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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in Eastern Illinois University Bulletin by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1967 SPRING SPORTS G IDE GENERAL I'NFORMATION OFFICIAL NAME-Eastern Illinois University LOCATION-Charleston, Illinois FOUNDED-1895 ENROLLMENT -5,800 PRESIDENT-Or. Quincy Doudna FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE-Or. William Zeigel NICKNAME-Panthers COLORS-Blue and Gray AFFILIATION-NCAA and NAJA CONFERENCE-Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC or Interstate) UNIVERSITY PHONES-581·2021 (Area Code 217)
ATHLETIC STAFF Walter S. Lowell-Director, School of Health and Physical Education Tom Katsimpalis-Director of Athletics William Riordan-Director of lntramurals Maynard O'Brien-Chairman, Division of Physical Education for Men; Head Track, Cross Country Clyde Biggers-Head Football Robert W. Bissell-Trainer Robert Carey-Asst. Tennis Frank Chizevsky, Jr.-Asst. Football, Asst. Wrestling Rex Darling-Head Basketball, Tennis Robert Eudekis-Asst. Football, Track Robert Hussey-Head Gymnastics, Asst. Football Ben Newcomb-Head Baseball, Asst. Football R:onald Paap-Asst. Basketball, Baseball Raymond Padovan-Head Swimming Harold Pinther-Head Wrestling, Golf Francis Teller-Head Soccer, Asst. Golf Richard Vaughan-Asst. Football, Gymnastics Thomas Woodall-Asst. Cross Country, Track
GRADUATE ASSISTANTS Jim Dudley-Baske-tball Richard Hlopek-Football Val McPeak-Football Fred Richardi-Wrestling Ted Schmitz-Football Jerry Smith-Baseball Ronald Ummei-Track ABOUT EASTERN .ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Eastern Illinois U n i v e r sit y , founded in 1895, has grown from the original one building on a 40- acre tract of land to the present 30 major buildings on a 266-acre campus. Eastern has consistently been ranked as one of the outstanding teacher training institutions in the nation. The university also provides curricula in the liberal arts and awards the B.S., B.A ., and M.A. degrees. There are pre professional programs. Dr. Quincy Doudna, Eastern's third president, has been EIU's Dr. Doudna administrative head since 1956. Eastern is located in Charles ton, county seat of Coles County, and rich in Lincoln lore. Charleston has a population of 13,500 and is readily acces sible by air, rail and bus to metropolitan centers. EIU offers intercollegiate competition in 11 sports, and has a complete intramural program open to all students. Enrollment this year is a record-breaking 5,800. To meet the demands of increasing enrollment, Eastern has undertaken an extensive building program. A new men's physical education building, but a part of the program. is the new home of Panther athletics.
EIU'S AREA NEWS OUTLETS
CHARLESTON (Area Code-217) James Bond, Courier-News (345-2123) Chuck Tracy, Daily Times (345-7085) Dave Kidwell, Eastern News (581-2812) Gerry Thurber, WEIC (345-2149) John Burns, WELH (581-2912) MATTOON (Area Code-217) Jim Kimball, Journal-Gazette (235-5656) Ken Wooddell, WLBH (234-6464) DECATUR (Area Code- 217) Bob Fallstrom, Herald (429-5151) Bill Wohlfarth, WAND-TV (428-4304) EFFINGHAM (Area Code-217) Sam Rickelman, News (342-2171) CHAMPAIGN (Area Code-217) Tom Schoendienst, WCIA-TV (356-8333) TERRE HAUTE, IND. (Not direct-distance dial) John Kern, WTHI-TV (CRawford 9481) Carl Holler, W-TWO (TV) (CRawford 9595) EVANSVILLE. IND. (Area Code- 812) Pete Swanson, Sunday Courier & Press (HA. 4-7714) CHICAGO WIRE SERVICES (Area Code-312) Associated Press (STate 2-7700) United Press International (467-5050)
2 Eastern Illinois University 1967 Spring Sports Guide
TABLE OF CONTENTS Eastern Illinois University ------2 Area News Outlets ------2 Athletic Administrators ------3 Coaches of Spring Sports ------4-5 Baseball Preview ------6 Baseball Schedule, 1966 Results ------7 EIU Baseball History ------8 1966 I lAC Baseball Statistics------9 Baseball Roster, 1966 EIU Statistics ------10-11 Track Preview ------12 Track Roster, Schedule, 1966 Results ------13 EIU Relays ------14 EIU Track History ------15 IIAC Track Facts _____ ------16 EIU, Lincoln Field Records ------17 Golf __ ------______18-19 Tennis ------20-22 Composite Spring Sports Schedule ------23 Spring Football ------24 IIAC History ___ ------Inside Back Cover
NOTES TO PRESS, RADIO, TV: This booklet of information and records of EIU spring sports is presented as a service to all news media. Addi tional information, stories, or pictures will be furnished on request. Please address all requests for press, radio or photographic accommodations to: TOM HOPPIN Sports Information Director Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Illinois Office: 581-2920 Home: 235-1226 Area Code 217
EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Number 268 April, 1967 Published six times a year (January, April, July, Sep tember, October and November), by Eastern Illinois Uni versity, Charleston, Illinois. Entered as second class mat ter at the Post Office, Charleston, Ill. Effective date Sept. 1, 1961. D·R. WALTER S. LOWELL Director, School of Health and Physical Education Guiding Eastern Illinois Uni versity's activities in health, physical education and athletics is Dr. Walter S. Lowell, associate professor in physical education. Dr. Lowell joined the staff in 1961 and became director of the school in the 1964 reorganization. Dr. Lowell has a varied back ground in coaching and physical education. He coached football, basketball and baseball for two years at Sebewaing, Mich., and seven years at Grand Haven, Mich. He also worked one year at a settlement house in Kalama zoo, Mich., and one year as a recreation worker at a reform school in Lansing, Mich. A veteran of World War II and the Korean conflict, Dr. Lowell is a commander in the Naval Reserve with 23 years experience. Dr. Lowell and his wife, Margaret, have five children. One is now attending EIU. Dr. Lowell graduated in 1948 from Western Michigan University, received his M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1953 and his doctor's degree from Michigan State University in 1962.
T'OM KATSIMPALIS Director of Athletics Tom Katsimpalis, one of East ern Illinois' all-time basketball greats, is serving his third year as director of athletics. Katsimpalis came to Eastern from Gary, Ind., and played four seasons on Panther squads that had a combined won-lost record of 87-17 and advanced to the na ti'onal tournament three times. He is one of three EIU athletic figures to be inducted into the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame. (The others are cross country and track coach Maynard O'B'rien, and the late Charles P. Lantz. EIU at h I e tic director for 42 years.) Before graduating in 1952, "Tom Kat" set Eastern game, season and career scoring records (since broken) and earned AII-IIAC and All-America recognition. After graduation. Katsimpalis coached at Altamont and Clinton high schools. He returned to Eastern in 1959 to be come assistant to the athletic director. He became director in 1964. Katsimpalis married Eastern's 1951 Homecominq queen. the former Marilyn Jeanette "Sug" Morford. They have two boys. ages 14 and 11 .
3 BILL McCABE Head Baseball Coach Bill McCabe returns as head coach of Eastern's baseball squad after a year's sabbatical leave to work on his doctorate at In diana University. In his three seasons as the head baseball coach of the Pan thers, McCabe has compiled a 53-25 record for all games and a 19-15 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference mark. McCabe's 1963 club was the Area IV representative in the NAJA College World Series at St. Joseph, Missouri. It was the first EIU baseball squad to ap pear in a national tournament.. That same team also established the best season record (23-7) and had the most consecutive wins (14) of any Panther club. Two of the '64 ,Panthers Marty Pattin and Val Bush were named to the NAJA All America Baseball Squad. McCabe is married and has three children. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the State Uni versity of Iowa. Assisting McCabe this season are Ben Newcomb and Ronald Paap. Newcomb, the varsity assistant, is a former semi-professional baseball player from South Dakota. Paap, who will guide the freshman squad, is a graduate of Peru (Neb.) State Teachers College and Colorado State College. REX V. DARLING Head Tennis Coach Rex V. Darling, fielding his 21st tennis squad for Eastern this spring, has had a distin guished career· in the sport. He is serving his ninth year as director of the NAJA National Tennis Tournament and has been appointed an NAJA representa tive of the U.S. Olympic Com mittee. He is also a member of the Joint USL TA-AAHPER Com mittee for Improvement of Ten nis Instruction in Colleges ant;! Secondary Schools. Also the head basketball coach, Darling achieved a rare IIAC double in the 1964-65 year with back-to-back championships in basketball and tennis. It was Eastern's first tennis title since 1957, but the netters have never finished last in Darling's career and have usually been among the top title challengers. Robert Carey, a native of East Chicago, Ind ., and a gradu ate of Wisconsin State (B .S.), the University of Wisconsin (M.S.) , and Indiana University (Dr. of P.E.), is returning to Eastern's coaching ranks after a two-year absence to assist Darling this spring. Carey, the former head basketball and head golf coach at EIU before taking leave of absence in 1964-65 to help set up the National Teacher Education Cen ter of Somalia on Africa's east coast, has been serving as a professor of physical education since his return this fall. 4 MAYNARD CPAT> O'BRIEN Head Track Coach Maynard (Pat) O'Brien, cur rently in his 20th season as head track and field coach at Eastern, is widely recognized for his coaching abilities. He has been inducted into the NAIA Track and Field Hall of Fame for his meritorious service to the sport. He has played an important part in the develop ment of the NAIA track and field programs, and this winter was an official at the NAIA indoor meet. He is an NAIA representa tive on the U.S. Olympic Com mittee. He is also head cross country coach at Eastern and has served a term as national chairman in that sport. A native of Canton and a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan, O'Brien earned his master's and doctorate at the University of Illinois. As a collegian, he won 11 letters in football, basketball and track. O'Brien also serves a key administrative role at Eastern. He has been chairman of the Division of Men's Physical Education since last July. Assisting O'B"rien is Bob Eudeikis. Eudeikis, a former NAIA javelin champion at Illinois State University, is in his fifth year at EIU. He previously coached at. Momence. Zion Renton, Normal University, and LeRoy high schools.
HAROLD 0. CHOP) PINTHER Head Golf Coach Harold 0 . (Hop) Pinther is one of the more versatile coaches on Eastern's athletic staff. He took over as head golf coach in 1965 for the second time since joining the staff in 1954, and he has also been head coach of both wrestling and soc cer. And as a collegian at Cen tral (Wis.) State, he won athletic honors in track and field. Pinther has a master's degree from the University of Wiscon sin and has done post-gradsate work at Colorado State College. Assistinq Pinther is Francis (Fritz) Teller, head soccer coach in the fall season. Teller is a 1956 graduate of Brockport State University, New York, and has a master's degree from Columbia Uni versity. He came to EIU in 1963 after coaching Northern Illinois' soccer club.
5 1967 BASEBALL OUTLOOK
Coach Bill McCabe has been out of the "harness" for a year, and to say he's anxious to see April 1 arrive would be a mild statement. The head coach, however, is not the only person in the Panther camp impatiently awaiting the opener with St. Mary's College. Seven lettermen from 1966 and a host of promising sophomores think they can improve on last year's 9-17 record. Filling in for McCabe, Coach Ben Newcomb's club lost 12 of those games by not more than two runs. Of the seven lettermen, six were sophomores in 1966 and McCabe and his staff hope last year's experience will turn the Panthers into a IIAC contender. Lettering as sophomores were pitchers Dan Lathrop and Terry Pearce, catcher-outfielder Don Bevins, infielders Stu Cann and Arnie Drzonek, and outfielder Carl Yates. Gene Jordan, one of the last baseball players in the IIAC who lettered as a frosh, was the other letterman and a regular outfielder. Although the nucleus of the 1967 club will be this group, McCabe feels the 1967 crop of sophomores and a couple of transfer students will probably make the difference. Here's the way the Panthers shape up by positions: PITCHING-With thEl' right-hand punch of Lathrop and the left hand of Pierce, McCabe is fairly well set if he can find a third starter and relief help among a group of seven sophomore hopefuls and two juniors. The sophomores are left-hander Preston Bennett and right-handers Joe Helbling, Randy Sutton, Don Valiska, and Bill Weir. Juniors John McNary and Rich Franklin, both right-handers, are not to be counted out, however. CATCHING-Letterman Bevins can do the job, but will probably see more duty in the outfield. Sophomore John Elurns played in the Collegiate League last summer and was a regular for the Lincoln entry. Junior Bob Bonarigo, sopho more George Letcher, and senior Dennis Vidoni are also candidates. INFIELD-Stu Cann and Arnie Drzonek will probably be at short and first, respectively, but the rest is up for grabs. Transfers Jim Corrona, second base, and Glen Byron, third, appear to have good shots at starting berths, but with 12 infielders in his early drills, McCabe's thinning out prob lems were shaping up to be a coach's dream. The only juniors besides Cann, Drzonek, Corrona, and Byron are Bob Cummins and Bob Tingley. Sophomore candidates included Dick Reavis, Willie Noffke, Otto Daech, and Randy Coonce. OUTFIELD-If Gene Jordan can repeat his freshman sea son, McCabe should have one of the heaviest hitting out fields in the IIAC. Sophomore Dennis Best was a free agent draft choice of the Red Sox while still in high school and should have a good year. Letterman Carl Yates is depend able in the field and at the plate as are junior Les Wood cock and sophomore Phil Glosser. Senior Chuck Bell could also see action.
6 1967 BASEBALL SCHEDULE APRIL St. Mary's College (2) 1:00 p.m. 4 Indiana Central (2) 1:00 p.m. 7 at University of Illinois (2) 1:00 p.m. 8 University of Illinois (2) 1:00 p.m. 11 at Indiana State (2) 1:00 p.m. 14-16 Governor's Cup Tournament at SIU 19 Lewis College (2) 1:00 p.m. 21 at. University of Wisconsin· Milwaukee 3:00 p.m. 22 at University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee (2) 1:00 p.m. 25 at Millikin University 3:00 p.m. 28 Eastern Michigan 3:00 p.m. 29 Eastern Michigan (2) 12:00 MAY 2 Illinois Wesleyan (2) 1:00 p.m. 5 *at Central Michigan 3:00 p.m. 6 *at Central Michigan (2) 12:00 9 at Greenville College (2) 1:00 p.m. 12 *at Illinois State 3:00 p.m. 13 "at Illinois State (2) 12:00 27 ·western Illinois (2) 12:00 • IIAC Games
1966 BASEBALL src.ORES
EIU Opponent 2 3 Indiana Central 2 3 Indiana Central 4 8 Illinois 5 2 Lewis College 4 6 Lewis College 2 5 St. Procopius 5 3 St. Procopius 3 2 St. Procopius 1 4 *Northern Illinois 1 4 Indiana State 4 12 Indiana State 0 1 *Central Michigan 0 2 *Central Michigan 3 2 *Central Michigan 1 2 Illinois Wesleyan 2 4 Illinois Wesleyan 8 10 •Illinois State 0 2 *Illinois State 6 7 *Illinois State (12 innings) 4 1 Millikin 5 0 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 3 4 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2 1 Wisconsin-Milwalkee 8 3 *Western Illinois 0 2 *Western Illinois 15 5 *Western Illinois OVERALL RECORD: 9-17 IIAC RECORD: 3-9 (4th) *IIAC Games
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YEAR· BY· YEAR BASEBALL RECORDS
Yr. w L T Coach Yr. w L T Coach 1956 9 17 0 Ben Newcomb 1936 4 6 0 C:P. Lantz 1935 5 4 0 C.P. Lantz 1 9 17 0 .346 1934 3 7 0 C.P. Lantz 1965 15 8 0 Bill McCabe 1933 5 6 0 C.P. Lantz 1964 23 7 0 Bill McCabe 1932 4 7 1 C.P. Lantz 1963 15 10 0 Bill McCabe 1931 3 6 0 C.P. Lantz 1930 1 5 0 C.P. Lantz 3 53 25 0 .679 1929 2 5 0 C.P. Lantz 1928 1 9 1 C.P. Lantz 1962 17 10 0 Jack Kaley 1927 5 4 0 C.P. Lantz 1961 18 11 0 Jack Kaley 1926 3 7 0 C.P. Lantz 1960 19 12 0 Jack Kaley 1925 4 5 0 C.P. Lantz 1959 14 15 1 Jack Kaley 1924 6 3 0 C.P. Lantz 1958 7 13 1 Jack Kaley 1923 2 4 0 C.P. Lantz 5 75 61 2 .551 1922 3 4 0 C.P. Lantz 1921 4 4 0 C.P. Lantz 1957 4 11 0 Bill Rogers 1920 6 2 0 C.P. Lantz 1956 8 16 0 Clifton White 1919 2 5 0 C.P. Lantz 1955 12 13 0 Clifton White 1918 6 4 0 C.P. Lantz 14 6 0 Clifton White 1917 1 5 0 C.P. Lantz 1954 1916 1953 11 3 0 Clifton White 3 3 0 C.P. Lantz 1915 3 4 0 C.P. Lantz 4 45 38 0 .542 1914 3 4 0 C.P. Lantz 1913 5 2 0 C.P. Lantz 1952 7 8 0 C.P. Lantz 1912 2 5 1 C.P. Lantz 1951 10 5 0 Henry Miller 39 171 216 3 .442 1950 6 8 0 C.P. Lantz 1911 2 5 0 A.B. Crowe 1949 10 7 0 C.P. Lantz 1910 2 5 1 A.B. Crowe 1948 13 4 0 C.P. Lantz 1909 4 2 0 A.B. Crowe 1947 10 5 0 C.P. Lantz 1908 9 3 0 A.B. Crowe 1946 3 7 0 C.P. Lantz 1907 5 0 0 A.B. Cr.owe 1945 3 6 0 C.P. Lantz 1906 4 2 0 A.B. Crowe 1944 No baseball 1905 2 0 0 A.B. Crowe 1943 4 7 0 C.P. Lantz 1904 4 0 0 A.B. Crowe 1942 6 7 0 C.P. Lantz 1941 7 5 0 C.P. Lantz 8 32 17 .640 1940 4 10 0 C.P. Lantz 1939 5 8 0 C.P. Lantz All· Time Record 1938 6 7 0 C.P. Lantz 62 399 390 6 .501 1937 1 7 0 C.P. Lantz
EASTERN AND IIAC: PAST BASEBALL RESULTS Yr. Champion EIU Finish 1966 Illinois State 3rd (3-7) 1965 Western Illinois 2ndT (5-5) 1964 Northern Illinois 2nd (8·41 1963 Central Michigan 2ndT (6·61 1962 Southern Illinois 2nd (10-4) 1961 Southern Illinois 2nd (11-6) 1960 Southern Illinois 3rd (7-7) 1959 Southern Illinois 3rdT (8-9) 1958 Southern Illinois 7th (2-7-1) 1957 Central Michigan 7th (1-9) Western Illinois 1956 Illinois State 7th (1-11) 1955 Illinois Stat·e 6th (3-7) 1954 Illinois State 2ndT (7-5) 1953 Eastern Illinois 1st (8-2) 1952 Southern Illinois 4th (5-5) 1951 Northern Illinois 4th (6-4) 16-Year Total (91-98)
IIAC TITLE SEASONS PRIOR TO 1953 1947 Eastern Illinois 1st (6-2) 1949 Eastern lllin.ols 1st (6·21
8 ---" 1967 PANTHER Name Pitchers Ht. Wt. Yr. Preston Bennett 6-0 165 So. Rich Franklin 6-2 190 Jr. Joe Helbling 6-1 190 So. 'Dan Lathrop 6-3 200 Jr. John McNary 6-3 215 Jr. *Terry Pearce 5-10 175 Jr. Randy Sutton 6-2 185 So. Don Valiska 5-11 155 So. Bill Weir 5-10 180 So. Catchers **Don Bevins 5-9 185 Jr. Bob Bonarigo 5·11 190 Jr. John Burns 6-3 185 So. George Letcher 5-11 190 So. Dennis Vidoni 5-9 168 Sr. Infielders *St.u Cann 5-11 165 Jr. Randy Coonce 5-9 155 So. Jim Corrona 5-10 160 Jr. Glen Byron 5-11 185 Jr. Otto Daech 5-10 160 Jr. • Arnie Drzonek 6-0 180 Jr. Willie Noffke 5-9 175 So. Dick Reavis 5-9 170 So. Bob Tingley 5-8 150 Jr. Outfielders Chuck Bell 5·10 160 Sr. Dennis Best 6-3 195 So. Phil Glosser 5-11 165 So. •• *Gene Jordan 5-11 190 Sr. Less Woodcock 6-0 175 Jr. *Carl Yates 5-9 160 Jr. • Years Lettered BATTING Name G AB R H RBI Roger Haberer, c-1 b 26 97 8 36 21 Arnie Drzonek, 1b-ot 26 86 12 30 18 Don Bevins, c-ot 18 43 5 14 4 Bob Valiska, ss-2b 26 89 17 26 7 Glenn Hoffman, 2b-3b 24 65 8 18 7 Dave Orr, p 11 22 2 6 1 Bob Clifford, p-ot 18 37 5 10 3 Rich Sikora, p 5 4 0 1 0 Ted Schmitz, 1b-of 18 49 0 11 4 Stu Cann, of-ss 26 93 18 20 10 John Gossett, 3b 23 52 6 11 0 Dan Lathrop, p 10 15 1 3 1 Mike Kovalchik, of 8 7 1 1 0 Gene Jordan, of 20 60 2 8 3 Carl Yates, of 17 20 1 2 0 Terry Pearce, p 9 11 0 0 0 Paul Collins, 3b 5 4 0 0 0 Otto Daech, 2b 3 3 0 0 0 Lee Jacobson, of 8 3 4 0 0 Dick Franklin, p 3 2 0 0 0 Dennis Vidoni, c 1 1 0 0 0 EIU Totals 26 763 90 197 79 Opponent Totals 26 717 98 147 67 PITCHING Name w L GS CG INN. Dick Franklin 0 1 1 0 10.1 nave Orr 4 1 6 4 56 nan Lathrop 2 4 6 4 47.1 Terry Pearce 1 5 5 4 45 Bob Clifford 2 3 4 2 28.2 Rich Sikora 0 3 4 18.2 EIU Totals 9 17 26 15 206 Opponents 17 9 26 16 202.1 IIAC IN REVIEW FOR '66 All-Conference Squads FIRST TEAM POS SECOND TEAM Gene Kral (CMUJ 1b les Coats (ISU] Jack Merlet (NIU) 2b Bob Valiska (EIU) Terry Brecher (WIU] ss Stu Cann (EIU) Glenn Hoffman (EIU) 3b Pat O'Keefe (CMU) Roger Dutton (NI U) of AI Gurski (ISUJ lee Boyko (ISU) of •Fletcher Miller (CMUJ Phil Dinelli [ISU) of *Arnie Drzonek (EIU) of *Pat Kramer (NIU) Roger Haberer (EIU) c Keith KinA [ISIJl Jim Bourbeau [CMU) p Dave Orr (EIUJ Ed Sennett (ISU) p Henry O'Reilly (ISU) John Bonney (NIU) p Tom Krawczyk !CMU] • Hed for position.
Honorable Mentinn-1b-Ted Schmitz [EIU), Willie Hanson (NIU); 2'>- Don Bach (CMU), Bill Bell nap (ISU); of-Bill Ahearn (NIU). Doug Hal- penny (WIU). leo Durocher (CMU); p-Steve Ruskin (NIU), Joe Wisch- nowski [ISU). Mel Casper (WIU).
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Ed Sennett (ISU) pitcher Jack Merlet (NIU) infielder
TOP HITTERS NAME-TEAM AB R H Ave. 1. Roger Haberer [EIU) 40 4 18 .450 2. Jack Merlet (NIUJ 29 10 12 .414 3. lee Boyko (ISUJ 33 6 13 .394 4. Terry Brecher (WIUJ 44 8 17 .386 5. Bill Bellnap (ISU) 27 5 10 .370 6. Fletcher Miller (CMU) 31 1 11 .355 7. Bryce Johnson (CMUJ 20 3 7 .350 6. AI Stevers (CMU) 20 3 7 .350 9. Roger Dutton (NIU) 30 5 10 .333 10. Arnie Drzonek (EIU) 34 6 11 .324
OTHER EIU HlnERS 13. Bob Valiska 38 9 12 .316 20. Stu Cann 37 6 10 .270 22. Glenn Hoffman 21 2 5 .238 28. Ted Schmitz 26 0 5 .192 33. John Gossett 28 2 5 .179 38. Gene Jordan 24 1 2 .083
TOP PITCHERS NAME-TEAM w L IP ER so BB ERA 1. Ed Sennett [ISU) 3 0 25.1 3 24 6 1.07 2. Steve Ruskin (NIU) 2 0 16.2 2 8 7 1.00 3. Jim Bourbeau (CMUJ 3 1 29.0 8 30 15 2.48 Henry O'Reilly [ISU) 3 1 31.2 10 41 13 2.85 4. Dave Orr [EIU) 2 1 33.1 11 34 18 2.99 Gary Eddington (WIU) 2 1 16.0 7 14 5 3.94
OTHER EIU PITCHERS Dick Franklin 0 1 5.1 0 1 2 0.00 Terry Pearce 1 2 20.2 4 23 10 1.74 Dan Lathrop 0 2 16.2 7 16 7 3.79 Rich Sikora 0 1 6.1 5 10 5 7.14
TEAM STATISTICS w L Pet. BA Fldg. ERA Illinois State 9 1 .900 .265 .977 2.46 Northern Illinois 6 2 .750 .228 .966 2.15 Central Michigan 6 6 .500 .249 .959 3.68 Eastern Illinois 3 1 .300 .259 .936 2.93 We§tern Illinois 2 10 .167 .194 .930 5.90
9 -- """""'~-.,--~ .. ~->---It-~~~.. _.,_ -=·c~--=~-- -= 21 R R Albion Edwards Sr. High 21 R R Oaklawn Reavis 19 L R Decatur MacArthur 20 R R Stonington Stonington 21 R R Berwyn Morton East 20 L R Peotone Peotone 19 R R Oblong Oblong ! 20 R R Olney Olney 21 R R Virgin Islands St. Patrick's 20 R R Collinsville Collinsville 20 L L Chicago Lindblom 20 R R Stewardson Stew.- Strasburg 24 R R Dupo Dupo 21 R R Hutsonville Hutsonville 22 R R Brocton Brocton 19 R R Gillespie Gillespie 19 R R Charleston Charleston 26 R R Champaign Champaign 20 L-R R Decatur MacArthur 20 R R Collinsville Collinsville FIELDING AVE_ PO A E DP AVE. .371 190 30 6 3 .974 .349 104 5 3 6 .973 .326 20 1 2 0 .920 .292 44 71 13 9 .898 .277 37 27 9 2 .877 .273 5 5 1 0 .909 .270 11 7 2 0 .900 .250 3 3 4 0 .600 .224 92 4 4 2 .960 .215 42 36 10 6 .886 .212 20 35 8 1 .873 .200 3 18 3 0 .875 .143 7 0 0 0 1.000 .133 13 2 1 1 .937 .100 8 1 0 0 1.000 .000 0 10 0 2 1.000 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 2 0 0 1.000 .000 1 0 0 0 1.000 .000 0 3 1 0 .750 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 .258 618 271 70 14 .927 .205 617 251 43 13 .954 H R ER BB so WP HPB ERA 9 6 0 4 4 1 0 0.00 26 18 14 28 57 4 0 2.25 43 21 16 13 34 0 0 3.04 38 21 16 19 49 0 1 3.20 13 14 11 33 27 6 2 3.14 18 18 11 20 15 3 0 5.30 147 98 68 117 186 14 3 2.93 197 90 75 90 144 10 9 3.34 1967 TRACK AND FIELD OUTLOOK With three healthy Eastern all-time record holders and one who might be hardy returning, Coach Maynard (Pat) O'Brien's 1967 track and field squad will probably be on the right track this season. A total of 12 lettermen return and nearly all of that group had the benefit of Eastern's first indoor season during which they sharpened their skills in the new Lantz 5"uild ing's field house. Record holders returning include distance aces Roger Quinlan, and John Schneider. Also back is 440-yard inter mediate hurdles record holder Charles Turner. Jim Morris, the holder of EIU's 440-yard dash mark, is a senior, but may not see action due to an arthritic condition. Also returning are three members of last year's record shattering 440-yard relay squad, Bob Weise, Charles Flamini, and Turner. Quinlan holds the Panther one-mile mark of 4:13.4 and Schneider is the two-mile record holder with a time of 9:27.1. Both had outstanding cross country seasons in the fall. with Quinlan setting both the EIU three and one-half mile and four mile course records. While O'Brien appears to have depth in the running events, the squad may be thin in the field events. Russ Benjamin returns and sophomore Jim Cox will pair with him in the shot put, but javelin and discus entries are few. Bill Carson, varsity center for Coach Rex V. Darling's basketball Panthers will work with the discus and Mark Sorenson, Des Plaines sophomore, is about the oniy javelin thrower with experience in O'Brien's camp. Pole vaulting chores will fall on the shoulders of Richard Gill and Jim Anderson, and Art Mitchell will be carrying the load in the high jump. John Craft, although without much company, should dominate the long and triple jumps. The Panthers suffered heavy losses in quality if not quantity from last year's squad. Gone are captain Ron Rentfro, weight specialists Ray Schaljo and Chuck Peabody, and one-half of the fastest mile relay squad in EIU history, Lee Willett and Jeff Murdy. Rentfro shares the EIU records in the 100-yard dash, :09.6, 220-yard dash, :21.1, and anchored the 440-yard relay squad that broke the all-time EIU mark last year. 12 1967 TRACK AND FIELD ROSTER NAME EVENT YR. HOMETOWN Jim Anderson PV Sr. Blue Island Larry Baird w Sr. Homer *Russ Benjamin w Jr. Monticello William Carson w Jr. Albion John Craft BJ, TJ So. St. Anne James Cox w So. Shelbyville *•William Dortch s Jr. Mundelein Darwin Enicks D Jr. Toledo •:•Charles Flamini s Jr. Springfield •Richard Gill PV Sr. Carlyle Charles Graham H Sr. Stonington Virgil Hooe D So. Sufi ivan Dennis Madix MD Jr. Pekin •Arthur Mitchell HJ, H Jr. Monticello ,;, *James Morris MD Sr. Hopedale Harry Murphy s Jr. Olney **Roger Quinlan D Sr. Rantoul Roger Rezabek MD So. Edwardsvi lie *Jerry R.obbins MD Jr. Homer '''Thomas Schlickman S, BJ Jr. Gibs.on City **John Schneider D Sr. Des Plaines Mark Sorenson So. Des Plaines **Charles Turner H Sr. Maywood Michael Van Deveer MD Jr. Broadview **Robert Weise MD Sr. Edwardsvi lie Allen Williams S, BJ So. Louisville *Years Lettered W-Weights: BJ--Broad Jump; TJ-Triple Jump; S-Sprints; PV-Pole Vault: D--Distances: MD-Middle Distances; HJ-High Jump; H-Hurdles; J~Jc:velin. 1967 TRACK SCHEDULE APRIL 4 BRADLEY UNIVERSITY 8 EASTERN RELAYS 15 at U. of I. Invitational 22 ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY 26 INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MAY 6 State Meet at Bradley 9 at Western Illinois 13 at Elmhurst Invitational 20 IIAC Meet at Macomb 1~66 TRACK RESULTS EIU OPPONENT 95 50 Bradley University EIU Relays 66 79 Northern Illinois 88 57 Indiana State 1st State College Meet 100 40 Western Illinois 1st Elmhurst Invitational 3rd 11/>,C Meet Dua! Record-Won 3, Lost 1 13 EIU RELAYS- APRIL 8, 1966 The fifth annual Eastern Illinois University Relays, a grow Ing early-season collegiate track and field event. is sched uled to begin at noon on April 8 this spring. Founded in 1956 as the Bradley Relays, the meet shifted to Eastern's campus in 1963. In the interest of promoting early-season competition and conditioning, only individual and relay trophies are awarded. There are no team stand ings. Ten teams competed in last year's event. and early indi cations were that the same number would e n t e r this spring's meet. EASTERN RELAY RECORDS 100 :09.6 AI Jacobs, Chicago '59 120 Highs '4.2 Ivan LaCore, Cent. Mich. '64 Mile 4:21.4 AI Carius, Illinois '62 Shot Put 54' 11 3/4" Pete Miskov, Cent. Mich. '65 Discus 159' 9" Pete Miskov, Cent. Mich. '64 Pole Vault 13' 9%" Joe N.ehart. Cent. Mich. '64 Bmad Jump 23" 11'/4' Art Steele, E. Ill., '64 Triple Jump 45' 41/4' Art Steele, E. Ill. '65 High Jump 6' 4%" Marshall Stoner. W. Ill. '58 Javel in 213' 4'/2' Jim Mcinerney, Ball State '64 440 Relay :42.4 N.E. Missouri (Taylor, Washing- ton, Banks. Krumeich} '66 880 Relay 1:29.1 Cent. Mich. (LaCore, P. Jol·es, Morrell, Darling} '64 Mile Relay 3:21.0 Lincoln U. (Jenkins. Adams. Brown. Gooley} '61 2-Mile Relay 7:47.3 N.E. Missouri (McDonald, R. Frost, B. Frost, Schneider} '65 Sprint Medley 3:28.0 N.E. Missouri (Banks, Frost, Davis, Krumeich} '66 HiQh Hurdle Shuttle :45.5 Cent. Mich. (Rochow, Warren, LaCore} '64 Frosh 880 Relay 1:30.5 Lovoh (Silovsky, Castranova, Webster, Rimas} '64 Frosh Sprint Medley 3:34.5 Drake (Hansel, Leach, Ladewig, Weber}, '62 Frush Mile Relay 3:24.1 Drake (Hansel, Weber, Ladewig, Gring) '62 Distanr.e Medley 10:13.2 Northwestern (Harris. Hoffman, Assenheimer, Boydston) '66 OUTSTANDING ATHLETE AWARDS 1966 Dave Taylor. Northeast Missouri 1965 Art Steele. Eastern Illinois 1964 Ivan LaCore. Central Michigan 1963 Barry Jacobsen. Central Michigan 1962 Leroy Jackson. Western Illinois 1961 Henry White. Loyola of Chicago 1960 Paul Moore. Bradley 1959 AI Jacobs, Chicago 1958 Hosea Martin. Chicago 1957 AI Jacobs. Chicago 1956 Lou Kujawinski. Loyola of Chicago 14 ------~ ------.. ""''>0\'Ui:*:l.: YEAR-BY-YEAR DUAL TRACK RECORDS Yr. w L T Coach Yr. w L T Coach 1966 3 1 0 Maynard O'Brien 1942 0 4 0 Winfield Angus 1965 4 1 0 Maynard O'Brien 1941 0 5 0 Winfield Angus 1964 4 1 0 Maynard O'Brien 1940 1 4 0 Winfield Angus 1963 4 1 0 Maynard O'Brien 1939 3 2 0 Winfield Angus 1962 3 2 0 Maynard O'Brien 1938 1 3 0 Winfield Angus 1961 4 2 0 Maynard O'Brien 1937 0 4 0 Winfield Angus 1960 4 2 0 Maynard O'Brien 1936 2 2 0 Winfield Angus 1959 4 2 0 Maynard O'Brien 1935 2 2 0 Winfield Angus 1958 2 2 1 Maynard O'Brien 1934 2 2 0 Winfield Angus 1957 3 1 0 Maynard O'Brien 1933 2 1 0 Winfield Angus 1956 6 0 0 Maynard O'Brien 10 13 29 0 .31_0______1955 5 0 0 Maynard O'Brien 1954 6 1 0 Maynard O'Brien 1932 3 1 0 Frank Beu 1953 1 4 0 Maynard O'Brien 1931 1 2 0 Frank Beu 1930 1 3 0 Frank Beu 1952 5 0 John Lewis 1929 1 3 0 Frank Beu 1951 5 1 0 Maynard O'Brien 1928 0 4 0 Frank Beu 1950 5 2 0 Maynard O'Brien 1927 0 5 0 Frank Beu 1949 2 4 0 Maynard O'Brien 6 6 18 0 .250 1948 0 4 0 Maynard O'Brien 1947 4 1 0 Maynard O'Brien 1926 0 4 0 Lewis Moore 19 69 32 1 .683 Most competition prior to 1926 lim- ited to conference and state meets. 1946 5 1 0 Pim Goff 1945 No team 1944 No team 1943 No team 1966 FINAL IIAC RESULTS TEAM 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Pts. 1. Central Michigan 11 3 5 2 4 90 2. Northern Illinois 3 5 4 6 3 61 1h 3. Eastern Illinois 0 4 5 2 5 39 4. Illinois State 1 2 4 3 4 34% 5. Western Illinois 2 3 0 3 2 30 Place/Point Totals 17 17 18 16 16 255 EIU DISTANCE PUNCH-Roger Quinlan, left, and John Schneider hold virtually every Eastern Illinois University distance record in track and in cross country. Quinlan holds the EIU mile mark of 4:13.3 and Schneider is the school's record holder in the two-mile with a time of 9:27.1. Also, Quinlan holds the EIU marks for the three and one-half mile c11oss country course (17:02) and the four-mile course (20:04). Jointly, they hold the record for the six-mile Taylor University cross country relay event with a time of 28:47. IIAC TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS 100 :09.4 Hayes Jones (EMU) '57 220 :20.8 Bob Cornelius (CMU) '63 440 :47.9 Vern Christopher (NIU) '61 880 1:50.3 Jim Dupree (SIU) '62 Mile 4:11.3 Bill Cornell (SIU) '62 Two-Mile 9:12.4 John Peterson (NIUJ '66 120 Highs :14.2 Hayes Jones (EMU) '60 220 Lows :22.7 Hayes Jones (EMU) '60 330 Intermediates :38.4 Art Schultz (NIU) '65 440 Intermediates :53.6 AI Vondrasek (CMU) '66 Pole Vault 14' %" Ed Nilsen (EIU] '64 High Jump 6' 81/4" Floyd Smith (NIU) '55 Broad Jump 24' 31/4" Art Steele (EIU) '64 Triple Jump 45' 53/4" Art Steele (EIU) '65 Shot Put 56' 11 112" Peter Miskov (CMU) '64 Discus 163'fi" Peter Miskov (CMU) '64 Javelin 206' 4 1/8" Walt Peters (NIU) '57 440 Relay :41.6 WIU (Bradley, Allen, Courtwright, Wauthier) '64 Mile Relay 3:14.5 SIU (Evans, Shelton, Saunders, Hocker) '61 1966 IIAC INDIVIDUAL WINNERS 100 Larry Wauthier (WIU) :09.7 220 John Cochran (NIU) :21.3 440 AI Vondrasek (CMU) :49.4 880 Steve Gosnel (CMU) 1 :54.8 Mile John Peterson (NIU) 4:11.5 Two-Mile John Peterson (NIU) 9:12.4 120 Highs John Smith (CMU) :14.7 440 Intermediates AI Vondrasek (CMU) :53.4 Pole Vault Joe Neihardt (CMU) 14' 1;4" High Jump Dave Magsig (CMU) 6' 53/4" Long Jump Chuck Rochow (CMU) 23' 5%" Triple Jump \.huck Rochow (CMU) 44' 7" Shot Put Stan Petty ( ISUl 53' 4112'' Discus Pete Miskov (CMU) 154'11112" J;welin Rick Fradl (CMUl 192' 9%" 440 Relay WIU (Bradley, Allen, Courtwright, Wauthier) :41.6 Mile Relay CMU (Carpenter. Vondrasek, Smi:h. Gosnell) 3:18.5 EASTERN AND THE IIAC: PAST TRACK RESULTS Yr. CHAMPION EIU Finish & Points 1966 Central Michigan (90) 3rd 39 1965 Centrai lVI ichigan, Northern Illinois (68) 3rd 49 1964 Central Michigan (78) 2nd 46 1963 Northern Illinois (62 1/2) 3rd 45 1962 Southern Illinois (83) 4th 29 1/2 1961 Southern Illinois (60 3/5) 6th 17 3/5 1960 Central Michigan (59) 6th 17 1959 Eastern Michigan (56) 6th 23 1/3 1958 Eastern Michigan (66) 7th 13 1957 Eastern Michigan (81 1/10) 3rd 27 1/10 1956 Central Michigan (68 1/2) 3rd 31 1955 Central Michigan (59 11/15) 3rd 45 1954 Eastern Michigan (52 1/6) 4th 27 2/3 1953 Eastern Michigan (63) 6th T 19 1952 Eastern Michigan (83 6/7) 5th 22 5/14 1951 Eastern Michigan (58 2/3) 2nd 45 2/3 1950 Eastern Michigan (79) 3rd 30 16 PANTHER VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS 100 :09.6 Winston Brown, '57 Ron Rentfro, '65 220 :21.1 Winston Brown, '57 Ron Rentfro, '64, '66 440 :49.6 Jim Morris, '66 880 1:54.5 Marvin Honn, '62 Mile 4:13.4 Roger Quinlan, '66 Two-Mile 9:27.1 John Schneider, '66 120 Highs :14.4 Jerry Grandone, '64 220 Lows :23.9 Jerry Grandone, '64 330 Intermediates :39.0 Jerry Grandone, '64 440 Intermediates :47.8 Charles Turner, '66 Pole Vault 14'%" Ed Nilsen, '64 High Jump 6'3" Ted Ellis, '50 Broad Jump 24' 10%" Art Steele, '64 Triple Jump 47'112" Art Steele, '64 Shot Put 54'3112" Ben Ward, '63 Discus 152'5" Ed Frazier, '61 Javelin 21 o· 11112'' Dill Miller, '63 440 Relay :42.3 Charles Turner, Bob Weise, Charles Flamini, Ron Rentfro, '66 Mile Relay 3:19.5 Lee Willett, Jeff Murdy, Bob Weise, Jim Morris '66 LINC10LN FIELD RECORDS 100 :09.4 Hayes Jones. E. Mich .. '57 220 :20.6 Leonard Lyles, Louisville. '57 440 :48.9 Stan McConnor, E. Mich., '51 Frank Walker, N. Ill., '51 880 1:53.3 Bert Qhlander, W. Ill., '59 Mile 4:14.0 Bryan Kujawski, Loyola, '66 Two-Mile 9:19.2 Mike Mittelstaedt, Ill. St., '64 120 Highs :14.2 Ivan LaCore, C. Mich., '64 220 Lows :22.9 Hayes Jones, E. Mich., '57 330 Intermediates :39.1 G. Rickard, Ind. St., '65 Pole Vault 14'4" M. Hanna, Ind. St., '65 High Jump 6' 43/4" Pat Nixon, Ind. St., '65 Art Steele, E. Ill., '64 Triple Jump 45' 63/4" Art Steele, E. Ill., '65 Shot Put 56' 11112" Peter Miskov, C. Mich., '64 Discus 163'6" Peter Miskov, C. Mich., '64 Javelin 213' 4%" J. Mcinerney, Ball St., '64 440 Relay :42.3 WIU (Bradley, Allen, Courtwright, Wauthier) '66 Mile Relay 3:19.7 Loyola (Chicago), '62 17 1967 GOLF OUTI.:OOK Eastern Illinois University's golf program has been in the rough for a good many years, but the Panthers might find their way out this season. Three lettermen return from a squad that posted a 6-7 season and placed last in the Interstate Conference for the fifth straight year, and a group of promising sophomores are on hand. Leading the sophs is Jim LeMaster, a mid-70 shooter from Peoria Central who was a regular on the Panther basketball club this past winter. Also coming up to the varsity are Ed Stried and Loren Hall. The three will join forces with Jim Sunday, junior from Clay City, who ranked 12th in the IIAC meet last season; Dave Hinton, Decatur Eisenhower junior, and John McKenna, Champaign junior. 1967 SCHEDULE APRIL 1 at Illinois State 10:30 a.m. 4 at Wabash College 1:00 p.m. 8 U. of I./Southern at Savoy 10:00 a.m. 10 ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY 1:00 p.m. 15 Illinois College Invitational at Lockport 17 WESTERN ILLINOIS 1:00 p.m. 21 at Bradley University 1 :00 p.m. 24 Cincinnati/Indiana State at Terre Haute 29 at Millikin University 7:00 a.m. MAY 6 BRADLEY (at Oakland C. C.) 8 at Principia 1:30 p.m. 15-16 IIAC at Orland Park 196,6 RESULTS EIU OPPONENT 12 6 Wabash* 516 500 Illinois 328 313 Illinois State 311 316 Principia 310 290 Western Illinois 306 328 Millikin 301 302 Indiana State 341 319 Illinois State 341 352 Illinois Wesleyan 8% 9112 Millikin* 6 12 Augustana • 327 308 Bradley 13% 41f2 Principia • 5th IIAC Meet Dual Record-Won 6, Lost 7 ·--Match play, high score wins. 18 1967 GOLF ROSTER Name Yr. Hometown Donald Ackman So. Rushville Stephen Corsiatpo Jr. Springfield Roger Denny So. Momence Loren Hall So. Homewood (Homewood- Fiossmore) *Dave Hinton Jr. Decatur (Eisenhower) Carl Klemaier So. Springfield Jim LeMaster So. Peoria (Central) • John McKenna Jr. Champaign Ed Stried So. Zion (Zion-Benton) *Jim Sunday Jr. Clay City *Years Lettered EASTERN AND THE IIAC: PAST GOLF RESULTS Yr. CHAMPION EIU Finish & Strokes 1966 Western Illinois (1503) 5th 1653 1965 Western Illinois (1523) 5th 1694 1964 Western Illinois (1536) 5th 1704 *1963 Western Illinois (1264) 5th 1377 1962 Western Illinois (615) 5th 667 1961 Southern Illinois (596) 5th 645 1960 Northern Illinois (589) 4th 613 1959 Western Illinois (611) 6thT 673 1958 Western Illinois (566) SthT 607 1957 Western Illinois (609) 7th 705 1956 Western Illinois (574) 7th 707 1955 Western Illinois (570) 7th 732 1954 Western Illinois (605) 7th 668 1953 Western Illinois (599) 7th 771 1952 Western Illinois (631) 3rd 679 1951 Western Illinois (625) 7th 780 1950 Illinois State (593) 7th 690 •Tournament lengthened from 36 to 72 holes 1966 IIAC RESULTS 1. Western Illinois 371 376 375 381 1503 2 Illinois State 388 385 389 390 1552 3. Central Michigan 395 397 398 393 1583 4. Northern Illinois 408 420 398 409 1635 5. Eastern Illinois 416 408 407 422 1653 Medalists: Dave Kerr (WIU) 73-70-77 -76~296 Greg Gilroy (WIU) 75-77·71-73~296 Jim Wheeler (WIU) 73-75· 72· 76~296 YEAR-BY-YEAR GOLF RECORDS Yr. w L T Coach Yr. w L T Coach 1966 0 H.O. Pinther 1948 League meet only 1965 6 10 0 H.O. Pinther 1947 0 Lloyd Burley 1964 5 12 2 Bob Carey 1963 2 12 0 Bob Carey 1946 No team 1962 4 10 0 H.O. Pinther 1945 No team 1944 No team 16 27 0 .372 1943 No team 1961 6 10 0 Bob Carey 1942 Clayton Miller 1960 6 8 0 Bob Carey 1959 2 9 0 Bob Carey 1941 0 Henry Sugden 1958 5 5 1 Bob Carey 1957 1 9 0 B.ob Carey 1940 No team 1956 0 9 0 Bob Carey 1939 8 0 0 Frank Beu 1955 0 7 0 Bob Carey 1938 8 2 0 Frank Beu 1954 1 6 0 Bob Carey 1937 7 0 0 Frank Beu 1936 7 3 1 Frank Beu 10 28 87 .243 1935 0 4 0 Frank Beu 1953 League meet only 5 27 9 .750 1952 League meet only 1951 League meet only All-Time Record: 1950 League meet only 21 76 138 4 .354 1948 League meet only 19 1967 TENNIS OUTiLOOK Coach Rex V. Darling's netters appear to be headed for a third straight IIAC championship. Returning to grace Dar ling's roster are both the number one and number two singles champions of 1966. Jack Worthington, the number one champ last season, and Tom Sterchi, the IIAC's number two titlest, will have some talented company, however. Included on the roster are lettermen Clark Meikle, Fer nando Velasco, and Rick Wallerman. Also set to go is a group of sophomores. Dan McCawley, Greg Thorn, and Jim Zumwalt could all see action. Sterchi, who will serve as Darling's captain, and Velasco are the only seniors on the squad. Youth, however, has not handicapped Darling's teams. He won the conference last year with a squad that contained only one senior. Balance will again be the key to the netters' success, Darling feels. Worthington will probably be the number one singles entry, but from there on down, the picking gets dif ficult. 1967 TENNIS SCHEDULE APRIL 1 BRADLEY-MANKA TO 7 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 8 at Indiana University 12 INDIANA STATE 15 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 21 at. St. Louis University 22 at Washington University 28 PRINCIPIA MAY 3 at University of Illinois 6 at Western Illinois 10 AUGUST ANA 13 at Illinois State 18-20 IIAC Meet at Macomb 1966 TENNIS RESULTS EIU OPPONENT 2 7 Bradley 0 9 University of Illinois 8 1 Indiana State 0 9 Indiana University 8 1 Western Illinois 9 0 Illinois Wesleyan 7 2 Northern Illinois 4 5 Principia College 3 6 Washington University 8 1 St. Louis University 1 8 University of Illinois 5 4 Illinois State 7 2 St.. Ambrose 1st IIAC Meet Dual Record-Won 7, Lost 6 20 ------. -"~'"'""-'.--""-"""'"'~..x:oiP- -- :.--, .. --·--~ 1967 TENNIS ROSTER Name Yr. Hometown (High School) John Blair So. Charleston Don McCawley So. Flora *Clark Meikle Jr. Brookfield (Riverside-B 'rkf'ld) • • *Tom Sterchi Sr. Olney (East Richland) Greg Thom So. Danville • • Fernando Valesco Sr. [;olivia (American Institute) • Rick Wollerman Jr. Arlington Heights • Jack Worthington Jr. Reedley, Calif. (Joint Union) Jim Zumwalt So. Peoria (Central) 'Years Lettered EASTERN AND THE IIAC: PAST TENNIS RESULTS Yr. Champion EIU Finish & Points 1966 Eastern Illinois 1st 23 1965 Eastern Illinois 1st 20 1964 Illinois State (21) 2nd 12 1963 Central Michigan (19) 3rd T 5 1962 Southern Illinois (18) 4th 7 1961 Central Michigan (15) 3rd 10 1960 Southern Illinois (17) 2nd 16 1959 Southern Illinois (25) 2nd 16 1958 Southern Illinois (18) 2nd 17 1957 Eastern Illinois, Ill. State 1st T 17 1956 Eastern Michi9an (20112) 5th 5 1955 Illinois Sta~e (22) 5th T 1 1954 Illinois State (18112) 3rd 4112 1953 Illinois State (201 4th 3 1952 Illinois State [15112) 3rd 6 19S1 Illinois State [1fi1hl 2nd 11112 1950 Illinois S~.ate (18112) 5th T 2 1966 IIAC TENNIS STANDINGS Team Champs Pts. 1. EASTERN ILLINOIS 5 23 2. Illinois State 4 21 3. Central Michigan 0 3 4. Northern Illinois 0 0 5. Western Illinois 0 0 1966 IIAC TENNIS CHAMPS 1st Singles Jack Worthington (EIU) 2nd Singles Tom Sterchi (EIU) 3rd Singles Roger Ninness (ISU) 4th Singles Steve Price (ISU) 5th Singles Fernando Velasco (EIU) 6th Singles Rill Ladaqe (ISU) 1st Doubles Sterchi-Wollerman (EIU) 2nd Doubles Worthington-Baumrucker (EIU) 3rd Doubles Ladage-Johnson (ISU) 21 1966 IIAC TENNIS CHAMPIONS-Eastern Illinois University's netters finished first in the IIAC meet for the s e c o n d straight year when they took the 1966 crown. The team members and coaches are, front row, from left, Craig Baum rucker, Rick Wollerman, and Tom Sterchi. Second row, from left, Coach Rex V. Darling, Fernando Velasco, Jack Worth ington, Clark Miekle, and assistant Coach Paul Wheele1". YEAR-BY·YEAR TENNIS RECORDS Yr. w L T Coach Yr. w L T Coach 1966 0 Rex Darling 1942 2 Gilbert Carson 1965 6 4 0 Rex Dar I ing 1964 6 7 0 Rex Darling 1941 4 Henry Sugden 196~ 5 7 0 Rex Darling 1962 5 5 0 Rex Darling 1940 No team 1961 8 3 0 Rex Darling 1939 3 4 0 G I enn Seymour 1960 7 4 0 Rex Darling 1938 2 5 0 Glenn Seymour 1959 6 4 0 Rex Darling 1937 5 2 0 Glenn Seymour 1958 10 4 0 Rex Darling 1936 1 2 0 G I enn Seymour 1957 12 2 0 Rex Darling 1935 2 1 0 Glenn Seymour 195~ 6 6 0 Rex Darling 1955 5 7 0 Rex Darling 5 13 14 0 .481 1954 8 4 0 Rex Dar I ing 1953 1 9 0 Rex Darling 1934 0 5 0 Charles Spooner 1952 2 10 0 Rex Dar I ing 1933 0 2 1 Charles Spooner 1951 2 8 0 Rex Darling 1932 0 4 2 Charles Spooner 1950 6 4 0 Rex Darling 1949 2 3 0 Rex Darling 3 0 11 0 .000 1948 1 2 0 Rex Darling 1931 0 George Ivins 1947 0 4 0 Bill Healey 1946 0 4 0 Rex Darling All Time Record: 32 121 139 5 .463 20 105 103 0 .504 1945 No team 1944 No team 1943 No team 22 ·COMPOSITE 1967 SPRING SPORTS SCHEDULE HOME EVENTS APRIL Baseball vs. St. Mary's College [2). 1 p.m. Tennis vs. Bradley, Mankato, 10 a.m. 4 Baseball vs. lndiar.a Central [2). 1 p.m. 4 Track vs. Bradley, 3 p.m. 7 Tennis vs University of Illinois, 3 p.m. 8 Baseball vs. University of Illinois [2). 1 p.m. 8 Eastern Illinois University Relays, noon 10 Golf vs. St. Louis University, 1 p.m. 12 Tennis vs. Indiana State, 3 p.m. 15 Tennis vs. Central Michigan, 10:30 a.m. 17 Golf vs. Western Illinois, 1 p.m. 19 Baseball vs. Lewis C.ollege [2), 1 p.m. 22 Track vs. Illinois State, 1:30 p.m. 26 Track vs. Indiana State, 3:30 p.m. 28 Baseball vs. Eastern Michigan, 3 p.m. 28 Tennis vs. Principia, 3:30 p.m. 29 Baseball vs. Eastern Michigan [2). noon MAY 2 Basaball vs. Illinois Wesleyan [2). 1 p.m. 6 Golf vs. Bradley, at Oakland Country Club 10 Tennis vs. Augustana, 3 p.m. 27 Baseball vs. Western Illinois [2), noon AWAY EVENTS APRIL Golf vs. Illinois State University 10:30 p.m. 4 Golf vs. Wabash College, 1 p.m. 7 Baseball vs. University of Illinois [2), 1 p.m. 8 Golf vs. U. of 1., SIU, at Savoy, 10 a.m. 8 Tennis vs. Indiana State, 3 p.m. 11 Baseball vs. Indiana State [2). 1 p.m. 14·16 Governor's Cup Tournament at Southern Illinois University 15 Golf vs. Illinois College Invitational at Lockp.ort 15 Track at University of Illinois Invitational 21 Golf vs. Bradley, 1 p.m. 21 Baseball vs. University of Wisconsin [Milwaukee), 3 p.m. 21 Tennis vs. St. Louis University, 3 p.m. 22 Tennis vs. Washington University, 1 p.m. 22 Baseball vs. University .of Wisconsin [Milwaukee) [2), 1 p.m. 24 Golf vs. Indiana State, Cincinnati, at Terre Haute 25 Baseball vs. Millikin, 3 p.m. 29 Golf vs. Millikin, 7 a.m. MAY 3 Tennis vs. University of Illinois, 3 p.m. 5 Baseball vs. Central Michigan University, 3 p.m. o6 Tennis vs. Western Illinois, 1 p.m. 6 Baseball vs. Central Michigan University [2). noon 6 Track at State College Meet at Western Illinois 8 Golf vs. Principia College, 1:30 p.m. 9 Track vs. Western Illinois, 3:30 p.m. Baseball vs. Greenvill 23 SPRING FOOTBALL Numbers, beautiful numbers, will grace the practice field when Coach Clyde Biggers and his staff open spring drills this year. For the first. time in his two-year tenure, Biggers will have some depth. "Depth," the veteran coach has always said, "is one of the biggest problems Eastern faces." Through an aggressive recruiting program, Biggers and his staff feel they are with in a year of whipping that problem. The 1967 club, Biggers feels, will provide the nucleus for the 1968 team which he feels will be one of the first Pan ther clubs that will be truly representative of the program. "We expect about 25 of our freshmen to report for spring drills. Add in 25 varsity personnel, and we've got a big squad for Eastern," Biggers says. Last year, less than 40 players turned out for spring prac tice. Biggers' staff found a quarterback and a number of hard-hitting linemen and defensive specialists in that bunch and hope this spring's hunting will be as productive. Sharpening up their skills for the fall will be quarterback Joe Davis and AII-IIAC fullback Dennis Bundy. Also return ing will be Curt Leonard in the backfield, and linemen Paul Fjell, Lonn Ipsen, Russ Benjamin, Ed Taylor, and Bill Vangel, among others. Defensive specialists expected to get plenty of work include Les Geise, Ed Stephens, Bill Lane, and Gus Holly. 19'67 GRID SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 16 at Indiana State University 23 at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 30 EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 7 at Central Michigan University• 14 at Illinois State University* 21 at Bradley University 28 WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY* (Homecoming) NOVEMBER 4 at. University of Illinois-Chicago 11 WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY *IIAC Games 24 INTERSTATE CONFERENCE Eastern is a charter member of the Interstate Intercollegi ate Athletic Conference (Interstate or IIAC), which formed in 1950 when Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan joined the five members of the old Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The IIAC operated as a seven-team conference until 1962, when Southern Illinois and Eastern Michigan withdrew be cause of changing athletic policies. Northern Illinois with drew in 1966 for the same reason. Governed by a policy of moderation in athletics, the IIAC is in a transitional period characterized by mushrooming enrollment and a persistent toughening of athletic compe tition. Current members are Central Michigan, Eastern Illi nois, Illinois State, and Western Illinois. IIAC members annually compete for championships in eleven sports-football and cross country in the fall; basket ball, wrestling, swimming, indoor track and gymnastics in the winter; and baseball, track, tennis and golf in the spring. In addition, some member schools have intercollegiate pro grams in soccer, water polo and ice hockey. FOUR RETURNEES-Above are four of the seven returning lettermen who grace Coach Bill McCabe's 1967 Panther baseball roster. They are, from left, Gene J,ordan, Arnie Drzonek, Carl Yates, and Stu Cann. Jordan and Yates are figured to be outfield regulars, and Drzone·k and Cann ap pear to have infield jobs nailed down. Drz.onek is a first baseman and Cann a shortstop. Last year, Drzonek was the club's second-leading hitter with a .349 ave'l"age, and Cann hit for a .215 average. "Chippewas" "Redbirda" MEMBER OF Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference I ' " Leathernecka"