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As I mentioned previously, Phil moved in October and at some point in time began to keep a list of both women that I pined after or had crushes on and (I know, I know, it is both sexist and immature) later a list of women that I knew intimately. Assuming Phil began such a habit when he moved in the intimate list would have had only one entry. Well, it doubled in December. Sadly I do not recall her name. I had ended 1974 at zero and ended 1975 at two. Number three would prove to be a doozy.

As an aside, Phil & I did not know each other very well when he moved in to the 340. AS Phil himself tells it: “I have only vague recollections of young Ted prior to 340.” However, I knew him more than he knew me … this was due to a couple of reasons: 1) he was one of the big shots being a member of the class of ’68; he was of the class that initiated me (a ‘69er) at Lancaster Catholic High (Dwight Fetterhof, his cousin I believe, actually doing the honors) as such I looked up to both him and Sil (also ’68) as heroes of sorts. In my memory, their reputations as sports buffs preceded them and I was thrilled to meet the pair of them at a party (circa 1970) at Tim Bucher’s house, and; 2) he made the best cheese steaks for the right price at Zangari’s on Lemon Street. For some reason he – despite his vague recollections of me - gave me free cheese steaks.

After meeting Phil & Sil at Buchers my next memory of the pair of them was their competing in a draft APBA baseball league at Millersville State College in the spring of 1973. While I don’t remember anything about the draft; I do have my scorebook of games my team played. Phil, at least in my memory, was a part time student, drove a VW beetle, and hung at the SMAC (Student Union) which is where many of the APBA games were played. Later that summer Sil, Phil & I attended the initial APBA Conference together. After that Phil & Sil both appeared, perhaps not regularly, at game nights coinciding with Monday Night Football in ’73 and very early in ’74 season. By winter 1975, we were fast friends with Sil having been my roomy for over a year and Phil keeping a list of my dalliances like he knew me forever. 1976 loomed.