PAGE TEN Nittany Gym Have Strong By MATT MATHEWS Pen;i State's or,. 1 championship s cj li a ri the gymnasts— arc diligently pre paring for their first title de fense Jan. 31 at Temple. Not one to go out on a limb, Couch Gene Wettstone terms his current squad “fairly well bal anced.” We didn't lose too much by graduation, he said. But there's one big question on everybody's mind concern ing the gym team—w ill HE compete? Unless you're a new comer you'll automatically know that HE is Armando Vega, the Liens NCAA and Eastern all-round tiihst. The reason he may not use up his remaining year of eligibility this season is because of his de sire to concentrate on th:•. sum mer’s World Gymnastic Cham pionships in Russia and also to save his eligibility for his senior year. fVcga lost a semester of schooling during the 195 G Olym pics and plans to graduate in June 1959;. He said last spring he would forego gymnastics this season and. as yet, has not given any' indication of a changed mind. The major graduation losses to hit tin- team include 1957 captain Dion Weisscnd. Gil Leu, Jack. Beisterfeldt and Dick Rohm. Weissend was one of the two reasons the Lions continually i Matmen Open Season Against Colgate Vets Penn State's ujostling team runs smack into a veteran laden Colgate outfit when it inaugurates it's 34th mat season tomorrow afternoon at Hamilton. N.Y. Nine lettermen return for the Bed Raiders, including eight who wrestled against the Lions last year. But just how much experience those nine men gained last year isn’t cer tain. They have already been beaten this year, losing to Cortland State Teachers College. : i 17-11. last week. nv Johnson, 8-2, last winter and: Spearheading the Red Raider.D'Esterre—another three-year vet! crew is captain Pete Newell, a —was blanked by Davy Adams, j three-year leilerman. Newell, who | Colgate’s tentative starting ar has lost only four bouts m his rav win find Martin at 123. Skir-' colleg.a e career finished fourth pak at 130 , McC arthv at 137, To rn the 177-pound division of the ;bjas at H 7 D - Est e ree at 157 i. Eastern tournament last year. He ; Schult at 167, Newell at 177 and was eliminated from the tourney Werner at heavyweight, when he wrenched a shoulder in; _ i , .. a semi-final match and was . This is only the third meeting forced to default. between the wrestling teams of Ranked directly behind Newell J™ »£oo *■ The Lions worn is junior Fred Schult—one of the the * irst mwt m 1944, 29 " 5 - top-rated men in the East’s 167- pound bracket this vear. J F... Newell and Schult were the IWO V7IICI IO6S only Colgate graoplers to record victories in last year’s Penn M mim . O I State-Colgate match, won by the IN Q ill © O LIOIIS Lions. 23-8. Newell rapped Bruce j _ , _. T Gilmore. 6-2, and Schult edged! End Le* Walters, guard Joe Dick Phalen. 2-1. Sabol and center Charlie Rusla- Included among the other Col- vage were named to all-opponent j gate letterwinners are juniors! teams by two Lion foes. !j Syracuse named Walters and! Tva!!? 32 r3 n k • ? nd ; Sabol on its team while Marquette > T vi^ l , rnerrnan , jjf n iors 1 selected Walters and Ruslavage. | -P Es !S n *‘ and Ted Tobias. ( Sabol edged Pitt guard Dan Wis-'i All but Zimmerman competed: n iewski for the second post on!t against the Nittames last year. >the Orange team while Walters,!! • -L.'H'n'i 1 -pO'Pound footballer. :on both clubs, and Ruslavage;j is the Red Raider heavyweight. were fairly handy picks. l! kkMast SSm MaT i S - vracuse named Holy Cross jj Martin cn m '-v „ . tv- quarterback Tom Greene, who al-i! were victims Tobias so played against the Lions, as the *| nine '2l!' S^ te , p '"; top individual foe it faced this! JT *>“ «*' year. The Orange voted Pitt tackle:! fl A t L en ? d . b 7 iim McCusker as the top line- 1 Sid Nodlano m one of the fastest ~.a n they faced -i pins ever seen on the Recreation the, xaceq. .. Hall mats— -45 seconds of the first , j period. Rkirpak was dropped by COQC SCOT6S George Smith and Tobias fell to' By The Associated Press John Pepe. Si. Francis 65. Duquesne 64 , McCarthy was beaten by John- Cincinnati 80, Temple 57 i P.s. —Tickets to the concert by Philippe Entre mont, French pianist, in Schwab Auditorium on Wednesday. Dec. 11. are available daily. 1 to 5 p.m. to first 260 students who present Activity and Identification Cards at Main Desk, Hetzel Union Bldg. made a clean sweep of the points on the parallel bars last year. He teamed with Vega, the Eastern. National and AAU champion, in that event- The third man in that trio of p- National bar competitors. Bob Fohl. not only steps up in importance on the bars, but also steps into Weissend's position as captain of the teem. Leu was a top Lion performer THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE Champions Balance Bob Foht captain.' the champs ir. Ine all-rounds, along with Vega and Weissend. Replacing the two graduation losses will be ‘-ophomores Jay Werner and Lee Cunningham. “1 have never had two out standing sophomores so closely matched,” Wettstone said while labeling them the “Gold-dust Twms.” The only competitor to finished ahead of Werner in any freshman event was Cunningham, who beat him by one point in tumbling. The two won every other event in which they en tered. Replacing Leu on the high bar will be senior John Coller and Lou Savadove. Savadove and Coller both competed last year. Although Beisterfeldt is lost through graduation, the energetic Swiss is helping Wettstone with the freshman team. Wettstone recently got a bit of joyful news when he learned that Syracuse, who appeared to be the chief contender in the East, also lost their top gymnast to the wedding bells. Now the chief op position comes from Army and Pitt. Carp Captures IM Fraternity Tennis Title Jerry Carp. Beta Sigma Rho, defeated Mel Royer, Alpha Tau Omega, in a tightly contested match, 6-4, 7-5, to win the intra mural fraternity tennis title. Sickness and bad weather play-: Ij I■ * \ki * ed havoc with the tennis schedule! Ijfl ITI1 1 rp wy I this fall, forcing many match post-i *■ ■■ ■ ■ ■V* TT ■ poneinents, but all was overcome i _ «> « i * n . when Carp and Royer played Sun-! IJ. J YA/««w In a day on the State College com-! IT J“Yyf|V 180 munity courts. j ’ T / " W Carp and Royer each faced four, By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS '< StaS,raip^o h uVdiy m wS:: The Baltimore Colts »alj| pea all four and Royer treated! have the edge if the three-way { three of his opponents in the , - ~ ~ . ,v_ < same manner, taking the fourth .deadlock for the lead m the,, match by forfeit. i Western Division of the Na- ; t They each then downed two .. i t-* u r ' j more opponents in the champion-j^ 10na *- Football League con ship rounds to proceed to their itinues after Sunday’s games. meeting for the championship, im, on ,• . * , Carp beat Bill Sekaras, Alpha Colts are tied for first . Chi Sigma, and Hugh Patterson.; with the Detroit Lions and the Pi Kappa Phi, in the quarter and!-, . . n semifinal rounds. Royer won overj :3an Francisco 49ers. Danny Gray. Beta Theta Pi, and] According to a playoff, plan John Krall, Phi Mu Delta in his worked out last week at the NFL quarter and semi-final rounds, j meeting in Philadelphia, the Colts i would get a bye in the event of a Sports Dope . . . ;three-way tie. Basketball was the first indoor 1 Detroit and San Francisco sport to be played at Penn State,: wo ! lld P la f °. K 22 at De starting in 1897. only six years hroit. The would play after the game was founded. 1 Colls Dec. 29 in Baltimore. Penn State's Rip Engle is bat-1 Each team plays its final regu ting .633 in 13-seasons, the first ;lar season game Sunday. . The six at Brown University, as a, Colts will be at Los Angeles; the major college football coach. Lions will meet the Bears in Chi-j AND YOU DID Vtai 1 your gift of smoking 1 supplies. Cigars, dg / arettes, pipes, tobac ~ C °' other ac vA cessories are avail- GrahamSrSons PENNSYLVANIA Kerr Again Named X-Country Captain Fred Kerr will be the first two-year cross-country captain since W. J. Cox in 1928. The junior from West York was re-elected captain aHhe team’s banquet last week. Kerr took first place in the Navy and finished in a three-way tie for He placed second behind Ed Mor an against Pitt and third, one second behind Moran at Michigan State, I Kerr led the Lion harriers in both the IC4-A and NCAA meets, 'placing 9th in the IC4-A’s and 12th in the nationals. I Receiving varsity letters besides Kerr were senior A 1 Jones, jun iors Clem Schoenebeck, Chick King and Moran and sophomores Dick Engelbrink and Joe Thomp son. Denny Johnson was elected honorary’ captain of the freshman squad. Johnson lowered the 'freshman 3-mile course record from 15:56.6 to 15:39 against Pitt. Herm Weber also broke the rec ord in the same meet with a 15:52 clocking. I The old record was held jointly -bv Kerr, Moran, Clem Schoene jbeck and Bob Thompson. Ken Hunter, Dick Anderson, Ron Genovese, Ron Landon, Bill Schoenebeck and Skip Johnstone were awarded freshman numer als in addition to Johnson and] Weber. i Prospects for next year year look bright, since the Lions will be losing only one graduating senior—Al Jones. Both the var sity and freshman team took third Dai brother, pal, or , v beau will be more than pleased with “The Friendly Little Store” since 1895 TUESDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1957 and Manhattan meets first against Cornell. ★ ★ ★ Fred Kerr . . . re-elected captain iin the IC4-A championships, while the varsity finished ninth in the NCAA championships. The Lions finished the season with a 3-2 record in dual compe tion. II Gain Edge Continues eago; and the 49ers will play Green Bay at San Francisco. Each contender has a 7-4 record. , _ If Baltimore and San Francisco tie. the playoff game would be at Baltimore Dec. 22. If Detroit ties Baltimore, the game also would be in Baltimore Dec. 22. If Detroit and San Francisco tie, the playoff game will be ai San Francisco Dec. 22. e ... 1 That’s right: it’s time to get started with ypur Christmas shopping. There are only 10 shopping days left in State ; College/ If you don’t get start ed soon you’re going to have difficulty in finding the right gifts for the right persons. If you don’t want to walk all over State College hunting your gifts, why not come into Danks. You can make Danks your one shopping stop. That is, Danks has a complete line of gifts for all the men on your shopping list. If you’re interested in neck wear we have Wembley and Botany ties. These ties make the perfect gifts for Dad or brother. If you’re shopping for that "special someone," what about Buxton leather goods or Hic kok jewelry and leather goods. 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