WEDNLSDAY, APRIL 14, 1948
Olympic Gym Chatter
Saturday, May 1, is a red-letter gym date at Penn State. When
local and national gymnastics fans flock to Rec Hall, it will mark
the first time in Olympic history that final United States gymnas
tic tryouts have not been staged in New York City.
Pre-Olympic competition in conjunction with the 1948 re
newal of the National Amateur Athletic Union championships
in Rec Hall will draw the country's foremost gymnasts, both
non-collegiate and collegiate; this will add a cubit to the al
ready-prominent stature of the College in national gymnastics
circles.
Cooperating in the Olympic spirit—fostering athletics on a
truly non-professional basis—the College is charging the United
States Olympic Committee nary a red penny for the use of its
facilities when they play host to the country's top gymnasts and
the fans who follow them.
Why? It's the Olympic spirit!
Lion Coach Gene Wettstone, secretary of the United States
Gymnastics Olympics Committee, explained, "It takes about
$500,000 to send the American athletic contingent in all sports
to the July Olympics in London. Since the Olympic Associa
tion wants to keep sports on a real amateur basis, it would
rather have the money from the people, from those really in
terested in the sport and in amateur athletics in true form.'
The Nittany coach, who won the Big Ten all-around title three
years in a row, continued, "Penn State is much in keeping with
this policy. The School of Physical Education has already made an
outright $lOOO donation and is about to dig into its. funds once
more to make many small contributions needed to run the Olym
pic tryouts."
He added, "The College will turn over all the May 1 gate
receipts and all revenue from the 25-cent programs to the
Olympic Committee. No complimentary tickets are being is
sued. All officials and contestants—some from as far as the
west coast—win receive no traveling expenses."
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Again, it's the Olympic spirit!
All this goes to help the United States Olympic Gymnastics
Committee reach its goal of $lB,OOO, to be raised through funds
received from the tryouts and district championships, and, sale
of stamps and auto license shields, and through private contribu
tions.
Coach Wettstone declared emphatically, "It's the hard way,
but it's being done—to keep the sport on a amateur basis."
Olympic officials' vigorous desire to keep the sport non
professional prompted them to turn down offers from two ma
jor tobacco companies to foot the $500,000 bill to send Ameri
can athletes to London. In return these companies would have
advertised nationally something like this—" Joe Doak, national
gym champ, smokes LaFuhmes."
Olympic bigwigs also turned thumbs down on a proposal by
the United States government to enact legislation to sponsor Uncle
Sam's team at London.
That's not all. What little advertising the Medart Manufac
turing Company in St. Louis derives from donating all the gym
equipment for the tryouts and London Olympics will not com
pensate for its expense in doing so.
What probably demonstrates to an exceptional degree the
interest gymnastic people have in the sport is a recent letter
from one of the judges who'll officiate May 1. He wrote that
he looked forward to coming to State College and was enclos
ing enough money to cover the price of his admission. ticket.
Coach Wettstone returned the money and thanked him. He
thought that at least the judges should get in free
Yes, it's the Olympic spirit!
Hemlocks Win Title
In Volleyball Loop
The Hemlocks clinched the
league title of the independent
section of the IM volleyball tour
nament by virtue of their forfeit
victory over Dorm 35 Monday
night. This victory ran their rec
ord to four wins and no losz;es.
The Steelers. league 2 champs.
sporting another 4-0 slate will
meet the Hemlocks Th.l rs ci y
night at 9 o'clock in the first of
the elimination playoffs of the
tourney.
Beta Theta Pi-A are league 1
champs and Phi Kappa Psi-B
swept league 13 of the fraternity
section: Loth teams boast four
victories and no defeats. Oti.er
fraternity champs will be decider(
Thursday night and playoff 3 of
fraternity entries will begin Mon
day night.
FROTH
Second of a Series
By Tom Morgan
1 Illness Slows Thielmen I
With letterman Rog Nestor out
vith a broken leg, and Captain
"Wild Bill" Hollenbach ill, Coach
Nick Thiel's stick forces are
short handedly preparing ior a
two-game trip to Philadelphia of
Friday and Saturday.
Hol]enbach. star defensive per
former in the goal, has imssed
Practice for the past ten days. but
Is expected to be ready I.y game
time on Friday, when the Lions
tangle with Drexel Tech. On Sat
urday. the Blue and White la
crossemen challenge Penn.
"I'm still undecided about our
team." Coach Thiel said. "We
should have a good squad, but it
isn't showing up in practice. It
may be that we're too evenly
matched, but what we need is
om e game experience."
Nick Thiel, lacrosse coach, edits
a monthly newsletter which goes
to more than 700 lacrosse en
thusiasts.
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An informal meeting will be
held in Rec Hall at 7:30 o'clock
tomorrow morning to organise
a weight lifting club among
the College students.
Two Penn State students,
George Heller and Joe Errioo,
will conduct the meeting and
will also give instruction to
Prospective weight lifters.
Weather Hampers
Tennis Playoffs
Cold weather. sweeping winds,
and rain combined last week to
hamper tennis elimination tour
naments to decide the varsity and
junior varsity teams.
Although held back by the ele-1
ments. three players show im
provement over last year's per- 1
formanees, said lanky Sherman
Fogg. tennis coach. These play
ers are George Kline, Ralph Pe
ters. and Al Sopp. who were onl
the 1947 squad, but did not play
any matches.
Coach Fogg points out that
tennis players must get into physi
cal shape the same as any other
athlete. He must stop eating
starches, sleep regularly each
night, and improve his wind. In
fact, Fogg said. some tennis play
lers run around the track a nd play
handball to make '1 reathing easier
during long matches.
Because of the bad weather the
players have not been able to
round into condition. Herb Beck
hard, beginning his third season
on the Lion court team, normally
weighs 190. but has to lose 15
pounds Wore the season starts.
Since Beckhard can't work out
every day he finds this task dif
ficult.
Ridenour Wins
In Olympic Trials
Charlie Ridenour, ex-Lion mat
great and now coach of the jay
vee grapplers, copped the 124.5-
pound class championship in the
District Olympic wrestling try
outs at New Brunswick, N. J., on
Friday and Saturday.
Ridenour, who represented the
New York AC, pinned arch-rival
Eddie Collins, also of the New
York AC, in the finals. The time
of the fall was 4:28. Ridenour
thus qualified for the Olympic
fianls, scheduled at Ames, lowa,
April 29 and 30, and May 1.
Ridenour won each of his five
bouts in the tournament by fall.
Bob Morgan, another former
Nittany matman, was eliminated
from the tournament on Saturday
afternoon. However, Morgan won
the consolation heavyweight
match by throwing Richard Read,
Valley Forge Military Academy,
in 11:08.
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26 Intramural Games Open
Handball, Badminton Sets
Five handball doubles contests and It 2 badminton matches
marked the opening of two new intramural elimination contests.
Only two matches were won by forfeit in the badminton games
while only two of the five handball sets were contested.
In badminton Monday night Hallman, Sigma Phi, won by forfeit
over Krusen, Alpha Ohi Sigma; Markowitz, Phi Sigma Delta, won
over Peters, Lambda Ohi Alpha, 1,5-0, 15-1 , 1; Fox, Phi Epsilon Pi, Won
over McKean, Phi Gamma Delta,
15-110, 115-6; Arnold, Phi Kappa
Sigma, won over Horen, Theta
Chi, 15-3, 15-2.
Carroll, Phi Kappa, won over
Hallowell, A.G.R., 15-9, 15..7;
Hoover, Theta Xi, won over Pe
try, Pi Kappa Phi, 15-7, 15-14;
Soling, Delta Tau Delta, won over
Parker, Phi Delta Theta, 15-8,
15-6; Meury, Sigma Alpha, won
by forfeit over Hyser, Alpha Zeta;
Klotz, Sigma Phi Epsilon, won
over West, Sigma Pi, 15-2, 15-12.
Cyphers, Pi K.A., won over
Sesser, Z.8.T., 15-6, 15-6; So..
wash,
,Lambda Chi Alpha, won
over Carothers, Triangle, 15-1,
15-2; Rosborough, Chi Phi, won
over Norton, Phi Gamma Delta,
15-5, 7-15, 15-12.
In Monday's handball games,
Jaffurs and Fessler, Alpha Chi
Sigma, defeated Mullen and Mc-
Hugh, Phi Kappa Sigma, 21-5,
21-10; Levy and Krane, Z.8.T.,,
defeated Abernethy and Bragg,
Pi K.A., 21-18, 18-21, 21-9; Luther
and Hagerman, Phi Delta Theta,
defeated Dieruff and Strunk,
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ray, SAE, defeated Firestone and
Berg, Beta Sigma Rho, forfeit;
and Colone and Sulk, Sigma Nu,
defeated Vitabile and Wilkie,
Theta Xi, forfeit.
Hafafors Name
1949 Tank Captain
Bill Schildrnacher, a sixth se
mester forestry student from Erie,
was named captain of the 1948
Nittany Lion swimming team at a
banquet given for the squad in
the State College Hotel recently.
Schildmacher, wh o competed
chiefly in the 50 and 100 yard free
style events last season, replaces
Don Peck, last year's captain, who
graduates this June.
Announcement of Bob Bench as
head manager and naming of three
first and two alternate tank man
gers also highlighted the annual
dinner.
Thursday
15, 1948
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