1990_05 The Daily Collegian May 1990

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Bulldog Sports
California State University, Fresno
Thursday, May TO, 1990
*    " Torry Pteson/Daity Collegian
Junior right-hander Steve Wolf has struck out 156 batters In 129 innings and Is fifth on the FSU all-time season strikeout record.
This Wolf huffs and puffs, and blows down batters
By Chris Branam
Sports Writer -
A big bad Wolf has been blowing
away batters at Beiden Field, and the
hitters are left howling as they walk
back to the dugout bat in hands.
FSU junior right-hander Steve
Wolf has been the successful pitcher
he was expected to be this year.
Although his record is only 8-5, Wolf
has pitched far better than that
indicates.
Wolf could have sued his
teammates earlier in the year for
non-support. FSU scored only seven
runs in his first three decisions as
he started the season 1 -2. That was
the total number of losses that Wolf
had had in his first two years at
Fresno State.
"Earlier in the year it was tough,"
Woir said. "1 would think. 'Am I a
good enough pitcher to pick up some
wins?', or is this going to happen all
year?
In his last two starts. Wolf has
gotten the type of run support that he
was accustomed to in his first two
years. FSU has scored 18 runs in, his
last two starts, wins over Nevada-
Las Vegas and Long Beach State.
Wolf earned the victory In both of
those games.
"Lately it's been great because I
have been getting runs." he said.
"The team has been battling for me.*'
Wolfs personality also has a
modest streak that is about-as wide
as the Beiden Field fan's strike zone.
He Is as quick to give his teammates
credit for the wins, even more than
himself.
"Mike Noel has been hitting Ihe
ball well realty well lately...and
Chris Gonzalez has been doing (he
job," Wolf said. The praise doesn't
end there.
'Todd [Johnson] . has been
swinging real well, as^usual," he
said. -
Wolf added a new weapon to his
arsenal this yean the strike out. He
leads Ihe staff in K's. wilh 156. and is
second in the nation in that
category. When he fanned nine Long
Beach State baiters on May 5. he
moved past former Bulldog Ail-
American and Philadelphia Phillie
Dick Ruthven into fifth place on
FSU's season strike out list. Wolf
siruckout 93 in all oflast year.
Wolf hints that one reason for the
Jump in strike outs is the addition of
an excellent curveball.
'When you throw breaking stuff
against aluminum bats, you're not
going to give up as many hits." Wolf
reasons. "Cuys think that you are a
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Players needed
Hockey may debut on CSUF club scene
By M or e y Holzman
Sports Editor
"He shoots, he scores."
Foster Hewitt uttered those famous
words 66 years ago during the first
radio broadcast of a hockey game in
Toronto. The Hall-of-Fame broad¬
caster said those were the only words
he could think to utter when a goal was
scored.
The "Saturday Night Live" character
who portrays Wayne Campbell of
"Wayne's Work)." Mike Myers, has
given the phrase to millions during
'Wajme's World" segments. ;
And a couple of fraternity men hope
to Introduce the phrase to Fresno
State.
Ice doesn't grow naturally In Fresno,
not even in the winter, but Bill Evans
and Brian Black hope to start a hockey
league that resembles the real thing.
With the invention'of Roller Blades
10 years ago. hockey players can play
the sport all season long. Roller
Blades are ice skates, except the steel
blade is replaced by a single row of
four wheels.
What Evans and Blackwanl to start
in Fresno is a Roller Wfcde hockey
league.
"I'm hoping to start a club team at
Fresno State." Evarts said.
"Eventually, we would like to have a
league here in Fresno, as a seasonal
sport that plays on weekends."
There Is a precedent in California.
The     Southern     California ' Street
Hockey League has operated since
1980. The league plays in Buena Park,
a suburb of Los Angeles in Orange
County that is more noted for Knott's
Berry Farm.
The SCSHA has five divisions with
six to eight teams each. Each member
pays $40 for a season of eight games
and two playoff rounds, with the
finals a best-of-three series. Evans
said he Is considering a league like
that but is Interested in finding people
who are interested in playing first.
The 24-year-old mechanical
engineering Junior said he and a few
friends have been toying with the Idea
for a while after practicing in a local
' church's parking lot on Saturdays.
No formal plans for a rink are
currently in the works, but Evans likes
the idea the SCSHA has. The City of
Buena Park built an ice-rink facility,
with a cement base and hockey boards
for the league's use. The league pays a
fee to the city each year for its use. The
red and blue lines and face-off circles
are painted on the,rink to make it
appear like an fee arena.
Even two referees officiate, and a.
scoreboard is operated.
In describing his proposed league.
Evans emphasizes safety as his first
concern; this should be fun exercise,
not a vicious spectacle that many
people think of when they think i of
hockey.
There's not a lot of contact," Evans
said.  "You don't have the contact you
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