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Gymnasts Depart for NCAA
Seek Third
Gym Crown
Cronstedt to Lead
Nittany Entries
When Penn State's heralded
gymnasts completed their second
consecutive undefeated season
nearly four Weeks ago, nothing re
mained but thoughts of the grand
daddy of gym meets, the annual
National Collegiate tourney.
The thoughts have now become
a reality. The Lions left last night
for the 12th annual gymnastic fes
tival at the University of Illinois.
Preliminary competition begins
tomorrow afternoon.
Coach Gene Wettstone, in sum
ming up the chances of his Nit
tany stalwarts to cop the much
sought-after title for the second
year running, could very likely
quote the pre-tourney statement
he made last year.
'Lions to Give Trouble'
"State is going to give trouble,"
was the way he described the
Lions' chances, shortly before they
captured the second national gym
title in the school's history.
Jan Cronstedt, the "fabulous
Finn" who has made a distinct im
pression in gymnastic circles, will
lead the Lions in quest of the
crown.
Cronstedt will be gunning for
three individual titles. Last year,
he was a double winner, when he
carried away top honors in two
events, 'the all-around and the
parallel bars. He stands a good
chance of resuming the double
winner's role in these two events
tomorrow, and in addition he
could possibly capture the hori
zontal bar title.
Third Appeaiance
'This will be Cronstedt's third
appearance in the annual classic.
As a freshman he won third hon
ors on the parallels.
Shooting for All-Around honors
along with Cronstedt will be Tony
Procopio and Karl Schwenzfeier.
Procopio walked away with the
Eastern All-Around crown when
the Nittanies met the best the East
had to offer in an individual com
petition meet March 12-13 at Tem
ple University.
.Schwenzfeier last .year finished
fifth in the NCAA specialized All-
Around competition.
10 Lions Entered
Wettstone is taking the maxi
mum number of gymnasts per
mitted in the tourney in defense
of the title. Besides the afore
mentioned Lion s, Co-Captains
Frank and Al' Wick, Bob Law
rence, Skeets Haag, Dick Spiese,
John Baffa, and Bill Paxton will
be putting forth their efforts to
aid the Lion cause.
Al Wick will be entered on the
twin. bars and stands a good
chance, along with Cronstedt, of
bringing that title to the Nittany
Vale. Spiese will also perform on
the bars.
Frank Wick and Lawrence are
entered in the side horse event.
Lawrence won the Eastern horse
championship before Wick beat
him out in this year's tourney,
thus, the two will be representing
the best in the East in that event.
Haag was consistently one of
the East's best on the rope over
the past season. His best effort for
the 20-foot climb was 3.7. How
ever, he will be facing the world's
greatest verticle climber in Don
Perry of Southern California.
Perry does it in 2.9.
Spiese and Baffa are also en
tered in the rope climb, with Pax
ton, who will work on the mats,
winding up the Lion entries.
Ted Williams' Hopes
Dimmed for Return
SARASOTA, Fla., March 31 (AP)
—A Miami orthopedic specialist
informed the Boston Red Sox to
day that slugging star Ted Wil
liams will not be able to take part
in baseball workouts until , after
April 27.
It had been hoped that Wil
liams, who fractured his left col
larbone in n fall March 1, would
be able t ^t north with the
team nr , -:turn to his
left field spot by inlay 1.
C.OA.CH EDDIE SULKOWSKI and light heavyweight Adam Kois
get together for strategy talks, as the National Collegiate boxing
championships draw near. Kois will be making his final bid for
the 178-pound title. Penn State will be host to the annual tourna
ment April 6,7, and 8 at Recreation Hall.
Lions to Host 17th
NCAA Ring Classic
For the second time in four years, and the fourth time since 1932,
Penn State will host the "world series" of collegiate boxing. In Jan
uary, Coach Eddie SulkoN.vski was named as host coach for the 17th
National Collegiate Athletic Association h ox i n g tourney set for
April 8-10 at Rec Hall.
Sulkowski's role as host coach will be his second since he took
over the Lions' ring squad in 1950,
after the death of Penn State's Old
Maestro, Leo Houck.
Houck, the driving force behind
the Lions' boxing reputation, was
the initial factor in the staging of
the first NCAA boxing tourney in
1932 at Rec Hall. The 1941 tourna
ment was also held at Penn State.
In preparation for the coming
national event, Sulkowski, has be
gun to step up his practice ses
sions. But in the coveted NCAA
battles, Penn State has only net
ted one team championship while
six Nittany boxers have won Na
tional titles.
Penn State will enter its men
for a bid at national honors under
the Intercollegiate Boxing Asso
ciation (East); three other confer
ences will be bringing champions,
runners-up, and "dark horses" in
quest of national recognition.
The Pacific Coast _lntercolle
giate Boxing Association—the sec
ond major conference in college
boxing—the Central Intercollegi
ate Association, and the Northern
California IBA will also send en
tries for the three-day champion
ships next Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday.
Although the Lions carded only
a 1-5-1 dual meet record this past
season, they tied Army for a third
place ranking in the IBA tourney
at Charlottesville, and walked off
with two individual crowns.
Captain Adam Kois, two-year
eastern champ at 178-pounds. will
definitely represent that Weight
in the Nationals for Penn State.
The other Lion Eastern titlist,
Jack Stokes, will enter the 147-
pound class. It will be the Lion
sophomore's first NCAA. bout, and
his eighth collegiate match.
Sulkowski and his entries, how
ever, will face heavy competition
in nine weight classes. In the East,
Maryland and Virginia will enter
two Eastern champs; Syracuse
and Army will each enter one
champ in addition to new national
challengers. Maryland. 1954 East
ern team winners, will lead the
Eastern representatives with two
runners-up in addition to two
champions.
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By ROY WILLIAMS
IM Entry Deadline
Entries for the intramural
badminton singles and hand
ball doubles tournaments must
be turned in at Reb Hall by
4:30 p.m. tomorrow, according
to Dutch Sykes, assistant In
tramural director. Entry fee
for badminton is 25 cents per
man and the fee for handball is
50 cents per man.
The tournaments will get
under way Wednesday at Rec
Hall.
St. Vincent College
Resumes BuSeball
LATROBE, Pa., March 31 (iP)—
St. Vincent College resumed in
tercollegiate baseball today after
a lapse of three years.
Baseball had been suspende:l
at the school for construction of
a new gymnasium. The gym was
constructed on the site of the for
mer diamond. A new field has
been built on the campus.
STANDS OUT
in play
• Harder Smashes
• Better Cut and Spin
STANDS UP
in. your racket
• Moisture Immune
• Lasting Liveliness
COSTS LESS \
than gut
APPROX. STRINGING COST:
Pro-Faded 8raid..36.00
Multi-Ply draid......55.00
At tennis shops and
sporting goods stores
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Tax Slashes Bring Drop
In Athletic Ticket Costs
Sports fans took a deep breath today and began wondering what
savings would come to them as an aftermath of the newly approved
Federal excise . tax slash.
At the University, it was said that the savings to the public will
be immediate and substantial, affecting the forthcoming Naional
WRA Results
BADMINTON
Delta Delta Delta over Sigma Del
ta Tau
Zeta Tau Alpha over Alpha Chi
Omega
Alpha Omicron Pi over Alpha Xi
Delta
Kappa Alpha Theta over Thomp
son l&2 by forfeit
Atherton over Kappa Delta by
forfeit
Kappa Kappa Gamma over Gam
ma Phi Beta
Leonides over Alpha Epsilon Phi
Phi Sigma Sigma over Delta Zeta
Little Lions over McAllister
Woman's Building over Thomp
son 3-4
Sigma Sigma Sigma over Phi Mu
Alpha Gamma Delta over Beta
Sigma Omicron
Chi Omega over Delta Ganima
Pi Beta Phi over Alpha Kappa
Alpha
Collegiate boxing. championships
and also next season's football
tickets.
Harold R. Gilbert, assistant di
rector and business manager of
athletics, announced a new set of
prices for the NCAA boxing tour
nament and added that persons
who already have purchased tick
ets are eligible for a refund. Re
funds will be available imme
-liately at the Athletic Association
'cket office in Old Main, he said.
Grid Tickets $3
Gilbert also said that the tax
cut ; will restore the $3 football
ticket, unknown to Penn State
except for war year exemptions
since 1932. Instead of $3.60 for a
reserved seat, the single game,
single seat price will be $3. The
four game season ticket will be
priced at $ll instead of last year's
$13.20. To faculty, retirees and
other University employees, the
season ticket price *ill drop from
$lO.BO 'o $9 in 1954.
Boxing Prices Listed
On the boxing front, Gilbert dis
closed that the new, tax-free
prices will be $3.50 instead of
$4.80 ,for the series reserved seat,
and $2.75 instead of $3.60 for the
series non-reserved ticket. For in
dividual sessions, reserved seats
will be priced at 75 cents, $1.25,
and $1.50 and non-reserved tickets
will sell at 50 cents, $l, and $1.25.
Under the new prices, the re
served seat ticket now costs less
than the non-reserved ticket cost
under the old plan.
Gilbert said spring and summer
sports will not be affected since
prices had already been set at 50
cents and $1 for single and double
events in anticipation of the slash
in taxes.
"fawn Council Picnic - Set-
For Greenwood Furnace
ToWn Council last night set
Saturday, May 8 at the date / for
its annual picnic. The picnic will
be held at Greenwood Furnace,
and a list for any student to sign
up will be posted in Old Main af
ter the Easter vacation. May 5
was set for the election of new
Council officers.
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Step out in front
of the style parade
in a smart light
weight grey
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THURSDAY. APRIL 1, 1954
Alpha Gamma Delta over Phi Mu
Mac Hall over Alpha Kappa Alpha
Phi Sigma Sigma over Leonides
by •forfeit
Kappa Delta over Atherton
Thompson 1-2 over Alpha Chi
Omega
Zeta Tau Alpha over Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta over Gamma
Phi Beta
VOLLEYBALL
Alpha Xi Delta over Beta Sigma
Omicron by forfeit
Alpha Omicron Pi over Atherton
Woman's Building over Delta
Gamma
Thompson 3-4 over Pi Beta Phi
Phi , Sigma Sigma over Alpha
Epsilon Phi
Philotes over Phi Mu
Co-Op over Theta Phi Alpha by
forfeit
kountz to Speak Tonight
To Dairy Science Club
R. Rupert Kountz, civil engi
neering professor who has been
working with the Dairy depart
ment, will discuss the new dairy
waste products project at the
Dairy Science Club meeting at 7
tonight in 117 Dairy.
BOWLING