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
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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.
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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.
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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