FAGE FOUR
SPORTS
A Glance at . . .
By VINCE CAROCCI
Assistant Sports Editor
BASKXTBALL SPOT SHOTS-
Now that the 1956-57 season has entered its final stages. readers; "spare time" is an instructor in
will find many sports writers picking their "all" squads—All-Ameri-ispeech.
ca, All-East, All-Conference, and whatever else there may be.figures,
r P es e . n n ha S s ta c t i eLs e most ju
i ve - r - sa , ti o le ne
Being somewhat of a conformist to the sports-writing tradition„tabout everything in sports, from
we now present our choices for the 1956-57 All-America team. Elf ; annouricing college grid games to
ferences of opinion are expected, and welcomed. !minding ra the finish line at-harness
Here's our star array for this season: His intense interest in athletics
Wilt Chamberlain—Kansas—forward was born during his high school
Charlie Tyra—Louisville--fcxrward . days at Newcastle. "I became in
Lennie Bosenbluth—North Carolina—center , terested from an official's view-'
poi conditin
Rod Hundley—West Virginia--guard
,keptnt
mebecause
from a
the heart
competitiv o e
Guy Rodgers--Temple--guard , side?' he says.
• • • • While in the Navy from 1944
I
In selecting a team such as this, one naturally omits some of the to 1946, he broke into the play
las ll
stars in the game today. We do not pretend to be different. It may: lag ledger
and second-baseman. a softba
In 19 pitcher
47 .
seem ridiculous to omit such stars as South Carolina's Grady Wal - ' he began officiating high school
lace, SMU's Jim Krebs, and Columbia's Chet Forte_ and freshman college basket- .
But, in selecting this club; we took all-round ability into con-* ball games, and the following
sideration. As far as we're concerned, these are - the best all-round' year added football to his reper
toire,
players in collegiate basketball today. There's no question about' "1 even refereed a game in which
their ability; it would be even tougher to omit one of them for'Bob Mathias played," Ed relates
someone else, even though not one of them leads the nation in proudly. Questioned about the
grid ability of the boy who went
scoring. ,
,on to win the Olympic Decathlon
So there it is; that's our All-America team for this year. MaY,title, he said, "Bob was a slow
the sparks fly where they will. ;starter, but a very good ball
. • • • carrier once he got under way."
partracinj i j . ic l i e bs G
Incidentally, Ron Rainey's 33 straight foul conversions is prob- treHaasurnreedsstiilekceaym
col-, la..
ably a modern University record. However, according to Jim Coogan, l lection in 1948. He was an an-
University Sports Publicity Director, it is doubtful that it is announcer, timer, an d associate.
all-time school mark. Although no official record is available, Jim iu,dge,l got my licenses for those
for , harness races at county
said that it is safe to venture that it was not the best in the school's , " 17 %
,posit ions in 1953 and, at that time;
history. was the youngest horse-racing of-.
• • • • •
ficial in the country."
WHAT I'D STS' TO SEE: , As an undergraduate at Slippery,
Rock State Teachers Collenre Ed
A basketball game scheduled between St. Joseph's of -Phila - ;handled the ann • ''
'
ounemg chores at
delphia and Penn State. St. Joe's is consistently among the power-;home football games. Since earn-;
houses of the East—Penn State has an up and coming quintet. 'ing his M.A. at the University in:
The game would be a real test of Lion strength. One of the big- pl e t3 t . in h g e has sts heli numerous t of
gest difficulties in arranging the game would probably be in de- mural basketball includingre iio x ir i i n ra-
g
termining the home court. Both teams are powerhouses on their; judge, and softball umpire, starter,
home courts and would have a decided advantage at home. ,for Penn State and high school.
• • • • 'track meets, and official for the:
' • ,Lions' scrimmage and intra-squad
OUR PERSONAL AWARD: ; football games.
Chuck Medlar, the. Lion trainer, wins our award as the most, Asked which sport he enjoys
valuable individual in the Penn State intercollegiate sports program, most. Ed answered, "I guess Ii
Besides being an invaluable aid to most of the Lion coaches with!
get shore of a kick out i of har
rust s_Tacmg than anythingi else,
his training abilily, Chuck is a great moral builder wth his liberall I d hate to single it out as
t
sense of humor. Win or lose, Chuck almost always keeps the players
in the proper frame of mind—and the Lion coaches and players ratei THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
him as the best trainer in the East, if not in the country. )
• • • • [Successor to THE THEE LANCE. wit. 1887
BASEBALL PREVIEW:
Published farads. through Satarday l
s
Although its still early in the year, Coach toe Bedenk and his morning inclusive during the UnirersirY
year by the staff of The Daily Collegian of,
assistant, Chuck Medlar, are sending their club through preliminary,rba Pennsylvania State Univervitg
workouts in preparation for the coming season.
Entered ea seeon&ehiss. matter July 6.
Look for the Lions to be rated among the top five teams in theta9n the act of Starch 3. 1879. 34. at the State College. Pa., Post Office
nation. With pitcher Ed Drapcho, outfielder Jim Lockerrnan and
catcher Don Stickler leading the list of returning veterans, Penn f
State figures to be a top contender for national collegiate honors
a a *
ODDITY:
.F...d Dubbs, Fran tod Fanucci, Vince
A story in a recent issue of the University of Pennsylvania
campus newspaper said that the Penn mermen were hosting the' ( '
Fm am n e ch,' Lou tPrPatobesLe.ek' George
Les owel ,
Penn State swimming team in a dual meet. One question: Since Higgins, Bobo Gullo, Alex
-when does Penn State have a swimming team? The only swimming Bell, Beano Cook, Alfred New
activity we knew of was the Intramural swimming tourney. Eitherlrnart
we're behind the time or the Penn publication made a mistake.
—Daily CoHarlan Photo by George Harrison
TOM HANCOCK. and Bob Edwards fight Pitt's Don Hennon for a
'loose ball as an unidentified Pitt player looks on. Hennon led the
Panthers to an 50-65 win over the Lion;
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
From IM's -to Horse Racing
•, ~
ersatcle Gilkey Gets Around
By LES POWELL
Basketball referee, boxing'
;judge, track and horserace
?starter, PIAA official, and ad- :
wiser to four activities. These
'are but a few of the occupa-, i
!tions of Gilkey,_ who in his
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a remarkable 48 percentage in
the first half, went completely
beserk in the second period. The
cagers finished with a 30.1
average.
For the Panthers. it was just
the opposite. Held to a 34 per cent
mark in the first period, the Pitt
club finished with a strong 44
ner cent average. Most of the
Panther scores came on the fast
break.
Individually, Hennon, Hursh,
Riser and Pegues stood out for
the Panthers. Hursh and Riser,
besides scoring 20 and 15 points,
controlled the boards in the sec-,
ond half to send Pitt off and
running on the break.
Hennon and Pegues were the
key men in the. break once Pitt
controlled the ball. Both were
credited with numerous assists to
their scoring teammates.
For the Lions, Steve Baidy,
Bob Edwards and Captain Bob
Leisher were the standouts.
Baidy was the top. Lion scorer
with 20 points, while Edwards
followed with 16. Leisher was
agaLi the Lion offensive floor
leader with his field general
ship.
The game was nip and tuck
all the way in the first period.
with the lead changing hands 10
times.
Pitt took an early 5-2 lead onlyil
to have the Lions go out front.l l
8-5. After trading a basket andv
,a foul each, Hennon hit with
hook and Riser two fouls to give;
;the Panthers a 12-11 lead.
With action staying almost the:
same—only the players involved
changing—for the next three min-;
utes, Baidy took person6l corn-'
mand of the Lion offense to push;
the Lions into a 27-25 advantage.:
(Continued from page one) During the spurt, Baidy hit
Vega. 2'ta, Leu. 246, at.d Bob; for 10 of the next 11 Lion points
Foht, 235. nearly slammed the par-i while the cagers held Pitt to
allel bars Jut anchorman Mulvi- 1 six tallies. The teams traded
hill, r" Pitc, came through with a: three baskets when the half
246, g. 3 enough for second place.' ended.
The score favored the Lions go- The loss gave the Lions a 15-10.
ing into the last event, 55-25. record for the season. Pitt fin-
Then the Panthers swept theirlished with a 14-9 mark. Accord
specialty—the flying rings. 19561ng to Bob Drum, Pittsburgh,
Eastern, NCAA and AAT.I runner-;Press sportswriter, the win should: l
up Tom Darling took the event l put the Panthers into the NCAAI
with highest total of the event,tourney.
279. PENN STATE PITTSBURGH
FG FTP FG FTP,
The Panther ace, who has Rainey 3 3-4 9 Pegues 1 0-0 2
been troubled with a bad arm. Hancock '' 3-7 7 Riser 5 5.7 15
Edwards 4 ii -12 16 Lazar 3 2-4
received a standing ovation ;Baidy 7 '64 20 Hursb 5 10.43 20.
from the Lion bench as he corn- ;Leistier 2 4-4 R Hennon 8 4-1 20
pleted his s; arkling routine. `Ra
`Somsay 2-6 trogan : ( 1 :!
Sophomore 'Hirst. 265. was sec- • Kubirta 0 1-2 M.elko:lch 0 01) 0
ond, junior Hammond. 259, was sawyer 1 4-4 6,
third followed by Vega with Totals 19 27-38 65 Totals 26 25-40 80,
I 252, Jack Donahue. 233, and Ed-
, SidwelL 212. ! the final event Not only because;
.
Mike Moyle. Editor
Dave Bichavia. Business Manager
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Mike Moyle,
Gymnasts
After the meet Coach Neiger„he finished with another unde
who loses only three low-scoring!feated season and EIGL Cham-
Panthers, said: "You probably had:Dion but also because of Leu's
your best night of the year. But! brilliant performance. Wettstone
we'll improve nest year if I canlis counting on Leu and Weissend
find someone for the sidehorse,to give him•balance in the NCAA
and parallel bars." lall-round—necessary to win the
Wettstone was beaming duringinatipt4 1412 Year,
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Ed Gilkey
Sport's jack of al/ trades
the one I like best. I enjoy them
all:
"There is the most pressure as
a track starter," he added. "You're
completely on your own, and
every second counts. Art Pollard
claims that I cost him a second
Pitt Claws
SUNDAY. MARCH 3. 1957
(and a possible record) last year
because of a start. He still won the
race, however."
Ed has been one of three fac
ulty advisors to the Varsity "S"
Club since the club's formation in
1954. "I'm very happy with the
way the club has been develop
ing," he says. "It has. advanced
beyond the growing - pain stage to
the point where it's going to serve
the University well."
Commenting on Penn State's
intramural program, the likeable
Gilkey says, "Our IM program is ;
in total, tremendous. In my opin
ion, it can't be beaten anywhere.
Dutch (Sykes) and Gene (Bisch
off) do a great job, especially con
sidering their limited facilities."
Concerning the calibre of in
tramural play, he stares, "The
competition is better than could
be expected of intramurals, par
ticularly in boxing, which has
had exceptionally good bouts. I
think last year's finals were the
best we've ever had."
In praising tthe varsity sports
program, Ed says, "We are for
tunate in all sports to have a good
coaching staff. We've had real
good records. Also, one of the best
things that ever happened at Penn
State was Dean (oi Phys Ed col
lege) McCoy's appointment as ath
letic director."
Sport
Shorts
Versatile Athletes
Football players Bruce Gilmore,
at 167 pounds, and Les Walters,
at 177 pounds, will bolster Penn
State's bid for Eastern. title hon
ors in the second half of the
wrestling campaign. Both are for
mer standouts in Pennsylvania
schoolboy wrestling.
Beclenk Beckons
Baseball season can't be too far
away. Joe Bedenk, veteran Penn
State coach, has issued his first
call for pitching and catching can
didates.
Spring Football Practice
Coach Rip Engle today set Mon
day. March 18, as the starting date
for Penn State's' Spring football
drills. Barring bad weather, the
Lion mentor hopes to wind up the
20-day practice period permitted
by NCAA before the Easter holi
days.
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