- 7 victory over
Cumberland Valley, at Mechanicsburg. It was the first triumph for
the Wildcats and the first defeat for
Cumberland
Valley
.
The Eagles moved ahead with three runs in the
first and two more in the second inning, and led,
5-1, going into the fifth.
The fifth inning was entirely different,
however. The 'Cats battled back with four runs to tie the score.
The Eagles retaliated with two more in the top of the sixth, but
the Wildcats came up with four runs in the home half of the
sixth to put it on ice.
Rob Gipson started for the Wildcats, but was
relieved by Terry Brown, who went on to chalk up the win. Brown
was touched for two runs.
Cedar Cliff 3,
Mechanicsburg 2,
Cedar Cliff pushed across the winning run in the
bottom of the seventh to down Mechanicsburg, April 10, at
Highland Park
. It was the first loss for the Mechanicsburg "nine" and
the second win for the Colts.
Jack
Reed hurled a threehitter, but three errors were just too much
to compensate for his performance. The 'Cats scored first, plating
two runs in the visitors' half of the second. Cedar Cliff fought
back to tie the score in the bottom of the fourth and went on to
win.
Mechanicsburg 8,
Carlisle
7
Mechanicsburg
held on to an early eight run lead to nip
Carlisle
, 8-7, April 15 at Memorial Park. The game proved costly for the
'Cats. With two gone in the seventh, shortstop Glenn Miller and
Bob Holderbaum, the Wildcat receiver collided while chasing a
pop fly. Miller was knocked unconscious and taken to Holy Spirit
hospital by ambulance. He underwent surgery for a fractured
cheekbone April 17. Holderbaum was treated at the Medical Clinic
and was ready for action on April 17 against Camp Hill.
Rob Gipson, the winning pitcher, retired the next
batter to end the contest. The
Cats blasted six runs in the first on hits by Bob Holderbaum,
“Vesty” Sheely, and Mike Faust.
Jack Reed added a twobagger. The winning run came across
in the second frame.
Carlisle
scored
twice in the second, and poured on the pressure
in the fifth with four runs; but their bid for victory fell short
in the seventh. Hockley took the loss for
Carlisle
.
Camp
Hill 6, Mechanicsburg 5
Camp Hill scored in the last inning to beat the Wildcats,
6-5, April 17 at Camp Hill. The Lions led 5-0 after three innings,
but the Wildcats came up with one in the fourth, three in the
fifth, and tied it up in the sixth.
Bob Kreitzer got the loss, even though
"Butch" Donohue started. Together they gave up six hits.
C.V.
9, Mechanicsburg 3
Cumberland
Valley
tallied
five runs in the first inning to go on to defeat Mechanicsburg,
9-3, April 24, at New Kingston. The Eagles added two insurance
runs in the fourth, and two more in the sixth. Rob Gipson took the
loss, while Paul Ward went all the way to win. Seven errors were
committed in this game, three by the Eagles and four by Mechanics
burg.
Mechanicsburg
5,
Carlisle
1
Rob Gipson pitched a one hitter to defeat the
Carlisle "nine" 5-1, May 4, at
Carlisle
.
The lone hit off the Wildcat hurler came in the
fifth, a triple hit by Al Fisher. Fisher then scored the only
Carlisle
tally. With good fielding in back of him, Gipson disposed of
Carlisle
's batters rather
easily.
M-burg got things going in the third, scoring
three runs. Three walks, an error, a hit and a hit batter
accounted for the Wildcats' runs. The Mechanicsburg boys picked
two more insurance runs in the fifth frame.
(May
7, 1944 The Torch)
Notes
from March 9, 1964
West
Shore
Baseball League meeting:
-
“It
will be the option of the individual school to decide whether
they will allow their coach to coach from the 1st
or 3rd base coaching box while their team’s at
bat, in accordance with PIAA Baseball rules.”
-
“A
request by the Cumberland Valley Umpire’s Association to
raise the officiating fee fro varsity games to $10.00 per man
for an official game, $5.00 for an unofficial game.
Motion passed on roll call vote as follows:
-
“When
official are notified before they leave for a game that the
game has been postponed, there will be no fee paid.
Rained out games will be rescheduled and officials paid
for the full game.”
-
“J.V.
officials will be paid no more than $7.00 per game, the same
ration for rained out games ($3.50) and the same stipulation
for notification of a cancelled game will apply.”
-
“Maximum
number of games shall be 14 games.
This includes League and Non-league games.”
-
During
E.S.T. games will begin at 4 p.m.; D.S.T. games shall begin at
4:30 p.m.
Wildcats
Slide to the Front
Ward
Bower “hits the dirt” in preparation for the season as Bob
Holderbaum and Dean Fisher
enter the play.
(Torch – May 15, 1964)
1964
Varsity Scores
|
M.H.S.
|
Game
|
Opponent
|
Record
|
|
9
|
C.V.
|
7
|
1
– 0
|
|
2
|
Cedar
Cliff
|
3
|
1
– 1
|
|
8
|
Carlisle
|
7
|
2
– 1
|
|
5
|
Camp
Hill
|
6
|
2
– 2
|
|
3
|
C.V.
|
9
|
2
– 3
|
|
3
|
Cedar
Cliff
|
2
|
3
– 3
|
|
5
|
Carlisle
|
1
|
4
– 3
|
|
6
|
Camp
Hill
|
2
|
5
– 3
|
|
2
|
C.V.
|
6
|
5
– 4
|
|
1
|
Cedar
Cliff
|
2
|
5
– 5
|
|
4
|
Carlisle
|
3
|
6
– 5
|
|
11
|
Camp
Hill
|
1
|
7
- 5
|
|
League
Record: 7 -
5
|
|
