THURSDAY. APRIL 26, 1956
'- AU Entries
Rated Tops
One of the strongest fields of gymnastic aspirants ever as
sembled on one floor at one time will compete in the National
AAU championships and Olympic tryouts tomorrow and Saturday
at Recreation Hall.
Scores of hopefuls seeking ind
with some 30 men and 20 women
States Olympic team, will contin
ue to crowd - the Rec Hall gym
floor, putting theJinishing touch
es to their routines before enter
ing the actual competition.
Jerry F. Hardy, manager-coach
of the United States entry in the
1955 Pan-American games predict
ed that this year's U.S. Olympic
squad will be represented by the
best prepared and most capable
gymnasts it has ever sent into
Olympics.
Gain Valuable Expeiience
Hardy said the American gym
nasts have gained much valuable
knowledge and experience from
their past international competi
tion and cited that the caliber of
the American hopefuls has im
proved to the point where Ameri
ca is regarded as a serious threat
to European supremacy.
Statistics from the Pan-Amer
ican games back Hardy up as the
American entries dominated the
competition, winning every in
dividual event plus the all-round.
'Uncle Sam's entries took the first
three places in each event except
the side horse.
Beckner Highly Rated
Jack Beckner, one of the stars
on the Pan-American squad, will
be one of the top rated United
States gymnasts competing in the
Olympic trials. Beckner was a
member of the 1952 Olympic
squad.
He won the side horse and all
round championships in the Pan-
American games. His brother Dick
will also enter the competition.
Penn State's number one entry
will be Karl Schwenzfeier with
sophomore Armando Vega rated
as the Lions' number two man.
Both have won NCAA honors—
Schwenzfeier taking the all-round
title in 1955 with Vega capping
the parallel bars crown last year.
Russell on Canadian Team
Ernestine Russel I, already
named to a berth on the Canadian
Olympic team, will head the wom
en competitors to the post. Miss
Russell won the AAU all-round
title last year.
On the American side of the
picture, Judy Hult Howe, Aren
dine Ostendrop, Sandra Ruddick,
and Mrs, - Marie Hoesly are all
rated in contention for Olympic
posts. -
Muriel Davis, Doris' Fuchs,
Jackie Klein, and-Virginia Roden
beck are contenders expected to
give the favorites stiff compe
tition.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
vidual AAU championships, along
bidding for a spot on the United
Frances Gagliordony
Woman gymnastic hopeful
Penn State, for the first time
since 1912, will oppose Ohio State
on the gridiron at Columbus, C.,
in 1956.
Colgate Hosts
Lion Netmen
Tomorrow
The Lion tennis team will face
a Colgate squad that placed third
in the Eastern Intercollegiates last
year tomorrow at'Hamilton, N.Y.
Although the Red Raiders have
only four of last year's national
ly ranked team back this season,
they have compiled a seven-year
record of 98 and 18 and there are
no evidences of a reverse in this
trend.
Last year the Raiders took
home everything but the nets as
they whitewashed the Nittanies,
9-0. No man on the Lion team was
able to extend their individual
matches to three sets; the longest
games of the afternoon being
played by Ed Seiling against the
Raiders' Pete Hermann, 6-3, 6-4.
Four of Colgate's 1955 letter
men will be in the Friday lineup
against the Lions. The - four are
seniors, while the rest of the team
consists of five sophomores and a
single junior.
Colgate's Coach Perry Rocka
fellow admits that his team's lack
of experience may be a hindrance,
but that he does n't expect any
one to defeat it too badly.
This year's team will be no
match in experience to the '55
squad and therein lie the Lions'
hones. In a rivalry that began in
1942 the Nittanies have been able
to gain the upper hand only
twice, losing 16 over that period.
Mullen Is AAU! Aspirant
Penn State's National Collegiate
champion, Phil Mullen, will as
pire to the National AAU rope
climb title in the 1956 champion
ships here, Friday and Saturday.
Mullen's winning time in the
NCAA tournameiaj., his best of the
yar. was 3.5 seconds. His team
mate, Don Rehm, also will corn
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Lions Enter Relays
Minus Ace Hurdler
A 10-man Penn State track team, minus the services of
ace hurdler Rod Perry, will leave University Park early this
afternoon for the Penn Relays at Philadelphia, tomorrow
and Saturday.
Perry. was forced to rema
horse which he suffered in last
Saturday's Ohio State Relays. The
injury did not clear up as it was
hoped_ to, forcing coach Chick
Werner to omit him from his
traveling roster.
Art Pollard—Perry's side kick
in" thecharley horse department
—will make the trip, however.
Werner felt that Pollard had suf
ficiently recuperated to compete
in the star-studded Quaker pro
gram.
Pollard. the Lion captain. will
run the invitational - 100-yard dash
and will be the top man in Wer
ner's 440 and 880 relay plans. He
is expected to run against his old
nemis John Haines from Penn in
the 100. .
Austin ; is 3 Evenls
Bruce Austin was named as the
number two man in both the 440
and 880 relay squads. He will alsci
run in the distance medley relay.
Sophomore Jim Norton will en- .
ter the 440 and 880 relays, along
with the distance medley event.
Doug Moorhead will run the
mile in the distance medley with
cros s-country counterpart Don
Woodrow scheduled for the three
quarter mile assignment in the
distance medley.
Ogier Norris again was named
as the lone Lion entry in the pole
vault. Norris is the only experi
enced vaulter on the squad rue to
the absence of Harry Fuehrer.
Blockson, Tullar Compete
Charlie Blockson and John Tul
lar were selected to share the Lion
shot putting and discus throwing
chores. Blockson won the discus!
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n behind because of a charley
at Columbus last Saturday with
168'6V 2 " heave while Tullar plac
ed third.
Dick Coats will be the lone
Lion entry in the javelin while
sophomore Dick Winston will
compete in the invitational 120
high hurdles and the 440 and 880
relays.
Ed Moran. who won the mile
run in the Buckeye Belays. Chet
Cotton. Fred Kerr. and Charlie
King will. do. the running in the
frosh mile relay event.
Awards to be Presented
As an added attraction. the 10
colleges winning the most relay
championships in the Quaker car
nival will be honored in a brief
ceremony on Saturday.
Horace Ashenfelter, former
Lion great and 1952 Olympic
steeplechase champion will re
ceive the Penn State award..Ash
enfelter was a member of three
championship four-mile relay
teams at the Relays, besides hold
ing 'CIA, NCAA, National AAU
indoor and outdoor titles at dis
tances from two to six miles.
The top athlete representing
his school is Jesse Owens of Ohio
State. Owens is the only man in
the modern Olympics to win four
gold medals. In the 1936 Relays
he won the invitation 100-yard
dash, the broad jump, and was a
member of the Buckeye's winning
quarter-mile relay team.
The University of Pennsylvania
has won more championships than
any other school, 51. Don UPPln
cott, a member of the 1915 Penn
relay team. will accept the award.