a Chat with the Coach
By Thomas Hadley
“Say Coach, have you got a
minute? I would like to interview
you for the school paper.”
“I’m in the middle of a gym
class here, but I’ll try to answer
your questions. Just what are you
trying to find out?”
“Quite a few fellows have been
griping about the tumbling we are
doing, and I wanted to find out
some of the facts behind why we
do it.”
“You have read the recent
newspaper and magazine articles
about the physical fitness of our
youth, haven’t you? The young
men of today are walking physi
cal wrecks. What we are doing
is to give them a safe way to—
Gumbert, what are you trying to
do? Plaster yourself all over the
ceiling? Slow down on that tramp.
—and build up their muscles and
condition their reflexes.
"Anyone who can’t do most of
these exercises couldn’t make it
up—You guys over there lighting
weights, get off your backs and
start working.—the stairs from the
locker room.
“I have a problem, Coach,- I
can’t tumble with my glasses on,
and I can’t see the small trampo
line with them off. V I keep going
through it instead of hitting the
middle.”
* SPORTSCOPE *
By Jerry Sedney
Grunts, groans, and occasional
bangs hint that Coach Goodwin
has started wrestling once again..
In a recent session “Killer” Curtis
pinned the coach in the first
period.
George Guriel has started a
bats and balls fund. Denny Ster
ret is his business manager and
inside contact to student council
for the baseball team. George
would deeply appreciate any old
baseball bats that you might have
lying around the house.
FLASH:
Bon Polak has been practicing
before the intramural games in the
lounge. I still can’t figure out why
he practices with the lounge doors
locked. How about it, Bon?
BOYS BEWABE!
The girls are coming Into the
sophomore gym class for dancing
classes. Let’s not have anyone cut
ting class, fellows.
Well, the girls are finally get
ting a taste of tumbling. It seems
that the “coach” has taken over
the girls’ classes for a while, and
“The tramp is whiter than the
floor. Just watch for the white
blur and jump in the middle of
it. See how easy it is to solve your
problem.”
“I tried that trick yesterday.
Coach, but it doesn’t work very
well. If Onorato hadn’t moved as
fast as he did', I would have been
jumping on his stomach.”
“Are the feats really as easy as
you say to perform?”
“All it takes to do—Dylewski,
the idea is to do a forward roll
over that mat, not just to run
across the top of it.—these exer
cises is a little timing and co-or
dination.
“Do the thing right at the right
time—That high bar goes all the
way up when you’re doing chin
ups, Wood, not five feet off the
ground.—and you can’t help but
get all of these achievements.”
“Is there anything you want to
add to these statements?”
“Just that I "can't see why any
one would complain about this
part of the course. I make them
healthy and build them up, and
all that these guys can do is—
Doggone it, Persio, how many
times do I have to tell you, when
you’re doing the dismount from
the parallel bars you make both
feet come off the same side, not
one on each side?”
he is putting them through their
paces. Take it easy, “Coach,” you
got the boys crippled up, and now
you are' trying to fix the girls.
Don’t let him push too hard, girls.
Council News
By Dennis Sterrett
Sammy Richards has been se
lected to play for the Spring
Prom, the date of which has been
definitely set for Friday, May 15.
Orders are now being placed for
Prom invitations and favors.
Plans are well underway for the
presentation of two record hops.
One will be held on Saturday,
April 4th, in honor of a visiting
group of students from New Ken
sington. Another will be held on
Friday, April 12. This dance will
be highlighted by the appearance
of a prominent local disc jockey,
who will lead this evening’s activ
ities. .
The Student Council of the
Behrend Campus has several an
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THE NITTANY CUB
Friday, April 4th, the New
Kensington Center’s basketball
and bowling teams will come to
Behrend. There will be a basket
ball game and a bowling match
followed by an informal record
hop. ’’
Anyone interested in playing
baseball this Spring? If so, Coach
Goodwin would like to have some
equipment donated. He specifically
needs bats and balls.
“Mike’s Marauders,” led by Ron
Polak, Dave Prezinski, and Mike
Maetz, have gone undefeated, to
date, in the intramural basketball
league. The “Marauders” have
already clinched first place in
the league.
Behrend’s basketball team con
cluded their basketball season
Place Patter
By George Place
Abracadabra
Foolish boy—the best way to make a bottle
of Coke disappear is to drink it! Yes,
swallow after swallow, that cold crisp taste is
so deeply satisfying... and the lively lift
is so bright and cheerful the whole day
seems happier, just like magic. So open
sesame! Just uncap the bottle and get
ready for The Pause That Refreshes!
BE BEA£LY REFRESHED... HAVE A COKE!
Bottled under authority of The Coca-Cola Company by
ERIE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
with a one point win over Edin
boro. It took a twenty-five foot
shot by Bob Gumbert just as the
buzzer went off. The team ended
the year with a 5-9 record.
Ping-pong paddles are on sale
at the bookstore. They sell for
fifty-five cents plus two cents tax,
or a grand total of fifty-seven
cents.
Compliments of
RUSS'
DINOR
2902 Boffalo Rd.