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Wernermen
To Compete
In Tri-Meet
By DICK McDOWELIi
Led by inter-colleg i ate
champions Jim Herb, Ollie
Sax, and Dan Lorch, Ghick
Werner’s 16-man indoor track
squad takes on powerful Mich
igan and 6hio State this after
noon in a triangular meet at
Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Lion thinclads, engaging in
their ,eighth meet of- the indoor
campaign, ,are expected to have
their hands full with the two
mid-western powers. f
Heading .the Nittanies,: of
course, will be the sensational
Sax. In his sixth, outing of the
season, the Kearny, N.J. flash will
be running his first quarter mile
of the year. The new inter-col
legiate'record holder: in the' 600,
Sax will be getting his first crack
at the- 440 after four races in'the
600 and one in the 500.
Slocum in the Dashes
The sophomore swiftie will al
so be competing in the sprints,
and’ 1 will be running the anchor
leg on the mile relay team. Run
ning With Sax on the relay quar
tet will be Ron Younkers, Dave
Leathern, and. Skip Slocum. The
foursome : ripped off a 3:21.5 mile
earlier in. the . season to set a new
Penn State record.
. Besides the relay event, Youn
kers, Leathern and Slocum will
also be running in the 440, Slo
cum will also take a crack, at the
dashes, and Younkers will com
pete in the 65-yard low hurdles.
Grier's Competition Stiff
Werner’s ace fieldmen, Lorch
and Herb, are expected to fare
well in their events. Both won
IC4A crowns last week, Herb top
ping the bar at 6-5 % in the high
jump and Lorch, who had to set
tle for a first place tie, soared
13-4 in the pole vault. Lorch,
however, will have to face Big
Ten champ Frank Welboume of
Ohio State who has hit' 14-6, arid'
Herb will have to top the Wol
verines’ Frank Evans who has
leaped 6-7.
Shot putter Rosey Grier also I
faces stiff competition. Grier ■will
meet Olympic strong man, Carl
( Neilson. The Michigan ace was a
1 point. scorer for the’ Swedish
squad at Helsinki this" summer,
putting the 16 pound sphere over
55 feet. Grier’s best mark was
’ 51% toss.
-Hollen 4th in IC4A's
The Lions’ crack'twa-mile re
*, lay quartet, a third place finish
er in the inter-collegiates,. will be
gunning for its, second win of the
campaign. The foursome beat
■'» Army earlier in the season. Wer
ner will have Bob Gehman, Don
Austin, Bob Roessler, and Roy
Brunjes carrying the baton.
' Austin, Roessler, and Brunjes
Will also be running in the-two-
mile, along with Red Holleh;'-Whb
finished fourth at the IC4A’s. The
, durable Hollen will also "be-go
ing in the one-mile, and -Werner
will have Gehman entered there
i| too.
Bill Younkers and Rob Reybert
will be doubling in ;the;6{)-yard;
. low and high hurdles.' Seybert
'>■' will also-run in the dash.
Ron Johnson v will' be' going in
the broad jump. Johnson hasileftp
ed over,2l feet this,year. ' ;i
Gym Men -
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going in their usual number one
roles will be Cronstedt on the
parallel bars, Captain Bob Ken
yon in tumbling, Jim Hazeri on
the . rings,-' and Bobby Lawrence
on the' sidehorse.
iif . Number two and three perform
ers oh the parallel bars for the
Lions; will be A 1 Wick and. Karl
■ Schwenzfeier; Bob Kreidler and
V Warren, Hommas, in tumbling;,
and Schwenzfeier and Tony Pro
copio,, on the rings.
Behind Cronstedt, on the H-bar
be Mario Todaro and Pro
copio. Bob Boudreau and Norman
Yu&will be in the number two
i jand-'’three position; in the rope
’ climb, w-hi l e Prank Wick and
Procopio will work the remairi
ing two ' jbbs in the sidehorse.
Kin# Accepts Ri
. PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Feb.
27 (jp) —Homerun hitter Ralph Ki
ner today said he had agreed to
salary terms —with a substantial
cut—from- the; Pittsburgh, Pirates
as offered-Feb. 13 by Branch Ric
key*
Kinpf said he had decided to
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accept the Pirate general man
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conference in Hollywood earlier
this month.
“I airmailed him a letter Tues
day telling him this. I do not
know whether he is still agree
able, and I am waiting to hear
from him. If he has changed his
mind, I don’t know what will
happen. I guess we’ll have to re
negotiate,” Kiner said. '
The big outfielder, who had re
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