PAGE SIX Rehm to Climb Rope In Navy Meet Tonight Coach Gene Wettstone named Dick Rehm as a last minute replacement for Bob Boudreau in the rope climb -- the event which he believes might determine the final outcome of tonight's 8 o'clock encounter with unbeaten Navy at Recreation Hall. Wettstone said that the improvement Rehm has shown during the week's practice ses sions forced him to make the switch. "The. rope climb looks as though it may be the key event of the meet and I want to have as strong an entry as possible," Wettstone said. Rehm will join Phil Mulle Mullen, who hit his peak per formance of the :,eason against Syracuse two weeks ago when he made the 20-font climb in 3.6 sec onds, finished second in last week's defeat by Army. His time was 39 against the Cadets. The Lion lope climbers can ex, peel to meet their toughest oppo t.ition of the season it past per- Col murices are any indication of things to come. Navy's top three rope climbers --Herb Dohy. Torn Northham, and Bud Bowers—have swept the top three places in each of the Middie.-; six meets. Hope for Early Lead Tumbler' Bill Paxton, Dion Wcissend, and Adie Stevens are being counted on by Wettstone to send the Lionii out into an early lead Tumbling is Navy's weakest event. Charles kor/inak and Hill Kron zur are expected to be the Middies tumbling entries. Lions Weak in Side Horse Armando Vega, Jack fhester feldt, and Captain Tony Cline will answer the Lion's call in the side horse. Although the Nittanies have shown sonic improvement in the side horse during the course of the season, it still remains as one of the squad's weakest event. Navy, on the other hand, boasts a powerful side horse aggregation headed by Steve Arnold, defend ing Eastern Intercollegiate cham pion. Arnold is undefeated thus far in the season. Pat Ford and Jack Leonard are expected to round out the Mid shipmen's side horse entries. Cline on H-Bar Cline, Wiessend, and either Ma rio Todaro or John Colter will match their skill against Navy's Chuck Knettles, Otto Zipf, and Ed Wooten on the horizontal bar. The Middies, on the basis of past meets, seem to hold a slight advantage on the high bar, but Wettstone is looking for Weissend to break his Inid.season slump to put the Lions on an even keel with their opponents. Vega and Navy's Ken McNutt will clash in a battle of the un beatens on the parallel bars. Mc- Nutt holds an experience advan tage over the Lion sophomore, six meets to two. Bob Foht and Weissend will be the other two Lion entries in the p-bars while Wayne Wills and Ken Bort,. complete the Navy entries. Cline, Vega, and Ed Siawell will meet Eastern Champion Larry White, Fred Roemer and Mike F.linski on . the flying rings, the final event of the meet. AF Rifle Team Places Fourth In Hearst Meet in the recent 35th annual Wil liam Randolph Hearst Rifle Com petition, the Penn State Air Force ROTC Rifle Team placed 4th in the nation. Of the 240 teams com peting, Kansas State, Michigan College of Mining and Tech nology. and Oklahoma finished ahead of Master Sergeant William W. Black's sharpshooters. The expert marksmen that com prised Penn State's award win ning team are team Captain Stan ley Schaffer, sophomore in me chanical engineering from Ford City; George Erb, junior in elec trical engineering from Kutz tow n; Lawrence Smulc.zenski, sophomore in aeronautical en gineering from West Mifflin; Samuel Campbell. freshman in industrial engineering from Con nellsville; and John Tarn, sopho more in wood utilization from Pittsburgh. Team members and Sergeant Black have been awarded special recognition for their outstanding achievement by President Milton S. Eisenhower and Col. Daniel F. Riva, professor of Air Science at the University. and Leroy Fritch as Lion standard-bearers in the rope climb Lion Cagers Meet Rutgers Tonight For the first time during the last three weekends the Penn State Cagers will face a "comparatively easy" schedule when they travel to New Jersey to encounter the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers tonight. Compared to the Temple-Penn and Syracuse-Colgate double headers which the Lions played on the previous two week ends, this evening's tussle could appear to be a practice scrim mage. Tonight's contest is the Nittanies' fourth straight game on the road. The Lions are seek ing their I lth win. But the Lions could run into an unwelcome surprise even though the score of their first game indicated a "soft-touch." The Blue and White romped to a 102-78 victory but not after they were pressed the entire first half. The score at the intermission stood at 33-31. Second Half Rally In the second half the cagers went beserk as they hit on 60.8 per cent of their shots and com piled a total of 69 points, more than they have scored in some of their games since then. With out that second half splurge, the outcome could have been a dif ferent story. Coach John Egli plans to start the same quintet that defeated Army last Wednesday, and with one exception, has started the last four contests. The lineup will be Rudy Marisa and Bob Leisher the forwards, sophomore Jim Jordy at center, and co-captains Bob Hoffman and Earl Fields at the guard posts. Zone to be Used Egli also plans to use the same variations of the Lion's zone de fense which has held opponents to an average of 72 points per game. Only once has the blanket defense allowed more than 84 points to be scored, with the sea son's low at 39. Rutgers lineup, which has been juggled all season, will be Ralph Bayard and Ken Stires at the forward posts, Phil Eiker in the pivot, and Bob Leaf and Bill Brugler at the guards. Bayard was the only standout for the Scarlet Knights in the previous meeting as he collected 22 points for the losers. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA IM Handball Sparked by 12 Double Wins Twelve two-game victories and two forfeits marked the second night of the Intramural Fraternity handball competition Thursday. Alpha Chi Sigma's Carroll Mc- Donnell opened activities with a 21-10, 21-1 win over Phi Kappa Sigma's Owen Best. Bob Schrader, Sigma Nu, downed Lou Orehek of Phi Kappa 21-9, 2144. Alpha Zeta's John Wright de feated Alpha Epsilon Pi's Morris Finkel. 21.0. 21.-1. Henry Kurz, Phi Kappa Psi, lost to Phi Gam ma Delta's Terry Hutton 21-9, 21-6. Bob Weiss of Alpha Tau Omega won a 21-0. 21-3• match over Sigma Phi Epsilon's Gary Bankes. Ron Grapsy, Theta Kappa Phi, beat Alpha Phi Delta's John Feola, 21-6, 21-1. Lloyd Mangle of Delta Sigma Phi whipped Phi Epsilon Pi's Herb Cohen 21-5, 21-12. Delta Chis John Evans dropped a 21-17, 21-15 decision to Sigma Alpha Mu's Marty Schmookler. Karl Kirk, Theta Xi, defeated Sigma Phi Alpha's Sam Moore 21-3,'21-8. Don Schwartz of Zeta Beta Tau took two from Phi Kappa's Bill Kirsch 21-4, 21-3. Sigma Pi's Bill Taber defeated Den Heubel. Delta Sigma Phi. 21-10. 21-8. Richard Rivers of Phi • Gamma Delta topped Chi Phi's Fred Spot 21-8, 21-3 in the final match of the evening. Delta Tau Delta's Bob Gourley forfeited to Terry Rebe, Phi Sig ma Kappa and Al Jacks of Beta Theta Pi also won by forfeit, from another Delta Tau Delta, Nick Holman. - Penn State Sports— °N the LINE Navy visits Recreation Hall tonight. This means Penn State's rapidly growing gymnastic following of students is in for a treat-- a different one. In the recent past, the same gymnastic following has viewed the Lions from a cumlative standpoint. In past home meets, it was a matter of seeing just how bad the Lions could whip the opponent. Little attention was made—or for that matter required—as to who would do what in each event, despite the fact that practically every event requires some special skill or perhaps a different muscular coordination, or an added touch to an already grueling practice routine. Not so tonight. Navy's good: the Lions lost their first meet against Eastern competition last week at Army. Tonight indi- vidual performances, skills, and muscles will play the paramount In the past the Lions had firepower, fewer weak points, and a win streak. Tonight the Lions must bounce back without the pressure of a victory streak hanging overhead. Navy has the stuff to beat them. Some things tc look for tonight? Question one—where will the turning point be—sidehorse, tumbling, rope climb? - The last one gets the nod, but tumbling will get a top-bracket rating too. Navy has placed one, two, three against all oponents thus far, while Penn State has had its ups and downs and can't count too much on its trio in rope climbing. Phil Mullen, a soph, did 3.9 last week, and 4.0 and 4.1 this season. .Mullen, tops of a trio that in cludes Leroy Fritch and newly named Dick Rehm over Bob Bou dreau, has had trouble watching Phil Mullen his weight—an .extreme essential In crucial test in this event. Question two—Can Mullen match or improve his time against Syracuse of 3.9? The Eastern and Lion record is 3.4. In tumbling Navy is notoriously weak. Penn State needs a moral booster, and Bill Paxton is undefeated here. Tumbling is first—a quick 10-point lead would help. Can the Lions get it— that's question three. Question four—can junior Dion Weissend bounce back and show season spark? In his first two meets against West Virginia and Temple, Weissend won the horizontal bar twice, was first and third in the parallel-bar, and second and fourth in tumbling. Then the slip came against Syracuse and Army. His best was a second in tumbling against Army; in these two meets he was fifth in the p-bars twice, fifth in tumbling, and fifth on the norizontal bar.. Penn State's mark has fallen below the 50 per cent mark in completing routines. Against ,t 24 l a, STA Army it turned in only seven completed routines I- : -1 , !,4:, out of 18. Question five—can they shoot out of the :,:, " doldrums in this department? , Question six: What will Navy's strength in - ' , the rings and sidehorse have on the final outcome? ) The rings are Navy's best event with three - men—Eastern Champ Larry White, Fred Hoerner, and Mike Elinski. They're better than Army's trio that stopped the Lions in this event last week. Armando Vega j Can Armando Vega move smoothly through Ist-Year Man this event to win? And in the sidehorse will the shifting of Vega to this event help Tony Cline and Jack Biester feldt to clip Navy. Eastern champ Steve Arnold is undefeated for Navy here, and Pat Ford and Jack Leonard have been scoring consistently behind him. - This is Vega's weakest event and Navy is expected to score heavily—will it neutralize the advantage the Lions hope to gain in tumbling? Vega and Mullen, along with Bob Foht, Adie Stevens, John Coller, Mario Todaro, and Jack Biesterfeldt. Weissend and Dick Rehm are juniors. Question seven—Can the Lions bounce back after the Army loss, or will it again be affected by sophomore inexperience. Both teams will be at full strength. For Navy, a victory would put them a step closer to ...:oach Gene Wettstone the Eastern title, an undefeated Seeks a few answers season, and its final match with Army next week at home. Penn State must defeat Navy in order to remain in the running for a possible three-way tie should the Swabbies defeat the cadets in their final match. Get to Rec Hall early. It'll be packed by people looking foe some answers. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 25. 1956 By ROY WILLIAMS Sports Editor
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