The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, February 05, 1957, Image 9
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1957 West Point Edges Lion Track Team Spotting Army nine points in the 35-pound weight throw cost Chick Werner’s track: squad a victory in the opening meet of the 1957 indoor season as the Lions bowed, 53%-' 50%, on Jan. 26 at West Point. ! Freshman Dick Englebrink, however, stole the spotlight from the varsity as he paced the Nittany yearlings to a 59-50 triumph over the plebes. Running in the first track meet of his career, Englebrink raced over the boards in 4:23.4 for the mile, a full second faster than the best varsity effort, of indoor facilities for' broad Outstanding performances in jumping, the varsity meet were turned in The Cadets’ Heptagonal cham by Rod Perry and Dick WinstoH pion Mike Keating took the pole' in the hurdles and Ed Moran in vault with a leap of 13’. Penn the 600-yard run. State’s Ogier Norris and Harry | Perry Wins Hurdles Fuehrer finished second and third Perry captured the 60-yard high behind Keating. . hurdles in 7.5 seconds and fin- The Lions’ Bob Parker and ished second in the shot put with Thomas tied with the Cadets’! a heave of 45’ 7ts”. This marked John Mcßlain with six-foot leaps: the first time that the senior from in the high jump. ! Coatesville had thrown the shot Hambright Captures Frosh 600 | put since competing m high school In the fres hman meet, Tyrone’s' tracK- Dick Hambright flashed to vie- i Perry finished fifth in the tory in 1:13.6 in the 600-yard run,! finals of the 45-yard high hurdles .7 of a second slower than the ! in the Boston Athletic Association varsitv time. ; games last Saturday night. The Other outstanding freshman event was won by North Caro- performances were turned in by. lina’s Lee Calhoun in the meet Bob Gross and John Fareira. Gross! record time of 5.5 seconds, two captured the broad jump with a! tenths of a second faster than leap of 21’ 2” and a tie for first in. Perry', the Lions’ only entry. the pole vault with 11’ 6”. Fareira j Winston took second in the hur-jumped 6* 114” to tie for firsti dies in 7.6, only .1 of a second in the high jump slower than Perry. Moran Takes 600 Moran, a sophomore running in his first varsity track meet, cap tured the 600-yard run in 1:12.9, .1 of a second faster than the Cadets’ Pete Byrne. Jim Norton took third with an impressive time of 1:13.8, Cross-country captain Don Woodrow was Penn State’s only double winner of the day as he won the mile run in 4:24.4 and the two-mile run in 9:56.1. Fred Kerr took second in the mile for the Lions, inches behind Wood row. Senior Ron Lewis barely nipped teammate Clem Sehoenebeck at the tape as the pair were clocked j in identical times of 2:20.3 in the! 1000-yard run. j Army Fullback Wins Dash | Army football fullback Bob Ky-; asky turned in the best time of, his career in the 60-yard dash as he won in 6.3, .2 of a second faster than Penn State’s Clyde Thomas. The Black Knights swept both relays. In the two-mile relay both teams were even down to the last! exchange of the baton, but the! Cadets’ Jerry Lewis pulled away from the Lions’ Ron Lewis in the back stretch to win by five yards and clinch the meet. Cadets Sweep Two Events In the field events. Army swept both the 35-pound weight throw! and the broad jump. Penn State: does not compete in the weight throw. The Lion broad jumpers had not been able to practice be fore the meet because of the lack Valentine Picked Top Pa. Gridder All-America football guard Sam Valentine was named Penn sylvania’s outstanding football athlete of 1956 last week by the Harrisburg Evening News. The Evening News also chose Pittsburgh Pirate first baseman Dale Long as the outstanding baseball athlete along with Val entine. Valentine, a defensive bulwark all season, was named to Look Magazine’s All-America team in November. He was also chosen for the East-West Shrine Game and the Hula Bowl because of his outstanding play. Engle, Hosterman Accept Clinic Bids Two Nittany Lion coaches—soc cer coach Ken Hosterman football coach Rip Engle have accepted bids to go abroad for athletic clinics. Hosterman will join several other college coaches for a series of clinics at Army and Air Force bases in Germany. He leaves for Germany, via plane, March 11. Engle makes a return trip to the Far East in July for clinics in Japan and in Hawaii. He made a similar trip in 1954. Both invitations were extended by the Armed Forces. 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Sticklers are simple riddles H| |fißk fla wKr w ‘th two-word rhyming answers. Both HAm B 888 Hi —BA B B BHHB Hf words must have the same number of 88l OB' B 'BH IB B B 'HB 3 syllables. (Don’t do drawings.) Send ’em all with your name, address, college and class to Happy-Joe-Lucky, Box 67A, Mount Vernon, N. Y. CLEANER, FRESHER, SMOOTHER I Torgeson Named To All-America Sophomore scoring star Per Torgeson entered his first niche in the Penn State soccer hall of fame recently when ha was selected to a second team berth on the 1956 All American team. t Torgeson, a 25-year-old armed forces veteran, was named to an inside position. He is the third Lion hooter to be placed on the mythical unit in the last j three years. Despite a foot injury which plagued him throughout the cam paign, Torgeson was one of the men instrumental in the 8-2-1 record posted by the 1956 soccer mer. He tallied 13 goals to tie senior Tommy Nute and sopho more Mike Stollmeyer for team scoring honors | Torgeson, who originally hailed ;from Norway but who now lives |in New York, played his best game of the year against Syra cuse. He booted in four goals to lead all scorers and was cited by ; Coach Ken Hosterman for his all round play. i The last Nittany hooter to win| 'All American honors was Dickj , Packer. Packer was twice named to a first team center halfback position before he closed his ■career in 1955. I The other All American choices , since 1954 were Jack Pinezich, , a first team selection in 1954, and Paul Dierks, a second team pick I the same year. Eagles Draft Nittany Center I Dan Radakovich, outstanding center and linebacker for the 1956 Lion football team, was picked jon the 17th round of the National Professional football draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. Radakovich is the second mem ber of the ’56 eleven to be drafted. Quarterback Milt Plum was sec ond draft choice of the Cleveland Browns and has already signed his ’57 contract. Radakovich. 6-3, 190 pounds, was instrumental in many of the Lions’ victories and was men tioned on many All-America teams, besides starring in the | Blue-Gray game last December. He is expected to bolster the Eagles’ center position, which was weakened this past season by the induction of star Bob Pellegrini into the Army. ""Sts*'*’ WHAT (S BUG BUSSt FlatOUt MAtOl» LINK. 0. OF NOITH DAKOTA PAG? NINK <£&