PAGE SIX Strong Contenders for NAAU Gymnastic ARCHIE DURHAM, Pasadena Ciiy College, shows good form as he lakes a practice vault over the long-horse during a workout in Rec Hall. Durham will be a strong contender for the AAU title when the long-horse finals get underway this afternoon. Olympic Tryouts Eegin Today Men, Women Gymnasts Vie For Team Berths, NAAU Titles 1 By ERNIE MOORE ( Over 140 of the nation’s top gymnasts will'begin a two-day quest for 16 coveted Olympic team berths and 16 AAU titles when the National Amateur Athletic Union-Olympic tryout tournament gets underway today in Rec Hall. The men’s long-horse finals, including both compulsory and optional exercises, will begin the colorful tournament at 2 p.m. The long-horse will be the only cham pionship decided today. Only com pulsory or preliminary exercises will be run off in the other events. The tournament will continue to night and tomorrow afternoon, with the finals tomorrow night. Gymnasts from all sections of the United States will compete for the AAU titles, with berths on the Olympic team going to 16, eight men and eight women, of the best all-around performers. Of the to tal entries, only one-third will'be trying for the Olympic team. Seven Lions Entered Those men trying for the Olym pic team must compete in six events; the long-horse, side-horse, still rings, calisthenics, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. Women competing for the Olympic team will perform on the side-horse, balance beam, uneven parallel bars, and in the calisthenics. The eight men and eight women total ing the most points in these events will represent the United States in the Olympic games this sum mer in Helsinki, Finland. Eight Olympians Back State’s “Flying Finn” will com pete in the horizontal bar, parallel bars, and calisthenics events. Frank Wick will perform on the side-horse. A 1 Wick on the paral lel bars, Mario Todara on the hor izontal bar, Bob Kreidler on the long-horse. and Bob Kenyon in the tumbling. Eight members of the 1948 Olympic team head the field of champions which begins competi tion today. The four members of the men’s tearp are Ed Scrobe, American Turners, Bronx, N.Y.; Joe Kotys, Cleveland Swiss Turn PEHN STATE DISHONORARY Due to the large number of applications for admission received for Saturday’s rushing, the Chairman wishes to point out that anyone with an all college average of 2.5 or over, who is a council member, club president or vice president is not eligible for admission except through special petition—and please, no faculty mem- —Photo by Fraser Olympic Schedule NAAU Gymnastic championships and Olympic tryouts. Starting time: 2 p.m. in Rec Hall. TODAY’S SCHEDULE AFTERNOON 2 p.m.—Men’s long-horse finals (Optional and Compulsory exercises—Groups A and B) 2:30-^—Women’s side-horse vaults (Compulsory) 3:15—Men’s side-horse (Group A—Compulsory) 3:ls—Men’s still-rings (Group B—Compulsory) 3:3o—Women’s calisthenics (Compulsory) 3:4s—Men’s side-horse (Group B—Compulsory) 3:4s—Men’s still-rings (Group A—Compulsory) EVENING 7:3o—Men’s calisthenics (Group A—Compulsory) 7:3o—Women’s balance beam (Compulsory) B:oo—Men’s calisthenics (Group B—Compulsory) B:3o—Men’s parallel' bars (Group A—Compulsory) B:3o—Men’s horizontal ‘ bar (Group B—Compulsory) B:3o—Women’s uneven parallel bars (Compulsory) 9:oo—Men’s parallel bars (Group B—Compulsory) 9:oo—Men’s horizontal bar (Group A-Compulsory) 9 :3o—Women’s tumbling (Preliminaries — highest five to qualify for tomorrow’s finals) ers; Bill Roetzheim, Florida State Gym Club; and Vince D’Autorio, Swiss Gymnastic Society, Union City, N.J. The four women Olympians are Mrs. Clara Schroth Lomady, Phil adelphia Turners; Mrs. Marion Twining Barone, Philadelphia Turners; Mrs. Dorothy Dalton, SGS, Union City, N.J.; and Mrs. Meta Neumann Elste, unattached, from Chicago. . HE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE CT" LEGE PENNSYLVANIA ED SCROBE, American Turn ers, a member of the 1348 Olym pic team, does a hand stand on the parallel bars. Scrobe is de fending AAU long horse champ. 11 Trackmen To Begin Trials In Relays Today Eleven young and inexper ienced Penn State trackmen will match strides and strength with some of the country’s top Olym pic hopefuls on Franklin Field this afternoon and tomorrow when the 58th annual Penn Re lay Carnival begins activity. Coach Chick Werner, starting his 19th campaign, and Co. left for Penn’s yearly show of track shows at 6 o’clock this morning. State’s entrants are scheduled to perform in the 440 and 880 yard relays, the 21-mile distance medley trials, and the two mile run. Bill Polito, Dave Leathern, Skip Slocum,' and Captain John Lauer will each sprint 110 yards in the 440 and 220 yards in the 880 relay. The distance medley will have Bob Roessler running the 880 leg, Roy Brunjes the 440 leg, Bob Gehman the three-quar ter mile length, and Jack Horner the mile. Freshman Lam o n t Smith and sophomores Bob Hol len have drawn the two-mil© as signment. N A pre-meet scanning of to day’s opposition doesn’t give any indication of the Lions copping top honors. Manhattan .which is defending both titles-r-the 440 and 880 re lays—should retain them,' with Seton Hall, Michigan, and Lock bourne Air Base - striving for runnerup p 1 aces. Manhattan’s four seasoned holdovers, John O’Connell, Joe Schatzle? Lindy Remigino, and Bob Carty ran 42 flat in last week’s Seton Hall Re lays, which is only .9 more than the Carnival standard recorded by Texas in ’36. . All .eyes will be focused on (Continued on page seven) The , - TAVERN MENU Friday, April 25 SEAFOOD PLATTER LOBSTER TAIL ' BAKED MEAT LOAF • PRIME STEAKS •« * DINNER 5 - 7:30 p.m. Reservations after 6:30 By. JOHN SHEPPARD MRS. CLARA SCHROTH, a member of the 1948 women's Olympic team, does an abdominal balance on the uneven parallel bars while preparing to defend her five AAU titles. Mrs. Lomady, Philadelphia Turners, is considered one of the country's top women gymnasts. Lacrosse Team Rallies To Defeat Wand L 7-6 Penn State rallied for three goals in the final period! against Washington and Lee yesterday and then held on precariously to win, 7-6, its lacrosse home opener. The game was marred by rain and raw cold. 1 Entering the final period. Stete trailed. 5-4, but a goal by attack man Dick Rostmeyer on a pass from Bob Koons'tiea the score after 27 seconds Then midfielder Wayne Hocker smith went to work and tallied 36 seconds later to give State the lead for the second time in the game, 6-5. Hockersmith’s third goal of the game at 52:00 put State ahead, 7-5, but the Lions just about lost the lead in the final eight minutes. At 53:00, W&L midfielder Tom Robbins scored when State's* de fensive signals got crossed and no one guarded him. With 5:21 remaining, State could have sewed up the game, but Hockersmith, after dodging two men, blew an easy shot. Fifteen FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1952 Crowns By TOM SAYLOR seconds later,- £lion Tony Eagle missed-another easy shot as State tried to increase its one-goal lead. After those calls, Coach Nick Thiel’s crew played- it safe and controlled the ball most of the time. * The game, in spite of the cold weather which hampered play ing conditions, was extremely rough, especially in the first half when 16 penalties wjere called by referees Bill Hickman and Joe Proska. The game / settled down in the second half with only nine penalties being called. The Lions scored quickly in the first quarter when John Yohman took a pass from Captain Bud Wolfram and scored at 1:45. —Photo by Fraser
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