TUESDAY, MARCH 16 1954
Gym Team
Prepares
For KAA's
Penn State's gymnastic team
has returned to the friendly
confines of Rec Hall to once
again roll out the mats and
apparatus, this time to go
through the calm before the
storm—the calm being their
daily practice sessions, and the
storm :coming in the form of
the annual NCAA gymnastic
tournament, which this year is
slated to take place at the Uni
versity of Illinois at Champaign.
Jan Cronstedt, the Olympic All-
Around title winner, in the past
weekend's EIGA meet at Phila
delphia, and Tony Procopio, who
captured the Eastern All-Around
crown, have tucked away the tro
phies they earned via their bril
liant performances. The remain
ing seven Nittanies who placed
in the East's biggest gymnastic
attraction have stashed their med
als away, and the entire team now
is ready to get down to serious
business and polish up its rou
tines for the coming tourney;
Pleased with Lions Showing
Gym mentor Gene Wettstone
was g.r e at 1 y pleased with the
Lions' showing in the meet, which
consisted entirely of , individual
competition.
He gave special mention for the
outstanding routines contributed
by John Baffa and Frank Wick.
Baffa, who had failed to place
above third in the regular season
meets, came through with 249
points out of a possible 300 to
take second honors. He now looms
as a hopeful point-earner for the
Nationals.
Wick First on Horse
Nittany co-captain, Wick, who
for the second time this season
surpassed one-time Eastern side
horse champ, Bob Lawrence,
turned in a brilliant routine on
the horse to account for 282 points
and a first place.
Lawrence, who's performances
are ranked as probably the most
difficult in the nation on the horse.
broke in his routine and thus
failed to place.
Tumbler Bill Paxton also sur
prised the Nittany coach with a
fourth on the mats.
Wettstone listed Cronstedt as
having "one of his better days."
The Lion ace took three first
places, a second on the long horse,
a third on the still rings, and a
fourth on the side horse, in addi
tion to his All-Around victory.
His three first place medals came
via free exercise, horizontal bar,
and parallel bar wins.
Perhaps the work of Tony Pro
copio satisfied Wettstone the most. :
He commented that the Eastern
All-Around winner was "over
due,"
and has all along been cap
able of exhibiting the fine routines
he turned in:
Co-captain Al Wick and versa-
Cabers Meet
(Continued from page six)
the whole trip and we must play
the same kind of ball Friday if
we want to win."
The Lions leave for Kansas City
by plane tomorrow. They will be
playing in the second game of the
doubleheader scheduled in the
Municipal Auditorium. Bradley
University and the University of
Southern California battle in the
other half of the semi-final twin
bill.
They are all that remain of 24
quintets which originated the
tournament lineup. Notre Dame,
LSU, and Indiana—ranked in the
first
,ten nationally—have been
eliminated, and for the first time
in its history, Penn State is with
in reach of college basketball's
highest pedestal. But it's a long
reach.
State's amazing uprising in the
tourney came through plenty of
hard work. Gross . credited the
three wins to "spirit, determin
ation, and a wonderful will to
win." And he knows that his team
will have to possess all three
again Friday when it meets one
of the east's most formidable col
lege quintets.
Ken Leoffler's Philadelphians
slugged North carol Ina State and
Navy, 'both victors over Penn
1954 Eastern 'Wrestlin
1954 EASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE
WRESTLING CHAMPIONS who won
their respective titles at Ithaca, N.Y. where
the 50th renewal of the EIWA tournament
was held last Friday and Saturday. Win-
'Just Out' Makes
Debut on WDFM
"Just Out," a new 15-minute
radio show, made its debut on sta
tion WDFM last night. The two
part broadcast will be hear d
weekly at 9 p.m. Monday, accord
ing to Joseph Hayes, WDFM pro
motion manager.
A discuSsion of recently pub
lished articles from books, maga
zines, newspapers, and other
sources by Eleanor Moran, second
semester arts and letters major,
and Moylan Mills, graduate stu
dent in English, will be featured
during the first half of the show.
AROTC Rifle Squad
Defeats Gettysburg
The rifle team of the Army Re
serve Officers Training Corps de
feated the Gettysburg College
ROTC rifle squad 1379 to 1351
Saturday at Gettysburg.
John Thalimer, fourth semes
ter electrical engineering major,
was high scorer for the Univer
sity with 281 out of 300 possible
points. ,Charles Hayes, fourth se
mester industrial engineering ma
jor, was second with 280 poihts.
tile Karl Schwenzfeier, when
asked their opinions of their own
performances, both commented
that they performed under par in
the gym festival. However, both
turned in good performances.
LaSalle
State during the regular season,
to win their section of the East
ern Regionals. Gola and Co. have
been given the favorites' role for
Friday.
As a result, Penn State will be
the underdog for the fourth con
secutive time in their amazing
tournament drive.
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Lion Unknown
Wins Eastern
oxing Title
(Continued from page six)
my afternoon bout, and think
that's why I didn't get tired in
the final fight." he said after ques
tioned whether he felt tired
against Maloney.
When asked if he had his sights
set on the NCAA , champion berth,
Stokes said "I'm more concerned
about my fight in two weeks at
Louisiana State University with
the National Champ Calvin Clary.
He's going to be tough to beat."
Clary defeated• John Granger,
Syracuse, in the 139-pound semi
finals last year then went on to
annex the collegiate crown, with
victory over. Penn State's Tony
Fiore in the finals.
"Also," Stokes continued, "in
any of these champion tourna
ments, a great deal depends on
how the individual men are placed
as far as when and with whom
they fight. The f.ac t or of this
`seeding' program might have
been the cause for several of the
upsets in the Easterns."
Stokes commented that Patrick
and Coach Eddie Sulkowski have
helped him a great deal. "Eddie is
exceptionally helpful between
rounds," Stokes said. "He has a
knack for picking out the faults
of your opponents and for helping
you collect on them," he ex
plained.
As far as Stokes' coach is con
cerned, Sulkowski said: "Stokes
is the kind of boxer who has the
natural ability and good reflexes
for a fighter. A boy with these
fundamentals, is easy to work
with and very quick to learn—
that's Stokes."
There are only two kinds of
camels in the world. The Arabian
camel has one hump on its back;
the Bactrian camel has two humps
on its back.
Charms
ners (1. to r.) are Hugh Peery of Pitt, 123-
pound class; Dick Lemyre of Penn State,
130; Jerry Maurey of Penn State, 137;
Charles Uram of Pitt, 147; Ed Rooney of
Syracuse, 157; Joe Gattuso of Navy, 167;
lons
aseball Citrus JPope
VERO BEACH, Fla., March 15
(g) Don Thompson's scratch
single with thebases loaded in
the last of the ninth drove in two
runs to give the Brooklyn Dodg
ers a 2-1 victory over Washing
ton's Senators today.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March
15 (JP)—Jim Greengrass' sacrifice
fly in the ninth inning with the
bases loaded brought in the run
that gave the Cincinnati Reds a
4-3 victory over the New York
Yankees.
BRADENTON, Fla., Mareh 15
(AP)—Six-hit pitching by a trio of
young righthanders gave the Mil
waukee Braves a 7-1 victory over
the Detroit Tigers today in their
exhibition baseball game.
PHOENIX, Ariz., March 15 (A")
—The New York Giants won their
fourth straight game by wallop
-ing the Baltimore Orioles 13-8 to
day with home runs by rookie
catcher Ray Katt, second base
man Davey Williams and outfield
ers Monte Irvin and Willie Mays.
WEST PALM BE A C H,- Fla.,
March 15 (IP)—Five home runs by
the Athletics overmatched• si x
doubles by the Red Sox as the
Boston club fell to its fourth con
secutive defeat today 10-7.
Gus Zernial and Ray Murray
hit for the circuit against starter
Jim Ehrler. Then Don Bollweg,
Tom Giodano and Lou Limmer
completed the round trip parade
against Ike DeLock.
FRESNO, Calif.,..March 15 (JP)—
Homers by Stan Musial, Ray Jab-
,~~.<,
..r.,,
George Beresford of Pitt, 177; and Pete
Blair of Navy, heavyweight. Rooney won
the Outstanding Wrestling Award, selected
by the 16 member coaches of the EIWA.
Pitt won the tourney with Penn. State
second.
lonski and Wally Moon topped a
19-hit St. Louis Cardinal attack
that swamped the Chicago Cubs
16-7 today.
TAMPA, Fla., March 15 {lP}
The Philadelphia Phillies scored
six runs in the eighth and three
in the ninth to defeat the Chicago
White Sox 12-11 today.
Sidelights—
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games, connected on 61 per cent
during the trip . . . Sherry scored
on a left-handed hook against the
Irish. "I fulfilled the ambition of
my college career." the Lion Cap
tain quipped . . . Earl Fields says
as you go farther west the hotels
get worse and the steaks better.
The Lions left lowa City im
mediately following the game
and traveled straight through. A
five-hour layover in Chicago
broke up the sleeping hours. "It
didn't matter," said Ed Haag.
"We couldn't sleep anyway. We
just sat around and grinned at
each other."
The Bumblebee is so named be
cause of the humming sound it
makes when it flies. The word
comes from the Middle English
word "bumblen," meaning "hum
ming."
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