WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1955
4 Future Mat Foes Win, 2 Lose
Four of Penn State's six future
wrestling ;:,.foes stacked up wins
last weekend as the main portion
of the Eastern wrestling teams of
ficially opened the collegiate
Wrestling season.
Marylaud, Navy, Syracuse, Ar
my, Lehigh, ariO. Pitt, opponents
of the Lions this season who will
appear against the Nittany grap
plers in this order, saw action.
Army and Syracuse suffered de
feats", While. Maryland, Navy, Le
high, and Pitt scored impressive
hi,ghlscoring wins.
Maryland, which will visit Rec
Hall Tuesday for the Lions' first
home match of the 1955 Centen
nial season, soundly clubbed Wake
Forest; 34-0.
Navy's varsity, set to visit the
Lions for the first time after the
Maryland Match, put on a whirl
wind show and quickly disposed
of Duke, 40-0.
The Middies made such quick
work of the Duke Bluedevils that
any customer arriving late prob
ably missed most of the show.
And -those who got to the meet on
time didn't stay very long.
Navy won seven of the eight
bouts on falls and the other on a
forfeit. The Midshipmen actually
licked Duke in less than 20 Min
utes of actual wrestling.
Four of Navy's eight winners
wrestled against Penn State last
year when Navy snapped the
Lions' 34-match win streak, 19-9.
Navy's 157-pounder Phil Brainerd
who lost to Doug Frey 5-2 last
year won, while Joe Gattuso, 167-
pounder who pinned Bill Shavrley
in 1954, also won.
Navy's Ed Zabrycki won with a
pin against Duke; Joe Krufka de
feated Zabrycki last " year, 5-3.
Pete Blair, Navy's topnotch heavy
weight who pinned Lion heavy
World's
Swedish
Ten male gymnasts who will accompany the Swedish wo
men's team when the combined group performs before an
expected 6000 capacity crowd at Rec Hall Saturday night
represent Sweden's gymnastic best.
Eight of this year's visitors were part of the 13-man ag
gregation which toured the nation a year ago.-
But one member of this year's visiting group will be any
thing but a stranger to Penn State gymnastic fans.
Jan Cronstedt, number one on
Coach Gene Wettstone's N CA A
championship team last year, will
be with the group when it visits
Rec Hall, and will travel with it
as far as Cleveland, twelfth stop
on the itinerary. He will then re
turn to Sweden to continue medi
cal studies.
Cronstedt was able to get a three
week leave from Karolinska Insti
tute In Stockholm because of his
high academic standing.
4 Indiyidual Titles
The Finnish-born gymnast cap
tivated, the collegiate world in
1954- 'by:sweeping four individual
titles; including the all-around
crown in the National Collegiate
charripionships at Champaign, 111.
HiS_ Eastern and National titles
nuMber 14.
The visiting Swedes range be
tween 19 and 29 in age, and from
student to electrician in occupa
tion.
Their top performer, rated as
the best Swedish gymnast of all
times,- is Anders Lindh. Lindh has
been a member of the Swedish
national team since 1946, and was
on the 1952 Olympic team.
Three other standout gymnasts
for the visitors are Arne Carlson,
Staffan Carlsson, and Arne Lind,
all of . whom visited the United
Sthes' last year.
Excels in Two Events
Carlson excels in free .7.a.osthen
ics and on the horizontal bar,- and
is in addition an excellent tumb
ler. Like Lindh, he has been a
member of the,national team since
1946, and was a 1952. Olympian.
Carlsson was the• Swedish jun
ior: champion in 1953, and at 19
is the - youngest member of the
team. He is rated a terrific tumb
ler and. table vaulter, and is said
to have the highest back layout
in Europe.
Lind is an excellent all-around
kymnast, specializing in long horse
vaulting and free• calisthenics. He
owned a reserve berth on the 1952
Olympic team.
Reijo Nieminen, a gymnast with
Bill Oberly last year at 4:28, won
by forfeit.
Syracuse dropped a close en
counter with Cortland S t at e
Teachers College, 18-16. Cortland
Joe Xrufla
177-pound Standout
had been defeated by Cornell,
the recent 17-10 victim of the
Lions in the season opener.
Army also was defeated when
Best Amon , .
Gymnasts
an unusually flashy technique,
stands out on the horizontal bar.
In 1949 he was the Scandinavian
junior champion.
Lennart Lundgren, Rune Ericks
son, Jan Bjorklund, Kurt Wigartz,
and Lennart Malmlin compose the
remainder of the visiting male
gymnasts.
Lundgren and Wigartz were on
the '52 Olympic team, and Bjork
lund was a member of the 1954
National team.
Lundgren is an excellent per
former on the parallel bars, and
Ericksson stands out on the side
horse. Bjorklund, who just Lately
came into national prominence, is
an outstanding high table juniper,
while Wigartz excels on the hori
zontal bar and side horse.
Malmlin, a relatively new mem
ber of the National team with a
very promising future, has tre
mendous strength which gives
him definite advantages •on the
rings and parallel bars.
Erdel•tz inks
Five-Year fll-act
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 11 (IP)
—Eddie Erdelatz decided today to
sail along for another five-year
hitch with the Navy football team
he restored to glory in his first
tour as skipper.
The 41-year-old coach abruptly
brought serenity to the Severn
which has been flustered by re
ports he was shipping out to the
Los Angeles Rams.
"I'm very happy and proud to
continue as head football coach at
the Naval Academy," he said in
accepting the pr.Afered five-year
contract at a reported pay raise
from $15,000 to $17,000.
To further emphasize his con
tentment, he said he'd like to stay
on for as long as he coaches. "The
way I feel, I'd like to end my
117;ad coaching career where it
Started."
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Springfield scored a 20-13 win.
Army showed most" of its strength
in the heavier weights with 137-
pounder Pete Fikaris, Dale Ward
(157), ,and Jerry Tebben (167),
copping victories. These three
men along with Frank Greer, who
lost in the heavyweight slot at
Springfield, saw action against
the Lions last year.
Lehigh scored four falls in win
ning six of eight bouts to defeat
Franklin and, Marshall, 26-6, for
its second straight victory. The
Engineers also have defeated Cor
nell, 18-6.
Lehigh's four veterans wh o
wrestled against the Lions last
year are Ken Faust (147), Ed Ei
chelberger (157), -Dick Whited
(167), Dave Gallaher (177), and
heavyweight Werner Seel. Faust,
Eichelberger, and Seel own 2-0
slates.
Pitt caused considerable eye
brow lifting on the wrestling
front by dropping Michigan State,
24-5, although the Panthers have
only three holdovers from their
Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling
Association championship team.
Ed DeWitt (167) and Joe Solo
mon, who moved up to 177
pounds, scored wins. 'DeWitt, sec
ond in the Easterns last year,
scored the only pin in the Lion-
Pitt match to drop Bill Krebs.
Solomon defeated Bill Shawley at
167-pounds, 9-4. Pitt regular Bill
Kozy, who defeated Hal Byers
last year at 130 pounds, did not
wrestle against the Spartans.
Pitt has been bolstered this
year with three sophomore hold
overs—Ed Perry- (123), Bill Rul
ings (130) and Dan Wisniewski at
heailyweight. Perry and Wis-,
niewski won, but Hulings lost
against Michigan State.
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Nope Sheet
NEW YORK, Jan. 11 (W)—The
bright, young rookies of the class
of '55 soon to make their bid for
big league jobs, already are steal
ing the headlines in the Caribbean
winter baseball leagues.
Men like the New York Yan
kees' Elston Howard, the St. Louis
Cards' Ken Boyer and Bill -Virdon,
Pittsburgh's Bob Clemente and
Brooklyn's Chico Fernandez have
been atttracting raves from the
scouting brigade.
CLEVELAND,. Jan. 11 (IP)—AI
Rosen signed for his ninth season
with the Cleveland Indians today
and then • dropped in at a down
town stockbroker's office, his oth
er source of income.
"I look forward to having my
best year in the majors," he told
a reporter who reached him there
by telephone. The 29-year-old
third' baseman doubles as a stock
broker in the off season and even
on his free days during baseball
time.
He signed up today after a brief
conference with General Manager
Hank Greenberg, reportedly' for
about $42,000, the same figure he
drew last season.
Outfielder Al Smith also sign
ed his contract today.
CHICAGO, Jan. 11 (M—Marty
Marion, the former spidery Mr.
Shortstop of he St. Louis Cardi
nals, today finally became official
1955 manager of th e Chicago
White Sox a:,(1 predicted a pen
nant season for the Pale Hose.
Although drafted as Paul Rich
ards' successor as Sox pilot last
September, Marion did not sign
for this year until a morning hud
dle with Vice President Chuck
Comiskey and General Manager
Frank Lane.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 11 (R)—The St.
Louis Cardinals announced today
t:...ay had swapped righthanded
pitcher Ben Wade for southpaw
Paul LaPalma of the Pittsburgh
Pirtaes.
Wade, 32, pitched in 36 games
last year and had a won and lost
record of 1-1. He came to the
Cardinals from Brooklyn on waiv
ers late last season. Wade, whose
home is in Pasadena, Calif., has
an earned run average of 7.28.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 11 (JP)—The
Baltimore Orioles announced to
day that outfielder Gil Coan had
signed a con.tract for the 1955
baseball season. Terms were - not
disclosed.
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Scorebook
"BLUE SKIES"
Although this is supposed to be winter, it looks like "Blue skies,
nothing but blue skies from now on" for Penn State's track pros
pects. Perhaps this is painting the picture a shade too bright, but
even Lion track mentor Chick Werner is dispelling fears of "April
Showers."
Werner's indoor track squad is potentially one of the finest
ever assembled in the Nittany Valley. This year's team has depth,
experience, and ability, even if it is hampered by poor training
facilities. Heading the list of thinclads who have brought bright
hopes for the future are a host of fine runners for the mile relay
quartet, two ace shot putters, one of the strongest groups of
hurdlers in the nation, and several other promising competitors.
Back from last season's record-smashing mile relay team are
Art Pollard, Skip Slocum, and Roy Brunjes, with the final runner
still to be selected. Bob Matz, Bruce Austin, Rod Perry, and Dick
Mohler are the top candidates to fill the spot on the relay team
which was left open by the loss of speedster 011ie Sax.
Last year the baton-passers eclipsed Villanova's four-year-old
record of 3:24
.in the Inquirer Games, whizzing to a new standard of
3:23.8. The victory gave the Lions a hold on the Liberty Bell Trophy
and a chance of retiring the cup should they duplicate their win
Jan. 21 at Convention Hall, Philadelphia. Pollard, Dave Leathern—
who is expected to return to action next semester—Brunjes, and
Sax sped to the new critereon.
However, the record-setting was not at an end. Pollard, Brun
jes, Slocum, and Sax covered the banked boards of Madison Square
Garden at the Millrose Games in a Nittany record time of 3:19.7.
Rosey Grier and Charlie Blockson are Penn State's two most
formidable weight men. In last season's Intercollegiate Amateur
Athletics Association of America championships Blockson placed
third and Grier fourth in the shot put. Blockson heaved the 16-
pound shot 51' 3 1 / 2 " to eclipse Crier's Penn State mark by two
inches and help the Lions finish in a tie for fourth in the title
competition.
Pollard, the "Coatesville Comet," also competed in the sprints
during the indoor campaign, facing some of the world's finest
runners and coming through with several impressive showings.
Perry, ~another Coatesville product, was pitted against such out
standing hurdlers as Harrison Dillard, Van Bruner, Wally Monahan,
and Charlie Pratt and - still came up with plenty of victories although
only a freshman last year.
Behind Perry, Werner has several other crack timber-toppers.
Bob Young, a transfer frOm Notre Dame, and two veterans—Gary
Seybert and Bill Youkers—have all seen plenty of action. Don
Winston, only in his second semester, has also drawn praise from
Werner, but will not be competing with the varsity until next
semester.
Pole vaulters Harry Fuehrer and Ben Shields and such distance
runner as Jim Pastorius, Paul Roberts, Doug Moorhead, Ted Gar-,
rett, and John Chillrud will help round out the squad.
"STORMY WEATHER," LITTLE WHITE CLOUDS, AND "RAIN"
The lack of a field house in which to train has been a handicap
for Nittany track and field competitors for years, but Werner has
consistantly been able to turn out high-caliber material. Another
factor which may seem to foretell "Stormy Weather" for the har
riers is the exceptionally rugged competition they will be facing.
Most of the meets in which the Lions will be taking part are in
vitational affairs, with only the best athletes in the sport battling
for the spotlight.
The Lions will be pitted against such world-famous stars as
Horace Ashenfelter, Bob Richards, Mal Whitfield, and Lindy
Remigino—four Gold Medal winners in the 1952 Olympics. Ernie
Shelton, the world's No. 1 high jumper, and Jim Lea, conceded
to be one of the
. two fastest quarter-milers anywhere will also
see action. John Landy, the top active miler in this or any other
continent, and several foreign standouts will take part in the win
ter action too. •
On Feb. 12 the Lions will travel to Michigan State for 'what
is being billed as the finest meet of the, indoor campaign. Missouri,
Ohio State, and Michigan State—three ,strong teams—will battle the
Nittany thinclads in the feature attraction of the Spartans' centen
nial week celebrations. In order to make room for this stellar meet,
the annual Michigan State relays have been dropped this season
and may be permanently replaced by this quadrangular battle.
With poor training conditions and a rough schedule facing
them, it appears as though there are clouds dotting the "blue
skies." Werner, however, is basing his hopes on one of the most
impressive teams he has ever masterminded, With such standouts
as Pollard, Perry, and Grier, plus a sensational mile relay four
some, Werner doesn't mind a few clouds. In fact, he may be
able to get one of those "little white clouds" to "sit right down"
and shed a few drops of "Rain" on his competitors before the
season is over.
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By HERM WEISKOPF
Asiistant Sports Editor
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