SATURDAY, MARCH 7. 1942 immuminummiiimmillimummummumnimiiiii tetween • The Lions With DICK STEBBINS omumminimilimilmimumimilimilliiiiiimmilliiii Big Time Stuff A small group of students from Philadelphia, a few talented sophomores, and the able guid anCe of their coach, Gene Wet tstnne, have assured ••Penn State of a. top ..position in the eastern gym league. But more than .racking up , a victory,,-blaied record'. for . the, see. 7 son, the . gyinmests,have,also br0,4 7 ght 'the sport into ProrninenCe . ,on aur campus.:year, Penn State' gYmpastie•leanis, haVa been . considered as being in, the Miner - Sport category--iith, the empha sis on "minor," and- it was never Considered unusual for only a handful of spectators to attend, the league meets. • Improvement is the keynote of the history of the acrobatic sport in the the Nittany valley. The col lege.. has been represented in gymnastics since 1932 when a few Lion enthusiasts engaged in two meets. For the next four years, the interested men were guided by anyone who wished to give them advise. No full-time in structor coached the men until 193.8, when Dean Schott arrived on campus and submitted to the pleas of the gymnasts and hired Gene Wettstone as a full-time mentor. Wettstone, a graduate . of the University of lowa where his uncle is gym coach, was the Big Ten all-round champion in 1935 . and. 1937 and also won the in : .dividual titles on the horizontal bar and side horse in those years. In• 1938 and 39 the gym teams . drew an even split in their con ., quests and bettered their record in 1940 when allowed.to compete in the EIGA league with an uno `fficial rating. In 1941, AS first official league season, the team placed third be hind Temple and Army in the league standings and produced some individual champs in Ro man Pieo and Lou Bordo. "Flit" Pieo copped the National AAU rope climb championship while his teammate Bordo clinched the parallel bars trophy. itself. Zimmerman has proven to This year's record speaks for be a champion in tumbling, hav ing gone through the league com petition without a defeat in the event and Sol Small has defea ted some of the-best gymnasts in the country on the parallel bars. But the team's record is not due to individual champs; instead, a team of stars who performed be fore two or three thousand spec tators, the largest since the sport started. If Navy defeats Army at An napolis this weekend, the two way tie' between the Cadets and the Lions will be broken and Wettstone's pupils will have un disputed possesion of first place Get A Date NOW For... Lion T rackmen Arrive In New York For IC4-A's Grey, _Fardella, Baird, Richards Whip' Foes To Reach Semi-Finals (Continued on Page Two) Richards will be the underdog Syracuse, fell. Victim to Jess Far- when he tackles defending cham della's right hooks. as the Penn pion McGarrity of the Coast Guard State contender scored his second, this afternoon but his initial tour-. victory ' of, thew season over the Orange st'Or:" . ”. - narnent victory over the strong Fardelia lost-the second round Marlander in last night's bout lab as a dark horse; compett,- when Rolandthrew left hooks to to-d, hii inidieetion•bilt retaliated in the final period, to_" &Up - It - rich' his - . .0i3_ , Southpaw.. Joe,: McCormick , was ponerit.' F'ardella Will:theet pitlaney TKOed by Vlaryland'S 'Gihnore' in: of Aimy,Vi,en . tbe bouts resume on ., the 165 .weight to record the firgt . the Virginia campus today: • • Lion loss, of the contest: Gilniore' Although'. unimpressive in dttal proved too experienced for the meets this season, Bill Richards Lion mitman and he floored Mc came back strong in his first round Corn - tick just nine seconds before tilt against Hughes of Maryland the gong ended the last round. and racked up:::a close decision. Bob Perugini made his second Richards weaved and jabbed in collegiate boxing appearance but typical Houck style to outpunch like McCormick, lost to a more ex his foe and efiter the semi-final• perienced foe, Emerson of Coast round in. the 155 pound division. Guard, in a three round decision. Harvard Withdraws From Eastern Intercollegiate Mat Tournament Harvad's Crimson grapplers will not be among those present when •the- Eastern ` 'lntercollegiate Wrestling Association tournament gets under way in Rec Hall next Friday afternoon, it was announ ced last night. The cancellatio - Cof the Harvad entries carried no reason• for the withdrawal but-:qi.ft only ten member colleges represented in the champiohshipro..•bouts. This means - that . 80 .grAmt-and-groan ers will compete_ for individual Association titles. Tickets for the four sessions beginning at 2 p.m. Friday and ending - at 7:309).m. Saturday will go on sale Monday at the Athletic Associatk* windows in Old Main:. Cost amenl tickets for the preliminary sessions at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday have been placed at. 55 cents. Semi-final bouts_rnay be view ed at 2 p.m. Saturday; March 14, by purchasing general admission ducats for 75 cents. Reserved seats will be on sale only for the finals which wi11..-begin at 7:30 p. m. Saturday. These seats cost $l.lO and will be situated in the upstairs balcony. General admis sion tickets are alSb available for bleacher seats at - 75 cents. Four champions - of the 1941 tournament will - -defend their titles in the 38th annual competi tion of 'the EIWA: Charlie Ride nour, Penn State, 121-pounds; Warren Taylor, Princeton, 136 pounds; Milton Bennett, Navy, 155-pounds; and Dick Dißattista, Pennsylvania 175-pounds, are present possesorra - the uncertain crowns. INTERFRATERNITY BALL Because IF Is Penn State's BIGGEST Weekend MARCH 27, 1942 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Nittany Swordsmen Seek Fourth In Row Clashing swords in thh, only home •-lthletic contest this after noon, the Nittany fencing team will meet the City College of New. York swordsmen in Itec Hall at 3:30 p. m. The Nittany sword flashers, en tering their second contest under the guidance of Dr. H. Arthur Meyers, will be seeking to protect a three-match victory string. After dropping their opening matches to traditionally strong Navy and Cornell teams, the Lion fencers slashed their way to con secutivP victories against Syra cuse, Temple, and Lehigh. The Penn State lineup for to day's match by weapons: foil— Harder, Reed, Riley; Swope, sub stitute: epee—Harder, . Dußois, Swope: Mcßeary, substitute; sa ber—Hankin, Montgomery; Bur leigh, substitute. PIAA Finals Tonight After completion of semi-final matches in the PIAA high school wrestling championships in R'ec Hall starting at 2 p. m. today, competition will enter the last stage at 8 p. m. when schoolboy grapplers fight for titles in 11 weight divisions. Uncle Sam promises plenty of rubber rings for canning season —thereby keeping out of a jam. Why? Where And When? AT LONG LAST—After four un successr;ul attempts to whip Loren Shoff, Captain Bob Baird, above, finally stopped the Syracuse ,145- pounder yesterday in the EIBA tourney at Charlottesville, Va. Elmer Gross Tops Cagers' Scoring Elmer Gross, senior co-captain and forward of the 1941-42 Lion court quintet, captured high scor ing honors for the season when he tallied 168 points to pace the Nit tanymen during their best year in the history of basketball at Penn State. Gross. with a total of 59 field goals and an impressive record of 50 successful foul tosses in 66 at tempts, was not far ahead of rangy Herk Baltimore who took second honors with 162 markers. Balti more edged Gross in field goals, however, by tallying 69 two-point ers. Three teams, in addition to the Lions,' have accepted NCAA tour ney invitations. They are Illi nois in the Eastern division and Rice and Colorado in the West. Individual Scoring fg f-ft 59 50- 66 69 24- 46 51 22- 41 37 17- 28 35 15- 25 30 11- 25 26 13- 22 Gross • . Baltimore Gent . Egli .... Ramin Hornstein Grimes . Silan . Smith . Cohen Totals 2 0- 0 4 2 0- 1 4 1 0- 1 2 312 152-255 776 Wernermen Seek Upset Over Favored Fordham Special to The Collegian NEW YORK. March 6—Highly respected by its "big town" oppo nents, Penn State's track and field team arrived here tonight to pre pare for its bid for the Blue and White's first IC4-A indoor track trophy. Fordharg's relay teams have made the Rose Hill school a top favorite in the 21st renewal of the indoor championships scheduled for Madison Square Garden to morrow night, but many metro politan track experts give the Nit taw team an outside chance to break the eight-year victory string of the New York City schools. Barney Ewell, favorite in the 60-yard dash and broad jump events, and John Glenn, holder of the Penn State high jump re cord of 6 feet, 5 1 / 2 inches, are the strong mints around which Chick Werner will build his .hopes of upsetting the Rams. Other possible winners of the all-important points in the track events are Norm Gordon and Alex Bourgerie, mile entrants, and Curt Stone and Herm Goffberg, Lion entries against a strong two-mile field of Schwartzkopf, Schmid lein, Cagey, and Nichols. Ed Miller is scheduled to run in the 1000-yard event, while Max Peters, Nittany ski captain, is the lone entrant in the 600-yard event. John Campbell of Fordham is the defending champion in the short er event. Barney Plesser, surprise Win ner of the third place laiurel in the 1941 outdoor IC4-A meet, will face strong competition in the hurdles events from MacKinnon of Harvard, and Hall of Tufts. Point possibilities for the Lions in the field events are Captain Joe Bakura. pole vaulter; Iry Krug, broad and high jumper; Saul Hanin, weightman; and Ewell and Glenn. A two-mile relay team of Gor don, Miller, Peters, and Bour genie has been selected by the Nit tany track teacher with the hope of garnring a few meet-winning points. 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