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Vega, Gymnasts Poise for Nationals Today
Coach Gene Wettstone sends ten of his Lion gymnasts after his fourth National Col
legiate Gym crown this afternoon at the Naval Academy. Heading the list of athletes is
Olympian Armando Vega, who may compete in nine of the ten events—making him the
busiest competitor in the tournament.
The 1956 NCAA parallel bars champion will be gunning for his first National all
around crown in the six-event competition.
. Vega finished third with 1428 points
Don Tonry of Illinois with 1493 and Ed G
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—Daily Collegian Photo by Sam Price
ARMANIX) VEGA, filling away with a National title ? ? ?
Gil Leu
He seeks a crown ...
8 Fraternity Handballers
Win Flight Championships
Eight fraternity handball players emerged flight champions
by scoring victories Wednesday night on the Recreation Hall courts.
The flight one titlist is Don Harnett, Tau Kappa Epsilon, who
bested Jim Lysek, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 21-5 and 21-2 after Lysek
bad won the second game, 21-9.
Beta Theta Pi's Bill McCann defeated- Bill Taber, Sigma Pi,
in straight sets 21-17 and 21-7 to
win the flight two championship
and the right to enter the tour
ney's quarterfinal round_
In two successive 21-17 games,
Jim Keith, Sigma Chi topped Milt
Plum, Phi Delta Theta, to cop the
third flight title. In flight four
finals Jack Wright, Alpha Zeta,
won the first and third matches,
21.17 and 21-13, to triumph over
Bib Campbell, Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Campbell swept the middle game,
21-16.
After posting an opening 21-13
victory Don Snyder, Alpha Zeta,
followed with a narrow 21-19 win
ever Paul Schonbachler. Phi Del
ta Theta, .to gain the flight five
The Reverend William Allen Dean from the
Aldan Union church, Aldan, Pa., will speak to the
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship
Friday, March 22, 7:30 p.m.
at the Eisenhower Chapel
EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND
THE 'DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
By MATT PODBESEK
in last year's all-arounds. The title was won by
agnier of Michigan was second with 1485.
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Phil Mullen
hell defend one
championship.
The flight six winner is Sun
Anderson, Beta Theta Pi, who
bested Sheldon Amsel, Beta Sig
ma Rho, 21-12 and 21-16.
Paul Trimmer, Phi Delta Theta,
scored the opening set win over
Ken Sacks, Alpha Zeta, 21-15, but
Sacks rallied for a 21-17 win to
even the match. In the deciding
third game. Sacks won handily,
21-11 to capture the flight seven
crown.
Football quarterback Al Jacks,
Beta Theta Pi, copped the flight
eight championship with a 21-16
and 21-2 victory over Joe Myers,
Triangle.
Remembering his "break" on
the high bar in the Nationals last '
year, which knocked down his
score costing him the all-around
crown, Vega said:
"An all-around athlete doesn't
shoot for first in everything, he
just wants to complete his exer
cises without a break. Therefore
I was very happy with the way
things went in the Easterns this
year. (Vega walked away . with
the Fpctern trophy, beating his
near'st competitor—teammate Gil
Leu—by 200 points).
"I should raise my side horse
score particularly for the Na
tionals, but I was very pleased
with my high bar score in the
Eastern." (He was second with
a 263.)"
Vega's "five top" competitors!
besides champion Tonry and run
ner-up Gagnier should he fellow-
Olympian Able Grossfeld, another
Illinois product, and two highly
touted gymnasts from Florida
State—Ronnie Amster and Rafael
Lecuona.
Wettstone is counting on his'
two other all-around men, Cap
tain Dion Weissend and Gil Leu,
to place in the top ten and fini h
ahead of the five already men
tioned. Leu, runner-up to Vega in
the Easterns two weeks ago, is.
given the better chance of finish
ing in the first five, according to
Wettstone.
Weissend, who finished fourth
in the Easterns, look an eighth
in the Nationals last year and
will end his collegiate career
in the tourney along with Leu. ,
In today's first event—free ex
ercises—Vega will be out to re-;
venge his second place finish of:
last year. Uncle Sam's top Olym
pian in calisthenics will vie with:
defending champion Jamile Ash- :
more and Chico Cicio of Florida
State, and Grossfeld and Roland,
Brown of Illinois.
Held simultaneously with calis
thenics in the afternoon session
will be the rope climb. Defend
ing champion Phil Mullen will
face his old nemesi s --Eastern
champ Paul Dean of Army and a
real oldster—Garvin Smith of Los
Angeles State. Smith, over 30-
years old, is a former record hold
er in the 3.2 vicinity. Only this
week has Mullen reached his hest
time of 3.4.
Jack Etiesterfeldt and Lett
have been the victims of low
scoring all year on the side
horse but Wettstone said theil
routines should get higher re
sults in the Nationals. lowa's
Sam Baillie, Cadet Gar O'Quinn
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P. I•A•A State Championship
WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
SATURDAY, MARCH 230 951
PRELIMINARIES at 2 P.M., FINALS at 7:30 P.M. •
STUDENTS (single session) 60c
Adults (single sessions) SOO
Both Sessions $l.OO Both Sessions - $l.BO
(Please Show Matric Card)
RECREATION HALL
.THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
TICKETS NOW OM SAL! AT KAM'S MEWS SHOP
AChiSig, Sigma Chi
Tie For Loop Lead
Alpha Chi Sigma and Sigma Chi each scored victories
in the Wednesday fraternity B boWling league to remain
tied for first place honors with 22 wins and six losses.
In third place is Triangle with 19 victories ancl nine
losses and in fourth slot is Alpha Sigma Pi, who has won 17
and lost 11. Tied for fifth spot
are Phi Kappa and Theta Chi,l
,each with 16 wins and 12 losses.
Alpha Chi Sigma defeated
Delta Theta Sigma, 3-1, to re
main in a first place tie. Jim
Brown, Alpha Chi Sig, was the
high single game man with 195
pins and also won the three
game set with 516 points. Alpha
Sig also won the single game
team high with 119 markers.
Sigma Chi shutout Phi Epsilon
Pi, 4-0, to keep pace with Alpha
Sig. Sigma Chi's Ed Lynam was
both single and three game high
player with a 203-524 series and
in total pins Sigma Chi had a 2191
point bulge, 2278-1859.
Gordon Rutherford led Triangle
to a 3-1 triumph over Alpha Ep
silon Pi and gave Triangle third
place in the standings. Rutherford
rolled a 171 individual game score
and a 480 three game series, al
'though AEPi was the top team
for a single game with 734 pins.
In another 3-1 contest, Theta
Chi topped Alpha Sigma Phi for
its 16th victory. Theta Chi's Don
Cadzow rolled 199 pins for a lone
game while Alpha Sig's Ray Euler
was top series man with 490'
,markers
CAMP COUNSELLING POSITIONS
Camp . Conrad Weiser, Wernersville, Pa.
Rated as one of America's 'rep camps for boys. Salary
range from $2OO to $325 for eight-week season.
Merill T. Duxdcm will interview Tuesday, March 26.
Sign up in advance at the
Student Employment Service, 112 Old Main
CAMP POCONO
International Boys Camp located
on Lake Wallenpaupack, Pa.
Will interview for a variety of counselor position.l
on Saturday, March 30
Sign up in advance for interviews at . . .
Student Employment Service, 112 Old Main
FRIDAY. MARCH 22. 1957
Delta Chi's Jiai Herlocher
with a 182.485 series, paced the -
Delta CM quintet to a 4-0 de
cision over Phi Kappa. In total
pins Delta Chi held the advan
tage 2229-1762 and for a high
team game title Delta Chi was
in the fop spot with 177 points.
Kappa Sigma posted a 4-0 win
over Phi Mu Delta in the final
fraternity B bowling league game.
Kappa Sig was sparked by Sam
Githens' 450 series, and in a sin
gle game Jim Inman and Githens
posted 170 pins• for the winners.
Badminton Singles, H-ball
Doubles IM Entries Due
Entries for the Intramural hand
-1
lball doubles and badminton sin
gles tournaments are due by 4:30
p.m. Tuesday in the Ili l office at
r Recreation Hall.
The entry fee for the handball
tourney is 50 cents per team.
There is a 25-cent entry fee per
man in the badminton tourney.
In 18 years as head coach' of
gymnastics, Gene Wettstone's
Penn. State teams have won 67
meets while losing only 26.