FRODAY. FP.RI I / 9 4,zY 26. 1954
SPOI I . OI
A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING
Chick Werner's indoor track team will be making an
other bid for the coveted IC4A title tomorrow in New York's
Madison Square Garden. Last year the Lions finished sec
ond behind powerful Manhattan. The Jaspers, perennial
favorites in the annual all-collegiate , extravaganza, have
been placed in that position agatn this year.
There are no balmy breezes available, or no warm ocean
beaches to beckon them for after-practice relaxation, but
just the same, Joe Bedenk's base
ball Lions have begun their
"spring" training. Bedenk has
been working his pitchers and
catchers for the past two weeks
and most of last season's veterans
are beginning to turn out for
regular sessions at Beaver Field.
The Lions inaugurate their sea
son next month.
* *
A check in the recordi shows
that there is still one big win
ning streak listed in the Penn
State books. Elmer GroSs' bas
ketball teams h a c v e won 32
straight contests in Rec Hall.
The last time the Nittanies were
beaten on the local court was
Jan. 1951 when Colgate turned
the trick.
More on records: Yale Univer
sity must own the longest inter
collegiate win streak right now.
The Eli swimming team won its
108th s t r a i gh t meet Saturday
against Harvard.
Dutch Sykes' comment • when
someone mentioned that the pres
sure is off Charlie Speidel now
that the Lion Wrestler's streak is
broken: "Believe me it's much
easier to take that kind of pres
sure than the pressure you get
when you're losing."
The uniform custodians in the
major leagues axe getting a real
workout thit spring. Everybody
seems to be buying, selling, or
trading. The biggest sale, of
course, was the peddling of the
Yankee's Vic Raschi to the St.
Louis Cardinals. Along with the
Springfield Rifle, well knowns
like Dave Philly, Danny O'Con
nel, Bob. b y Thompson, Sam
Jethroe, Harry Byrd, Eddie
Robinson, and Murry Dickson
will be fitted with new flannels
this summer.
Yankee manager Casey Stengel
appeared to take the loss of his
big right-hander with extreme
calm.
"I'll just have to develop some
one to replace him," was Case's
reply.
Bet he does, too!
Back on the local scene: Jesse
Arnelle appears to be headed for
his third straight 400-point season.
The big center 'had accumulated
351 points in 16 games. As a fresh
man he set a new season sdoring
total with 468 points, then tossed
in 432 points last season. Jesse
won't reach his 1951 mark this
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season because the Lions have
only three games left on the sched
ule but he's actually scoring more
points this season per game. He
averaged slightly better than 19
per game as a frosh and is cur
rently scoring at a 22.3 pace.
Probably the finest wrestling
team in Pitt history comes to
Rec Hall tomorrow night to
challenge Charlie Speidel's now
streakless grapplers. For years
Pitt wallowed in the bottom of
the barrel as a wrestling school.
Then came Hugh Perry. Since
he took over the coaching chores
at Panther Hollow. the Pitts
have been on the upswing.
Note: Look for one of the big
gest crowds in history to be on
hand for the event. Penn State
students won't for get what
Speidel's teams 'did for 34 con
secutive meets.
A reader writes: How in the
world could the Penn State ba.§-
ketball team lose to Colgate and
Syracuse last weekend after beat
ing both teams so easily in Rec
Hall?
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Wednesday, March 3
Win Over Owls May Net
Lions Eastern Gym Title
The Eastern gymnastic champ will very likely be decided to
morrow when the Nittany Lions clash with Temple in Philadelphia's
South Hall.
Gene Wettstone's performers stand as the only undefeated team
in the Eastern League, and since the Eastern championship is based
on a team's won-lost record, a
win for the Nittanies would auto
matically present ,them with the
crown. _Temple is.' the final East
ern foe on the Lions' schedule
Owl coach, Max Younger, will
be sending some very capable
men at the Lions to strive to break
the latter's winning skein. How
ever, the Owls appear to possess
little depth on their 18-man squad.
Two Stand Out for Owls
Bob Demerjian and Gene Scholl
appear to be the big men for the
host team. Dernerjian captured
the state side horse crown in 1951
and came in second in that event
last year in the MAAAU meet.
Wettstone is counting on Lion
horse specialist, Bob Lawrence to
offer Demerjian more than he bar
gained for or has met so far this
season. Lawrence is the defending
Eastern titleholder on the horse,
and -has suffered only one defeat
this season. In the Navy meet, a
slight mishap in his routine
caused hiin to settle for the num
ber two post, with the first place
nod going to teammate Co-cap
tain Frahk Wick.
Scholl Holds Rope Record
Scholl walked away with sec
ond honors in the Nationals AAIJ
meet in 1952. He currently holds
the Temple vertical-climb record
with a time of 3.6.
Nittany rope artist, Skeet s
Haag, still owns an unblemished
record. His best clocking so far
has been 3.7. At the start of the
season he was unable to surpass
the 3.8 mark. During practice ses
sions prior to the NaVy clash he
altered his style and took first
honors against the Middies and
Army with identical 3.7'5.
Although Dernerjian 'owns state
and MAAAU honors on the horse,
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versatile Bill Coco is the Owl's
star performer in that event.
Coco will also • appear in the
number two position on the rope
arid third man in tumbling:
Jengo No. 1 on H-Bar
Owl • captain, John Jengo, is
their student on the horizontal
bar and number two on the paral
lel bars. On the H-bar he will
face undefeated and 'National all
around c ham p, Jan Cronstedt.
Cronstedt owns four straight wins
on the bar this season, and is ex
pected to make it number five
against the Birds.
Bob McCarthy will lead his
winged cohorts on the parallel
bars, and will fly head-on into
Nittany Co-captain Al Wick. Wick
has taken the number one spot
three times this season, while
bowing to the number two posi
tion behind Cronstedt in the Navy
duel.
Jack Bretcher is the best the
Philadelphians will have to offer
on the flying rings. As in the
case of his Owl counterparts, he
should find the goings rough. If
he is to meet defeat, it will prob
ably come in the form of Karl
Schwenzfeier or Tony Procopio.
One of the two has captured first
honors in every meet thus far
with the exception of the Mich
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tion match with North Carolina
State, 69-60.
Four of Gross• present starting
five played in that set at Raleigh
as freshnien, so Gross will not be
taking a completely inexperienced
team to Fort Wayne. Jesse Ar
nelle, Jack Sherry, Ed Haag, and
Ron Weidenhammer all played in
1952. •
The only' other time a Penn
State team played in the tourna
ment was in 1942 at New Orleans
when Dartmouth dumped them,
44-39, in the opening game. The
Lions won the consolation game,
however, beating Illinois, 41-34.
Gross said yesterday that he
was surprised but very pleased to
receive the invitation. "I know
the boys will be very happy about
it," he said, "and we'll certainly
do our best."
The cagers have three more
games, all of them at home, re
maining on their 19-game sched
ule. They meet Rutgers in Rec
Hall tomorrow, and follow with
Georgetown and Temple, next
week. The opening game with
Toledo is scheduled just three
days after the Temple game.
Lambda Chi Pledges
Clean Up Sunset Park
Eight Lambda Chi Alpha pledg
es recently completed their work
week community project of clean
ing Sunset View Park in State
College.
The project consisted of raking
leaves and brush and getting rec
reational equipment in shape. The
pledges were John Sterling,
Charles Wolf, Lewis Sharp, Ron
ald Stepp, Charles Swaim, Jay
Best, Glenn Gross and Frederick
Siepert.
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