rAGE SIX
Moore D
Grid Star
Is Sub Par
In Grades
By DICK McDOWELL
Penn State's greatest foot
ball player, fleet halfback
Lenny Moore, has been drop
ped from student enrollment,
according to University offi
cials.
Moore, who missed several
all-American teams by a hair
last fall after he smashed the
42-year-old Penn State rush
ing record and total offense
record, was dismissed after he
failed to pass at least fifty per
cent of his scheduled credits last
semester.
A University spokesman said
yesterday that it is "highly im
probable that he will be reinstated
next semester or would be eligi
ble for participation in intercol
legiate athletics should he return
in the fall."
Reinstatement, in this case, is
clouded with technicalities and
red tape, and there is no one in
a position now, who can say what
the outcome might be. At the mo
ment there are no definite indica
tions either way, although chan
ces that he will return are slim.
Moore's loss comes as a great
blow to Penn State football hopes
on the eve of a Centennial sea
son that will be one of the tough
est for the Lions in recent years.
Such Eastern powers as Army,
Navy, Pitt, and Syracuse are in
Wettstone Rates Middies
As Crucial Gym Test
Gen& Wettstone is looking at the Saturday night Penn State-
Navy gymnastics -clash with a note of skepticism.
"They'll be tough, and a win or a loss at Annapolis over the
weekend is going to have a lot to do with the outcome of the season,"
was the reaction of the Lion mentor yesterday concerning the Nit
tanies third duel meet of the sea
son—first on foreign soil.
The Middies, with Captain Burt
Munger the big holdover from
last year and nucleus of this year's
squad, will be shooting for win
number four in as many outings
this season. To date they've
/handily defeated Temple, Pitt
and North Carolina .
Reports on the Sailors' three
previous showings indicate they're
especially strong in two events—
side horse and flying rings.
Using the Tarheel meet as a
judge of Coach Chet Phillips'
gymnasts' strength, Wettstone be
lieves whoever gets the upper
hand in these two events will be
the cheering team when the final
routine ends.
Steve and Bud Arnold are the
,Middies' one-two men on the
horse, with Pat Ford filling in the
third place post. The Arnold
brothers aren't afraid to take
chances with difficult tricks, and
as a result are tough to beat.
On the rings, Fred Hoerner,
Mike Elinski,• and Larry White
have all scored well over the 200
mark in each meet with 300 stand
ing as the highest possible point
total. Hoerner is number one man
here—against Carolina he tallied
254. He is rated along with Nit
tany Karl Schwenzfeier as the
East's top ringman.
Munger, although he has showed
little improvement over his last
year's mat routine, figures to be
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eluded on the 1955 nine-game
schedule.
A junior, the dazzling halfback,
heralded by many as equal to
any in the nation, amassed 1082
yards in nine games last season
and scored 13 touchdowns, tying
another long standing Penn State
mark.
As a freshman, at Penn State
in 1952, the former Reading High
School star immediately showed
that there was a bright football
future ahead of him. He came to
the front as a sophomore, collect
ing 504 yards when the Lions
were dominantly a passing team.
strong competition for Nittany
tumbler Bill Paxton.
Munger, along with Chuck
Knettles and Otto Zipf are Navy's
best on the horizontal bar. How
ever, Middie routines that are
not too difficult and bad form
may give the Lions an edge on
the H-bar.
A routine that includes both
good combinations and difficulty
makes Don Bourke a tough man
to beat on the parallel bars. But
Wettstone is counting heavily on
Schwenzfeier and Don Rehm to
come through on the twin bars.
Ken Moses, Herb Doby, and
Munger have all been hovering
around the 4.2 mark in the rope
climb. If the trio fails to show
a great deal of improvement, Nit
tany Skeets Haag, who has been
consistant with a 3.7 clocking for
the 20-foot verticle climb, should
have a good chance for a first
on his specialty.
Ted Atkinson, one of three
American jockeys who has ridden
more than 3,000 winners, spends
mos' of his spare time in his gar
den. His hobby is horticulture.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN CTATF roitFoe DENNSYiVANIA
fly parallelling the 1953-54
;he Lions have become a
defensive unit and have
ed into a hard-hitting of
club that is averaging 83.3
game.
Jesse Arnelle whipping
•ds in the finest fashion of
'er the cagers are moving
final weeks of the season
!ull head of steam. Arnelle,
with a record 532 points to his
credit thus far, needs only to add
61 points to his 1938 total to bring
his career output to the magic
2000 mark.
Two Pass 200
Behind hint, guards Ron Wei
denhammer and Bob Hoffman
have both passed the 200 mark
and Earl Fields is within reach
of that total. More noteworthy,
however, has been the fire-ball
floor work of Egli's pair of might
ty-mights, and .the ever-present
Fields has been a giant on de
fense.
• The emergence of Jim Blocker,
supplying rebound aid for Ar
nelle on the Lion balk line, has
meant a big difference and will
be a contributing factor to any
future success. The 6-4 senior
couldn't find his shooting eye
early in the season but has hit
consistently in the last few con
tests, and appears to be the choice
now, to round out Egli's starting
combination. And wit} i veteran
Dave Edwards, a highly depend
able guard in reserve, the Nit
tanies appear to be in fine shape.
Futus• Speculation
Speculation is running high
now as to future action after the
regular season ends with Penn
on March 2. The Lions were
listed yesterday as possible nomi
nees for a National Invitational
Tournament bid, and several
have predicted that Egli's team
will, be a repeat choice for a Na
tional Collegiate at-large entry.
That, however, will probably
depend on the outcome of the
next three or five games, al
though •the West Virginia victory
—a solid 84-59 trouncing—has
probably strengthened the Lions'
standing on both counts.
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While Penn State's home stay, brief as it was, was a highly pleasant one for coach John
his Lion cagers, the potential pitfalls of another road trip rear again this week.
The Lions, who easily whipped Lehigh and then toppled always-dangerous West Vir
in their latest Rec Hall contest, open their final road stint against traditional foe
ngton and Jefferson tomorrow night in Washington, Pa.
rowever, the Nittanies, who finally whipped the foreign court jinx with three straight
kn their last trip, undertake this one with a greater amount of confidence ;than be
en with toughies Syracuse and Colgate coming up next weekend.
;gli's passers are showing more poise and sureness than at any other time this sea
they ride on top of a five-game win streak, working on their 15th victory of the
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Lacrosse Candidates
Candidates for varsity la
crosse hays been requested by
coach Nick Thiel to report at
7 p.m. Feb. 16 to 14 Rec Hall
for an organisational meeting.
Practice for the spring season
will begin the week following
the meeting.
M Handball Entry
Deadline Is Feb. 7
Entries for this year's intkamur- I
al handball tournament are be
ing accepted at the intramural
office 202 Recreation Hall. Dead
line for the entries is Feb. 17.
Plans call for the tournament
to be conducted on single elimina
tiori basis for fraternity entries
but a round robin system of elim
ination may be employed in the
independent action.
Fraternities will be able to sub
mit four entries. each one eligible
for the singles championship.
Dayton Accepts Bid
For NIT Tournament
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (Al—The
University of Dayton today ac
cepted a bid to play in the Na
tional Invitation basketball tour
nament and the NIT gained its
second nationally-ranked team in
the annual tussle for post-season
drawing cards. The tourney starts
March 12.
Dayton, rated the nation's 17th
team in the poll, has won 17 games
and lost three this season.
Michigan State freshman Henry
Kennedy won both the Canadian
six-mile and Michigan AAU four
mile cross country titles in 1954.
Kennedy's home is Toronto, On
tario.
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Lion Cagers
Stretch
Top-Ranking
Light Heavies
In TV Fight
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (1 2 )—Paul
Andrews, who lost to Harold
Johnson at Chicago last St. Pat
rick's Day, is an 8-5 favorite to
reverse the score tomorrow night
when the two high ranking light
heavyweight contenders meet
again. at Madison Square Garden.
The 10-round match will be car
ried on network radio and tele
vision (NBC) starting at 10 p.m.
(EST).
Since they met almost a year
ago, Andrews has been on the up
grade while Johnson has slipped
since he was knocked out by
Archie Moore in a title fight.
Johnson had the • championship
within his grasp that night, Aug.
11, when he was leading on two
of the official cards a f ter 13
rounds. But he got knocked out
in the 14th. The latest 'rankings
show Andrews No. 2 and Johnson
No. 3 as challengers to Moore, be
hind Joey Maxim.
Andrews, a 25-year-old protege
of Joe Louis, now calls Buffalo,
N.Y., his home. He floored John
son at Chicago last year with a
left hook in the first round. John
son scrambled up an d closed
strong to win , the votes of two of
ficials. The .third official called it
a draw.
Andrews is almost a novice in
comparison with Johnson for he's
been fighting pro only since 1950
and has a 29-4 record for 33 bouts.
Johnson, active since 1946,' has
won 50 of 57 starts.
The IC4A track and field cham
pionships will be held in New
York's Madison Square Garden
Feb. 26.