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Bucknell
Shooting
For 2nd Win
By DICK McDOWELL
Penn State, home from a
holiday basketball trip to
Michigan, opens the centen
nial year sports program to
night when it meets ever
dangerous Bucknell at 8 p.m.
in Rec Hall.
The Lion passers, carrying a
6-3 record, meet the Bisons
following a freshman prelimi
nary game, scheduled to get
under way at 6:15.
The game will match two clubs
who have shown lots of scoring
power all season, and despite its
poor record to date, Bucknell-- ,
always a tough customer for Penn
State quintets—could give the
Lions a busy night when they
stride for their 39th consecutive
win on the home boards.
Coach Ben Kribbs club has won
only one of five games this year
but has scored heavily in every
contest, including a 102 point out
put in their lone win against
Albright. Despite four losses to
Lehigh, Colgate, Rochester, and
Rutgers, the Thundering Herd has
averaged 82 points a game, put
ting it three points behind the
Lion, average of 85.
Two Common Foes
The fact that two of the Buck
nell losses came from opponents
which were literally swamped by
the Lions (Penn State topped 100
points against both Colgate and
Rutgers) might indicate an easy
night for John Egli's cagers, How
ever, Bucknell, for several years,
has always been able to give the
Lions a good fight. Last season
Kribbs employed a stalling of
fensive game and ' came within
six points, 49-43.
This year the Bison coach says
he might use the same tactics
again against the Lions who seem
almost unbeatable on their home
court.
Kribbs, of course, recognizes the
big problem that faces any Penn
State opponent. He knows that
he must put the stopper on cen
ter Jesse Arnelle, currently cut
ting the nets at a 25.9 point pace.
Arnelle 'Tough'
"Arnelle? He's going to be
tough," the Bucknell coach said.
"If you stop Jesse you can beat
Penn State. But the question is
how to stop him. He's tall and he's
wide so it takes a fellow with
a lot of scrap to give him trouble."
Kribbs puts most of his hopes
in John Beatty, the Bison center,
and one of five sophomores sched
uled to start tonight.
"Beatty is almost as tall as
Arnelle, but John has to give
away 25 pounds. Arnelle is about
230 and that weight makes him
real effective on inside play. If
Beatty plays like he did against
Rutgers, however, we may not
be in such bad shape after all."
Lineup Juggled
The rest of Kribbs' lineup, jug
gled in an effort to snap a four
game losing streak will show
Joe Baccelli (6-0), Norm Voor
hees (6-1), Marty Tannebaum, (6-
0), and Mike Corrigan, (5-10).
Beatty stands 6-4.
The Lions, too will be trying to
cross back to the winning path
after losing to Michigan State in
their last outing.
Egli's starting cast will probably
include Earl Fields and Rudy
Marisa at the forwards, and Ron
Weidenhammer and Bobby Hoff
man at the guards along with
Arnelle, with Bob Rohland, Joe
Hartnett, Jim Blocker, Dave Ed
wards and Bob Ramsey standing
by for extensive use.
Egli's quintet, setting a white
heat pace until it moved north
for the vacation action, will be
looking for its seventh win of the
still young campaign.
The Nittanies will be home for
two more contests before they
travel to Pittsburgh for a two
night stand against Carnegie Tech
and Pitt on Jan. 14 and 15. Navy
makes its first Rec Hall appear
ance Saturday night and Syracusc.
will visit the Lions next Wednes-
He Leads Lions
Speidei Prep•res
For rith Ca r !Kai,'
Penn State has been one of the standouts in the intercollegiate
wrestling arena since the sport was initiated at the University 45
years ago. And one man—Charlie Speidel—has been the sparkplug
for Penn State's wrestling competition on an eastern and national
basis for more than a quarter of a century.
On Saturday the Lions open their centennial wrestling season
and Speidel opens his 29th sea
son as Penn State wrestling coach.
Predictions for the Lions' hopes
for title recognition in 1955 are
practically impossible now, but
a glance into the past will show
what kind of a hand will be guid
ing the Lions in their title run
this year.
Speidel came to the University
in 1926 to coach the sport which
was only 17 years old at the
University. Since that time he has
piloted Lion teams to 134 wins,
30 loses, and seven ties. The all
time Penn State wrestling record
is 224 wins, 53 loses, and nine
ties
H.mecoming Champ
ACCOMPANYING THE SWEDISH gymnasts when they make
their Jan. 15 stop at I.ac Hall will be Jan Cronstedt, Finnish-born
gymnast who gave up his final year of: eligibility at Penn State
last year to begin medical schooling in Sweden. In his three
years as a Lion gymnast, Crons±edt a collection of records
7--forc achicm-cl. 'n Eastern or lint c,nal Collegiate compe
-37.;-ler. 1 - ,•7 , an captain of this year's team before
deciding to return to Sweden.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Frosh Meet
'rilsons Toniciht
Penn State's freshman basket
ball team opens its season against
the undefeated frosh of Bucknell
in a preliminary game at Rec Hall
tonight.
' Game time is 6:15 p.m.
Bill Lane's charges, led by - 5-9
John Strizzi, have defeated Al
bright. Lehigh, and Lycoming
(twice). The Lion five has de
feated the Penn State jUnior var
sity twice.
The first game ended 64-55, as
Nick Musulin, a JV performer,
led the scorers with 17 points.
The frosh turned in a complete
rout in the second contest as thcry
easily beat the JV's 72-38. The
frosh showed exceptional accur
acy in their shooting and also
dembnstrated fine defensive play
in this game.
The frosh have four contests
remaining. Altoona Center pro
vides their opposition in the next
game at Rec Hall next Wednesday,
then two road games follow
a contest against the - Navy plebes
at Annapolis and a return en
gagement with the Altoona team
at Altoona. The final contest is
slated for Feb. 26 with the Pitt
Panthers as opponents.
Speidel—often tabbed dean of
Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling
Association coaches—has pr o
duced half of the Lions' 12 all
time Eastern Intercollegiate team
champions.
Since 1909 66 Lion wrestlers
have been named Eastern Inter
collegiate individual champions;
43 of these wrestlers (more than
one a year) have been from Spei
del-coached teams from Penn
State.
Speidel has coached the Lions
to three titles as National 'Col-
Jegiate champions.
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A** I n Too fr#l,ttractlon
The coming Rec Hall exhibition, including . the nation's
collegiate gymnastic champs for two-year's running—Penn
State—and Sweden's world-famed gym aggregation, has, al
ready reached the point where Jan. 15 has a big red circle
around it , on nearly everybody's calendar.
Proof of the high calibre of the attraction with an inter
national touch came when it was announced Rec Hall would
be filled to. its 6000 capacity for the Jan. 15 encore appearance.
Last year's sell-out was the first
of its kind
The Swedish men gymnasts,
who will be accompanied by the
1952 Olympic championship wom
en's drill - team, open their tour
at Paterson. N.J., Friday. They
will stop at Madison Square Gar
den, West Point, West Chester
State Teachers College, and the
University of West Virginia be
fore visiting Rec Hall.
Made 32 Stops
A year ago the men's team
toured this country, visiting 32
towns . and cities in 25 states, and
largely through the influence 'of
Gene Wettstone, Penn State
coach, the women agreed to join
the 1955 tour.
Wettstone, who handled ar
rangements for the 1954 tour,
last summer went to Sweden as
visiting lecturer at. a gymnastics
clinic.
What prompted Wettstone to
become interested again was the
evidence he gathered in Sweden
that the previous tour had con
tributed to a better understand
ing of America and the American
way of life.
"I never encountered such hos
pitality as was bestowed on me
in Sweden," the Lion mentor said,
"and when I protested, the
Swedes would proclaiin that they
were only trying to repay me for
the kindness with which they
were treated in America."
Gymnastics At Its Best
To see a Swedish . men's team
perform is to view gymnastics at
its best, and with the added color
of the touring women's team, this
year's exhibition should be the
greatest gymnastic festival ever
assembled.
Among the routines that will
compose the two-hour show will
be lightning speed tumbling, syn
chronized calisthenics, jumping
and vaulting, high table jumping,
and apparatus routines—all per
formed simultaneously by ten
men and eleven women gymnasts.
Phi's Cou.4
—Will Trade
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4 (qP)—The. Philadelphia Phillies
lost a quarter of a million dollars last year and the future
isn't very rosy unless a real pennant contender is developed.
Owner Bob Carpenter said today that even the departure
of the Philadelphia Athletics for Kansas City, which makes
Philadelphia a one club town, won't change the ink in the
ledger from red to black unless
his team is a winner.
Will Trade Anybody
Carpenter isn't talking about
the first division. He means a•first
or second place finish. And to at
tain that end the Phillies' owner
claims he'll trade anybody on the
ball club.
"Yes, that includes Robin` Rob
e_ Curt Simmons, Granny Ham
ner, Richie Ashburn and Del En
nis," Carpenter said. "But remem
ber, I've got to get value for
value . .
Carpen'er is anxious to get a
second baseman and outfielder.
He wants to move Hamner back
to shortstop.
Rookie on First Base
The Phillies' owner is counting
on a young, hard hitting rookie
fr3m Syracuse named Marvin
Blaylock to take over first base.
Carpenter said there would be
few raises handed out in the 1955
contracts .to be mailed shortly.
The .team wound up fourth and
:lrew• 758,000 customers at home.
The Phillies need to draw 950,000
meet actual expenses. And
Thrperiter feels that even with'a
t-rxlT.r he'll be lucky to get
over the million mark.
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 5. 1955
This combined group has toured
practically every European na
tion including Russia.
World-Wide Reputation
According to -an article pre
pared last year by Wettstone, who
doubles as secretary of Ulf. Na
tional American Amateur Gym ! .
nastic- Conference, Swedish gyni
nastics enjoys a world-wide repu
tation.
In his article, Wettstone gave
a brief history of Swedish gym
nasts. beginning with the found-,
ing of the Royal Institute of Gym,
nastics by Henrick Ling. ..f,ing
originated the gym sport in -we
den. The institute, founded in
1813, soon became the Mecca of
gymnasts to which the whole
world flocked.
Today gymnastics, combined
with games and sports, is an es
sential part of the educational
prograrr of all Swedish :3chools.
Over a quarter of a million
Swedes of both sexes and all ages
have regular gymnastic programs
in over 5000 sections covering the
<.i tire country.
In Factories and• Offices
This activity has also made its
entry into factories and offices
where i t is an .important and
stimulating counteraction to the
uniformity of modern forms of
work.
Gymnastics for the housewives
is one of the most notable fea
tures in the latest development of
Swedish voluntary gymnastics.
Gymnastics are held for young
sters too, and many start long
before school age.
In Olympic competition the
Swedish Women's team won the
1943 Olympics in addition to win
ning the team calisthenics event
in 1952.
Sweden's men's teams were
winners of the 1908, 1912 and 1920
Olympic. Games but in recent
years have been displaced by the
Germans, Finns, and in 1953 by
the Russians.
Losses
Anyone
nts Sign
tC•-nadian Ace
NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (JP)—Half
back Alex Webster, leading scor
er and top ground gainer in Can
ada's Big Four football union last
season, has signed with the New
York Giants of the National Foot
ball League.
Webster, 24, played briefly with.
th.. Washington Redskins in 1953
after finishing his college career
at North Carolina State. He joined
the Montreal Alouettes in the mid
dle of the '53 season. He gained
984 yards and scored 80 points
for the Alouettes in '54.
The Giants 'announced no sal
ar;l figures but Vic Obeck, • vice
president of the Alouettes, said
"He's getting a fabulously high
salary, one that Canadian football
just can't match."
"The trend seems to be back to
the U. 5.," said a Giant spokes
man. "This is not an isolated case.
It is the first of several similar
announcements we •exp ec t to
make, some concerning Canadian-,
born players."