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Torgerson Gets All-America Post
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..4 „, —the Temple Owls! What's going to be the result of this one?
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terman's soccer team for the ',-- - e , •-- , . 4 ,-- . For the third time in six games, Penn-State finds itself
past two years, was named to 7 - - ~ - - -.-. -i meeting one of the nation's top basketball powerhouses when
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the first team inside left posi- ; ' -. • . . ..., they do battle with the vaunted Owls of Coach Harry Litwack
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tomorrow night at the Penn Pal
lion on the All-American soc- . * * *
•estra in Philadelphia.
cer eleven yesterday. • 1 North Carolina Stale rates in 1- '
Teammate Howie Maierhofer. '., , I She top 15 in the country- while
captain-elect of the 1958 Lion,. West Virginia is resting coz il y
hooters, received honorable men- - .i
-on top of the heap—number
Lion as a halfback. one team in the country. Both
It was the second straight yea: handled Penn Stale with corn-
That Torgerson had neen selected I parative ease.
to the All-American team, hav- I Temple, retognized bY all as
ing gained a second team inside probably the best team in the
left selection last fall. :East and definitely one of the
The All-American team is
.top 10 in the country, seems to.
chosen by the coaches and ref
erees of the Intercollegiate Soc-
pose no less a problem for the
Lions—especially after it won the
cer Association. a member body 'annual holiday Christmas Tourn
of the NCA.A., end is the only
iarnent at Madison Square Garden
dream eleven officially recog over the vacation.
Hued by soccer of fi6a)c. i
Both Torgerson and Maierhofer I In fact, that victory has con
will be honored at the ISA's Al:- siderably boosted Temple's stock
American luncheon this Saturday :in the cage races. Three of the
at the Hotel Manhattan in New , Temple starters—A 1 1- American
York City. Hosterman will also :Guy Rodgers, Jay Norman and
be at that luncheon for he will be i Bill Kennedy—were named to the
attending the annual Intercolle- tourney all-star first team while
giate Soccer Football Association ;the other two starters—Mel Brod
and the National Soccer Coache. 'sky and Tink Van Patton—gained
Association meetings this week- second team berths. Rodgers was
end in the same city. Per Torgerson 'an easy choice as the tourney'
The eclectic= of Torgerson Most Valuable Player. This is
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All
Team -mecan
and Maierboter marked th e - First
sixth and seventh time that the with.
ICS has honored a Hosterman- Torgerson is aseit i o r and year-old Torgerson as a fast Speaking on Temple, Coach ,
coached player. Paul Dierks. Maierhofer a junior. However. and powerful ballplayer. "He John Egli said: "They certainly
Jack Pinezich and Dick Packer, Torgerson has a year of eligi was agre a I playrnaker this • d eserve th e i r rar i ng . They ' re
twice, were the other An- bility left and he may return year." the Lion coach said. ', tough, probably the toughest 1
Americans under the young next season. "He did more scoring last year ! team in the East." He'll get no
Lion mentor. "Torgy could graduate by go- but he set up more scores for 1 argument there.
"I don't think there's a team ing to summer school." Hoster- his teammate's this year." i He conceded tliat his team needs:
in the country that would set man said, - but he may wait and . As for Maierhofer, Hosterman, iron out a great many r
either of them on the bench,"'come back another semester. He said: '"I think his election to cap-,before it can handle- a team errors'
Hosterman said of Torgerson and'hasn't decided yet, but I'd love tain and this All-American selec- strong as Temple. "We tried s
to
is r et""'iron out a few of th tonight,"
Maierhofer. "Both are great ball,to see him come back for ae e tion shows that his ability
players and intelligent young other year." ognized by everyone—teammates. he said after last night's practice.
men. ' Hosterman describes the 25- coaches and referees."
-- — --- Looking back at the Rutgers
i contest Saturday night, Egli ad
-1 / Baseball Proposals -: miffed that offensively
have " to we're
ancy dares .
ties '
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Green Gymnasts Vce
.Heard by NCAA i simple plays and simple passes
1 and ram it in there whenever
1 we can to win." Now the goes
• PHILADELPHIA, Jan. s—Col-1 -
For Starting Berths 1 ~.. is will these simple passes
tape baseball coaches today pre- and simple
:sented proposals for controllingi beat the Owls?
plays be enough to
Temple poses a problem for Coach Gene Wettstone's de- summer baseball to the powerful: Two bright spots came out of t
tNCAA Council and found it a re- the Rutgers contest. One was the
fending Eastern and National Gymnastic champions how; ceptive listener. 'shooting of Bob Edwards, who
many inexperienced athletes he should use in the opener ! Summer baseball proposals con-:scored 27 points for the second
-cern only competition in organ-jconsecutive time, and the other
Saturday at Philadelphia. ized leagues which bring in play_:wras the play of sophomore Wally
Colander. Colender took charge
The season opener shapes up more as competition between ers from some distance for their,
. teams. Coaches estimated there-or the Lion offense in that second;
and was a key to victoryi
the Lion athletes for team positions than as an intercollegiate are about 20 such leagues. ;p eriod
th his scoring (16) and his court;
'workout. * * * 1 The present rule provides that leeneralship.
Ten of the eighteen positions in boy s , should be allowed unlimited!-
the six events will be filled by summer ball as long as they are- ;
performers who never competed n't paid for playing and don'OCCer Managers i
in a varsity meet before. come tinier control of organizedi Newly-elected student manager
Only tumbling and the flying baseball. 'of the 1958 Penn State soccer
rings boast two seasoned compete - 'team is Phil Bostley, Nuangola.
tors. Senior Adie Stevens and Les Walters, end, was Penn He succeeds Jack Halpern, Al
junior Dave Dulaney anchor the ,State's representative on the s toona. Bostley's assistants will be
tumbling trio, backed up by 'Eastern College Athletic Confer-i Fred Biesecker, Scranton; Mark
Graeme Cowan. Cowan was in- ence's first all-East eleven. Dick lWillensky, also of Scranton; and
"jured as a freshman last year Lasse won the other end berth . Irvine Shapiro, Allentown.
and therefore will be competing
for the first time in Penn State
.colors.
Stevens and Dulaney will be indoor trackmen to Oppose Army,.
putting their most difficult rou
tines
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to the test in the first
meet a move which is usually .
Ohio State Navy in 8-Meet Schedule
not done until later in the sea
son But the boys are pulling
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out the stops and chancing a
bad nig h 1 just to feel out ' By GEORGE FRENCH
their new routines with the The Nittany Lion indoor trac
judges team will open an eight meet
With senior Eddie Sionell and Lion sen i or flyer
junior Jack Donahoe coming
tent e
t Games m Philadelphia's Conten
along Vy ettctone %%ill have one! t h ir d ine ,h ar o f the t ri o th e
of his most formidable Ming mot: junior's routine as a definite ' Lion Hall
ever. Combining with the two worms threat to the gold dust l The following day the Lion
will be sophomore Jay Werner. ett , lthinclads will compete in the
Werner, as a freshman last N eat
aa - 1 ado‘e t ea ms up one o f Washington Star Games in the
teas runner up to Eastern and up
? nation s cap
Darling in his ital .
National champion flyer Tom
the go I d dusters Cunningham
taste of real and Frank Palmer on the sid , Varsity track Coach Chick Wer
only p
competition at the A titTs He h°rse ner expects to enter a one mile
looms as one of the best in that Captain Bob Foht ranks as one f and a two-mile relay in each of
East. In the Wor I d Gymnastics of the best parallel bar perform these meets. Leading contenders
Tryouts in Sarasota, Fla., during ers in the East. Again, the Gold I to make up the relay teams are
the Christmas %oration, Werner Dust Twins will be competing in veterans Ed Moran, Fred Kerr
took first in the flying rings in the same event Chick King Dick Poust, Clem
the 'North -South meet. John Hidinger appears to be the Scheenehech and Jim Norton and
Lou Savadove gets the nod number one man in the rope sophomores Di c k Englebrink
as the third starter on She high climb going into the Temple meet Dirk Hambrigbt George Jones
bar with the Gold dusters"— 'Hidinger will be aided by. Vince Sam White, Joe Thompson , Jin
Lee Cunningham and Werner. I %euhouser and either Don Lit /0 Conner and Bob Szeyller .
Ikat Watiamaa was a Wm, beak- 4 telewood. ar Ea Fastaxht. The Lams will apes doss
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
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regular dual meet season with
Nary. Feb. 1 at Annapolis. In
an outdoor meet last spring, the
Nittany thinclads finished third
with 45 1 / 2 points behind Villa
nova with 59 points and Navy
with 57%. points.
On Feb. 8 the Lion squad *win
travel to New York City to enter
Millrose Games—the first of
- meets at Madison Square
arden. Last year a Nittany en-,
consisting of seniors Don
oodrow and Ron Lewis and
. phomores Ed Moran and Fred
Kerr placed second in the two
mile relay, 2.1 seconds behind
St. John's_
The squad will the_ k meet Army
.. Feb. 15 at West Point and en
er one or two relays in the New
ork Athletic Club Relays that
ring at Madison Square Gar
•en, about 40 miles from West
oint.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1958
Wally Colander
. . . a key to rictory
W.Va. Widens
Lead in Polls;
Kansas Second
Unbeaten West Virginia (10-
0) hauled in 55 per cent of the
first place votes to increase its
lead in the weekly Associated
Press basketball poll while
Mississippi State, Oklahoma
State and Bradley also made no
table gains in the national rank
ings.
Fifty-seven of the 104 partici
pating sportswriters and broad
casters considered the Mountain
eers the best team in the country.
Kansas remained in second place
and North Carolina moved up a
notch to third.
Kansas, which trailed West
Virginia by only 52 points a week
ago, sufered its first loss of the
year—a 52-50 overtime thriller to
Oklahoma State. The defeat
came with Wilt Chamberlain, the
Jayhawks' star, on the sidelines
with a groin injury.
Kansas State dropped to fourth
followed by Mississippi k late,
San Francisco, Cincinnati, Okla
homa State and Bradley.
The second 10 are Maryland,
Temple, North Carolina State,
Michigan State, Oregon State, - St.
Johns of Brooklyn, Illinois, Mem
phis State, Utah and (tie) Wichi
ta and Seattle.
Last year the Cadets edged
the Penn Stale squad. 58% to
51)//i. In last year's meet, the
Lions did not enter the 35-
Pound weight throw--forfeil
ing nine points to the Cadets-..
and were beaten in both relays
by the Army team. Last year
Woodrow. Lewis. Kerr and Mo
ran placed fifth in the two-mile
relay for Perm State in the
I'f.Y.A.C. meet
On Feb. 22 the Lions will
meet Ohio Stale—a 71-51 victor
over the Nittany trackman lasi
spring --and the Buckeyes' , 01.
ympic hurdles champion. Glenn
Davis. at Columbus. Ohio
The Intercollegiate Association
of Amateur Athletes .of America
meet at Madison. Square Garden
will close out the indoor season,
The Lions placed third behind
Villaneva and Manhattan in last
ear's meet.