Bobbin’
Along
808 SCHOELLKOPP
———Ass't. Sports Editor-
With. Charlie Speidel’s steamrollering grapplers the only
other undefeated team in the Blue and White garb this win
ter season, the Nittany gymnastics combine might very well
bite off a large piece bf.the glory cake for itself before spring
sports begin. Gene Wettstone’s journeymen gymdandies cur
rently sport a spotless 3-0 record for the ’53 season, all the
wins coming against top-notch foes—Michigan State, Illinois,
and Navy.' •
In past years the gym sport has
been,.for.the most, part, crudely
shoved into oblivion by fans, who
preferred to follow , the boxing,
wrestling, and basketball teams,
which were making national head
lines with their fine performances.
A good case in point is last
year, when Fenn ; State’s basket
ball team, with its freshirian star
Jesse Arnelle-raising quite, a few
eyebrows with his uncanny shoot
ing eyei, did so well it entered the
NCAA hoop : playoffs. Also that
year, the Lion matmen : went
through another unbeaten season.
Now: with this .kind of com
petition staring them in the face,
the Lion gymnasts had a rough
time getting any attention, de
spite their fine 4-1 record. Their
only loss last- season came at
the hands of a powerful Army
team, 58-38. w Incidentally, the
Cadet gym team has been EIGA
; champion the past three years.
This year, however, the situa
tion is a little better, with the
basketball and boxing teams al
ready having lost several contests.
Wettstone’s powerful squad of
rope-climbers, horsemen, flying
ringnecks, and what have you,
has begn going through its mo
tions in excellent fashion, and,
with any kind of luck, should fin
ish the season without a'blemish
of any kind on its log.
Coach Wettstone, who served as
a gymnastics judge at the 1952
Olympics, believes his team has
excellent opportunities for the fu
ture. Many of the stars of the
team, such as Jap Cronstedt and
Karl Schwenzfeier, are only soph
omores, which should provide the
Nittanies with a solid foundation
in years to come.
Thus, if ihe agile acrobats of
Mt. Nitianylahd can sweep past
their next three foes—Syracuse,
Temple, and Army—that "un
derrated" label ascribed to the
Lion gym team heretofore will
vanish, and Wettstone's charges
may get a long-deserved bou
quet of roses for a job well done.
"ic it ★
WITH THE LION BASEBALL
NINE IN THE ARCTIC:
Although hampered somewhat
by snow dunes and glaciers, the
1953 Lion, baseballers are going
through their paces under the
Beaver Field stands .... the Nit-
Sfrickmen to PSay
8-Game Schedule
An eight-game schedule, open
ing against Swarthmore April 10,
will confront Nick Thiel, former
Syracuse all-America, in his u9th
season as Penp State lacrosse
coach.
The Lion stickmen, who last
year won 2 and lost ,6, oppose
Swarthmore, Navy, Rutgers and
Cornell on the road.
The schedule:
Aprit 10, at Swarthmor,e; 11, at
Navy; 18, Hobart, 25, Pennsyl
vania. 1
May 2, Syracuse; 9, .at Rutgers;
'l6, at Cornell; 23, Loyola of Bal
timore.
Baseball Managers
Sophomores interested in be
coming assistant baseball man
agers may apply at the Ath
letic offices in Old Main.
p £££? STATS eoi&EgE.
tanies will be aiming for another
shot at the NCAA “Little World
Series” title . . . last year they
finished third in the “Series” . . .
Coach Joe Bedenk lost six of last
year’s star players, including
homer-hitting Bill Hopper . . .
however, the all-important mound
staff is as bright as the sun, with
only Bill: Everson missing from
last year’s corps . . Big Keith
Vesling looms as the bright light
in the well-lighted pitching staff
. . . the Nittanies have their own
version of Bobby Shant'z . . . he’s
Dave Lesser* mite lefty, who
stands all of 5-6 in. his toenails.
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Track Team to
In Garden for
By DICK MCDOWELL
Chick Werner takes his indoor track team to
New York’s Madison Square Garden again this
Saturday, to participate in the intercollegiate track
and field championships.
The Lion mentor has rejected suggestions, how
ever, that his team can unseat powerful Manhattan
as the IC4A indoor champion in the 32nd running
of the games. Manhattan won the meet last year,
and have virtually been conceded the victory.
The Lions figure to be in hot contention for
second place, however, with speedster Ollie Sax
leading the way.' The Kearny, N.J., flash will be
competing in. the 600 yard run. Sax will be getting
his’ first crack at an intercollegiate title, and is
favored to win, although he looks for tough com
petition from Manhattan’s Vern Dixon and Lou
Jones, Morris Currota, Seton . Hall, , Jim Lingell,
Cornell, and Joe Gaffney of Villinova.
Along with Sax, Werner will enter his two mile
relay team; Rosey Grier, shot put; Jim Herb, high
jump; Dan Lorch, pole vault; Red Hollen, two
mile; and Ronnie Johnson, running broad jump.
Grier, who topped 51 feet against Army this
season is a potential point man for the Lions.
The giant gridder will probably get his toughest
competition from Columbia’s Bob Thompson, who
has been improving rapidly in the past four weeks
Werner rates his two mile relay squad an out
side chance to upset Penn and Fordham in that
event. The Quakers have an outstanding foursome
this season. The Lions, set a new school record
two weeks ago at the NYAC meet, hitting 7:46.5,
but lost to the powerful Quakers in the same meet.
Bob Gehman, Don Austin, Bob Roessler, and Roy
Brunjes will be running for the Lions.
Herb, the 1951 titlist, topped 6-5 in the NAAU
meet. The Leaping Lion will face stiff competition
in Bob Gaffney of Manhattan.
In the two mile test, Hollen will be running for
the third time this season. The red head turned
in a 9:29 two mile at the last time trials, and could
be in at the finish. Penn’s Roy Van Zimmerman is
favored to win the event.
Both Lorch and Johnson have faced little meet
competition this season. Lorch hit 13 feet in the
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