Hide Article Text (OCR)
Majors SeekPeters, VarneyFrom Harvard‘ CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP)—A young right-handed pitcher, who spumed pro baseball two years ago to enter harvard University, I anxiously awaited the major — leagues’ annual free agent draft •]today, ' I DeRay Peters, a sophomore tw from Buffalo, N.Y., said he now wo is willing to sign a pro contract Which would permit him to con-tinue his education at Harvard.The 6-ft.-5, 210-pound Peters, who will be 21 in August, was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in ‘ * e.‘ 1965 while he was a senior at W1 Nichols School in Buffalo. How- m ever, he decided a college education .came first.He was bothered by tendonitis as a Harvard freshman, but had ms major league scouts raving this l. ryear as he posted a 9-3 record. na In 80 1-3 innings,' he allowed t only 15 earned runs and 49 hits, fashioning a 1.67 ERA, He Tuistruck out 109 while walking 23. Ko*“I don’t have any favorite Jw^ team, Peters s aid. I’ll sign di with the team that drafts me if the terms are right. The only Clvcontract I’ll sign will be one Bult;. thait’ allows me to continue at s,« Harvard. - •• Peters, whose parents are• postal clerks, is seeking a con- Aft tract sifhilar to one granted by the Detroit Tigers to Bobby Hal Wells, an outstanding first base- 1 man drafted after his sophomore year at Harvard. Wells Jy1 completed his junior year be-fore reporting to a Detroit farm a dub.Harvard also has another in- f.,„ ' tei^st in. the baseball draft. v\o Dick (Pete) Varney, a catcher 1 at Deerfield Academy, who has been a top draft choice the past two years, plans to enter Har- *?J[j vaid in September. 0. -. (»er1,1 M AM
Newspaper Details
Greenfield Recorder
Greenfield, Massachusetts, US
Tue, Jun 06, 1967
Page 12
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
NY, USA 03 Nov 2018
Other Publications Near Greenfield, Massachusetts
Greenfield Recorder Gazette
Greenfield Recorder Gazette and Courier
Greenfield Recorder
Greenfield Daily Recorder
Greenfield Gazette and Courier
