Cage Coach May Alter
His First-Team Lineup
'iV.’sn Lu.sk<-'.ba;| Couth
John Kirii indicated last
that he if td ious.'y contem
plating some changes ;r. h:s
starting line-up when the Lions
test Colgate Saturday night at
Recreation Hall
The contest marks the I.ior.s'
home debut for the 1&51-58 sea
son. It is the first u! seven home
encounters on thetr schedule.
Although Egli named no
names—he said be probably
won't make any final decision
whether or not to make any
changes until just before the
game—he did say that the fans
may see some new faces in the
starting five Saturday night.
He pointed to the failure of any
of his tegular starters co-cap
tains Ron Rainey and Steve Bai
dy. IJob Edwards. Ted Kubota
and Tom Hancock—to take the
initiative to set up the Lion of
fensive plays as the principle rea
son for the possible changes:.
“No one's setting the plays up,"
hc said. "That's our biggest fault
right now." To emphasise the
seriousness of the matter unles<
some changes are made 1n the
Lion often ss ive play, he raid
" The honeymoon's over, we're on
our way to getting divorced."
Reviewing fhe Wesf Virginia
loss, Egli said of his team:
"They weren't alert mentally,
they weren't alert physically.
They tried, all right, but they
were just tired out."
He pointed to the Carnegie
Tech game "Tuesday night as 1
probably the biggest reason for,
the Lions being tired "After that;
combination wrestling -boxing
match the night before, what
could you expect," he said. "That!
was the dirtiest game I've seen
in some lime ”
The Tartans are'known through
out the East to be one of the
roughest clubs, physically, in
Eastern basketball—especially on
their home floor.
Last night, the cagers went
through a hardy offensive work
out with the emphasis on setting
tip their scoring patterns. Egli
said ho wanted tnem to “loosen
While the Lions go about 1( Ica who will be throwing the
'loosening up" drills, ihey have s hot put this winter.”
the advantage of knowing that Tullar, who was elected cap.
probably three of their tough- lain of the Lion Ihinclads last
ost consecutive games —all on ' spring, is no longer in school,
the road—are now behind them. *he IC4-A Outdoor Cham-
Colgafe, on the surface, does j Ptonships last spring, he won
not appear to be as tough as ! * h * “ ls . cus throw and placed
the previous opponents. i fmirth in the shot put.
■ t ! vo V l Co'csw mdicatei{ weightman last vear, is
that the Raiders wilt field oie jnow wresl!in | on Charlie Spe -
of their greenest cage teams mt der , mat * di p 1
, 9, n v« V'n- |“**s- rn,c ”’ £ ap 'j Werner's heaviest loss will prob
tain-eU-ct 1 hil Bussell? and Russj a i,i v be j e i t j n t j, e hurdles where
Brummer. are back this year—| three _ year standbys Rod Perry
and Brummer was a reserve last j and xjjck Winston have graduated,
season. The remainder of the: Pcrry the IC4 . A outd * or champ
starting five will probably bej in the i 2O -high and 220-low hur
tnade up of sophomores or jun- d i cs; . was &ho used !ast vear in
iors who had little or r.o chance. the shot put. high jump, 220 and
lo play last year. ‘mile relay, Winston, another of,
Bisselle figure? to be the teams, the'East's top hurdlers, was also
biggest offensive threat. He fin-]the Lion’s top sprinter last vear.'
ished seeond in Colgate scoring: The sprints, the Lion's weak
last year with 300 points. ■ est event last year, appears to
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LAYING IT UP ... Lion eager Paul Sweetland lays one up during
the Nittany offensive drill last mght at Recreation Hall. Standing
by with ready hands are Bob Edwards (1) and Wally Colender (r).
Werner Summons
Track Candidates
Varsity track mentor Chick
Werner emphasized the need'
for weightmen while issuing
a call for indoor track candi
dates yesterday.
"We will certainly welcome any
candidates who think they can
help us in, this department.” Wer
ner said.
"With John Tullar and Andv
Stvnehula missing, we have no
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be a bit brighter thi* year. But
at present, the Lion* do not
have anyone that approaches ‘
the calibre of Art Pollard or i
Barney Ewell, two departed
stars, on the varsity squad. j.
The other events are well-for- 1
iified, especially the mile in which
the Lions have' at least five run- 1 ,
ners capable of breaking 4:20. ! (
The pole vault, high jump and
broad jump all have promising
prospects but not toa much depth
on the basis of last year's per
formances.
Candidates should report to
Werner or freshman Coach
Norm Gordon between 4 and S
P-m. on the track in Recreation
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Tumbling Trio Adds
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It's a month before the first gymnastic meet, but you
can't tell it by watching the diligent workouts by the Lion’s
defending Eastern and National gym champions.
Coach Gene Wettstone has been putting his defending
squad through its paces for more than a month—and it is
ju:t draining to get their first ~ '
feel of competition. 'earned him a second in the East-
The first contact with out- erns last year. He was, however,
side opposition comes next year a bit inconsistent as a sophomore
at Temple—January 11 to be : Jgst vear
: exact. Right now the Lions are Qn the hjgh bar and the side
competing against each other horse , it is expected that the gold
for unanticipated openings. , vi] , the load . Cun „
But Wettstone is contented with ningham did the honors for the
the way the practices are pro- f ro? h in these two events and won
gressing. He is particularly high eacb handily.
on hi s tumblers-~headed by re- Wettstone raay haye a . prob .
V ?! e f ans • l^die Stetens j j n frying io get the maxi
.and Dave Dulaney. mum millagf out 9 of the versa-
Backing up senior Stevens and m e sophomores' talents. Gym
junior Dulaney will probably be nasts are eligible for only three
sophomore Graeme Cowan. Be- evenJs in co llege malches.
his d his e - e Go t ld r dust V Twins” Beside the duo. Wettstone will
Cunmncham and Jav have t 0 fill the third side , horse
C As freshmen. Cunningham and s P ot wi . th of U ?. < L MI ? WJ £?
■ Werner finished one-two in the > ne ?f r 'f«d competitors, junior
! two dual meets the frosh won Eberhardt or sophomores
i last year. Only one point sepa- Frame Donateih or Dave Palmer.
rated the high-scoring gold
; dusters, who concentrate very
I little of their practice time on
; this event. Cowan was injured
last year and is untried in col
legiate competition.
‘ Stevens has a consistent high
scoring tumbling routine that
earned him a fifth in the Easterns
and a seventh in the NCAA’s last
year. Stevens was married last
; week and Wettstone said he will
come along once he “gets settled
down.”
On the other hand, Dulaney has
been coming along fine in work
outs. He has added more difficult,
movements to his routine that
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