SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1953
Cagers Meet
- : By - VINCE CAROCCI
' • Sports EditOr
Penn. State may fashion_ a
new 1958 basketball look when
the cagers host a winless Rut
gers five at 8 tonight at Rec
reation Hall—the first game
for the .Nittany Lions since
their Dec: 14 win over Colgate
on the home hardwoods.
The game offers the Lions their
first opportunity to better the .500
won-lost mark since the season
began. The basketeers have split
four games to date, los i n g to
North Carolina State (80-62), de
feating Carnegie Tech (47-35),
losing to West Virginia—now the
number one team in the country
-(84-50) and beating Colgate
(71-58). thm.
. Coach John Egli will pin his tht-re "
hopes of cashing in on the op- Despite Rutger's 0-5 record.
portunify on his standard start- Egli is not taking the Scarlet
ing five: Co-Captains Steve lightly. What coa c h is ever
.Baidy and Ron Rainey at overoptimistic? "They cou Id
guards; Bob Edwards at center; just upset somebody." he said
and Tom Hancock and Ted Ku- with an air of a "I-hope-it-isn't
bista at forward. - us" attitude.
Egli's top two reserves, Wally Rutgers, suffering from a height
Colender and Paul Sweetland, and
defici&tcy. has lost to Muhlenberg
reserves John Bozick, Lar r y, —Daily Collegian Photo be George Ifa:riaon
,(63-59), Connecticut (73-63), Penn
Freedman, ick Schwendeman.' Co-Captains Steve Baidy (I) and Ron Rainey (r) and Coach John Egli (73-64), Princeton (80-47) and
Paul Bauer a d Cal Emery corn-I
I
Mice ... talking about tonight and Rutgers CCNY (64-56). With a :eview of
plete the Li dressing roster.
. I
these scores, Egli said cautiously.
As for the ew book, well, Egli t mind after the Colgate game: Thursday. It was probably the gram. Egli said: "Our nail hand- "They haven't lost too many
had the opp rttmity to iron out 1. to improve the Lion ball , team's most concentrated prac-:ling looks a little better and our , games b y
a few kinks in the Lion offense; handling and 2. to increase the ince session of the season.wide margins."—a sign
'team work has improved
during the espite—and, if the, tempo of the club's offense.greatly that. the Scarlet may not be at
I Asked of the results of the pro- ... we're starting to his th- t ouenihpri :1-; th.• record indicares.
team's perfo ance "the past two! He put the team through ai
days is any indication of the re-'rigorous training program during l
suit, he may'have succeeded. ( the past week, holding practices.
Egli had(' two objectives in 'twice a day from Monday through
Werner
As Best
'Coach Gene Wettstone's sen
sational sophomore gymnast
Jay Werner had an off-day at
the World Gyrrinastic Tryouts
during the Christmas lull, yet
lie was chosen th e "Most
Promising Prospect for the
1960 Olympics."
• The tournament was held at
Sarasota, Fla., with 800 of Uncle
Sam's best gymnists competing.
Although he only finished third
in the Junior -National AAU All-
Arounds, Wettstone said it was
. easy for the participating coaches
-'and officials to honor Werner.
"Although he was not sharp, they
=(the voting officials) saw the nat
ural ability in him that only an
Olympic gymnast possesses,"
:praised' the Lion mentor.
' '"Of course you must consider
that Jay, Lee (Cunningham), and
- Armando (Vega) were experi
:menting with routines which they
probably won't perfect until the
end of the year," explained Wett
-stone. "This was a highly success-
Jul experimental clinic and for
my boys, it was more of an- ex
pose to pressure."
Besides the "oustanding"
Underdog Lion
Visit Tough Illini
An 'undefeated but underdogi Colgate. They are John Rusnakj
Penn State wrestling team makesi at 177 and footballer Ray Pottiosii
its second start of the 1958 cam-tat heavyweight. 1
paign this evening against Big. Pottios replaces the injured]
Ten power Illinois at Champaign.!Andy Stynchula at heavy whiled
' The Lions had an easy time' in i ßunsnak moves into a starting;
the season opener with Colgate l berth because of a "not-unusual"{;
(winning 17-8) but things will un- Speidel weight shift. The rest ofd,
- doubtedly be different in the Mid- the Nittany starting array finds
-west tonight. - Gordon Danks at 123, Johnny]
; Illinois, according to Amateur Johnston at 130, Guy Guccione at,
Wrestling News the "Official l l37, Earl Poust at 147, Sam Minor;
Publication of American Wrest- at 157 and George Gray at 167. I
"Ming Coaches and Officials As- L
'.. - `sociation" is one of the top-i
!ranked teams in the nation. Coach
Pat Patterson's Illini are expect-!
- •ed to battle defending champ;
Minnesota and Michigan for top,
Big Ten honors this winter.
- And why not with four menj
returning who won places in last;
• year's NCAA tournament, includ-j
ing national heavyweight titlist;
_ Bob Nor= Backing Norman:
-; are Dave north at 115;,
- Bill Mutlu at 137, and .
Werner 13( at 147.
Coach Cl
(del will have:
a revampei lineup going:
against tht tcluding two•
senior; who - estle against'
Recognized
Olympic Bet
Jay Werner
Lion Olympic talent
award. Werner -took firsts in
the long horse and flying rings.
(Continued on page four)
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Egli said that despite the
emphasis placed on a speedier
offense, the Lions will "go fast
er against only the teams wa
can. We can't outrun teams like
West Virginia and Temple:* ha
conceded.
Although the average fan prob
ably won't he looking for it. E 0.3
has also changed his defensive
alignment during the vacation.
Ramey moves to the center for
ward ..4pot in the Lion zone de
fense in place of Edwards. who
takes Rainev's place on the side.
Of the switch Egli said. "Re
(Raineyl looks pretty good but
he': an aggressive kid and some
times gets , zuckered out of posi.
That's: our big problem