Viking_Yearbook_66

-- [a$B[all Basebrall Coach Roy Love followed the lead of his fellow PSC coaches by guiding his team away from the com- fort of the Oregon Collegiate Confer- ence and into the mainstream of inde- pendent major college competition. But Love, starting his fifth year at the Park Blocks, proved best equipped of all to make the move to the "big leagues" as he led his team to an B-12 mark in their first 20 games against the toughest schedule ever faced by Viks. lncluded in the eight victories were wins over Linfield, Willamette, Seattle Pacific, Seattle University twice, Ore- gon College and Southern Oregon. Pitching carried the team for most of the first half of the season before the hitters broke out of their slump. Love's sophomore dominated staff met the challenge with righthanders Cil Schar- ringhausen posting four wins and a fine 2.84 earned run average, fastballing Ed Corman getting two victories, and sur- prising lefthander Jim Starr posting the best ERA on the team, 2.57. 171