PAGE SIX 2 Lions to Bid For EIGA Title Armando Vega and Dion Weissend have emerged as Penn State's top candidates for all-around honors in the Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastic Association championships at West Point Friday and Saturday. Sophomore Vega and junior Weissend -were two of the top scoring threats on the Lion squad, which finished its sea son Saturday with a 5-1 record. Both will compete in the traditional Olympic events— calisthenics, side horse, parallel bilis, izontal bar, long horse vaulting, and flying rings—in their bid for the all-around title. Penn State won the all-around individual championship for the past four years.--Jean Cronstedt, the Swedish great, won the hon ors in '52,'53, and '54, while Karl Schweneier copped the title last year. Vega is exceptionally strong in the parallel bars where he copped lour first places in dual competi tion. The sophomore standout was ineligible for varsity compe tition until the current season. He scored 278 points in the event against Pittsburgh last Saturday for his season's high. He was also rated as the top Lion entry in the flying rings and tuel,number cwo man on the side his best performance on the flying rings was against Navy two weeks ago at Recreation Hall when he finished second to Navy's Fred Hoerner with a 257 total. I loerner sealed 268 points. Weissend's specialty is the hor izontal bar, where he has been the team's number one entry. He won the event against the Pan thers last Saturday with a 269 score—t hird highest individual score of the meet. He is also listed as the number two Lion entry in tumbling al though he was forced to remain in the shadows most of the year due to the outstanding perform ance of Bill Paxton, who finished the season with an unbeaten slate. The Lion Minor also competed in the parallel bars along with Vega and Bob Foht. This, accord ing to Coach Gene Wettstone, is probably his weakest event. Jordan 1 Clinches League F Crown By LOUIE PRATO Coming from behind with a, thrilling second-half scorin; splurge, Jot clan One's Intra mural' c a ers clinched the Independent s League F crown by edging the; second-place Fighting Frosh, 32- 25. Monday night. Two other Indie quintets—the, Canadian Club and the Playboys' --also copped triumphs Monday' to pave the way for their playoff, meeting tomorrow for the League! (..1 championship. Jordan One fell behind early, in its encounter with the Fighting' Frosh, losing at (me time by five! points. But the men„ from Jordan' Hall came thiough in Champion-i ship form in the latter half of the' pime to take the victory. Tom Wagner, nine, Bill Schwab, eight. and John Solomon, eight led the winners offensive attack:l but the defensive and rebound' ((forts of Todd Cook and Bill Anderson played a decisive part in the Jordan victory. Jack Bar-, her% of the losers, topped all, scorers with l 2 markers. Jordan, unbeaten in eight games. now awaits the champion ship playoff games scheduled to begin Monday evening on the Ree Ilall court. Canadian Club eliminated Dorm 0 from the loop (1 title race, 28-20, to move into a league playoff with the Playboys. Dick Fredrick was the big man for. the Cana dian Club chart es with 11 points. AAU Termed Tough, Unfair With Santee NEW YORK, March 6 (N))— The director of last Saturday's Knights of Columbus track meet, Tom Harrigan, today leveled a double round of criticism at the Amateur Athletic Union for its "unfair" treatment of niiler Wes Santee and proposed a new trial and lighter punishment for the erring athlete. Saying he had no doubt as to Santee's guilt, Harrigan said that proper punishment would be to require Santee to return t h e money he overcharged in expense accounts and to suspend him for no longer than one year. Santee was suspended for life by the AAU for accepting exces sive amounts of expense money for meets last year. Speaking at the weekly meet ing of the metropolitan track writers, Harrigan also warned the AAU that "when ycu have a dic tatorial organization it may be bound to go under." He explained afterward that he did not refer to any specific threat to the powers of the organization but merely meant th •t a dictatorial attitude 'was dangerous. Dan Ferris, AAU secretary ,treasurer, replied that he didn't !think the penalty against Santee was too stringent and pointed out ; that the rule about allowable ex yense money had been altered several times. At one time $5 a I day was the limit. Now the fig- Paced by the 19-point effort of ithe F circuit in the early weeks Cooper, the Playboys warmed up'of action—lost their third straight for their battle with the Canadian igame when the Eunuchs handed Club by blasting the Nematodes, them a 25-17 defeat. The losers 39-15. Cooper tallied 19 points, on trailed the Eunuchs by three eight field goals and three foul points at the intermission, and tosses Three other games were played in League F, The Colossal Five topped the Warriors, 32-29 i the Eunuchs stopped the Red Raiders; 25-17; and the Vikings defeated the Kennatt's Kats, 28-20. Led by Bill Mendicino and Dale Landon. the Colossal Five copped its sixth win in eight games with the victory over the Warriors. Mendicino tallied ten points and Landon scored eight. The win left the victors in a sec ond place tie with the Fighting Fresh. The Red Raiders—who had led Greed and Lust provide a yearly crop of suck ers who are just ripe for the phony line of skillful con men in 'Alchemist FRIDAY and SATURDAY Center Stage 8:00 - TICKETS AT HUB THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Mat Tourney Opens Tonight At Rec Hall Defending champion Chi Phi will send four men onto the mats tonight at Recreation Hall in the opening round of the 1956 Intra mural wrestling tournament. Thirty-one matches are sched uled with the initial one slated to begin at 7 p.m. Chi Phi earned the IM mat title last year by edging the 1955 titleholder Delta Upsilon. Chi Phi scored a total of 155 points to the DU's final output of 117. Three champions and one run ner-up helped to bring Chi Phi its winning margin. Tom Webb, 128; Armour Black, 145; and Er nie Young, 165; were the cham pions while Don Farmello fin ished in second place at the 121- pound spot. Only Young Will be missing from the Chi Phi lineup tonight. Since his victory last year, the 165 pounder has graduated to Coach Charley Speidel's varsity team. Webb and Black will move up one weight division since IM rules forbid a champion from defending his title. Black will be seeking his third straight IM mat title. Ile was the 135-pound king in 1954. Two other champions and two runner-ups from the '55 tourney will be among the opening round grapplers, DU's duo—Paul Brown, 155, and Jack Stewart. 135—were title winners last year while Beta Theta Pi's Ralph Cryder, 135, and Sigma Nu's Dave Barney, 145, were finalists. Brown is entered in the 175- pound class while Stewart—the 135-pound champ among the In dependents—will be upped to the 145 pound category. Three other '55 champions are back but none of them see action tonight. Billy Kane, KDR's 175- pound champ is entered in the heavyweight division while two Independents—Bill Pharaoh, 155, and George Weimer, 165—are en tries in the 165 and heavyweight classes. Bob Higgins, Dick Harlow and the late Hugo Bezdek represent the University in college football's Hall of Fame. fell further behind as the contest progressed. George Young led the Eunuchs scoring parade with 10 points. In a battle of the second divi sion clubs, the Vikings topped Kennan's Kats. The Vikings end: ed their season with a 3-5 - record while the Kats' final mark stands at 2-6. Three other scheduled attrac tions ended in forfeits—two of them a double forfeit. Stalag 10 copped an easy decision from the Rebels while Dorm 23, the Rocks, Pollock Four, and the A.H.'s lost by forfeit. Scanning SPORTS By FRAN FANUCCI, Asst. Sports Editor WRESTLING POST-MORTEMS: After any important game or meet, especially when the home team loses, there's the usual Monday morning quarterbacks re playing the game, complaining about poor coaching, and the mis takes the referee made. Well, this week is no exception. Yesterday, my old friend Wally the wrestling fan strutted into the office, tapped me on the shoulder and said: "We should have won that wrestling meet against Pitt Saturday." I knew I was in for an hour-long argument, so I turned around and said: "Now listen, Wally, the meet is over, Pitt had too many ,guns, and Fin busy, so please let me rest in peace this week?" "You know for a fact that Oberly could have taken Shirf (Don) if he would have gone for the decision," he replied angrily and anxiously awaited my reply. "Sure, I know Oberly could have won with ease but he'll get him in the Eastern's, don't worry," I answered. "I know, I know, Wally said, but it makes me mad; why, did you see when Ob had Schirf by the leg, which would have been an easy takedown, he grabbed him around the neck instead, try ing for the pin!" "Yes, I saw that, and I think any good wrestling fan would have realized then that he was trying for a team win and not a win for himself; but that's what makes a champion." Wally, cooling off rapidly. and switching his argument to another wrestler, said slowly: "You know something; Joe (Krufka) has a real hard time against fast men. You remem ber when he wrestled Joe Solo mon of Pitt and Joe Gattusso of Navy? He had the same tough time." "Well," I said, "It's always been that way when two good teams meet. The coach usually brings his 167-pounder up a weight to meet the heavier man, especially when he's considered an excel lent wrestler. In the case of Kruf ka it was DeWitt's speed against his strength and the former - won out. He was always a step behind DeWitt and this handicapped him. And there's another thing you ought to know, Wally. Kruf ka had pulled his shoulder mus cle earlier in the week, which forced him to take it easy in prac tice. I'm not alibiing, but the facts should be told even if they will be looked on with disfavor by the Pitt fans." Wally said, "Yea, yea, but some ignorant people will thing that you're full of alibis even if they know the truth. But I'd like to see the alibis those Pitt fans are giving for the supposedly poor showing of their hero, Ed Peery. Why I bet they're even saying that the tape around his shoulder was bothering him, not knowing of course that he has had shoulder trouble for the past two years. "You give Johnston another year and he'll wrap that guy up and put him in his back pocket," Wally said. "You know," I answered, "I was surprised at Johnston. He sure gave Peery a scare and he WEDNESDAY. MARCH 7, 1956 only missed tying him by about 20 seconds." "Ha, Ha," Wally laughed, "did you see his old man screaming and sweating on the bench. Why, you'd think his son was getting killed or sometin'. I thought he was going to jump on the mat and crack Johnston over the head; but you got to give him credit, he knows his wrestling. "He was really sweating when Bubb (Bob) got into all that trouble, although I think he knew it was coming. - Wally said. "Yen." I said, "Adams (Dave) sure threw a scare into Pitt for a while there, didn't he? And Wally. waiting for a question like this, said: "Why, I thought the ref was never go ing to slain his hand on the mat, and believe me, his shoulders were pinned,' "I know," I said, "but the ref was in a better position than us to know what he's doing." "He does?" Wally answered sarcastically. "Okay, Wally, you better go now; you've been here 45 minutes and all we did is argue," I said, sort of roughly. So Wally left; but on his way out I heard him mumbling: "We'll get them this week in the Eastern's: We'll get them and good!" What are you going to do with such a die-hard fan? Yeh, man . . . and soon, too— why? 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