SATURDAY. MARCH 20. 1954 NCAA Tourney As Biggest Gym Track-Field Stars Set For Meet NEW YORK, March .19 (R)— The first 50 were the hardest for the Rev. Bob Richards, who will go for his 51st pole vault over 15 feet tomorrow night in the Knights of Columbus games at Madison Square Garden. Alrea,dy the Flying Parson has surpassed th e great Cornelius Warmerdam in the number of 15- foot performances although he is still shooting for Warmerdam's world record marks. Warmerdam, now retired, holds the outdoor record of 15 feet, 7 3 / 4 inches and the indoor mark of 15 8%. During his career, he bet tered 15 feet 43 times. Richards is unbeaten in six years of competition in the K-C meet and he holds the meet rec ord of 15-4, set two years ago. The mild-mannered preacher will have keen competition from Don Laz and Jerry Welbourn, both of whom have done 14-9 this winter; Don Bragg and Jim Harrington. Other features of the annual meet will be Olympian Mal Whit field's try for the double in the 880-yard run and the Casey 600 and the 2-mile race between those friendly FBI antagonists, Horace Ashenfelter and Fred Wilt. Sugar Ray Awarded $25,000 Damages NEW YORK, March 19 (iP)— A Supreme Court jury in a ver dict on record today awarded $25,000 damages to former welter weight champion Sugar Ray Rob inson in a libel action against the publishers of the Amsterdam News. Basis of the action was Robin son's charge that on January 6, 1951, the paper "wickedly and maliciously" carried a story which falsely caused the impression that he had been "guilty of as sault and battery on his wife." ajor League Citrus Dope LAS VEGAS, Nev., March 19 (W)—The Cleveland Indians nipped the New York Giants, 2-1, in chilly, cloudy weather today to end a five-game losing streak. For the Giants, the loss snapped a five game winning streak. Outfielder Dale Mitchell drove hoine the first Cleveland run in the fourth with a single to break a scoreless tie. In the fifth, a single by Al Rosen fetched across the second run. The Giants were blanked until the ninth when two singles, a walk and a fielder's choice pro duced.-their lone tally. BRADENTON, Fla., March 19 (./P)—The Philadelphia Athletics hit four home runs off rookie Ben Johnson today to defeat the Mil waukee Braves 10-6 in their ex hibition baseball game. Bobby Shantz, the A's ace left hander who was ailing last sea son, allowed one run on two hits in the five innings he worked. He struck out five and walked three. TAMPA, Fla., . March 19 (W)— The Washington Senators, win less in their first nine Grapefruit League games, came up today with 6-5 victory at the expense of th e rookie-studded Cincinnati Redlegs. Pete Runnels paced the Sena tors' 11-hit attack with four con secutive singles. Chuck Stobbs and rookie Dean Stone, a pair of southpaws, limited the Redlegs to seven hits, including a double and triple by Lloyd Merriman, 29- year-old returning serviceman. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 19 (W)—The Chicago White Sox took advantage of five St. Louis Cardinal errors today to hand the National League club an 8-2 de feat. Seven of the runs were un earned. The Whtie Sox attack didn't lack for hits—there were 12 •of them off the Redbird hurlers, in cluding ex-Yankee Vic Raschi. CLEARWATER. Fla., March 19 Only one . bridge remains to be crossed for the. Nittany gymnasts to wind up their second consecu tive unblemished season. And that bridge is in me form of the big gest hurdle the Lions have faced this year—the National Collegiate Athletic Association gym tourney. The Nittanies will be seeking their second straight NCAA victory. Site for this year's 12th annual tournament is Illinois University's Huff gymnasium at Champaign, April 2-3. The meet, which could very ap propriately be tabbed as the 'melt ing pot' of the nation's outstand ing gymnasts, is the final goal for the country's best gym aggrega tions to show and prove their wares. In the Nittanies' latest outing, the Eastern gymnastic individual competition meet at Temple last weekend, they completely domi nated the meet to carry away top honors in six of the 11 events. Competition was provided by 50 of the East's best. The only mar on the Lions' slate since their winning streak which began in 1950, is a 49%-46 1 / 2 set back suffered at the hands of Swe den's internationally respected team on January 16th at Rec Hall. Gene Wettstone, Nittany coach, has announced he will send the maximum number permitted into the tourney—ten gymnasts. The Flying F inn, Jan Cron stedt, will once again spearhead the Lions in their quest for recog nition—this time—national gym nastic supremacy. Right on his heels will be the nine Nittanies who had the big say so in the gym team gaining its all winning ways; Tony Procopio, Karl Schwenzfeier, Bob Lawrence, Co-captains Frank and Al Wick, Skeets Haag, John Baffa, Dick Spiese, and Bill Paxton. Cronstedt will be out to defend the two titles he picked up last year. He captured top honors „in the all-around and parallel :oars events. In addition, he will be seeking to improve two other places he gained—a second on the horizontal bar and a fifth in free exercise. He is the only Lion who will be appearing in the annual classic for 'the third time. He picked up a third place tie on the bars as a freshman three years ago. Procopio and Schwenzfeier have (!d')—.A pair of unearned runs off reliever Murray Dickson paved the way for the Boston Red Sox to chalk up a 7-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in a game halted after six innings by rain. MESA, Ariz., March 19 (W)— Ernie Banks and Dee Fondy each hit two home runs today as the Chicago Cubs exploded out of the exhibition-season doldrums with a 13-8 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. At Bradenton, Fla. (!P)— Phila. (A) 410 201 110-10 17 3 Milw'kee . 100 001 130— 6 9 1 Shantz, Scheib 6, and Murray; Robertson 6; B. Johnson, Thomp son 4, Cole 6, and Calderone, Bur ris 6. W—Shantz. L—B. Johnson. HRs—Phila., Power, Zernial, Ren na, DeMaestri. Milwaukee, Lo gan, Queen. At. St. Petersburg, Fla. Chi. (A) 130 200 101-8 12 0 St. L. 002 000 000-2 7 5 Harshman, Sima 8, and Lollar; Raschi, Deal 3, White 7 and Rand, Sarni 7. W—Harshman. L—Raschi At Tampa, Fla., (!P)— Wash. .... 220 002 000-6 11 3 Cinn. .. 300 001 001-5 7 0 Stobbs, Stone 6 and Oldis; Per kowski, Wehmeier 7 and Bald win. W—Stobbs. L—Perkowski. At Clearwater, Fla. (A')—Game called end of sixth, rain. 003 022-7 8 1 Boston Phila. (N) 000 600,-6 9 2 Parnell, Freeman 4 and Wilber, 131 '!'`n-.Y " CO- 1 : 6 : 1 1 e !N: ST'A'TE CQLE:E6 ~ . P E NN SYLVANI4k both served as versatile perform ers for Wettstone over the past two campaigns, and wi 11 once again assume that role. Procopio has consistently earned team points for the Nittanies in two events—H-bar and flying rings. Last year he placed sixth in the all-arounds. Schwenzfeier, the State gym nastic 'mighty has been nip 'and tuck with Procopio over the past season. In addition to H bar and'flying ring routines he has performed on the twin bars. Both can work the side horse and have calisthenics routines. Lawrence, one-time Eastern side horse title-holder, 10 om s as a hOpeful on his specialty, along with Frank Wick. Lawrence broke in his routine in the EIGA meet tb lose his title, but Wick, deter:- mined to keep the crown in the Nittany Vale, carried away top honors. Al Wick is the Lion represen tative on the parallel bars. The double-vision version of Frank has been a consistant winner on the twin bars. although. he had to settle for second honors be hind Cronstedt in the EIGA tour ney. Haag picked up five victories in the six dual meets on the rope, but failed to place in the'individ ual competition. His best time for the 20-foot climb was 3-8. Baffa performs on the rings and makes the verticle climb, and Paxton is the Lions' top tumbler. Spiese; who had seen little ac tion prior to the Nittanies' final duel, the West Virginia encoun ter, broke into the starting- line up with a fine performance on the parallels. Gross Rejoins Lions Nittany basketball coach El mer Gross was unable to ac-' company his "team to Kansas . City, Pilo., by air Thursday due to mild attack of virus. Gross did - make the trip from Pittsburgh by train to join the Lions for the NCAA cage fi nals. Assistant coach John Egli put the Lions through a stiff workout at Municipal Auditor ium and took charge of the team until Gross arrived. Daley 2; Roberts, Dickson $, and Sandlock. W—Freeman. son. HR—Boston, Olson. At Mesa, Ariz. (PO Balt. 400 000 040— 8 9 2 Chi. (N) . 000 013 45x-1.3 18 0 Kretlow, Perkins 5, Post 8 and Johnson, Moss 8; Rush, Lown 6, Moisan 8, and Garagidia, Tappe 6. W—Lown: L—Perkins. We need a campus agent at the Pennsylvania State College to sell nationally ad vertised drawing sets and slide rules to entering engi neering freshmen at the start of the 1954 fall term: High commissions. Posters and advertising brochures supplied free. —WRI T E: Sales Manager, Empire En gineering Supply Co., P.O. Box 114, Canal Street Sta tion, N.Y.C. 13, N.Y. Looms Hurdle EARN $300.00 TO $1400.00 in 2 WEEKS mnastic 'mighty might' the Lions' past campaign.' Schwenzfeier is one of the gym stalwarts that will lead Coach Gene Wettstone's NCAA defending champs into this year's annual classic at Champaign. 111., April 2-3. Lacrosse Managers Candidates for second assistant Lacrosse managers are asked' to sign up at the Athletic AssOcia tiOn office, Old Main, or see Ar thur Cohen Monday through Friday at 3 p.m., in room 221 Rec Hall. Gam ~~~ ' ~~~+~ - -~z BY AIR COMPLETE N CAA COVERAGE! Pictures behind the scenes at the NCAA Basketball AN AIRPLANE EDITION TO STATE COLLEGE l ).) Early Saturday & Sunday Mornings The Patriot Sunday .. ~. .t .. r t.. Z .. ...>.:'.s;. ;, ..:.. mss;<:.;J:~':'!?: mil" m ~, ~ i %tYa: ) :9afI.LM'.??~LYS:.. :uY,t~,~~F'lsis,./.:. 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