FRIDAY, MARCH 9,
_1.951
Gymnasts, Swimmers Vie For Eastern Titles
Valentino Defends
Tumbling'Crown
By BUD FENTON
Nine Penn State gymnasts, in
cluding Rudy Valentino, defend
ing tumbling king, will compete
in the Eastern Intercollegiate
championships tomorrow at An
napolis, Md. , '
The men will leave today for
the site of the tourney. At least
one Penn State athlete will com
pete in 'each of the six events. •
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Gene Wettstone, coach of the
gym-men who split even during,
the six-meet, dual season, report
ed yesterday that Jim Hazen,
flying. rings man and one of the
contenders for the Eastern title
will be unable to compete due to
academic difficulties.
Valentino will be attempting
to retain the title he won last
year in Rec hall. The human pin
wheel is unbeaten this season
and has lost only once in the
past two years. He will be the
favorite in the tumbling event
tomorrow. Owen Willilenson will
also compete in tumbling. .
Benner On Sidehorse
Dave Benner, winner of fourth
place in the / National tourna
ment last year, will be among
the top contenders on the side
horse. Larry Jamieson will be the
Lion second man in that event.
Tom Campbell and Earl ,Ker
ber will be entered in horizontal
bar competition. Campbell, a for
mer state high school champion,
has been impressive in his first
year of collegiate competition. -
Dave Schultz will be the only
Nittany entry in the rope climb.
A sophomore, he is expected to
gain valuable experience in the
tourney.
Dave • Douglass, parallel-bars
man, will be the only State corn
petitor in that event..
Bill Hendrickson will carry the
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Duelists Oppose Phila.,
Face Owls Tomorrow
The Penn State foilers close
their 1951 dual meet season this
'weekend in Philadelphia when
they engage the unbeaten
Philadelphia Fencers club to
night, and the Temple Owls to
morrow afternoon.
Coach Art Meyer announced
that he will use the same line
up that started last week. In
the sabers Captain Ed Merek,
Charles Ricker or Bob Searles,
and Jerry Clauser will ex
change blows for State.
Ed Kalanik, Joe Kusick, and
Tom Taylor are slated for the
foils, while Lou Como, Pete
Raidy, and Bob Whitman will
form the epee trio. Captain
Merek, Searles, and Ricker will
fence 'their final duels for
State.
Lion Trackmen Compete
In Cleveland K of C Meet
Seven Nittany trackmen are in
Ohio tonight to take their final
board running whirl of the seAsofi
in the Cleveland Knights of
Columbus games.
Mile relayers Bill Lockhart,
John Lauer, Guy Kay, and John
McCall are seeking to shatter the
ill-luck which has dogged them
the last two weekends. On the
other hand, Jim Herb, Bill Ashen
felter, and Bob Freebairn look to
repeat IC-4A successes in the high
jump, two-mile and mile respec
tively.
Homer Barr; wrestling captain,
will aspire to third heavyweight
title in the 1951 championships.
Nittany Lion hopes in the flying
rings competition.
Of the group, Valentino and
Benner are conceded the best
chances of gaining titles, while
Campbell, Schultz, Douglass, and
Hendrickson will be striving for
medal winning positions. •
Mermen Seeking
To 'Steal Points'
By JAKE HIGHTON
Rejuvenated by two' straight
closing victories, Lion swimmers
go into the Eastern Collegiate
Swimming Association champ
ionships with little hope of win
ning, but very eager to "steal"
points from the big boys.
The champiOnships, which are
being held in New York Uni
versity's pool tomorrow after
noon and night, figure to be a
four-cornered 'scrape among Rut
gers, Seton Hall (champs last
year), Pitt, and Lehigh.
Hamilton Bright Hope
Brightest prospect for indivi
dual honors among Coach Gut
teron's en tri e s is backstroker
George Hamilton who pi t ied up
seven victories and was never
worse than second all season.
Following his loss to Benza, of
Seton Hall,, and Art Mayer, of
Delaware, his chief foes tomor
row, Hamilton recorded a better
-time than his conquerors when
he zipped to a new Penn. State
record of 2:19:9 over the 200-
yard distance.
In the sprints, Cas Borowy will
swim for the Lions. Borowy has
won only once all season but the
had-working senior ha s had
75 YEARS OF TELEPHONE SERVICE
On the evening of March 10, 1876,
on the-top floor of a boarding house in
Boston, the telephone carried its first
intelligible sentence.
It seemed like a miracle to our
grandparents and great-grandparents.
Yet today, the telephone is a part of
our everyday living. And thatis the
real miracle the fact that the tele
phone has come to mean so much to so
many people in so many ways.
many heartbreaking second
place finishes.
Split Decisions
Several times Borowy lost by
the split second between one
hand slap on the finish board
immediately following another.
Sophomore diver Bob Kenyon,
victorious, four times in dual
meets, has recovered from food
poisoning which kept him from
the F&M meet and may pull a
few surprises on the favored
divers as he did when amassing
101 points against Syracuse.
BELL TELEPHONE ' SYSTEM
Aubrey Piper
Will be perfectly
At Home
as
"THE SHOW-OFF"
SCHWAB AUD. MARCH 15, 16, 17
"Mr. 8e11...1 heard every word you said distinctly!"
The telephone is an indispensable
tool of business and government to
day's tremendous job of production
and defense could not be tarried on
without it. It serves in minor emer
gencies and great ones. It helps main
tain family and community ties. And it
keeps right on growing and improving.
Never in the history of the tele
phone has it been so valuable to so
many people as right now.
PAGE SEVEN'
Gene Kolber has strong pos
sibilities' of placing in the 440
which he has won five times this
season but in his other specialty,
the 220, he has been beaten con
sistently.
Also with good chances of
carrying away points from the
"powers" is the 400-yard relay
team. A week ago the quartet of
Bob Long, Dick Wilson, Kolber,
and Borowy swam a fast 3:42.3
which set a Penn State record
only three seconds from the pool
mark.