SATURDAY. ffiBRUARY 26. 1*66
Trackmen
Lions Among Favorites
To Capture Indoor Title
Penn State’s indoor track and field team will tangle with
champions from all over the nation today at Madison Square
Garden in what is being hailed as the greatest of the 34 an
nual intercollegiate banked board title meets.
Eleven IC4A and NAAU title winners head the list of
more than 650 athletes who will represent 43 colleges and
universities in. the scramble for the team championship.
Boston University’s Terriers, Manhattan’s Jaspers, and
the Nittany Lions have been tabbed as the three top choices
to cop the crown. Last season Boston University finished
half a point behind Yale in the fight for the team title. Man
hattan has won the team laurels more often than any other
squad seven times and Penn
State is currently the IC4A out
door track and field champion.
Three big time titlists are en
tered in the field events. Willie
Lee of Penn will defend his IC4A
broad jump crown. Bruce Hescock
and Bernard Bruce, both of Bos
ton University, will put their year
old titles on the line in the pole
vault and the broad jump re
spectively. t
Fuehrer in Pole Vault
Lion coach Chick Werner has
not entered anyone in the high
jump. However, sophomore Harry
Fuehrer will compete in the pole
vault and Herb Hollowell and Ron
Johnson will be put to the test
in the broad jump.
/Defending IC4A 60-yard sprint
king Johnny Haines of Penn won
his third straight NAAU award
in the dash last Saturday. Coates
ville speedster Art Pollard will
renew his rivalry—which dates
back to high schol days with
Haines and could topple the
Quaker.
Pollard Is Outdoor King
Pollard is the IC4A outdoor
ruler in the 100. “The Coatesville
Comet” equaled the meet mark of
9.6 sec. in Winning his title and
also smashed the 220 record in
the Semifinals before pulling up
lame.
Although Warren Lattof of
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology will be back to fight for
his 60-yard hurdles throne, he is
not regarded as the favorite. Man
hattan’s Charlie Pratt and the
Lions’ Rod Perry have taken over
the spotlight. Perry beat Olym
pian Harrison Dillard in the ,50-
yard highs Jan. 21 at the Inquirer
Games, equaling the world in
door standard for this distance.
Bill Youkers and Gary Seybert
will round out Werner’s hurdling
corps.
Tom Courtney, last year’s IC4A
1000-yard king from Fordham,
will compete in this event. He has
conceded the victory to Pitt’s sen
sational sophomore Arnie Sow
ell. Courtney will run in the 600,
as will NAAU 600-yard winner
Charlie Jenkins of Villanova.
Dave Leathern and Skip Slocum
will carry the Blue and White
colors to the line in this event.
Sowell Has Three Titles
Sowell already has three titles
to his credit. Last spring he edged
Courtney for both the IC4A and
NAAU 880 championships. Sowell
used his brilliant kick to cop the
NAAU 100-yard honors Saturday.
Werner is hoping to pick up
some valuable points in the mile
relay and shot put. Bruce Austin
and Bob Matz will run on the mile
relay quartet, with the other two
to be chosen from among Pollard,
Morin, Leathern, and Slocum.
Penn State’s IC4A outdoor shot
put champ—Rosey Grier will
combine with Charlie “Blockbus
ter” Blockson to give the Lions
plenty of power in this event.
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Werner to Take Part
In Japan Track Clinic
Penn State track and field coach
Chick Werner will fly to Japan
March 7 to take part in a track
and field clinic sponsored by the
armed forces’ Far East Command.
Larry Snyder, Ohio State coach,
will accompany Werner on the
trip and also will take part in the
clinic. Both Werner and Snyder
were on the Olympic track and
field coaching staff for the 1952
Games at Helsinki, Finland.
According to Werner, he will
take part in clinics in Tokyo and
Yokohama and will return to
the University early in April. This
schedule will permit him to make
the tour without missing the
Lions’ opening meet of the out
door season in April 16 with Navy
and Penn at Annapolis.
Werner was selected by the
Military Coaches in the Far East
Command.
Five other Penn State coaches
have made trips of the same type.
During the past summer football
coach Rip Engle and Eddie Sul-
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kowski, former coach of the now
extinct Nittany boxing squad, aid
ed in clinics in Japan. Three oth
er former Lion coaches—Bob Hig
gins, Bill Jeffrey, and Leo Houck
—made similar trips. ,
Higgins was sent to the Pacific
to take part in a football clinic.
Houck made tour's of Iceland and
Europe to give pointers in box
ing.
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Thursday Games
Iron Men 19, Gnats 12
Sixty Niners 35, Renegades 32
(overtime)
Physchem 35, Koons 24
Irvin Buffaloes 27, Trompers 16
Birds 9, Jordan Jokers 7
Sigma Alpha Epsilon 19, Phi Sig
ma Delta 18
Pi Kappa Alpha 25, Phi Kappa 24
(overtime)
Sigma Alpha Mu 27, Delta Theta
Sigma 17
Four F’s over the Cave Men by
forfeit.
IC4A
Wrestlling -
(Continued from page six)
Adams, Ed Pasko, or Len McNeal.
Although Whited could see ac
tion at 157, he may wrestle at his
usual 167-pound weight or moye
up to the 177 pound division. In
the past, however Whited has
wrestled at 167 with Dave Galla
her handling the work at 177
pounds.
Speidel could uSe Walt Hough
or Joe Humphries at 167 pounds
with veteran Joe Krufka being
the most likely choice for 177
pounds.
In addition to the 177 post which
is one of Speidel’s four “more def
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Test
Gymnasts-
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appearance, also on the twin bars.
And Dion Weissend, sophomore
all-around Lion performer, will
appear on the flying rings for the
first time.
Weissend, usual Nittany per
former on the mats, horizontal
bar, and parallels, will substitute
the rings for his H-bar duties in
the absence of Tony Cline who
will not perform against the Owls.
Schwenzfeier once again will
take the spotlight for the Nit
tanies. He’ll be the top entry on
the rings and parallels, and appear
on the horse along with Skip
Heim and Weissend.
Bill Paxton will be looking for
his fifth win on the mats, accom
panied by Weissend and Dud Pot
ter.
Haag will head the three Penn
State hopefuls on the rope, backed
up by Leroy Frltch and Bill .Mar
shall. Haa„ posted a fine 3.5 for
the verticle climb against Army,
best recorded time in the East
this year.
ihite” weights, the Lions Will be
represented by Sid Nodland at
123 pounds, captain Bob Homan
at 130 pounds, and Bill- Oberly at
heavyweight
Lehigh probably will call on
Tom Deppe, its most consistent
winner at 123, and Parker Mangus
at 130 pounds. Undefeated Werner
Seel will oppose Lion heavy Bill
Oberly in the final bout of the
evening.
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