FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 11948 Gymnasts Battle For Solo Honors With the 1948 Etiatern team title tucked safely in Nittanytown, tea. varsity gymnasts entrained today for West Point to try their skill in tomorrow's Eastern Intercollegiate Championships. Coach Gene Wettstone's proteges copped the team champion ship by downing Temple, Navy and Army in dual meets, and will compete individually tomorrow with gymnasts from these teams for Eastern individual crowns. Although the Lions will encounter keen competition, they rated a good bet to annex championships in several events. Defending Eastern Intercollegiate side horse champion is Blue and White's Steve Greene, who remained undefeated throughout dual meets this sea son and should maintain his crown wo n last year. NO SPECIALTY With his sights trained on winning an Olympic berth in 11tilay, Lion Ray Sorensen has been working out ail season in several events, with no concen tration on any particular one. His all-around ability on the four apparatus events •• horse, flying'gt„., rings, parallel bars and hori- • . zontal bar—may win him the•• • • • • 'I:: Eastern all- around cham pionship and GREENS could yield an individual title on either the hor izontal bar or p-bars. Last year Sorenson lost the all around toga to Temple's Bob Stout, whose adeptness in tumb ling was a deciding factor. Since This year's all-around scoring will o mit tumbling, Sorenson and Stou' are expected to battle on even terms in the four apparatus ev ents, Another all-around Nittany competitor will be 13411 Bonsall, who finished third last year. His forte, the flying rings, will in clude top-notch competition from Temple, led by Chick Ackerman, whom Bonsall topped in last week's contest. ROPE CLIMB To cop the Eastern rope Climb title, Joe Linn will have to de feat the defending title-holder, Navy's George Hoffman. He has already accomplished this in a recent meet. Lawfer, another Nit tany clirrilber, is expected to place in this event. A bubbling battle looms be tween the Lions' Bill Meade and Temple's Bob Stout. The latter defeated Meade by a close margin in last week's meet in Philadel phia and is the defending champ, but Meade holds an excellent chance to beat the Owls at West Point. Other Nittany gymnasts ma king the journey to West Point include Mike Kurowski, who may place on the horizontal bar; Dick Klatz, rings performer who placed second to Bonsall in last week's Temple meet; Bill Morris, who will enter the flying rings event and Pete Howachyn, tum bler. SATURDAY NIGHT "HAY MOW and HO DOWN" Westminster Hall 8:00 P. M Fun-Frolic-Refreshments Fellowship. Bring Your Friends! STUDENT DEPARTMENT Sunday 9:30 P. M. Worship Service and Bible Discussion Group WESTMINSTER FELLOWSHIP Fireside Room 6:20 Hymn-Sing Illustrated Address "Mexican Mission Projects" Mr. and Mrs. L.. M. Zook, Graduates of the Class of 1929, and Agricultural Missionaries to Mexico Mermen Compete Against 19 Teams Coach Bill Gutteron and seven members of his team will leave today for the Eastern Intercolle giate Swimming Tourney to be t cld at Rutgers University Satur aay afternoon. The Lion tankers will compete against representatives from 19 of the top swimming teams in the East. including Temple, victc: over the mermen earlier in the season. Army. Columbia, and un- Cefeated Navy. Cal Folmsbee And Michael Kut senkow will participate in the div ing competition. John McGrory nd Bill Schildmacher will swim in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events. and captain Don Peck will vie for the 220-yard freestyle title. Dave Hughes and Iry Ten zer round 0 , .:t the Nittany entries. Gutteron's natators are ttmta lively scheduled to compete m five of the events: the 50-yard freestyle. the 100-yard freestyle, the 220-yard freestyle, the 400- vard relay. and the diving comoe t;tion. Collegian Sports Staff Forecasts 1948 Eastern Tourney Champions Predictions for the Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing and Wrest ling Tournaments have been made by the sports staff of The Daily Collegian. The EIBA meet is being held in Charlottesville. Va.. while the wrestling tourney is taking place in Bethlehem. Wrestling 121 lbs--Mcßaven, Lehigh 128 lbs—Raabe. Army 136 lbs—W. Smith, Navy 195 lbs—Fletcher, Navy 155 Ibs—Mansell, Yale 165 lbs—Perri, Syracuse 175 lbs—Jackson, Lehigh Unlimited O'Shaughnessy, Co. lumbia PAN-HEL, I.F.C. BALL SEMI - FORMAL APRIL 16 DANCING 9-1 REC HALL THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PIINNSYL.VANTA The Daily Collegian mis takenly reported yesterday that Charles Ryder defeated Jerry Wolf in an IM handball singles match. Wolf topped Ryder 2/- 15, 21-17. Eight Nillanymen Seek Miff Honors In EIBA Tourney Coach Leo Houck's boxers en trained yesterday to seek honors in the twenty-fifth annual Inter collegiate Boxing Association Tournament at the University of Virginia. The Lions will compete against five of the East's king powers Virginia, Syracuse, Army, Coast Guard and Western Maryland. The Nittany men loom as strong contenders to wrest the team crown from Syracuse, last year's champion. Coach Leo Houck sports two former Eastern champions in his lineup, Jackie Tighe and John Benglian. These two are rated as likely crown winners at 155 and 130 pounds, respectively. A third prospective titlist is husky heavyweight. Chuck Dra zenovich. Freddie Smith, regular Lion 125-pounder, was untble to make the trek to Virginia because of an elbow injury received in last week's bout against Allen Hol lingsworth. John Deck will rep resent the Lions in the 125-pound class. Bob Keller, 165-pounder who last week made a triumphant debut to the Blue and White var sity ranks, will seek honors in that weight class. Representing the Lions in the 135-pound class will be Curt Crooks. Crooks, a hard-stabbing stylist, has made good showings in his last ring performances. Jack Sheehe will don gloves in Boxing 125 lbs—AuClair, Syracuse 130 lbs—Benglian, Penn Stale 135 lbs—Heistand, Army 145 lbs—Jim Miragliallo 155 lbs—Tighe, Penn State 165 lbs—Levine, Syracuse 175 lbs—Shoaf, Virginia Unlimited Drazenovich, Penn State House Correction 0÷ Q 4 AMERICA'S 1 FAVORITE JOHNNY IN LONG HIS ORCHESTRA Party Weekend Hetrick, ArbLickle Out as . .. Initiries Hamper Lions Hopes In Eastern Wrestling Trials Penn State's chances of a goad showing in the intercoll.....g.afe wrestling tournament at Leliigh today and tomorrow were ia%ed severely when it was learned that two regulars. Don Arbuckle and Bob Hetrick. are sidelined with shoulder injuries. Coach Charlie Speidel was still undecided as to who would take Arbuckle's place in the 136-pound class when the team left yester day. Speidel indicated that two men. Harry Smith and Mickey Silverman, were traveling with the team, and either of them might start. Silverman is the po tential starter in that weight class. but in order to grapple, he must take off five more pounds. CORMAig FOR HETRICK Spider Corman, who wrestled most of the . season in the 1.75- Pound division, where he won two and lost four, will replace Hetrick. Hetrick was out for a short time a few weeks earlier. the 145-pound class. Sheehe is considered by Houck one of his most improved boxers. Lanky Paul Smith will step into the ring in the 175-pound FOLLOW THE TRACKS OF "THE GREAT WHITE BEAR " THESPIAN SPRING SHOW OF '4Bl TRY-OUTS At These Times: Dancers —3-5 P.M. Saturday-405 Old Main 8:30-10 PM. Sunday, Schwab Aud. Singers —(Bring Your Own Music If You Have It) 1-3 P.M. Saturday-405 Old Main 7-8:30 P.M. Sunday—Schwab Aud. Speaking Parts-7-10 P. M.Sunday—Schwab Aud. but wrestled against Cornail 000 weeks ago. The remainder of the Lion line up will find Georgie Schantz at 121 pounds; Al Vigilante. 123; Jim Maurey. 145; Laird Robertson , . 155; Earl Long. 175; and Walt/ Chambers, heavyweight. Robertson is the onis new face among the starters. The ex-PIRA champion is wrestling in place of Grant Dixon, EIWA 156-pound king•in 1946. Navy and Lehigh are the favor ites to cop the team title. with Navy holding a slight edge by virtue of its dual meet victor,' ever the Engineers. Franklin and Marshall is considered a dark horse. The Diplomats are well balanced and strong in every weight class 126 entries have been received foam 16 member colleges for this year's tournament, which s the largest tournout in the 43-year history of the meet. Six defending chamvions wili be on hand to vie for 1018 titles. They are Pilgrim Mcßaven ' and l Ed Erickson. Lehigh; Wayne Smith and Johnny Fletcher, Navy; Stan Thevenet. Army; and Rana O'ShaughnessY, of Columbia. CORSAGE INCLUDED WITH PRICE OF ADMISSION $4.50 PER COUPLE PAM Thom
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