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Dave Agosto steams across home plate as team mates welcome him.
Chuck Rutledge streaks back to first to avoid being picked off.
HT IN TH:E TOUGH
BASEBALL
The key word is optimism this year as Coach John
Cunningham starts his fifth season as head baseball
coach at the University of San Diego, with the toughest
schedule in the school's history.
Leading the pitching staff this year is 6-6 Dural
Carpenter. In the 1967 campaign Dural compiled an
ERA of 1.69, the lowest in Torero history.
Two young pitchers from the San Diego area are
Steve Davis and Gary Myron.
Steve Davis from Point Loma High where he led
the Pointers to the Western League Championship last
year, and received a position on the Brietbard All-Star
team.
Gary Myron is a fire-balling right-hander from
Mission Bay High, who pitched all CIF caliber ball for
the Bucs last year, recording 11 victories in 14 deci–
sions, and also was nominated a Brietbard All-Star.
Others on the hill staff include John Briskey, from
Provo, Utah, Dave Timms, a southpaw from Mesa
College, and Tom Brown, a side-armer from Anaheim.
The two "old men" of the '68 varsity will be counted
on to carry the offensive burden this year. Chuck
Rutledge, right fielder, who came to USD from Arizona
State, hit .315 last year and led the team in home runs.
"Lucky" Tommy Thompson was last year's Co–
MVP: a former AII-CIFer at El Cajon High. Tom has
played stellar ball as shortstop for the Toreros the last
two years and was All-League for the Toreros last year
and All-League again in the summer for La Mesa
Collegians. Tommy has been drafted by the Los Ange–
les Dodgers.
Last year's "Hustle Award" winner is Rick Baker, a
sophomore first baseman. Another sophomore starter
is Dennis Forester, a 6-1 catcher who could become a
candidate for All-League honors.
From St. Augustine's High are two more frosh who
will be starting in the '68 season: third baseman–
outfielder John Wathan and second-sacker Dave Gon-