TOP SPORTS MOMENTS One more baseball game and the finals of the Intercolle giate AAAA track and field championships are all that re main today of what could be Penn State’s all-time great athletic year. If it isn’t tops, it certainly ranks with the best. Winning records in ten of 12 varsity sports, one national champion, two third place finishers, an eastern winner, and two eastern third places (plus the possibility of an inter ,collegiate champ in track today) crammed into a nine-month period is enough to give even the most unconcerned fan a dizzy head. And through the smoke (probably generated from overheated typewriters) came individual plays and performances that even the most fluent linguist would find difficult to describe. Most of-them were so outstanding that they, still stand very yividly in this' mind. And so with a hundred starting points in mind I’m going to try and select what I consider the five biggest sports thrills of the 1953-54 schoolyear. Here goes: 1. Lenny- Moore's brilliant 78-yard touchdown run in Penn - State's 17-0 rout of Pitt. After turning the ends on the sluggish Panthers for most of the afternoon, the sophomore. speedster .switched his tactics and cracked over guard on his well known trap-play. While: Pitt’s secondary defensers began to close in, the Lion tailback poured on the speed and sliced between all four men, hell bent for the distant goal line. His touchdown virtually' broke Pitt’s already weakened back. 2. Jesse Arnelle stepped to the free throw line against Pitt in the first of two basketball games played against the Panthers last season. Ordinarily a routine situation. Blit'this time it was different. The Panthers had come from behind late in the game to tie the score and send it into overtime. Then as the extra period drew to a close, they spurted ahead of the Lions, 71-69. With sec onds remaining,, Arnelle was fouled in a field goal attempt and was awarded two free losses. He had to make them both if the Nittanies were to stay alive. While fans sat tight and his teammates closed their eyes, the big center cut both shots through the Hoops. Penn State finally won the game in the third overtime, 91-85. 3. This one you can't contribute to one man, although he did play the biggest role. Penn State's sweeping win in the National Collegiate Gymnastics championships has to be included in this list. While phenominal Jan Cronstedt, probably the best college . gymnast in the nation, was gathering in four individual titles and Bobby Lawrence and Tony Procopio knocked down one each, the Lions scored an uhprecidented 137 points, bettering their own record of 91 Mt set the year before. 4. Boxer Frank Della Penna’s victory over heavily-favored Bruce Yancey ,of Syracuse can’t go overlooked. Della Penna, fighting his second collegiate bout, stood toe-to-toe with the powerful heavy weight and whipped him in the third round to win the “big one” as the underdog Lions tied the Orange, 4-4. Yancey, two years eastern runner-up to Adam Kois in the light-heavyweight division, had been picked as a shoe-in. But a determined fury of hard lefts and sledge hammer fights changed the picture in the final round. 5. Penn State's unprecideniecf surge to third place in the NCAA playoff s will probably never be forgotten. Every over- • worked cliche or adjective will never begin to describe the fabu lous rise of the unknown Lions against the nation's best college jrleams. Scoffed at when they entered the eastern regional playoffs, they soon became the most talked about team in the nation when they rose to the finals in the tourney, leaving top-notch clubs like Louisiana State and Notre Dame behind. then, are my top sports thrills of the year. There were more, many more, but there just isn’t room for all of thorn. In fact, there probably isn’t a typewriter, made than can handle that much work. Harney Denies Dissension PITTSBURGH, May 28 (£>) General Manager . Roy Harney of the Philadelphia Phillies said to night there is no dissension on the club n and there is no thought of firing Manager Steve O'Neill. Hamey, here to watch the Phil lies play the Pittsburgh Pirates, issued a statement "ier saying he had heard such reports. Declar ing they are “utterly ridiculous," he'^dded We have never considered such a thing firing O’Neill and after winning two games in Brooklyn I don’t believe there can be much dissension after all we are only Congratulations y - and Best Wishes to Graduating Seniors and A Happy Summer To AH of You from ' . CANDY CANE Between the Open movies & 9:30 *,m. -10 p.m. the diner, _ , & Sun. afternoon By dick mcdowell Collegian Sports Editor three games out of first place and maybe Steve has something to do with that. “We are not thinking of firing him. It ■ seems, that some. outside source is trying to cause ! trouble in the club. To my knowledge there is certainly no dissension as far as the club is concerned.’’ M' m miimim l wwmv ■' nn y wj iiy ip w Ufl. HE HU iif Hur a |l Spring Sale Still on! |i GREAT REDUCTIONS ' | . on || Suits : Sports Coats | Summer Sportswear | MANY OTHER ITEMS • Come In Cash In On The | Great Values | Ultra IlKtnß i 114 E. College Ave. i*f-CQUEffiffii STATE COUEGI Rymsza, Buerk Cop Laurels In IM Tennis In the finals of the independ ent men’s intramurals tennis dou bles matches, Ed Rymsza arid Andy Buerk won without much trouble over Joe Eberly; and Dick Norton, 6-4, 6 7 2. The finalists en tered the final match by virtue of a win over John Helmers and Mike Popowniak, 7-9, 6-3,' 6-1. Eb erly arid Norton entered the fi nals after, beating Grey and Rey, 6-4, 6-4. Five more matches were played in the fraternity bracket-of in tramural doubles, including one third-round match and four quar ter-finaj. matches. Jim Stuhmer and George Wal ker, Alpha Sigma Phi, won their third round match by beating Roger Beidler and Dick Kuhn, Theta Delta Chi, 7-5, 6-2. Their win was all in vain though, as they were defeated in their at tempt to make the semi-finals by Kotzen and Solornon, Beta Sigma Rho, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2. Other pairs making the semi finals were: Bob Raunch and Quinn, Delta Tau Delta, over Paul Brobst and Myers, Triangle, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3; Marve Triirias and George Schimmel, Zeta Beta Tau, over Bruce Williams and Roger Dietz, Pi Kappa Alpha, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; and John Millen and Thaver Potter, Phi' Delta Theta, winning over Rolfe Ross and Merick, Sig ma Pi, 6-0, 6-2. Varsity 'S' Club Initiates 51 Fifty-one athletes, and man agers including fifteen seniors, have been initiated into the new ly organized Varsity “S” Club. New members include Dick Le myie, Jerry Maurey, Keith Ves ting, Frank Wick, Art Cohen, Ron Lench, Richard Bruce, Bob Hol len, "Jack Sherry, James Hamill, Richard Gordon;."Bob Rohland, Garry Gillespie, John Pinezj.ch, William Youkers, and Ronald Johnson. Jim Garrity, Rudy Marisa, Bill .Oberly, Joe Krufka, Alan Pom eroy, Paul Heim, Rex Bradley, John Moore, Angelo Kallura, Ron Weidenhammer, Bill Straub, Ted Garrett, Pat Kennedy, Doug Moorhead, Dick Parker, Alan Le chard, Warren Gittlen, Frank Locotas, Don Balthaser, Keith Horn, Ed Jones, Richard Crafton, Horace Mitchell, Frank Reich, Paul Dierks, Galen Robbins, Rich ard Matacia, Dante DeFalco, Bob Hamel, Bob Homan, Hubie Kline, Doug Frey, Kenneth Packer, and Robert Harris. Phi Kappa Wins Title John Kunda and Joe Pitoniak gave Phi Kappa the intramural horseshoe title yesterday when they defeated Robert Smith and Lawrence E ckl u n d, defending champs from Alpha Gamma Rho, 13-21, 21-17, 21-16. Penn State will draw the Uni versity of Pennsylvania as its opening, football opponent in 1956, Thie two teams, opponents since 1890, also will meet at Franklin Field in 1954 and 1955. University Decides To Drop Ring Sport (Continued from page one) the imagination, a reflection on him' or on his teams.” Sulkowski, who guided his 1954 team to third place in both the eastern and national champion ships said he was completely sur prised when he was informed of the move. ‘?I was dumfounded,” he said, “particularly since everybody ap peared to be satisfied with the final outcome of last season. How ever, we have qualified people here to make the decisions on matters like this and I just have to accept it.” “I' feel sorry for the kids though,” he added. “I know they could have proved themselves next year, You know, for the first time since I’ve been coaching, here I would have had a strong nu cleus to work with. Six of last season’s regulars were due to re turn along -with six good, and ex perienced freshmen.” . . Penn State has iong been a lead er in the sport. The University, j Major League Baseball CHICAGO, May 28 (IP) Ted KluszewsTri smashed his twelfth home run and Wally Post his eighth as the Cincin nati Redlegs defeated the Chi cago Cubs 6-3 today in the opener of a four game series. Art Fowler, 30-year-old rookie righthander, was lifted with one out in the Chicago ninth. .Frank Smith inherited a bases full situation. After Ernie Banks’ single .scored the final two Chi cago runs, Smith ended the game on Gene Baker’s long liner to Jim Greengrass. Kluszewski’s homer gave the Redlegs a 2-0 lead in the first in ning. The drive into.the right field seats followed a leadoff walk to Bobby Adams. Losing pitcher Jim Davis’ balk paved the way for the winners’ third run in the. second. Wally Post beat, out an infield scratch, and was safe at second when Bak er booted Andy Seminick’s high fly on the edge of the outfield grass. Fowler nudged both runners along with a sacrifice, and then Davis balked. In the fifth, the Redlegs got to Davis for a two out walk to Roy McMillan, who scored when Hank Sauer fumbled the recovery of Gus Bell’s single. Johnny Temple blasted a one out double off the left field wall, and scored on Fowlers single over Ralph Kiner’s head in the sixth. CINCINNATI, May 28 (£>)— Warren C. Giles, president of the National League, today disallowed in fact, pioneered boxing in the East and it’s believed that a match between ■ the Lions and Penn in 1919 was the nation’s first dual meet. In its 36 years of participation Penn State has produced seven national individual _ champions and one team champion. The team championship came in the first tournament in 1932. Penn State has also been host school for three national tournaments. The University served as host to the first national tourney and the first Eastern tournament in 1924. Cronstedt Returns Horn® Penn State’s ace gymnast,' Jan Cronstedt, already has returned to his native Finland to seek' a place on the team which will rep resent his home country. in thg world’s championships at , Rome, Italy, June 28 to July 1. Before his departure, Cronstedt was named captain of the 1955 team. the protest of the St. Louis Car dinals of the game they lost ip Chicago last Tuesday night. The Cubs won 6-2. Eddie ,Stan ky, Cardinal' manager, filed a protest as. a result of conflicting decisions by two- umpires on a play in the fifth inning. The disputed play was made after St. Louis had scored one run with four hits off pitcher Jim Davis. With one out and, the bags filled, -Wally Moon hit a blooper to leftfield. Ralph Kiner ran in to try for a shoestring catch. Sianky said um pire Hal Dixon at third- base waved his arms, indicating a trap ped ball, or fair hit. ' Umpire Tom Gorman, at second base, ruled Kiner had caught the ball. Kiner threw to second, dou bling the runner. That decision stood with the backing of Plate Umpire Larry Goetz. “That there are conflicting de cisions is not denied,” Giles said in his decision. “Conflicting deci sions by umpires have occurred before and will no doubt occur irt the future; particularly where there is no fine line of territorial jurisdiction. “That the conflicting decisions in this case may have influenced base funning by Del Rice which results in an ‘out’ that otherwise might not have occurred is recog nized and is regrettable. However, to allow a protest there must be substantial evidence that tbe out come of the game would have been different had the basis for the protest not occurred. In this case we find no such evidence and the protest is therefore dis allowed.” H m mm
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