PAGE SIX u rhacn Wins Long Horse Titl 19 Year Old Wins Ist 1952 NAAU Crown By ERNIE MOORE Archie Durham, 19 year old ath lete from Pasadena City College, became the first 1952 NAAU gym nastic champion yesterday after noon by winning the long-horse title during the first session of the combined NAAU-Olympic tryouts tournament in Rec Hall. Durham, National Junior side horse and all-around champion in 1951, scored a total of 56.5 points out of a possible 60 in his com pulsory and optional jumps, edg ing out John Miles, Florida State GYmkana Club, by three-tenths on a point. Durham succeeds Ed Scrobe, American Turners, Bronx, N.Y., at NAAU long-horse champ ion. Scrobe finished 11th with 52.1 points. Other team point winners were William Tom, Los Angeles Turn- Life magaiine, Time maga zine, Paramount News, Fo x- Movietone News, two national teleVision comPianies, and one sptcial feature television com pany will have cameramen on hand today in Rec Hall to give plctorial coverage to the NAAU gfmnastic championships an d Olympic tryouts. ers, 3d; Robert Stout, Philadelphia Turners, 4th; Lt. Commander Wal ter Balttmann, U.S. Navy, sth; Al Ruda, Florida State Gymkana, and Robert Sullivan, University of Illinois, tied for 6th. Only the first six placers can score team points. Penn State's two entries in the long-horse event, Karl Schwenzs feier and Bob Kieidler, finished 17th and 20th, respectively. Schwenzsfeier scored a total of 50.0 points on his two jumps, while Kreidler totaled 49.2. Jan Cronstedt, Penn State's Eastern allaround champion, es tablished himself as a strong con tender' for the men's calisthenics title by scoring the highest score in the compulsory exercises last night. Cronstedt scored a total of 27.9, one-tenth of a point more than Robert Tolliver, Los Angeles Junior College. State's other en try in that event, Schwenzsfeier, scored 20.8 pOints and stood far down on the list. The championships and tryouts will continue this afternoon, with the finals scheduled for this, ev ening. The afternoon session will begin at 2, the finals at 8. Cham pionship medals will be awarded tonight along with the selection of the 1952 , men and women's Olympic team. • Approximately half the field of entries, men arid women, survived the preliminary and compulsory exercises yesterday to move into todays final rounds. The surviv ing gymnasts will perform their optional exercises this afternoon and tonight. The eight men and eight women totaling the most points in the all-around event will qualify for the U.S. Olympic team which will participate in the international games in Helsinki, Finland this summer. Aside f rom the all-around event, probably the greatest in terest today will center around the rope climb. Don Perry, Pasa dena City College, who is co holder of the world's record in the 20-foot climb, will make an other attempt at breaking his own mark. Perry set the record in 1943 with a time of 3.1 seconds. - QUALIFIERS Trampoline (Men) Joseph Tostowski,.U. of Maryland; Frank Laßue, University of Iowa; William Soren sen. University of IoWa; Tom Millinue, Michigan State; L. Laine, Portola Park Plg, San Francisco; John C. Walker, Michi gan State. The trampoline was the only complete fiat of qua:ifiers available when Collegian went to press. 3ym Meet Tickets Still AvaAable Tickets are still available for the joint Olympic ..and NAAU gymnastic. meet. They may be purchased at the .Ath letic Association Office, 107 Old Main, until noon today. Tickets will also be sold at Recreation Hall at 12:30 p.m. prior to the matinee session and at approximately 6:30 p.m. prior to the evening perform ance. THE DATLY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE: PENT/SYLVAN - 14 . , olds World Climb Record DON PERRY, co-holder of the world record in the rope climb, is shown Working out in preparation for the Olympic gymnastic tryouts today. Petry, from Pasadena City College, tied for the record wlth a time of 3.1 seconds on a 20-foot rope. State's Smith Takes 2d in Penn Relays Lamont Smith, Penn State's promising freshman two-miler, did the unexpected yesterday afternoon on a soft and sloppy Franklin Field track in the 58th annual Penn Relays at Phila delphia as he finished second to favored Dick Shea of Army. Baseball Parade Cleveland Wins, 5-4 CLEVELAND, April 25 (AP)— Harry Simpson , drove in two runs that tied the game and then scored the winning run himself on Luke Easter's fly in the ninth inning as the Cleveland Indians beat Chicago. 5-4, today before 4,677 shivering spectators. The Indians, snapping a two game losing streak, were trailing, 4-2, entering the last of the ninth. Ray Boone singled, Jim Hegan walked, pitcher Early Wynn sac rificed and then Simpson tied the score with a two-run double, his third hit of the game. • Cubs Triumph, 7-3 CHICAGO, April 25—(AP)--- The Chicago Cubs parlayed ex tra-base power and Bob Kelly's five-hit pitching to whip Cincin nati, 7-3, and break their second place tie with the Red Legs. It was the Cub's third straight victory and their sixth in eight starts. . - _ Ewell Blackwell, the Red's 16- game winner last year, blew a 2- nothing lead and was charged with the loss as he left after six innings with the Cubs ahead 4-2. Cards Trip Pirates PITTSBURGH, April 25—(AP) —Gerry Staley, 28-year-old curve ball artist, pitched the St. Louis Cardinals' to a 6-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates today to be come the first three-game winner in the national league. Flood Budget Slash Denounced by Truman WASHINGTON, April 25—(W) President Truman today de nounced a House slash of 128 MilliOn dollars in flood-control funds as . "false economy." He said the recent Midwest flood dis asters showed the urgent need for such funds. The President originally submitted a 600 million dollar budget for flood control and river and harbor develop ment. By JOHN SHEPPARD Nittany Lion entries in the 440, 880, and 2 1 / 2 .mile relays en tries failed to qualify for today's finals._Coach Chick Werner's oth er hopefuls will compete in the one, two, and four mile relays, as well as field contests today. Running under the double handicap of a rain-soaked track and an ankle injury suffered earlier in the week, Cadet Shea failed to set a new Carnival stan dard, but managed to circle the quarter-mile oval for the 2 1 / 2 mile distance in 9:33.5, some 25 yards in front of frosh Smitty, who ran a 9:38.3. John Johnson of St. John's (Brooklyn) finished in third place, 60 yards behind Smith. Smitt'v ran close to Shea for most of the distance. As the gun sounded, for the final leg, Army's defending champ overtook th e st oc k y freshman, and spurted around the last turn with a strong enough kick that - he led by 20 yards going down the back stretch. Soph Red Hallen finished seventh in the 47 man field. Manhattan Wins 440 In the 440-yard rel a y time trials, defending champion Man hattan's fleet foursome of John O'Connell, Joe Schatzle, Lindy Remigino, and Bill Carty con tinued their domination in the quarter-mile event by posting a 42.8 clocking. The JaSpars won last season in. 41.7 ov e r a dry course. Morgan State was one tenth of a second slower in win ning its teat. Morgan State retaliated in the 880 to edge the Jaspars by in ches. On the third leg, Art Bragg of Morgan State managed to pull ahead of Manhattan's Remigino to give the victors their narrow margin. They both were clocked in 1:28.1, the fastest time of the event. Michigan's sizzling foursome, which only last Saturday ran un der the world record in the dis tance medley in 9:56.3, ran a good 10:18.4, as its quartet of Jack Carroll, John Ross, Aaron Gor don, and Captain Don McEwen found it almost impossible to get firm footing. Lockbourne Air Base finished a close second. Two-Mile Relay Foursome In today's field events, Nittany Bill Body will have Lockbourne's Otis Chandler, ex-Stanford star, and Swedish Olympian Roland Nilsson of Michigan to contend with in the shot put trials, while Bill Miller of the. Navy Olympics will provide the main opposition (Continued on page seven) Blue, White Vie Today In 1952 Grid Preview A preview of Penn State's. 1952 football team will be showing on the Beaver Field gridiron at 2 p.m. today when the Blue Lions and the White LiOns collide in the second annual Bucket Bowl intrasquad scrimmage. Coach Rip Engle's divided-house grid team will op erate under actual game conditions for the windup of the 20 day spring practice sessions allowed by NCAA ruling. The deep - in - reserves Blue squad, coached. by Earl Bruce, Jim O'Hora, and frank Patrick, has been installed, as a six-point favorite over the under-manned Whites, coached by Al Michaels, Joe Paterno and Sever Toretti. AA Book Admission White chances appear dimmer on the eve of the battle with guard Ory Haldeman and half back Alton Frey hors de combat from injuries. Normally an alumni sponsored game for the benefit of the Schol ttrship Fund, the game instead comes under Athletic Association jurisdiction since it is being. held on Beaver Field at the same time as th e Lafayette-State baseball game (2:30 p.m.) AA books will be good for admission but all non students will be charged• a $l.OO admission fee. The squads, captained by tac kles Stew Scheetz (Blue) and Joe Gratson (White), will be decked out in the regular season uni forms wearing numbers and colors of their respective teams. Szajna White QB A superior Blue line in front of speedsters Bob Pollard, full back, and Dick Jones, left half back, is expected to tip the bal ance of• power in favor of the Blues. The Whites on the other hand have the only veteran •quarter back in Bob Szajna, who capably guided Nittany grid forthnes from the field last fall. Former Penn State gridders Jim Pollard. Joe Shumock, and Prosper Hill will officiate. White Teeth Ends—Don Malinak (82), Joe Yukica (85), Bill Andresevic (83). Frank -, Crahens (68), Ken Newman (89) and Ralph Wag ner (33). Tackles—Dan DeFalco (431; Gene Danser (79), Jim Eshbaugh (64), Joe Gratson (78), Rosey Grier (69), and Paul Shattuck (57). Guards—Keith Horn (41), Sam Green (23), John Schuler (45), George Dover spike (62), Bob Waters (73) and Al Tomb (35). Centers—Bob Smith (51), Chuck Sowers (58) and Laurence Lancaster (12). Left halfbacks—Buddy Rowell (46) and John Foam Fullbacks—Pete Shopa (81), Tom Danger field (26), Ray Ondick (42), George Et tinger (63) and Ted McDonald (24). Wingbacks—Don Eyer (86) and Jim Lafler (70). Quarterbacks—Bob Szajna (53) and Norm Paul (10). Blue Team Ends—Jim Garrity (84), Jack Sherry (88), Dave Simon (87), Jesse Arnelle (72) Frank Miller (83). Tackles—Al Bowden (74), Ken Kari!aka (76), Herb Raifanider (66), Joe Pascarella (64), Andy Balaconis (52), Carl Pfirman (67) and Stew Schietz (33). Guards—Cy Brown (12), Pete Schoder bek (17), Jim Doyle (55). Don Shank (89), Dan Van Bickel (77) - and Dick Arthur (46). Centers—Jim Dooley (58), Don Balthaetr (25), Charlie Stachel (65) and Bob Thomas (57). Left halfbacks—Dick Jones (11), Norm Hickey (38), Paul Kempay (35) and Mario Rossini (43). FnlAbacks.—Bob Pollard (14), George Schnieder (62) and Ron Younkers (22). Wingbacks—Bob Rosebaugh (60) and Wayne Welfkeil (45). Quarterbacks—Don Bailey (40) and Jahn Dubineky. * SPRING WEEK ALL-COLLEGE HE-MAN ENTRIES DUE AT STUDENT UNION DESK APRIL 29th 4' START WORKING ON YOUR MAD-HATS FOR THE MAY 14th CONTEST 'SATURDAY,:' APRIL 26; 1952'. By JAKE HIGHTON Lion Netmen Washed Out By Rain Rain and inclement weather put. in an appearance and washed out the tennis Lions' opening match with •the Western Mary- , land Terriers at Westminster, , Md. yesterday. The netmen will meet at 2:30 today, undefeated Maryland on the Terps' home cdurse at College Park, Md. The Maryland match was to be the second of three straight away games before, the Lions show their wares on the home courts on May 3 against Georgetown. The third consecutive match on the road will be• on Wednesday against Bucknell at Lewisburg. Coach' Sherm Fogg will prob ably - go with • the same men against Maryland as he - intended to start against the Terriers. Brui Ray, Capt. Ed Davis, Bill Ziegler, Dick Gross, Bill Forrey„ and Gus Bigott will start at' the first six singles positions. Ray-Davis, Bill Ray-Ziegler, and Bigott-Forrey will probably remain as the doubles choices for the Terp match. Stranahan Reaches Amateur Golf Final PINEHIMST, N.C.; April 25 —(AP)—Frank Strafaci of Flugh ing,-L. 1., won his fourth succes sive one-up match today, a 36- hole squeaker from Harry Haver stick, 'Jr., Lancaster; Pa., and joined Frank StranahEin, Toledo, Ohio. in the finals of the •North and South Amateur Golf Tourna ment. Stranahan, one-down after 18 holes; came back with a four under par afternoon performance to eliminate Mal Galletta, St. Albans, N. Y., 3 and 2. , Here's our . . "Olympic Champion" Kosher Corned Beef on Rye... FINEST SANDWICH IN . 5 CONTINENTS- As soon as 'you sample this delicious sandwich, you'll know 'why our Kosher Corned Beef is a taste champion. Try one today . . • s they're delicious (so are our hamburgers and milk shakeri) NITTANY 'DELL E. COLLEGE AVE.
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