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COLUMBIA'S^KOEHLERARMY'S bob „ KEV4LEYPENN'S 0ROVER POVJEt-LWYY'SCHUCKDPVISLAST YEAR THE. E.l. L. HftD FOUR OF THE COUNTRY'S TOP P1TCHER5 WITH ft COMBINED RECORD OF 19*5, ZSZ STRIKEOUTS ftND ft 1.90 E.R.A./THE EASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE LEAGUE IS ft PITCHER5 WftHSE AND ft BATTER'S nightmare/Page Twelve COLUMBIA DAILY SPECTATOIo rk -W T'WT’W k 7 ~n n/r n rkl-Lion Ballclub To Face Good League TeamsNavy, Cadets, Quakers Have Strong AssetsBy Howard L. Brensilver■Columbia will lace rough opposition in this season’s Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League competition, marking the thirty-second year of league play. The Light Blue finished in a tie for second place last year and have not finished first since 1944.Army, last season’s titleholder with an 8-1 record, will ibe bolstered by the return of pitcher Bob Kewley and slugging imfied-ers Rober ZaMskas and captain Wayne Williams. Kewley was among the leading pitchers last season and Zailskas and Williams placed third and fourth in the final League batting standards. The Cadets are favored lt;by many to win the crown.Pennsylvania, tied with Columbia for second last season, has been hurt by the graduation of their top hitter, but can count on the strong pitching of Grover Powell and Robert Purdy to prove a formidable League foe. However, the Quakers have already lost to Navy in the only league game held so far. Powell led the nation’s collegiate huiiersA Pitcher's League
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New York Columbia Spectator
New York, New York, US
Fri, Apr 14, 1961
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