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Penn State can kiss its chances'. of winning the NCAA wrestling
'championship goodby. , _ .
' The old -basketball slogan says, "You . can't score if you dondon't ,
',shoot:" By the same logic the wrestling adage might be, "You can't
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win national wrestling championships with three men.".
A 'new ruling by. the Senate'
; committee' on athletics allows
lonly . Eastern champions to repre
,sent Penn State in the national
tournaments. That means only
I
l3ob Homan, Dick Lemyre and
Joe Lemyre will Wrestle. in the
;NCAA tournament at Fort Col"-
pins, ,Colo.
.It's . a sheltie. Coach Cnarlie
i Speidel's matmen rolled through
their second straight undefeated
season this' year and captured
their second straight Eastern
mat crown: Many people thought
thig was the year for the Lions
in - the . national tournament.
Bizt as the Raven would put it,
"Never more , never more."
.t Last season.
!full team to
'l l national tourn
land finished
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with four mi
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scoring points.
take three I'm
this year wou.
be like Per
r State's basked);
team Using t'
men against IC(
i tucky:
f _ Speidel has
that national title fora long time
now and he feels that• this cold
be the year. But now someone
comes and knocks the props right
out from under him.
What is the reasoning behind
.this new brainstorm? We un-,
derstand part of it is economy.
Kutztown, Avalon s's
Set for B Semi-Finals
- HARRISBURG, March 24 (!P)—Kutztown and- Avalon defend
their regional titles' tomorrow night in the semi-finals of the PIAA
Class B state basketball championships.
- Avalon (27-0), the only unbeaten public
the -state, will be a strong favorite to defeat
at Pittsburgh's Pitt fieldhouse.
Kutztown (27-2), Class B state
titlist for .the past two years, is
rated on. even terms with Shick
shinny (25-7) at the new St. Jos
eph's court at Hazleton.
The two winners clash Friday
night at Allentown's Rockne Hall
for the state title Kutztown won
last year by edging Avalon, 51-48.
Kutztown's Cougars, with the
natural confidence of a tourna
ment - hard • ened combination,
Would be, favored toforrow night
were it not for the amazing scor
ing spree being put on by S.hick
shinny's Jake Handzelek. •
The f 1 a s o h y gandzelek has
scored 180 points in , five playoff
games for the impressive aver
age of 36 points per game. His sea
son total for 32 games is near
1000. 'Against Wellsboro in last
Friday's eastern semi-final, the 5
feet . 11 Jake scored all his team's
18 points in the first quarter, and
24 of 26 in the second. Handzelek,
who can hit with either hand
equally as well,' took it• easy for
the rest of the game for a total of
32 points.
' The Cougars will counter with
Lions... Lair
By ERNIE MOORE
Colleg;an Sports Editor
SO whsle Penn State saves the
dough, Oklahoma saves the
IiCAA trophies.
'With the new ruling in effect
Jerry Maurey, Lion 137 pounder,
won't get to make•the trip. Jerry
Was ruimerup to George Feuer
bach of Lehigh in 'the Eastern
tourney., The loss was only Jerry's
second in his wrestling career and
his,first in collegiate competition.
State could use Jerry in the
nationals. Even if he didn't win ,
a crown, he'd be almost a sure
bet for place points.
We' can't understand the • logip
behind the policy of sending only
three men. If the committee. be"-
lieVes that we can win thp title
with - three men they are obviously
inisinformed. Barring a minor
miracle, it just won't work.
If they're sending them in
quest of individual crowns in
stead of the team title, we have
been going under a gross mis
'understanding of college ath
letics lor a long time. It has al-•
ways been our belief that - Col.'
lege athletics , were to "t each
sportsinanship an d team-play
by tea M-play—playing to win
'as a team, not as individuals.
Why change for a tournament? '
We like to see Penn• State ath
letes win individual titles as much
as anyone. But we!d rather see
Penn State win a team title. Peo
ple are more apt to know what
team is national champion than
who won individual crowns.
a well-balanced attack that has
won 18 consecutive games. Their
most impressive victory was last
Friday night when they downed a
strong Darby quintet from the
Philadelphia Suburban League;
34-32.
Meanwhile, the four remaining
Class' A ' contenders are working
out for Wednesday night's region
al finals in the big school division.
Coatesville (22-3) goes against
Catasaqua (23-3) at Her sh e y's
Sports Arena in the past while
Farrell (27-1) meets Pittsburgh
Westinghouse (18-4) at Pitts
burgh's Pitt Fieldhous e.. The
championship game is Saturday
night at Philadelphia's Penn Pal
estra.
Finnegan Jailed '
ST. LOUIS, March 24—(R)---
James P. Finnegan, personal
friend of President Truman, was
given two years in prison and
fined $lO,OOO today by a federal
judge who denounced' him as a
public official who sold his honor
for a "dirty mess of 'dollars."
HAVE HAD
COMPLAINTS
—,.ThO NITTANY LION on the
BALFOUR RING is so life-like
that he often bursts forth
with a roar disturbing
sleep and study . . . Fdr this
we apologiie . . •
_ORDER YOUR RING
Long may the Wham(
' Lion Rodri
BALFOURS.': at the "A" Store
THE DAILY 9 .4 4;4 r gril s iN, STA 7 7. C°l-ILEOE. PENNSYLVANIA
high school team in
Slippery Rock (21-3)
NCAA -
(Continued from page six)
tucky quarters Saturday after-,
noon and tied ' a funeral lily on
the doorknob of Kentucky Coach
Adolph Rupp's room.
Many people were unimpressed
by the performance of St. John's
Bob Zawoluk in the ,North Car
olina State game Friday night.
But they had to eat crow after
Big Bob's sparkling scoring out
put against Kentucky.
Zawoluk, '.vho' just couldn't
miss 'against the Wildcati, is
probably -the shortest record
holder in history. His 32 points
broke -the NCAA tournament
record but approximately an
hour later Kansas' Clyde Lovel-,,
lette cattle through 'with 44
against St. Louis iri the western
regionals. Juil the night before,.
Lovellette's 31 pOints had tied
the record which ZaWoluk later
broke.
* -* *
At a Tip!roff dinner before the
tournament got - under way, all
the coaches were presented with
a four-leaf clover, a horseshoe, a
rabbit's foot, and a southern, ham.
Kentucky has a great ball team,
make no mistake about it. Had
the Wildcat's shooting been as
good against St. John's as it was
against Penn State, Rupp's boys
would have been on their way to
Seattle. The Wildcats move , like
a well. oiled machine.
Cliff 'Hagan is a true
All-
American. He's a team player
and although he isn't flashy he
always manages to hit the 20
mark. He's the type of player
you don'f notice so much on the
floor except when . you purpose
ly. watch him—and then you
know why he's 411-American:
Future All-American prospect:
Gayle Rose of Kentucky. A soph
omore, he's a dead shot and moves
like a bolt of lightning.
Frank Ramsey is the - cog around
which Kentucky's basketball ma
chine revolves, and not Hagan.
Ranisey is the play-Ymaker and
trouble-shooter. of the team.
Rookie Slams Hother;
Yanks Beat Braves
BRADENTON, Fla., March 24
(iP)—The New York Yankees used
their old weapon, the home run
punch, to defeat the Boston
Braves today, 3 to 1, before 2933,
largest crowd ever to watch the
Tribe during their five-year stand
here.
• Bob Cerv, rookie centerfielder,
snapped a 1-1 tie in the 7th by
hammering his fourth homer of
the exhibition season'oVer the left
field, fence off Warren, Spahn.
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Cronstedt Gets Two
3d Places in NCAA's
Jan Cronstedt, Penn State's lone, entry in the tenth annual NCAA
;Colo., grabbed third places in the
1 - its and a fourth in the horizontal
gymnastic tournament at Boulder
calisthenics and parallel bars eve
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Cronstedt, however, finished
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Riflemen Tie
W4h Clarkson
In Regionals
Bob Hess and Fred Wessman
led the Nittany Lion Rifle Club
to a tie with Clarkson College of
Technology of Potsdam, N.Y., in
the National Intercollegiate Rifle
Association regional match held
at Buffalo Saturday afternoon,
although Clarkson was declared
official winner.
Both Claikson and the Lions
shot a 1384, but Clarkson was de
clared winner by virtue of its 434
standing position score to the
Lions' 433.
Pitt Third
In the team matches, Hess and
W,essitian shot 280. Don Plasterer
was third with 279, followed by
Walt Beers, 276, and Nelson Bev
ard 269.
The Pitt team placed third with
1383, only one point behind the
winner. Then came Duquesne,
1365; Pitt's second tea in , 1356;
Clarkson'.s second team 1296, and
the University of Buffalo, 1248.
Hess won the third place medal
in the individual matches Satur
day morning with a 280. Bill Nor-f
oski and Sheppard, both from
Pitt, were first and, second with
284 and 281 respectively.
Hit 273
"Men from the College also took
fourth and fifth places. Wessman
shot °a 279 for fourth, and Bevard
shot 278 'for fifth.
In th e individuals, Plasterer
and Beers hit 273, and Pick White
259. The toprfive men in the indi
viduls shot in the afternoon
team matches.
These six men, who were mem
bers of the now disbanded Penn
State varsity rifle team, did not
represent the College, but were
entered as independents.
Red Move Stopped
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.,
March 24—(JP)—The UN Economic
and Social Counbil choked off
another Communist bloc attempt
today to throw Nationalist China
out of the UN.
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McLanahan's
n the also'rans in the all-around
make a fairly strong showing.
In the all-around, Sohn Beckner,
Southern California, took top
honors with 1,486 points for the
grueling six-event competition.
• Wins Team ,Title
Teammate Charles Simms tied
for second with Bob Sullivan. Illi
nois. Don Holder. Florida State,
was fourth while Jack Miles, also
of Florida State, was fifth.
Form went about as expected
as Florida State repeated as team
titlists with 89 1 / 2 - points. Southern
California was third with 75 and
Big Ten champion Illinois was
third with 60 1 / 2 .
For Coach Hartley Price, it was
the sixth NCAA gymnastic chain
nionship. He won four at Illinois
before croinr; to Florirla State.
Florida State Rallies
Florida State. however,
_had to
rally in the final night's action to
beat the Trojans. The Trojans had
a six-point lead at one time. Flor
ida State, however, qualified 15
men in Saturday night's finals
against USC's nine. Illinois also
qualified nine men for the finals.
The big threat by Army in the
tourney failed to materialize, even
thoueh it qualified eight men for
thF , finals.
Claybrook Takes Roue-Climb
Only John Claybrook won for
the Eastern kings. Claybrook, who
traveled the distance in 3.6 sec
onds in the EIGA's and in 3.8
against State, was the lone cham
pion to represent the cast.
Other champions were Frank
Bare, Illinois, sidehorse; Simms,
horizontal bar; Beckner. parallel
bars; Jack Sharp, Florida State,
flying rings; Bob Sullivan, Illinois,
tumbling; and Dick Gutting; Flor
ida State, trampoline.
Lions' 1952
Grid Schedule
The five-gaine home, five-away
schedule includes:
Sept. 20, Temple; Sept. 27, Pur
due; Oct. 4, William & Mary;
Oct. 11, West Virginia (away);
Oct. 18, Nebraska; Oct. 25, Michi
gan- State (away); Nov. 1. Penn
(away); Nov. 8, Syracuse (away);
Nov. 15, Rutgers; Nov. 22, Pitt
(away).
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