Sports Thru
The Lion’s Eye
By JAKE HIGHTQN
Collegian Sports Editor
MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY:
If you think Philip Nolan had it bad, imagine Penn State swim
ming Coach Bill Gutteron’s troubles. He’s now in his second season
as the Man Without a Swim Team. What’s more, his streak may
stretch anywhere from five to seven years before he gets his country
back ...
When the economy wave became necessary in 1950, the swim
ming team was a victim along with rifle, skiing, and golf, (Golf,
practically no expense at all, has since been reinstated,) It was
unfortunate because at the lime the mermen were setting all sorts
of Penn State and Glcnnland pool records; Bob Kenyon, convertee
to gymnastics, was diving sensationally; and backstroker George
Hamilton was swimming faster than the Eastern Collegiate Swim
ming Association record ...
However, something had to go. And, until the Nittany field house
is realized—an excellent possibility with • Phys Ed Dean McCoy
around—the swimming team will not be resurrected .. . The budget
simply wpn’t allow it..
McCoy says that, even if the proposed’ field house were given
the green- light today, red tape ’ would make completion an im
possibility for at least three years, and possibly even five. Archi
tects, planning, cost. figuring, and contract-letting is a terrific
maze to wade through before a hole can even be dug ~ •
Anyway, there is consolation in the fact that “plans are in the
drawer” for a field house .. , How Penn State could use one! ... If,
and when, the field house is built,
it will probably hold in the neigh
borhood of 12,500 fans . . . The
additional wing being constructed
along side of Rec Hall will not
house a swimming tank as has
been conjectured by many . . .
TOO SMALL? MAYBE NOT:
. If the casual observor lakes a
look at Nittaoy boxing Captain
Sammy Marino's dual meet rec
ord Ibis season—-two won. one
lost, and two drawn —he might
almost sneer, "Marino an EISA
champ and an NCAA runnerup?
Winning only two of five doesn't
show it/*
However, if the casual observer
would take a peak inside; “StiU
man’s Gym” in Rec. Hall around
4 p.m. during the week, he would
notice one figure conspicuous by
his lack of covering Marino.
With most of the boxers sweat-suit garbed to either lose or hold,
down weight, Sam skips around or shadow boxes in only shorts and
T-shirt. He just can’t afford to lose an ounce of avoirdupois since in
the EIBA 125 pounds is the lowest weight class available. Therefore;
Sam spots his foes,anywhere 'from five to 10 pounds ...
But shucks, don't feel sorry for Slammin' Sam—he's just liable
to whip the "bigger boys" apd win the EIBA crown again ... Of
course in the Nationals, the 119 pound class is custom made for Sam.
★ ★ ★
OLYMPIC COACH?
For the two weekends past, Nittany track star OUie Sax outdid
Olympic performers in one way or another. In the indoor IC4A’s
OUie captured the 600-yard title with a time of I:lo.4—six-tenths
better than Olympic 400 meter champion Charlie Moore’s IC record.
Then last Saturday in the Michigan, Ohio State triangular meet,
OUie whipped another Olympian, Jack CarroU, in the 440.
It is CarroU who brings to mind a bon mot Penn State track
Coach Chick Werner pulled off last spring during the Penn Relays.
Michigan U. Coach Don Canham had a crack trio of Canadian
athletes—milers John Ross and Don McEwan and . quarterniler
Carroll—who helped ihe Wolverines win the distance medley cham
pionship of the Relays.
During a post-race bull-session Werner, a master dry'humorist,
said to the Michigan coach, “Don, I think they missed a bet in not
appointing you coach of the Olympic team. Canham was naturally
flattered but hastily demurred by saying that he hadn’t the ex
perience of Werner (Olympic Assistant) or the other American
coaches. . -
Then Werner jabbed back. "
team—l was referring to the Car
Come T 0...
The
Forestry
Ball
on March 13r 1953
Sam Marino
★ ★ ★
'Oh. I didn't mean the American
radian team."
NEW
College Diner j
!' Sidewalk Counter Service
• ... .. for ■ .'. .
FREEZER FRESH
ICE CREAM
Between The Movies
§J& ‘gfgfg GQLLEGR miWSYLVAPTIA
DAILY (3j
Win by Army Gymnosfs
Would Mean 2-Way Tie
The rebounding Cadets of
Army, their -three year hold
on the EIGA crown on the
verge of going out the window,
will arrive tomorrow in State
College for the last 1953 East
ern dual, meet and their last
shot at tying up this season’s
standings.
At best, for Army, a win over
the Lions. Saturday will throw
the ’53 Eastern team title into a
two-way, unbreakable tie, as
Coach Gene Wettstone’s crew has
a perfect 3-0 mark in Eastern
play. Army is 2-1. A possible
three-way affair could evolve if:
(1), Army wins; and (2), Syracuse,
also 2-1 in Eastern competition,
beats Navy.
' Meet time is 2 p.m. Saturday.
The Cadets are the perennial
EIGA title-holders they have
been since 1950. Last season the
men from Army finished fourth
in the Nationals at Boulder, Colo.
But this year on paper their
strength was gone, supposedly.
Cadets Beat Navy
Syracuse temporarily confirmed
this, suspicion early in the dual
meet season by pasting the first
defeat on the Black Knights in
three seasons, 53-43.
But then last week the Cadets
surprised the gymnastics . world
by upsetting Navy and getting
back into, the thick of the 1953
fight.
From the Rec Hall standpoint,
Wettstone, with all ideas of latch
ing onto the first Lion gym crown
since ’4B, put his crew through
the third full workout of the
week yesterday. A light practice
will follow today and then an off
day tomorrow.
The Cadets, complete to former
Olympic Coach . Tom Maloney and
18-man 1 traveling team, will ar
rive sometime late tomorow af
ternoon in time for a light work
out at Rec Hall.
Best Rope Team
Army will-lead with 18 different
specialists in the six events. Their
ropeclimbers and tumblers are ex
pected to give the most trouble as
a group. Probable tumblers will
be Captain Haas, Creighton, and
Charles.
The ropemen form the hest unit
of its kind in the country. John
Ballyntyne has a 3.6 to his credit,
while his two mates, Cadets Funk
houser and Renner, both do un
der 4.0. Ballyntyne tied for the
Eastern rope individual title last
season with a 3.6.
The Army paraUel bar perform
ers are Ray Colven, who took sec
ond in the Easterns last year, and
Cadets Edwards and Nicks.
Army’s Bob Wheeler, first place
on the Eastern sidehorse, was
graduated, but Bob Sibley re
mains. Sibley took third in the
Easterns. The Lions’ Bobby Law
rence was second. Working with
Sibley wiU be Cadets Axup and
Jack
' Top Cadets on. the’ horizontal
bar and the flying rings will be
Laurence and Demand.
By GEORGE BAIREY
BOBBY LAWRENCE, the gym team's ever-sieady sidehorse per
former, goes through his free circles routine on the horse. Law
rence, who finished second in the Eastern Intercollegiate Gym
nastics Association individual sidehorse championships last season
at Syracuse, will start in his usual number one position against
Army Saturday. Match time is 2 p.m.
IM Cage Season Ends;
Playoffs Begin Tonight
After battling for first place honors in league F for five long
months, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Kappa Sigma have quietly settled
to share the first berth—but only for a short time. Both teams
chalked up wins Tuesday night to close out the IM hardwood com
petition and add the final touches to their identical 7-1 win and
loss chart.
TKE closed out the season the easy way by copping its seventh
win by forfeit over Kappa Alpha
Psi. Kappa Sigma had to play a
game, but won just as easily as
did the TKE’s as they knotted the
league lead by trampling Phi
Kappa, 47-10. Kappa Sig had the
game all the way with the ad
vantage of a 22-4 half-time lead.
Bob Biggs’ 18 tallies and Tom
Goldsworthy’s 15 markers aided
Kappa Sig’s winning ways.
The two teams will play to
night to decide the champion of
league F.
Seven and one score sheets also
were recorded by Alpha Phi Al
pha, Alpha Tau Omega, and Phi
Sigma Delta, in league E. Alpha
Phi Alpha completed the three
way knot for first place honors
by downing Sigma Phi Epsilon,
35-27. SPE suffered its sixth loss
at the expense of Art -Pollard’s
14 points and 16-10 lead at the
half by the winners.
Alpha Tau Omega will tangle
with Alpha Phi Alpha. The win
ner will go against Phi Sigma
Delta to determine who will wear
the crown of league E.
* * *
By ROY WILLIAMS
Delta Chi copped its fifth win
the hard way by nipping Phi
Gamma Delta, 19-17. Frank Tus
sey tallied 6 points to no avail
as his team couldn’t pull through
with a season ending win.
Delta Tau Delta crushed Alpha
Epsilon Pi, 61-30, to register win
number five. The DTD boys got
out the bug spray and really
went to town. Kress Ernest and
Fred Myton each wore a groove
to the basket as they shared the
evening’s scoring honors with 14
apiece.
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE
WRESTLING
TOURNEY
Two Sessions Dally!
MARCH 27-28
RECREATION BUILDING
Buy Series Tickets Now!
RESERVED SEATS
1 p.m. Friday $1.20
3 p.m. Friday $1.20
2 p.nt. Safyrday $l.BO
@ p.m. Safyrday $2.40
§5.50 for Series Ticket
General Admission Tickets
90c, 90c, $1.50, $2.00
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
PAGE SEVEH,
* *
or $4.00 for Series Ticket
Apply lor Tickets at
107 Old Main NOW!
PENN STATE
First Floor, Old Main