FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1944
Penn State Gymnastic Team—Runner-Up in the Eastern Intercollegiates
. , •
hey Wins All-Around Title For Lions
Greene; Valentino Emerge
HU Gym Champions
By ART MILLER;' AkS/USNR
Penn State again proved itself
to be' one.. of the best in the; East
as the Nittany gymnasts, led by
' .Hal•:' Frey, .annexed .. twoof
*l e individual championships
as well" as the all-arotind.. laurels
in .the..: Eastern': Intercollegiate
Gymnastic • •League finals last
week at Annapolis. •
' The. took the • title as
they placed inen:in 'first blaces,ni
the :horizontal bars, • rope climb
and Dara.ll6: bars but the Lions
Pressed. them= right .down to the
wire as they rang•up victories in
the side :.horse and . .tumbling
ernta .to add to Frey's .all-around
title.
Steve Greene and Johnny Val-.
entino were the winners for the
Lions.. Both freshmen, they are
outstanding examples of Wett
s.tone-deloped gymnasts. •
in
also . took a third spot
the' parallel bar competition,
Frey came in third in the tumb
ling and. Warren. Neiger plodded
along steadily throughout the
competition to earn himself third
place notch in all-around ranking.
Frey Wears Cast
The . amazing thing about the
1014 .points "amassed by diminu
tive Hal Frey in downing his Na
vy rival Alex Julian was the fact
that the Nittany acrobat wore a
cast. on his • left ankle • through
out the competition.
Hindered •by a broken bone in
his ankle which.has made a cast
necessary the past five weeks, the
Lion veteran surprised everyone
including Coach • Gene Wettstone
by doing a fine job in the• tumb
ling to add to his point total and
win handily ,from his Middie foe.
Nationals Loom - -
Coach Wettstone has nominated
seven Lions to make the trip to
Philadelphia in mid-May to •par
ticipate in the National Amateur
Athletic Union Gymnastic Cham-
Pionships.
Hal Frey, with his cast off, will
take on the field in side horse,
parallel bars, rings, high bars,
clubs and tumbling.
, • Neiger will be entered in side
horse, parallel bar, flying ring,
high bar arid rope climb compe
tition while Greene will display
his Wares on : the side horse, high
bars, rings and rope climb.
Bill ;Wintersteen, third place
winner in the Indian clubs at
the Nationals last year, will share
the distinction with Frey of be
ing the only returning lettermen
'participating. He will .enter this
event again this year.
,Gaumer, Eddy and- Mangis• will
be additional Nittany entries in
the rope climb.
Valentino left immediately af
ter the Easlern Irttercollegiates
to enter the Army Air Corps and
will not be available to fill the
tumbling gap for Wettstone.
Serago Forsakes. Cake, Pie
To Win Goodman Trophy
Frankie Sprago didn't haN'e.a..sensational..record in the
.
ring this season. In fact he had scored, one victory until
...•
he whipped WestPointer.Salvadore FelieeS:fOr,the Eastern
••• • •
IntercollOgiate boxing'croWn last Satui day night. Still, when
Frankie .Goodman ,-. handed Said iiion.adaeh.LeO - kouelc:
.him the . Goodman ..trophy. for -had _eight- -.fighters • who
being •.the outstanding
,fenn ,would train • ; :as faithfully as
State boxer of the • year,*.the•fans ..Frankie!" • .
were .more .than satisfied. • Into these:'-three >months .of
• Many obstacles faced . diminu
tive Frankie Serago whenll4:came
to the first boxing practice-in Rec
.1-1611 last December. He weighed
142 pounds,'. just seven pounds
more than classy Billy Cochran,
and three . pounds less than tough,
sharpshoOter Hal Howard, both
sure bets for varsity spots.
Seting the field • crowded in his
own weight class, Serago was
willing to lose
. 15 pounds to fill
an empty class at 127. Frankie
began to boil pounds off. He
stopped l idrinking water. Ate no
potatoes or gravy. Turned away
from cake, pie, ice cream and
milk. Cancelled soup, pudding, and
rolls from his menu. Saw no soft
drinks or cigarettes during study
hours.
Frankie's grind for the 127 nod
didn't stop at the restaurant -coun
ter, for in . nearly three months
training, he never missed a night's
practice.
WHATIIME'ISIT?
March 24-25
.training • for the . intercollegiate
.boxing meet, Serago . packed ten
`.minutes of stornaChexercises . into
his, conditioning course every
night. Then with three 'rounds . of
'rope fuinping behind for the day,
:he' would.. box three rounds on: the
•light • bag,
_three rounds on the
•heavy•bag, and . Spar ayegular bout
with other men .his weight divis
ion.
`.`ls that all?." jibed a reporter.
said Frankie, "nearly
'every night . I run a mile before I
qUit, just to get a little more
wind."
Ready ' for Fighting Now
Finally getting to' his objective
at 127, he found disappointment
awaiting him in his first two
fights, as he dropped decisions to
Felices of Army and Coakley of
Maryland. When Virginia came to
Penn State he got his first win of
the season, and followed with a
(Continxted., •page . eight)
Penn State Thespians
TIME . .TO. ."D :.-..,\NCE
THE COLLEGIAN
Present
Niffany Lions Place In Gymnastic,
Boxing, Wrestling Infercollegiales
The results of the Eastern In
tercollegiates in gymnastics, box
ing and wrestling, held this past
week, follow:
GYMNASTICS
SIDEHORSE-1. Greene, Penn
State 265; Julian, Navy 250; Zinzi,
Dartmouth 264; Gibson, Army
215.
HORIZONTAL. BARS— Spang
]er, Navy 254; Gross, Army 231;
Wagner, Navy 220; Fortson, Navy
218.
ROPE CLIMB—:-DaviS, Navy.
Time 4.2. Farris, Navy and Wear,
Army. Time 4.4; Steele, Army.
Time 4.7.
PARALLEL BARS Julian,
'Navy 260; Dougherty, Navy 226;
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Green, Penn State- 225; Lobel],
Army 212.
FLYING RINGS—Moore, Ar.•
my 250; Hacker, Navy 243; Ran
kin, Navy and Checkering, Army
236.
TUMBLlNG—Valentino, Penn
State 259; B]azin, Army 244; Frey
Penn State 240; Worthington, Ar
my 210.
ALL - AROUND CHAMPION—•
Frey, Penn State 1014; Julian,
Navy 866; Neiger, Penn State 847;
Reiff, Temple 736; Spangler,
Navy 724.
BOXING
120 POUNDS—Thistle, Coast
(Continued on page eight)