The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, January 17, 1956, Image 7

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    TUESDAY. JANUARY 17, 1956
Indoor
Defeat Army, 67-42;
Moorhead Wins 2
By VINCE CAROCCI
The Penn State indoor track team opened its 1956 season Satur
day by defeating West Point, 67-42, as it won 11 of 13 events.
Distance runner Doug Moorhead spearheaded the Lion offense
by winning both the mile and two-mile races in addition to being
the lead-off man on the winning two-mile relay aggregation.
The Lions’ Don Woodrow finished third in both races, following
Army’s Ron Kennedy and Lou Quatannens to the wire in the mile
and two-mile, runs respectively.
The big surprise of the day came when Lenny Moore—former
football football great who was a
surprise entry in the meet—won
the broad jump with a leap of
2T 9”. Moore, who had not par
ticipated in track competition
since his high school days in Read
ing, was the first Penn State
trackman to win the broad jump
since Herb Hollowell won first
place against Boston University
last year,
John Hocker arid Arvid Dou
cette, both of Army, finished sec
ond and third respectively behind
Moore.
Austin Wins 600
Bruce Austin, pacing himself
carefully for the first quarter of
the 600-yard race, opened up in
the middle stages to win by two
yards over Army’s Stan Jbhnson
and Pete Byrne. Austin’s time was
1:13.8.
Dick Winston, filling in capably
for the missing Rod Perry, won
the 60-yard high hurdles in :07.7
to chalk up another five points
to the Lions’ total.
Army’s Charlie King trailed
Winston across the finish line,
followed by teammate James
Edgar.
Captain Art Pollard won the
Lions’ seventh first place by de
feating Army’s Otis Studdard and
Bill Cudmore in the 60-yard dash
with a time of :06.4.
Ron Lewis defeated Army’s
highly touted Gerry Jagrowski in
the 1000-yard run for another five
Penn State points. The Lions’
Dave Nash finished third.
Army’s mile relay contingent—
consisting of Mike Alexander,
Harold Holmquist, Keith Barlow,
and Pete Byrne—pulled a mile up
set by defeating the Lions relay
entry in 3:24.6.
In the final track event, Penn
9 Independent Cage s#s5 # s
Post Intramural Wins
Friday the 13th proved to be
an unlucky day for nine Indepen
dent Intramural cage teams. Four
quintets from League I, one from
League A and four out of loop.J,
went down to defeat.
The 29ers moved a-half-a-game
ahead of Dirty Thirty for first
place in League I with a 25-21
win over Nittany 41. It was the
fifth straight win for the 29ers.
Dirty Thirty also saw action on
Friday, tripping Dorm 25, 28-20.
Dirty Thirty now owns a 4-10 rec
ord. Bob Toney was the big gun
in the 29er win, scoring nine
points. Dave Ferraro and Bob Pi
vik split 20 to lead the Dirty Thir
ty victory march.
In the other League I encoun
ters, Dorm 26 threw the Tigers
for their second straight loss,
27-19, and Hartmans Five topped
Stalag 24, 23-19. Jim Sari’s eight
during exams come to
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Time ...
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Place...
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Cookies ...
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You’ll be hungry white you
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rackmen
State’s two-mile relay entry of
Moorhead, Paul Roberts, Wood
row and Nash whipped the Army
team, running the course in 8:10.
Charlie Blockson, star Lion
weightman, won the shot put with
a toss of 48’ 4” followed by the
Lion’s Charlie Tullar and Army’s
Don Shannon.
Army Wins 35-lb. Throw
The Army took all three places
in the 35-pound weight throw
when the Lions failed to list an
entry. John Kilpatrick, Paul
Dougherty, and Willis Teale fin
ished one, two, three for the only!
Navy sweep of the day. 1
Bob Findley and Ogier Norris
combined to add eight more points
to the Lions’ score by finishing
first and second in the high jump.
Findley, a veteran from last
year’s squad, jumped 6’ 4 Vz" while:
Norris—a star on last season’s
frosh team leaped 6’ 3”.
Harry Fuehrer and Notris tied
for first place in the pole vault,
both men hitting the 13-foot mark.
Army’s Dale Hurbv and Karl
Prunitach tied for third place.
Coach Chick Werner was espe
cially impressed by the perform
ance of Moorhead and Moore in
Saturday’s meet. “Both boys did
exceptionally well for us, espe
cially Moore who won the broad
jump despite the fact that he had
worked out only once or twice
before the meet," the Lion coach
said.
The Army meet was the last
regularly scheduled indoor dual
meet for the Lions although
several team members will par
ticipate in the Philadelphia In
quirer Games Friday and the
Washington Evening Star Games
Saturday.
points were high for the Hartman
Five.
The All Stars maintained their
League A first place spot by stop
ping the Crusaders, 28-13. The All
Stars, who have won five straight,
holds a one game lead over the
Two Tens. "
In League J the Baby Sans won
their first game in five outings
with a 19-17 conquest over cellar
dwelling Dorm 31; Dorm 40 lost
to the Knicks, 25-11; the Tribe de
feated Dorm 44, 20-17; arid Groov
elogy Five edged Filthy Five,.
20-18 —Bob Taft and Tom Rumsey
accounting for all of Groovology’s
points.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Another Wettstone Success
—Ron Walker photos
GYMNASTIC SCENES from
the Swiss-Penn State gymnas
tic meet, which attracted 6000
spectators to Rec Hall Saturday
night, are pictured above. (Up
per left) An action shot depict
ing a part of the colorful com
edy act put on by the Swiss
shows Olympic champion Jack
Gunlhard posing in mid-air,
while an unidentified Swiss ap
pears lo be stepping into space
during routines on the horizon
tal bar. The comedy act was
one of the most popular parts
of the breath-taking show. (Up
per right) Three of the Swiss
gymnasts laugh while their col
leagues display their wares on
the horizontal bar during the
comedy act. (Lower left) Swiss
Olympic champion and gold
medal winner Jack Gunlhard
adjusts his false mustache for
the comedy routine which he
and three of her Swiss gym
nasts staged lo the delight of
the capacity crowd. (Lower
right) Karl Schwenzfeier, ver
satile Lion gymnast, vaults the
long horse as he won applause
With.his awesome displays of
grace and precision timing.
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