FRIDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1957 'Gold-dust Twins,' Vega Set for Gym Tryouts ~'~ X~ ` ~ x ~~ ; LION GYMNASTS Armondo Vega (1.), nastics Tr -outs De to represent Uncle By MATT MATHEWS Armondo Vega and the Gold-dust Twins—sophomores Lee Cunningham an d Jay Werner compose a three man Lion contingent that will compete in the ;United States World Gymnastic Tryouts, December 25-31 at Sarasota, Fla. The tryouts are the prelimi nary competition for the World Gymnastic Championships to be held in June at- Moscow. The final and only other competition for the United States squad will be held in May at Los Angeles. Vega. who holds the Eastern and National all-around cham pionships, plus many other in dividual titles, stands the best chance of making the team. The Olympian is considered by many gym experts as. the best Uncle Sam has right now. He is by far the best collegiate gyninast in the 'nation as evi- Top Relay Teams Predicted For Nittany Thinclads in '5B By GEORGE FRENCH "Potentially, we have the —._ _ two best relay teams in the school's history," varsity track Coach Chick Werner said yes terday Among the top candidates . to make up the 2-mile relay team are senior Jim Norton, juniors Ed Moran;Fred Kerr, Chick King and i , Clem Schoinebeck and sopho- i i J ..t. mores Dick Engelbrink. George :, Jones and Dick Etambright. 1_ ‘7% Norton has improved consider- • .< , ably since last spring. His finest ' effort came last winter when he ' defeated Canadian 0 1 ymp i c • - '', - sprinter Laird Sloan in a dual 1 .. --= meet with Michigan. . ;-..,. Moran is .a definite threat to I become the first Lion to run the mile in less than 4:10 and the 880 .4h, in-less than 1:50. ' I tat Kerr, who was reci.ntly re elected captain of the cross- I in 4:16. country team, is generally con- c . King won his mile heat In 4:18 sidered the Lions' most consis- in the IC4-A outdoor champion- , tent runner by his teammates. ships last spring. Engelbrink pull-' Last spring, Kerr ran the mile ed one of the biggest upsets of li an aggressive group as seen by the smiles on the faces of the above three Cunningham (c.) and Jay Werner Cr.). The three are going to the World Gy m in the World Gymnastic Championships in June in Moscow, USSR, dented by his record-breaking ;in last year's AAU's and said, performances last year. ;"For a freshman, he and Werner The champ swept both the: really did well. And the exper- Eastern all-around title and the: ience was invaluable." The chances of the Gold-Dust NCAA honors with the highe st! Twins making the World team score ever recorded in the his-I depends entirely on how many tory of the two events. Later inimembers the State Department the spring he lost the AAU g y n Olecides to send. As Wettstone championship 112.35 to 111.90 toisaid, "Who knows how many ;we'll be able to take along. It all a non-collegian, Jack Beckner ofdepends on how many Sputniks the Los Angeles Turners. - tthey send up between now and As a matter of fact, Vega won ;June." The decision is up in the three of the six events in the 'air. AAU all-arounds in his losing ! If determination means any effort with Beckner. Beckner thing, both Werner and Cun was the number one man on ningham should be Vega's the '56 Olympic team, again traveling companions next June. just edging out Vega for the Since this is strictly a volun honor. tarp amateur event, all pariici- On the other hand, Werner, as , pants must pay their own ex a freshman, finished 10th in that! penses. same star-studded field. In an in-! Therefore, Werner is putting dividual effort on the ilying,his thumb to the test and hiking rings, the talened gymnast waslthe 1500 or so miles while Cun runner-up on the flying rings to;ningham has found himself a 'Pitt's Tom Darling, Eastern andiride. But Cunningham has been NCAA champion flyer. unfortunate in another way—he As for Cunningham, Wettstone said he has had six bluebooks was pleased by his performance' this week and very little sleep. • . 4 0117 k - .481 N : Dick Hambright . former state champ NOT ENOUGH! _ • ohn OF DIMES THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA * * INEI the indoor track season last win ter when he upset former national interscholastic mile champion Don Luisi on the final leg of be fresh man medlay relay in the IC4-A meet. Engelbrink's time for the mile was 4:17.4_ Engelbrink also holds the Nittany freshman rec ords for the mile and 880. Hambright won the state high school championship in the 4401 twice—tying the state record in :49 in his junior year and setting' a new record of :48.7 in his senior year. His :48.7 is just .3 of a second, slower than Bruce Austin's Penn, State varsity record set in 1956. Jones has shown a great im-, provement since last spring and' may develop into one of the; Lions' finest middle-distance run ners. Schoenebeck has been side lined with a leg injury since cross 'country season, but is expected to be back in action after Christmas. SISTOR RADIO , r him or her for ristmas $34.95 up State College TV 232 S. ALLEN Elephants ha v e fantastic,And of course, I'll never be able memories, so I've been told. to forget Johnny Johnston win ning 130-pound NCAA title But they have nothing over at Pittsburgh.iht sports writing clan—espe-; I can also remember the running daily when it comes to re -'of Rod Perry and his personal membering (in print, o f cours o'hurdle duels with Ohio State's an Olympic ace Glenn Davis. incident that a coach (or alum Olympic who didn't get a thrill nus) likes to forget. _ over Joe Bedenk's baseball team So with that introduction, it is when it finished second in the now my pleasure to expound on: NCAA tournament at Omaha. :some of my most memorable ex-' Neb.. after winding-up the reg •periences with Penn State athlet- ular season with 17 straight ics for 1957—some good and some' wins. bad. The selection of pitcher—first ' It will be a long time before baseman Cal Eine r y as the I forget the death of one of my NCAA's MVP in that tournament best friends, Carmen Palmerio. is another of my pleasureable Carmen, one of the brightest Penn memories. But Emery's dramatic State cage prospects in years. was ninth inning, two out. ga,ne-win . killed in an automobile accident rung home run in the District 'over the 1956 Christmas vacation. playoff final was even a greater , Hs memory still lingers on at thrill. Recreation Hall. Two of my saddest experiences occurred this fall. I almost Coach John Egli's basketball jumped out of the press box team and West Virginia's tabu- when I saw Army's powerful lous All-American, Hot Rod football team pummel the poor Hundley, provided me with a Lions at Beaver Field in early big thrill at Recreation Hall in October. And when the Nittany early February. Remember? soccer team lost to its old That's when the underdog Lion nemisis. West Chester. by a hu quintet beat the rival Mountain- miliating 5-1 score, later in the eers 80-65 after handcuffing month. I got sick. (That's no Hundley to "only" 23 points. lie, I was in bed for two days.) Then there was the wrestling However, 'Reckless' Richie Lu team's upset of Pittsburgh at the ,cast spectacular and unorthodox Pitt Field House on March 3. The, play at quarterback against Syra highly-favored Panthers had a. cuse. West Virginia, etc. over -27-match winning streak going,; shadowed that Army setback. And but the master strategist Charlie when the soccermen whipped the Spiedel didn't let that stop him.iArmy bookers at West Point in Later in the month, Speiders.November I felt revenge bad been men repeated their win over the partially gained. Steel City team, this time in the , Like I said, some good, some EIWA tournament at Rec Hall. bad—but oh. what a year! Coed Bowlers Wait Outcome `Of Proxy Meet Ten Penn State coeds partici pated in the Telegraphic Meet 'of co-ed bowlers last Saturday after-, ~,,„ noon in White Hall. Their aver- ! ‘4l 5 v its '' I; • ages will be compared with those, i f 0 -',--• -- of other colleges and universities' ' i entered in the tournament to de- v • 0 termine the standings. The WRA Bowling Club final: ..' .)' • playoffs will be from 7:30 to: a u o —\ QLolici af 9:00 p.m. Monday, January 6. The; qr. ',Monday night league playoffs l it : will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. the " same night. The club will hold a party from: 0 , 8:15 to 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, Janu ary 7, in the playroom. Refresh-' ments will be served. All club' members members are cordially invited to .4 , attend the party. Rocha to Coach Pistons 1 vii DETROIT, Dec. 19 (W)—Red Re-' cha, former NBA player, today, y was named head coach ,of the . •,, hard-pressed Detroit Pistons. He; succeeds Charley Eckman, whose forced resignation from the Na-1 tional Basketball Assn. team was' . announced yesterday. K. Announcing the surprise choice,{ Fred Zollner of Fort Wayne, Ind.,!- • Corner Beaver &S. Allen wealthy owner of the Pistons, de-1 • 1 1 (Under Whelan Drugs) scribed Rocha as "a very smart; W ball player with the Pistons last; "''.l2lA l 4o l A4*.isy year." , ••• AO - N.•• - -.1.. • Make Your Trip Home a Safe One The Sportseer By LOU PRATO Asst. Sports Editor LATE CAGE SCORES NYU Ell, South Carolina 66 St. Joseph's 90. Richmond 64 Louisiana Tech 66, Davidson 41 Belmont Abbey 72, St. Michael's 60 o All . . . e Extend - Our Wishes A Merry Christmas A Happy New Year Rues terns ft!nft PAGE NINE Custom Hi-Fi at the House of High Fidelity RCA and Philco Hi-Fi Phonograph and tape recorders SHADLE ASSOCIATES
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