Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko Eden anake te kaitākaro nui i whānau mai i Fort Clayton, he turanga hōia o mua o Amerika i te taha o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa o te Canal o Panama
He aha? I haere ia ki te Whare Wananga o Southern Illinois, a, hei mema o te SIU Salukis, i tohua hei tuatoru o nga kaiwhawhai ki te Ropu Katoa-Tohu o te 1971 College World Series. I te tau 1970 me te 1971, i takaro ia i te petipeti o te raumati me te Orleans Cardinals o te Cape Cod Baseball League, a i wini i te taitara patu o te riiki i te tau 1970.