SATUKDAY; JANUARY 19, 1952 The Lion's Loir From the reactions of the crowd, at the gymnastics meet Thurs day night, Nittany Lions fans have adopted another sports darling i irt;'talented Jean Cronstedt, Pehn State’s own “Flying Finn.” •yin the three years that we’ve been at State, gymnastics has 'always run. fourth to Penn State’s other winter sports, basketball, Wrestling, and boxing, in crowd appeal. This is in no way a reflection on the caliber of • Gene Wett-1 stone’s teams, but probably is be- 1 cause gymnastics is the least fam ilar sport to students doming to State. ' 'Most high schools in the state do not.have > 'tic \d a good perci age of the : dents witne: their first gj meet in Rec Hi in their frc man or sopj more year college. Becai of this, mr people do . understand t scoring, s therefore,. d( interest whicl .iey qo ball, wrestling, or boxing. But it doesn't take an avid gymnastics fan to recognize Cronstedt as a superb gymnast. His performance. on the; hori ' zonial bar was almost flawless . as he gained 287 points out of a possible 300. With three \ judges voting, that's an ’aver age of 95.6 points per judge out of a possible perfect score of 100. Cronstedt' _ also managed t o gam 278 points on the parallel bars or an average of 92.6 per judge. When you perform well Sport Flashbacks JANUARY 1942 ... In recognition of their brilliant soccer careers at Penn State, Captain Woody King and Anibal “Bringo” Galindo were chosen as the inside forwards on the All-Eastem soccer team. - Led by John Egli, junior. .'forward who scored 14 points, the Lion cagers romped to a one-sided victory, 53-26, over American U. The triumph brought Coach John Lawther’s 16-year collegiate coaching record to 237 victories against 71 defeats for a percentage of .769. Coach Charlie Sp'eidel’s wrest ' lers dropped a close 19-13 match to Michigan. Although the Wolverines . edged out State, each team won [ two matches by falls with • "Double-Bubble" Kerns and Charlie Ridenour registering pins in the heavyweight and 121-pound classes, respectively, “ for the Lions. * * West Virginia’s second half on slaught turned a close battle into a rout as Penn State’s courtmen went dojwn to a decisive 5.8-33 de feat. The Mountaineers put the game on ice in the final two periods after the count stood at 26-19 at halftime. < * * Jack Grey, Jess Fardella, Ho- P mer Hoffman, and Ernie George contributed triumphs when the varsity boxing team ushered in Coach Leo Houck’s 20th .year as fistic mentor at State with a 4%- ;3% win over Western Maryland. '•With bantam Charlie Ridenour scoring his third straight fall in ; 'as-.many .starts, State’s wrest ling team outmaneuvered the Middies , on r the Rec Hall mats, 16-14. Ridenour pinned ,121-pound er John Gano with a body scissors arid'half-nelson in 5:03. Paced by Herk Baltimore, later a Wilkes-Barre Baron pro fessional cage star,, the Slate courtmen had won six of their eight games. Pivot man Balti j'Snore meshed 66 points to lead the field with Elmer Gross, sen i'o r . co-captain, second, with 51 markers? Both scored in every game. . Coach Gene Wettstone’s gym nasts downed '.a. favored Univer sity of. Chicago, squad in Chicago, 111., ~30-15. Harold Zimmerman Lcaptured: two first- place 1 posi tions, winning :, the -parallel - bar By ERNIE MOORE Collegian Sports Editor enough to get 90 points from a judge,.you’re really putting on a show. Three other Lion gymnasts captured- the fancy of the Rec Hall crowd. Jim Hazen' pulled 271 points on the flying rings; Bobby Lawrence, 280 on . the side-horse; and Bob Kenyon 272 in tumbling; Meet Captain Owen JVilkenson also showed . good form on the trampoline. Since the trampoline is not a regular Eastern Intercollegiate event, Wilkenson's performance stands out all the more. He fin ished second -only to Reggie White, Southern' Conference trampoline champion. ,• All in all, we’d say that Wett stone has a well-balanced gym team. With Cronstedt on the hori zontal and parallel bars, Hazen on the rings, Kenyon leading the tumblers, Lawrence on the side horse, and Dave Shultz in the rope climb,' it’s going to take a pretty good gymnastics team to turn back-the Lions this year. ■*** '■ Congratulations to Penn State’s basketball team for its’ record smashing performances against Gettysburg and Dickinson, and to Jesse Amelle for setting a new away game individual high of 28 points. By JOHN SHEPPARD * * and tumbling events. * • * Elmer Gross and his one hand shots bore the brunt of the Nitiany attack as the home forces scored a 41-33 upset over .Temple. Gross marked up 14 points on five field goals and four successful tosses from the foul line. im 8^800*,.. AT All Sizes! MURPHY’S Blue Book 32 PAGES 3 lot 10e VALUES! 16 PAGES 2 ,or 5e • - , 8 PAGES 2 for 5c SHOP FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES AT MURPHY'S G. C. MURPHY Co, MID-WINTER HARDWARE SALE Special Prices Limited Time Only! (ALL GOODS IN STORE) m IS * 2 ” Ls X h4 ® r^e4 Auto Thermometer Simulated, cut glass design Fasten-? tn .... ci^Sfor. 52,29 29c MM? CENTRE HARDWARE SOUTH ALLEN STREET TOE DAILY STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA , r#.. -_i . .*. t. • . / .I’. -v- ■*,. < - •- ■> NSC A Picks Follmer 2d Team All-America Penn State right halfback Frank Follmer was among seven, Penn sylvania college players named to the 1951 edition of the National Soccer Coaches Association All- America team. The selections were made at the opening day session of the as sociation at the Hotel Paramount in New York City. , Follmer was named to the sec ond team, as were four others of the select seven. The lone players from Pennsylvania to make the first team were Tony Puglisi, outside left for West Chester, and George Place, Swarthmore’s inside right. Temple Places Two •Other second team selections include two from Temple and one each from Lehigh and Penn. Arnold Menge, right fullback, and Lennie Oliver, center half back, represented Temple. Le high had Dick Gigon, outside right, for its representative while Penn placed Joe Devaney at cen ter forward. The lone repeater on the first team was Jim Hanna, Seton Hall, who was again nominated to the right halfback post. Gordie Jayne, Navy’s left wing, also was nominated to the second team. Jayne played against State this year and it was his penalty kick that gave the Middies a 1-0 lead. The score ended in a/2-2 tie. I Players selected -for the firsl team were guests at the All-Am erica dinner last-night. Future Nittany Foe Leads Ivy League ' NEW YORK. Jan. 18 (A*) Pennsylvania,' leading the Ivy basketball league with a 3-0 rec ord, entertains Dartmouth (1-2) tomorow night while Cornell and Princeton, locked in a second place tie with two victories each, clash at Ithaca, N.Y. Both are important games, as a loss by Penn would give- Cornell or Princeton a chance to take over the league lead. Penn, fresh from a vital 66-64 victory over defending champion Columbia last Wednesday, will be seeking to make it two straight over Dartmouth. The Quakers whipped Dartmouth, 73-67, last Saturday in Hanover, N.H. Chick Werner has been at the helm of the Penn State track team for 19 years. He also coaches cross-country. Guests at Dinner 2d Team All-American... Y/< y,'y Fran Follmer Sim Carter Offered Guarantee to Meet Paddy DeMarco SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18 (AP) —Boxing promoter Bennie Ford said today he was prepared to offer lightweight champion Jimmy Carter a guarantee of $25,- 000 or 35 per cent of the gate re ceipts to defend his title here in a 15 round match, with Paddy De Marco gf Brooklyn. The offer was telegraphed to Carter’s manager,' Willie Ket chum, in New York. De Marco’s manager, Jimmy Dixon, who also is in New York, agreed to the proposed match today by tele phone. De Marco, rugged little battler who throws punches from all angles, fought here last night with Eddie Chavez of San Jose. The scheduled ten-rounder was stopped at the end of the fourth round and declared a “technical draw” when Chavez suffered a cut over his right eye. The cut re quired six stitches. PAGE SEVETp Mafmen - (Continued from page six) thews was unbeaten as a fresh man and presently owns a 2-2 mark. Freshman Bob Homan, _ twice decision winner for the Lions, is faced with a tough 123 pound foe in Coach Peery’s son, Hugh Peery. Soph Peery hasn’t lost a match since his sophomore year in high school, and currently sports a 4-0 log with three pins and a decision. Battle of Unbeaten Lion Dick Lemyre’s two straight sophomore win streak is threat ened by a tough Panther, Hal Miller. Miller has scored four wins without loss thus far this season after leading his team last year with a 12-2 record. t State’s unbeaen Don Frey is also matched with an undefeated opponent in Chuck Uram. The Panther wrestler was unbeaten last year as a freshman and now owns a varsity mark of 3-0-1: Doug Frey with a 1-1 mark for Charlie Speidel’s squad, will run into Pitt’s outstanding frosh prospect, Joe Solomon. Solomon has won three and took his lone loss from Michigan State’s Na tional AAU champion, Bob Hoke. Solomon was WPIAL champion for the last three years. Surprisingly Fast Nittany Joe Lemyre should have little trouble getting his third 167 pound win of the sea son without loss. Opposing him tonight will be either Harven Kraus, winless in four bouts, or frosh Willard McMarlin. Hud Samson, surprisingly fast for a 177 pounder, goes for his third straight in this his first varsity season against* Panther Bud Wise. Frosh Wise has a 2-2 mark at the moment. Rounding out the Lions’ lineup is heavyweight Lynn Illingworth. Lynn istwo-for-two thus far, one of which was an impressive pin victory last week. Facing him to night will be either letterman Joe Kane with a 1-3 record or freshman football guard Eldred Kraemer. Tatum Will Tutor Grid Clinic in June EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa., Jan. 18— (JP) —Jim Tatum, grid coach who led the University of Maryland to an undefeated sea son and a startling 28-13 victory over Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl, will be a tutor at the East, em Pennsylvania Scholastic Coaches Association clinic here in June. -Mi'
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