TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1950
Gehrdes; - :::•Firitts.. Win
IC4A Championships
BY JOE BREU
Captain-hurdler Jim Gehrdes
and high jumper Vic Fritts are'
responsible for Penn State's being
among a select group in the col
legiate track world today.
Both won their events i at the
IC4-A meet at New York Sat
urday and as a result State is
one of the few schools in the
nation to be able to claim two
intercollegiate champions.
' The championships were the
first for both Nittany • thinclads
and both accomplished their vic
tories in much the same manner.
Gehrdes came from behind after
hitting the first hurdle and Fritts
won his title on the last jump
in the . , event.
Gehrdes looked like a sure bet
to break the meet record if not
.equal the world's record in the
.60 yards high hurdles event as
:he whizzed through his pre
liminary heats in sensational
tstYle. But his • mishap with the
initial hurdle of the champion
ship ' race ruined. any such
'chances.
GOOD FORM
In fact, his ability to come
back and win the race at all
after being slowed almost to a
Standstill by the accident bears
out the- form ,that the Altoona
Express was in Saturday night.
Jim's victory was doubly sweet
in that he won his first race
from Michigan State's star
timbertopper, Horace Smith. The
Lion Captain caught the Spar
tan Speedster in • the last few
strides before hitting the tape.
Jim's time was 7.3, a tenth of
a second off the meet record.
Chalking up his second in
door season victory, Fritts scored
"one of the upsets of the evening.
The lanky junior won the high
* jump crown with a leap of 6 feet
4 1 / 4 inches. •
Vic seemed-headed for a four
way first place tie. He and three
fellow jumpers had all cleared
6' 3" but all had failed to top
that mark. The veteran Nittany
trackster had the last jump of
the event and it was on this at
tempt that he made good. He
was given he chance to try' to
Clear the bar at 6' 6" but after
nearly making it on his first try,
he failed. Vic previously won the
high • jump, at the Philadelphia
Inquirer meet this winter.
DISTANCE MEN
, For the first time in years,
Penn State's distance men fail
ed.to steal any share of 'the
• spotlight at the IC meet. In, the
last few seasons it had a' case of
all the glory going to the Vit
tany distance aces. But Satur
day night was differe,pt.
It was Wil- Lancaster who
showed the Lion: runners the
way' as he captured fourth place
in the 60 yard sprint. The race
was won by Seton Hall's star
dash man, Andy Stanfield in .6.3
seconds, a tenth of a second off
Barney 'Swell's often equalled
world's record. Joe • Cianciabella
of Manhattan, was second and Ira
t , Kaplan of NYU finished third.
As for the distance men, State's
entries. of Don Ashenfelter and
Bob Freebairg in , the Mile and
Bill Ashenfelter and. Dudley, Fos•
ter in the two mile failed to win
places but in even •qualifying for
the final heats in the star fields
they proved their worth. • ,
In the special two.. mile ' run
of non-collegiate, star.distance
runners it was an old story—
Fred Wilt. The FBI Flyer won
going away from Ireland's and
Villanova's John Joe Barry. Wilt
covered the course in 8:55.2, only
a second slower than Curt
Stone's time in the Boston A.C.
games ,which was the fastest of
the season.
. GRAD RUNNERS
Penn State's two ex-grad run
ners, Horace Ashenfelter and
Curt Stone finished in third and
fifth respectively. Ash set the
pace for the first mile but
couldn't maintain it once Wilt
got , moving. John Twomey of
Illinois who trains at State, fin
ished fourth. Stone,
,who had
bowled over Wilt the, week be
fore in .the NAAU meet, just
didn't have it Saturday night.
Coach• Chick , Weimer is well
pleased, with the showing his
Lion. thinclads made and es
pecjally, with the two titles won
by Gehrdes and. Fritts. Compe-
Tgr, DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Jim Gehrdes
titian in the meet was furious
and more than one record fell
by the wayside. In addition to
Fritts upset win, quite a few
other totally unexpected winners
turned up , with Syracuse's Dick
Church's triumph in the • two
mile the .top surprise.
State Boxers Prep for Virginia.;
Vtlisconsin. Wins By 4.5-3.5 Count
Acting Coach Ed Sulkowski is still pondering over the question,
"How close can you come to winning and still lose?" as he is sending
his ring charges through strenuous workouts in preparation for this
Saturday's boxing finals against the University of Virginia.
Last Friday, before 9,000 screaming fans at Wisconsin, the
Lions suffered their second consecutive defeat, a close 4 1 / 2 4 1 / 2 de
cision to the highly-touted Bad- I
ger ringmen.
LIONS IMPRESSIVE
Yet the Blue and White mad 6
an impressive showing against a
supposedly "loaded" Wisconsin
ring unit. The dual meet was the
17th between the two schools; the
victory was Wisconsin's 16th.
Before the opening 'gong, Wis
consin sported 51 straight home
wins and expect
- little trouble
.om the visiting
ions. But at the
id of the eve
:ng's fireworks,
sportsc ribe
ommented:
Penn• State
tine here with-
Lt the fanfare
some of the
;her teams 'on
badger sche
dule, .tut they came just as close
to deft:ating the Badgers as al
racist any other boxing team you
can name."
In the. evening's most highly
publicized bout, the heavyweight
scrap, .Chiick Drazenovich topped
Vito Parisi in a sizzling battle.
• PARISI ROUGH
Parisi, 1948 NCAA heavyweight
charrip; ;the second national king
'pin to • absorb chuck's stinging
blows, 'gave the . Draz a lot, more
trouble than • did Marty Crap
dell ;Iwo.. weeks ago. ParWi lost
Fellieirs'-capture..Secon4Win,
Edgo. Johns' HopkiiiO4-13 . .'.: .
•BY JOHN DALBOR Carty won two-and lost • one'.
The Nittany Lion fencers hit Ralph: Meier took :one' match and
No; 2 in the win column by lost two: Louis • Como fenced in
nipping the bladesmen of Johns his first meet for Tenn State, re-
Hopkins 14 to 13 in Baltimore, placing .Gene Goldbloorp, and
Md., Saturday. dropped, all three, of his matches.
The saber competition proved In the epee, team captain Rolf.
the deciding event and gave Wald won two and' dropped one,
Penn State its victory. The Lions Pete Raidy also won two and
were behind 10' to 8 •going into lost one. Wayne Culver was de
the saber, last event of the feated in his two matches, but
afternoon, but they forged ahead his substitute, Bill, Fairchok,
by copping it 6to '3. captured the last one. •
Paul Youkin, continuing his This meet brought the swords
winning, ways led the Nittanies men's season record of two vie
with three wins, and no losses tories and three losses. Penn
in the saber. Ed Merek in the State had previously defeated
same event won two' and dropped• Temple, but lost .. to Lehigh,
one. John• Richards won one and Army, and • NYU.
lost two. This Saturday the fencers will
John Hopkins took the foil 6 travel to • Ithaca, N. Y, where
to •3. For the Lions, Harry MC- they, match stilettos with Cornell.
Men interested in playing col
legiate volleyball are asked to
report to the Rec Hall volley
ball courts in Hee Hall Mon
day, Wednesday, and Friday at
4 p.m., or call Don Wilson at
2919.
Loss of Gridders
Doesn't Irk Milt
Dr. Milton Eisenhower, an avid
'sports fan, told- about a last-ditch
attempt to keep him at Kansas
State this fall. He said that a re
lease from State College, stating
that all but three Lion varsity
football players would graduate
this season, was placed on his
desk.
The clipping, put there by the
president of the Kansas
. State
Board of Regents, was marked,
"Dear Milton—want ..to change
ycur mind?"
Title Prospects
The Penn State threesome, of
Don Maurey, 136 pounds„Cap
'tain Jim .Maurey, 145 pounds,
and Homer Barr,
heavyweight,
still is conceded an excellent
chance of winning title honors in
the 1950 Eastern intercollegiate
wrestling championships. Barr
won his first title• as a sophomore
last year.
By GEORGE VADASZ
the first round, had • an edge in the
second, but in 'the third, ' with
Drazenovich trying for a knock
out, was no. match for the Lion
heavyweight contender.
In a bout that caused the great
est furor, the 175-pound go, Penn
State's Jack • Bolger was awarded
a decision over Gerald Meath.
Meath was penalized two points
for hitting after the bell; through
out the match there was - more
hitting fater the bell and in the
clinches than there usually is in
a collegiate fisticuffing duel.
The Lions' other•point zatberer.
was 135-pound 'John Albarano.' In
winning his fourth in five starts,-
Albarano looked impressive. He
copped tbree 10-9 •:rounds from
his Wisconsin opponent, Les Paul.
At, 130-pounds, Harry Pariacha-:
ralambous was. held•to a draw-'by
Jim "Red" Sieeraii. tast • year
Sreeran decisioned Penn`:State's
Captain; Johnny Benglian• in the
quarter-firiaLs of .the NCAA tour
nament. •
Both of Wisconsin'S
.co-cap
tains, Steve. Gremban,
• t
and Dwaine Dickinson; at 145,
continued on theit Y wiruung,.; ways.
Gremban • took all three: rounds
from the Lions' ' John 'Hanby
while Dickinson: eked. out • a. ene
point edge Over . 'Frank-Gilisa.-
Voila). Ball
RAPP.Y DRAWS
Record 272 Matmen
Take IM Physicals
By Mary Krasnansky
Intramural wrestlin's. record,
breaking entry of 249 fraternity
and 23 independent men yester
day started taking physical
checkups. by
,the College dispen
sary for what promises to be the
toughest mat campaign in IM
annals. The medicos will hold
the spotlight• until March 9.
• The 'standard-bettering frater
nity wrestling enrollment topped
last year's previous high of 206.
The 1949 high of '22 indepen-'
dents also fell by the wayside
before a torrent of entries that
poured into the IM office Fri
day, afternoon.
Only two of the five eligible
defendirig. champions have cho
sen to, enter the competition,
scheduled to begin about March
15. Vince Cavanaugh, Delta Up
silon's 145-pound titlist, will
compete in the 155-pound di
vision and Phil Cloud, Pi Kappa
Phi, last year's, 155-pound
winner, will be seeking the 165-
pound title this season..
NO CHAMPIC
Phi Delta Theta, 1949 champ
ion,- will have to defend its title
without either of its three cham
pions, Ted Aiken, 121-pound
champion has been graduated,
Tom M Dermott, heavyweight
Seek Honors
• Curt Stone and Horace Ash
enfelter,. both Penn State pro
ducts, are currently vying with
Fred Wilt. for American two
mile honors. Both do their train
ing on the campus.
winner is ineligible under IM
regulations, and Augustus Pierce,
165-pound champion, has not en
tered.
Cavanaugh will be facing a
field of 40 grunting hopefuls in
his quest to gain the 155-pound
championship. John Hull, Beta
Theta Pi, who lost to Cloud'
the finals last year, and John
Case, another leading contender
in 1949 are among the 40 en
tered in the division.
KNOCK DOWN BATTLE.
The 175 and 145 pound classes
should piovide some knock
down, drag out competition be
fore a winner is culled from the
bunch. Bill Eggert, Sigtha Nu,
loser to Mike Rubino in the finals
la:st year, Ron Coder, Phi Kappa
Sigma, and Ed' Van Sickel, two
of last season's semMinalists
are all among the 32 entries in
the light-heavyweight division.
Sandy Cameron, Beta Theta
Pi, 'runner-up in the 145-pound
section last year, and John - Mc-
Call, Alpha Tau Omega, head the
list of 39 entered in that class..
LEADING ENTRIES
Paul Hallman, Sigma Pi, is a
leading contender in the 25-man
128-pound class, while the 121-
pound division looks like a wide
open race among the 13 entries.
George Kurtz, Lambda Chi Al
pha, heads a list of 34 hopefuls
in the 135-pound section, and
Kip Siebler, loser to Pierce in
the finals, looks like the leading
entry in the 165-pound.
Footballers Paul Kelly Phi
Kappa Psi• Lloyd Amprim, Kap
pa Delta Rho, and Mario Sant
angelo are among the 31 con
tenders for the heavyweight
title. •
Heavies
Heavyweights promise plenty
of action when the 13th NCAA
boxing tournament is held at
Penn State March 30-April 1.
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