Gehrdes Dethrones Dillard in Hurdle Test
Altoona Ace Covers Distance
In Record-Equaling :07.2 Time
It took time, training and an entire indoor season but today Jim
Gehrdes can look forward to a hurdle race with the knowledge that
no one is invincible.
The Penn State hurdle star turned the trick Saturday night
when he finally outraced Harrison Dillard who, up until the New
York Knights of Columbus race, was sporting a three-year undefeat
ed indoor string.
A tremendous ovation gree
Square Garden audience realized
that the Penn State hurdler had
beaten the former Baldwin-Wal
lace sprinter in the 60-yard high
hurdle race. Gehrdes zipped down
the Garden boards in :07.2 sec
onds to tie the meet record.
DUGGER
The Altoona star jogged
through his trial in :07.4 seconds
and then, with Ed Dugger right
on his heels, turned in a :07.2
timing for the semi-final heat to
tie the meet record
"I got off to a good start," said
the Nittany hurdler, "and kept
right on pressing down to the
finish line. After the race Dillard
said that he thought he was 'on,'
so I guess I just outran him.
"This was the first race I ever
ran that I couldn't describe,"
commented Gehrdes. "I was en
tirely unconscious of everything
around me except the track, the
hurdles and the finish line."
Finishing second just behind
Gehrdes was Digger. with Dil
lard third. Bill Mitchell, of
Georgetown, tripped over a hur
dle but recovered in time to finish
fourth.
RELAY
A second win turned in by the
Lion track squad was the mile
relay's victory in its heat. The
Penn State foursome whirled
around the boards in 3: 23.8 to out
distance Holy Cross, Colgate,
Villanova and Fordham.
Wilbert Lancaster took the first
leg of the medal-winning team's
event and passed the baton to
Paul Koch turned in a :51.5
quarter-mile but a poor baton ex
change dropped the Lions back to
third place when Bill Lockhart
started on the three-quarter mile
leg.
Sophomore John McCall, run
ning the anchor leg, outdistanced
the Colgate anchor man and
breasted the tape to give the Blue
and White a heat victory: N.Y.U.
turned in the fastest mile relay
time of the evening with a scorch
ing 3:19.
Alumnus Curtis Stone took the
two-mile race as his undergradu
ate running mate, Horace Ashen
felted, placed fourth.
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Cornell Fencers
Defeat Lions
Penn State's fencers extended
a favored Cornell squad right
down to the last match Saturday
before losing, 14-13, in Rec Hall.
After Cornell had won the foil
by a 5-4 margin, State countered
to score a resounding 7-2 triumph
in the sabre and take a 11-7 lead
going into the final event of the
afternoon.
Cornell bounced back to take
six out of the first eight matches
in the epee and bring about a 13-
13 deadlock. With all the chips
riding on the final match, Cor
nell's Dick Grimaldi, who had
previously defeated Bill Fairchok
and Rolf Wald, edged Art Ward,
3-1, to give his team its one-point
victory.
Grimaldi and Jim Jackson both
won all three of their epee mat
ches with their teammate, Stu
Paltrow, taking three decisions in
the foil. Rex Dyer and Paul
Younkin were outstanding for the
Lions in the sabre event, both
copping three straight tilts. In his
last match, Younkin spotted Cor
nell's Pete Malnati a 4-0 lead be
fore surging back to cop five
straight points and the decision.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Lawther's '42 Team Gained
Tourney Bid in 'Golden Year'
It took Coach John Lawther six years to do it, but in the winter
of 1942 he proved to Penn State and to the doubting basketball
world that you can win with the sliding zone.
The "Golden Year" in Nittany Lion basketball started off in
an ordinary manner as the team won three games and lost the
fourth, but 15 games later Lawther and his team were on their way
to the National Collegiate tournament in New Orleans.
This team chalked up the longest consecutive win streak in the
history of Nittany basketball as it took 12 straight to shatter the old
mark of 10 set in 1925.
That same year, the red-hot Lions received a "feeler" from the
National Intercollegiate Invitation Basketball Tournament at Madi
son Square Garden, but decided to take the more definite bid.
An outstanding squad composed of Elmer Gross and John Egli
at forwards, Herk Baltimore at center and Dave Hornstein and Dick
Grimes at the guards carried the Nittany colors to the New Orleans
affair.
Sporting a 17-won, 2-lost record, the Lawther-coached squad
was aiming for its 13th straight win against Dartmouth in the open
ing round of the contest. But the Big Green pulled out to an early
championship by trouncing Kentucky, 48-28.
" Continued on page five
Virginia Sluggers Limit
Lions to 4-4 Deadlock
A decision which raised many an editorial eyebrow even in the
partisan Virginia papers cost the Lions their third victory of the
Beason as Virginia held the Nittanymen to a 4-4 draw at Charlottes
ville Saturday night.
A clearcut dual -meet win was denied the Houckmen when an
unpopular decision was handed
lown in the 130-pound scrap
It was a battle of two former
EIBA champs, Lion Captain John
Benglian and Virginia's Al Hol
lingsworth. After John chased
his opponent for two minutes of
the first, second and third rounds,
the referee's nod went to the
Cavalier boxer.
FLOORS HOLLINGSWORTH
In the second and third round,
Hollingsworth hit the canvas, yet
Benglian did not receive credit
for the knockdowns as the referee
went on to score the bout 30-27.,
A reporter covering the fights
for the Richmond Times-Dispatch
described the Benglian-Hollings
worth contest thusly. "The crowd
was somewhat amazed when Hol
lingsworth was awarded the de
cision."
It was a repeat performance in
the 145-pound go. Another un
popular decision held Lion Jack
Sheehe to a draw, although the
veteran righthander bombarded
his green opponent often and ac
curately.
Again it was the Lions' victory
rluo of Smith and Bolger that
turned the tide of a meet that
practically seemed Cestined to be
awarded to the Virginians. Be
hind, 4-1, when he stepped into
the ring, Paul Smith displayed his
l!northodr,x ring style to the
rT,reatest advantage to win his'
"(mirth contest in five outings.
Light-heavy Jack Bolger also
annexed his fourth win by slug-
Hog out a decisive triumph in the
175-pound class. EIBA heavy
weight titleholder Chuck Brazen
ovich followed suit by turning in
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By ELLIOT KRANE
By GEORGE VADASZ
a winning hand in the unlimited
bout.
After a three week absence
from the ringwars, Nittany 125-
pounder Freddie Smith earned
half a point by holding his oppon-
ent, Len Coiner, to a draw in the
evening's opening bout.
Lou Guthrie, Lion 135-pounder,
suffered his second setback of
the season when he dropped a
decision to Virginia's "boxingest
Ixixer", Grover Masterson. Fight
ing at 155 pounds, Pat Heims
suffered his first loss at the gloves
of last season's 155-pound EIBA
-hamp, Joe Miragliotta.
The summaries:
summary: •
125 pounds--F. Smith, Penn State
Coiner, Virginia, draw.
130 pounds Hollingsworth, Virginia
deci Toned I3englian.
135 pounds—Masterson. Virginia, deci
sinned Guthrie.
146 pounds—Sheehe, Penn State, Eidel
fan, Virginia, draw.
155 pounds—Miraglotta, Virginia, deci
a:one(' Helms.
165 pounds--P. Smith, Penn State de
eisioned Maims.
175 pounds—Bolger, Penn State, decision
ed Levin.
Heavyweight—Drazenovieh, Penn State
deeisioned A. Smith.
TUESDAY, MARCH 8 1949
Gross Succeeds
Lowther As Top
Floor Coach
Continued from page one
tion teaching methods, of which
he is co-author of the text now
in its second revised printing.
EXPERT
Rated one of basketball's fore
most expert teachers of the slid
sliding zone defense, Lawther is
yearly in demand at clinics of the
sport. At Penn State he has be
come famous for molding compe
tent teams out of raw six footers
without prior playing experience.
His successor was considered
one of his most apt pupils, both
as player and coach, and is ex
pected to retain much of the Law
ther system.
As a senior in 41-42, Gress
captained the Lawther team that
traveled to the National Colle
giate Athletic Association tourney
in New Orleans. That team, Law
ther's greatest at Penn State, top-
Died the celebrated Whiz Kids of
Illinois University in the NCAA.
As Gross described it:
"We lost to Dartmouth by five
points in the first round, and they
went on to win the tournament.
We took our revenge out on Illi
nois' Whiz Kids by trouncing
them by about 10 points in the
consolation round."
MIDGETS
•
In that tourney, Gross and Lar
ry Ghent, Lion forwards, were re
ferred to as "Penn State's mid
gets" since their 5-feet-10 stature
was small beside that of other
teams' giants.
Lawther describes Gross as "a
great ball-handler and competi
tor,ss explaining:
"He could fake you right ,out
of your shoes. The best one in
this respect that I've had since
Gross is Joe Tocci of the present
basketball squad."
In their final game under Coach
Lawther's tutelage Saturday
night, members of the Nittany
Lion team were unaware of his
resignation, Milt Simon, squad
cantain, said:
"Neither I nor any of the other
boys knew the Coach was giving
up his position."
GARDEN
One of the first coaches to em
ploy the sliding zone type of de
fense, Lawther opened the first
Madison Square Garden double
header when his Westminster
team traveled to New York to
defeat St. John's of Brooklyn.
Lawther received his master of
arts degree in educational psy
chology at Columbia in 1934, and
has completed work toward his
doctorate at NYU, Pitt and Chi
cago.
As an undergraduate at West
minster, he was a member of four
varsity teams—basketball, foot
ball, track and baseball.
After graduation he taught sci
ence at Hubbard (Ohio) high
school, and then taught and
coached at New Wilmington (Pa.)
I high school. In 1926 he became
assistant professor of education
and head basketball coach at
Westminster, remaining at the
school for 10 years and serving
also as football coach from 1931
through 1933.
He became head of the depart
ment of education and psychol
ogy at Westminster in 1934 and,
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