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Lion Cagers Play Panthers Tonight at
By VINCE CAROCCI
Sports Editor
With h opvs of keeping
little Don Hennon under
control, Penn State and Pitt
square off tonight at the
Pitt Field Hout>e in the
Pittsburgh version of the
historical David-Goiiath battle.
Hennon, the Penthers' bas
ketball David who ltd the Pan
thers to the Goliath ratings
and an NCAA tourney spot, is
the man to stop if any team
—Penn State included—is to
beat Pittsburgh . . . especially
at the Field House.
Gymnasts, Wrestlers Host Pi
Cunningham
Werner to
Duel Darling
Although the Pitt Gymnas
tics team wings into Recrea
tion Hall this afternoon fresh
from a 63-36 triumph over hap
less West Virginia, the compe
tition for the team title will
be less important than the
choice individual competition.
The meet is slated to begin at
2 pm.
Topping the star-studded
card it the final event of the
day—the flying rings. After a
long wait. Lion sophomore Jay
Werner will get his crack at
Eastern and National flying
rings champion. Tom Darling.
Next week they will again meet
in Rec Hall in the Eastern In
dividual Championships: followed
by the NCAIA Championships
April 11-12 at Michigan State and
the AAU Tournament. Inciden
tally, Werner finished second to
Darling in their only meeting last
year when the Panther ace took
first in the AAU competition.
Against Navy last week, the
versatile Lion was at his best
fhis year. Head judge Frank ,
Cumiskey said Werner's form j
against the Middies was “per
fect." He gave Werner a 34 out
of a possible maximum of 100. ,
But Darling is still the cham-;
pion. Besides owning the best
form in the business, the sky-;
master has a few high-scoring'
stunts that Werner has not used;
yet. Darling has a near-perfect;
Whippet <l*2 sommersault into a
handstand) and a double-sommy
flyaway that scores higher than
Werner's equivalent moves. “And
Darling never misses,” confirmed
judge Cumisky.
Beside the rings battle, Dar-' ....... . , ..
ling will oppose -- - More than any sport, gymnastics is a fight against the judges
Werner and his ral * KT than against the competitors. Wc had this brought to our
sophomore team- attention when we noticed the following letter on the gymnast’s
mate Lee Cun- y tBmI bulletin board in Recreation Hall. The letter was composed by Lion
mnghain on the IT -jBR „ , „ _
high bar Dar- Coach Gene Wettstone and sophomore star Jay Werner:
ling and Cun- "In our conversation with Kurt Bachler of Switzerland at the
ningham have | qjf %. ■ 'JIM Sarasota Clinic, we were inspired by the story of the recent dual
V -between Gunthardt and Fivian (in the European Championships),
here of their \ M Both men were battling it out for the Swiss National Championships
teams on the bar. \ / 9 never more than just a few tenths of a point apart.
Co-Captain Jim —jr Kurt's story indicated that in gymnastics the battle is not just
John Marcinko c. nn i„h.» : one leam * s * ia ‘ t anolher ' bul probahly « Ten more imporlant ' 8
will back up Darling on the barJ battle of the gymnast himself against the three judges. In order
Tumbling will feature Lions* ; to gain points and the maximum points from each judge, a gym-
Dave Dulaney and Gri em e ; nat j has lo do some very important calculating. He must in a way
Neeld 1 *Co*th Warren Neiger anticipate what the judge wants and what he might like to see in
says that Neeld is "improving an exercise. Elements of pleasant surprise or particular and un
in every meet and stands an usual flare often impresses judges more than can sometimes be
excellent chance lo win the . imaoined
Easterns this year." ... . , ,
The Panthers stand a good Holding m reserve a particular movement not shown m practice
chance of placing high in one oth- but only under the pressure of the competition itself has a favor
er event—the parallel bars. Lion able effect, providing of course it has the proper qualities. An
Captain Bob hoht and Jav lVer- exerc j se u-jth perfect form and execution presented in competition
tier have been coming along on , . r ..... . ... . ..
the p-bars in recent meets, and wllen otber routines are more difficult and with poor form often
will attempt to win against the| scores nigher than it is worth. An example of this was Cunning-
Panthers’ Don Shima. Mulvihill,ham’s routine at Temple. Likewise an exercise by an opponent
event M^ahist o ’Navv n with°a 24L wilh a s P a: ' klin S movement or two must be matched with some-
Mulvihill was second. ~ .thing equally good or better that comes quite unexpected and with
Neiger will probably go with equal flare.
Marcinko and Mulvihill on the; At any rate, it is of primary importance that a gymnast have in
ham.^Frank°*DonateU^'ancMDave' r *“ rV# * «**“ special movements fhal he can call upon
Palmer. He will probably use I when needed and that he takes stock of himself so that he can
John Felman, Joe Battaglia and; win this so-called "Battle Against the Judges."
letterman John Cacolice on the So watch how the judges score the performers in today’s meet.
th^fartho^trio^of' Vin«;^ nd see if - vou can £ P ot how each Edges' tastes are reflected in
Neuhauser fln 4 Don X-ittlewood. scoring.
me DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
The last time Hennon tossed
against the Lions, he crumbled
them to submission with a 34-
point performance at Recrea
tion Hall during the semester
break. Lion Coach John Egli
is hoping his club can prevent
a repeat performance.
To do this, the Lions will
have to keep their standard
sliding zone at its tighest since
Hennon can score from any
place on the court. For a small
man, he does a king-size job
at driving for goals. And his
deadly one-handed push from
outside makes him one of the
game’s biggest scoring threats.
All this on a 5-8 1 z frame.
THE CHAMPION
As a
MATT-er-a-FACT
To head this “stop-Hennon”
drive, Egli is expected to go
with his usual starting lineup
of Co-Captains Ron Rainey
and Steve Baidy. Bob Edwards,
Tom Hancock and Wally Col
ender.
Pitt Coach Bob Timmons is
expected lo have Co-Captains
Julius Pegues and Chuck
Hunch join Hennon on his
starting five, along with Dave
Sawyer and John Mills.
Rated a solid 15-point favo
rite, the Panthers cany a 17-6
card into the contest. That 17th
win was a shaky as they come
—75-74 over Westminster
Thursday night at Westmin-
... AND THE CHALLENGER
By MATT MATHEWS
Assistant Sports Editor
Penn State, on the other
hand, carries a 8-9 card into
the game. The Lions’ last game
was their 83-76 victory over
Colgate a week ago at Colgate.
For Penn State, tonight’s
contest may decide whether or
not the Lions finish the season
with a winning mark. With on
ly two games left, a loss puls
the cagers definitely in the red
for the year. A win only post
pones final judgment until
Wednesday night when they
travel for the season's finale
to Lewisburg and the Bucknell
Bison*.
Tonight’s contest is Pitt’s
Capacity Crowd Expected
At Lions-Pitt Mat Meet
A capacity crowd is expected to fill Recreation Hall to
night when Penn State’s wrestling team entertains powerful
Pitt in the final mat attraction of the 1958 campaign.
And if the Lions’ esteemed wrestling master Charlie
Speidel can pull off the same trick against the Panthers that
he did last year, then the 6000 j if if. if.
partisan fans won't go away un
happy.
The match will start almost
immediately after the Nittany
freshmen meet with the Panther
Culis which begins at 6 o’clock.
It hasn't been too long to
forget what Speidel did the last
time the Lions and Panthers
clashed in a dual meet. That
was at the Pitt Field House last
March when a heavily-under
dog Penn Stale array stopped
the 26-match winning streak of
the Panthers by a 14-11 score.
It was here that Speidel, an
old pro at the weight-juggling
act, outfoxed another old pro in
Pitt’s wily mentor Rex Perry.
First, Speidel caught Perry off
guard when he interchanged Dave
Adams, the normal 147-pounder
with Earl Poust, then the 157-
pound Lion regular. Poust sur
prised everyone by battling un
defeated Ted Bienkowski to a 2-2
deadlock while Adams won as ex
pected.
And then, as if adding insult
to injury, Les Walters, the Nil
lanies' 177-pounder, upset a
Perry move by beating Bob
Richardson, a regular 157-pound
entrant who had been shoved
up two weight classes. Perry
felt Richardson could beat the
Lion grappler.
Last year’s strategy resulted in
a Penn State victory but tonight’s
[battle of wits may end up in a
[Pitt win. There will undoubtedly
be a shifting of weights by both
coaches, but what the exact
strategy of each coach is won’t
be known until it happens.
Speidel won't say what his
starting lineup will be. and who
could blame him. However, it's
quite possible he'll use the same
lineup that he had in last week's
tie with Maryland. That would
find Jack Maher at 123; Johnny
Frosh Wrestle Pitt at 6
By BILL JAFFE
The undefeated Penn State I
fr eshman wrestling team willj
meet a likewise unbeaten Pitt
frosh team at 6 p.m. tonight in
Recreation Hall.
Coach Dave Adams’ Lions have
scored victories over Lehigh, 28-4,
and Cornell, 14-11. The Panthers
topped the Lehigh frosh, 22-10,
last Saturday at the Pitt Field
House
Both teams have been hard hit
by classroom difficulties and the
Lehigh team was also under
manned in its Pitt encounter. The
Lions have been stressing funda
mental drills during the week;
and tapered off practice sessions
yesterday.
At 123 pounds the Lions will
send Tom Fey. a 5-0 winner in
the Cornell tilt, into action
against Pitt's-Harry Dick.
PIAA State Champion at 120
pounds and a Muncy high school
product, Larry Lauchle will car
ry the Panthers’ colors into the
130 pound clash against the Lion’s
Bill Hardman or Dan Arison. At
137 pounds, John Mayhew or Ari-
SATURDAY. MARCH 1. 1958
Pittsburgh
last of the regular season. But
then comes the NCAA tourney
and who knows what else.
The Lions leave at 9:o0 this
morning for Pittsburgh on the
University’s recently-purchased
bus. Also accompanying the
varsity will be the Lion frosh
who meet the Pitt frosh in a
preliminary game.
The results of the Pitt game
will be carried tomorrow along
with the results of the wres
tling and gymnastics contests,
in The Daily Collegian’s first
sports special of the year. The
special will be distributed to
the usual dormitory and frat
ernity distribution points.
FT~-~
Sam Minor
. . . seeks third win
Johnston at 130; Dan Johnston
at 137; Guy Guccione at 147 i
Sam Minor at 157; George Gray
at 167; Dan Gray at 177; and
Ray Potlios at heavyweight.
However, the Lion showman
could also use Gordon Danks at
123 and Hank Barone at 177.
JDanks hasn’t wrestled since his
match with Dave Aubel of Cor
nell. Barone missed last week’s
match because of slight injury.
Possible Starting Lineup:
PENN STATE PITT
Jack Maher(l-3) 123 Paul Powc!l(9-l-l)
•r G. Danka(l>3)
J. Johnston (7-0)
130 Shcrm Moyer<3-2)
or Bob Irwln(3-2)
D. John»ton(l-2) 137 Vic DeFelice< 7-2.1)
Gay 6occione(3-4) 147 Bob Senter(l-Q)
Sam Minor(2-4-l) 157 Richardion(6-3-l)
George Gray(2-3-l) 167 D. John*on(9-l)
Dan Gray(o*l) 177 A. Skirpan(3-5)
or Barono(O-l-l)
Ray FattioaU's) Hwt. Tony VaceoIo(O-I)
’ or Torn
,son will face the Panthers’ Dick
Berryhill.
Hie Lions’ unbeaten Neil Tur
ner will meet John Zolikoff in
the 147 pound clash. Zolikoff was
a high school champ from Erie
East while. Turner is an ex-Clear
field high school grappler.
Jerry Seckler. the Lions' oth
er two-time winner and prob
ably their most impressive
grappler. will met Gus Arri
gone at 157 pounds. The Lions'
Bob Howarth or Walt Darraa.
will face Fred Knetche at 167
pounds.
At 177 pounds, the Panthers*
Don Brian will probably meet
[Bob Haines while in the heavy
weight class the Nittanies’ Bob
IGihnour will face freshman foot-
Iball player Bob Guzik, who
[scored a fall in the Lehigh tus
sle.
'S' Club Will Initiate
The Varsity “S” Club will meet
at 10:00 p.m. tomorrow at Delta
Upsilon.
•Members will be initiated and
plans for the EIGA program sale
will be discussed.