MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1958 For the powerful fighting Illini, !rated as one of the best teams in JIM SNYDER—WE LIKED HIM I the NCAA this year, handed the Jim Snyder, sports editor of the Centre Daily Times, is dead. iffe7u n - i oalrsl3; li t c o k u i g n h of B For us, that's almost as hard to write as it is to believe. ProbablylAnd to top it off. onl n y two years, f the not too many of you knew Jim Snyder—he wasn't what is some-{eight Nittany starters could re times referred to as a big man about campus. But, on the Penn cord a victory. c w ou e rs h e ou the sh vaunted d Big as sports front—his beat for the past year and a half—Jim was Ofn ! r its r e eu a p. seven ve tg. including as popular Te ood reason—he was , as President Eisenhower. And for g eranspoin that type* of guy. four men who placed in last For those of you who haven't already heard, Jim was killed year's national tourney, but I Penn State has met and con- Dec. 21 in an 'auto accident on his way from State College to Dushorel quered many such obstacles in to visit his parents. Apparently he fell asleep at the wheel of his car , the past. and ran into a truck coming in the opposite direction. He was killed! Captain Johnny Johnston. the instantly. I defending 130-p ou n d NCAA • 'champion, and the veteran Hi lls a little over two weeks since his death so this column Ipound Earl Poust were the only can't exactly be called timely. Yet, Jim Snyder was one of our bright lights in a dark day for most respected friends and we wouldn't feel right unless we said the Lions. Both copped decision a word or two about him. victories. Johnston rapped Rex Whitlatch. 12-6 and Foust edged As_ Paul Poorman. City Editor of the Centre Daily Times and• Tom 'Gabbard, .2-1. one of Jim's closest friends, said at Rec Hall Saturday night, it'sl George Gray, the Lion:: 167- probably the toughest writing assignment around to try and tell, pound starter, didn't do too bad, people about someone you -knew so well. We're finding that true Bill i i & a b n g i r r • l d g baro3th-3er draw o p . o w us ilh s vic right now. tim. Jim Snyder was asitonscientious a reporter as can be found.} But for the other five Lion Although he had ideas of eventually turning from sports to city grapplers, it was a dismal trip. I writing—we think he once specifically mentioned foreign affairs Gordon Danks lost a 6-0 decision writing to us—he was devoted to the game. He did an excellent job' in sports coverage for the State College populace. As a writer, Jim was excellent. He definitely had the poten tial -to someday crash the metropolitan field and make a name ; for 'himself. He was a clever writer with an uncanny ability to analyze the news and come up with interesting reports. His style was better, we felt, than some of the known metropolitan writers of today: But, we don't want to get over-technical on this. Let's leaire it with 'this: he was as good a writer as you'll find in most places—' better, in fact. • As a- man, we haven't seen many who could win friends andi obtain their respect at the same time as easily as Jim Snyder could. We liked him the first time we met him, a year ago last September.: And it was that way with countless others. We have yet to hear, anyone say he didn't like Jim Snyder. We admired him and often asked his opinion on any problem: we encountered in covering Penn State sports. Never did he refuse; to give us suggestions—even if it meant delaying his work for a; half hour - or so. Jim Snyder was that type of man, always willingi to be helpful whenever possible. To us, he was a great help many i times. And, to-our "thank you's," he always answered— "Anytime."; He meant that. Jim was a graduate of Holy Cross and did post-graduate woik at Columbia. We can't remember seeing him happier than he was when he returned. to the Holy - Cross campus to cover the Lion- Crusader football game-this past fall. "This hasn't changed much." or "that hasn't changed much," we remember hearing him say quite often. Jim Snyder was home and happy to be back. .Now, Jim Snyder is gone. As we said, it's hard to put the ; words down about someone you liked so much. We tried but they! just didn't come out the way we would've liked them to. In our, book, Jim Snyder was an "O.K. Joe" from the word go. We're! going to miss him. Our deepest sympathy goes to his family—they! certainly had a man they could be proud of. We're certainly proud; we knew him. INOCCKICIC N You can now enjoy substantial savings on our hand-picked It • g styles of Bostonian Shoes for men and boys. 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When you drop in today, pay particular attention to our Shetland Crewnecks, Imported Sport Coats, And Ivy Slacks. Alterations at Cost_... Al! Sales Cash and Final * * * Earl Pous . . wins Znd straight to Torn Moore at 123: Guy Guc done dropped his first wrest ling match in six years since his career started as a freshman at a Long Island. N.Y. high school losing to Bill Muther. 7-5, at 137: Sam Minor fell to Wayne Hol zer, 10-2, at 157: John Rusnak ANNUAL WINTER Open Tonight 'til 9 -r a) ily/ MEN'S STORE 126 S. ALLEN ST. PAGE SEVEN was nipped by Don Pierre. 3-2. at 177: and Ray Pottios was flattened by the Illini's defend ing NCAA heavyweight king Bob Norman. Of these losing bouts, the Pot tin,-Norman affair was probably the most impressive on the Penn State side. Pottios, making his first start of the year and his sec ond as a Penn State wrestler, gave way more than 30 pounds to Nor man but was trailing by only 2-4) (gained on a second period re versal) when he was pinned at the 7:05 mark with a half nelson and crotch. The loss was the first of the season for the Lions after thump ing Colgate. 18-8, in the campaign lidlifter. It was the Illini's second straight win. They tripped NCA.-1. top-ranked lowa, 14-12, in their opener. Penn State's next test conies Saturday night against BIWA fa vorite Lehigh at Bethlehem. • THE SUMMARY: Illinois 15: Penn Stale S 123—Tate Moors (fib dee. Cordon Dicke. 6-11 125—Johnny Johnston (Pl4l gee. Item Whit latch. 12-5 13:—Bill Mather (1111 dee. Goy Cseeiocae. T-S 147—Earl Paget (PS) dec. Tem Gabbard. 2-1 IJ7—Werner Holzer (1111 dee. Sam Minor, 1114 1 67—fiwitse Graz (PS) lire+ with Bill Gabbard. 3-3 177—Don Pierre (111) dec. John Rationslt, Ilwt—Bob Norman MD pinned Ray Piatiow, 7:11; with half.aitisitsi and ttoteh
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