PAGE S!X Gold-Dusters Lead —Daliy Colltfitn photo by Marty Schcrr UP IN THE JUH go the legs of Let? Cunningham on the parallel bars during the intermission warm up in la*-t night's Eastern Gymnastic’s preliminaries at Recreation HalL The Lion sophomore fin ished a surprising fourth on the p-bars and leads teammate Jay Werner in the all-arounds going into todav.s finals. This afternoon’s session starts at 1:30. Sophomore Duo Almost Certain To Win Ist Two All-Around Spots "It looks like we'll have a one-two in the all-around." Penn State's expert gym Coach Gene! Wettstone commented last night after the preliminaries of the EIGL tournament had been concluded! at Recreation HalL Wettstone was talking about his versatile sophomot~ duo. Lee Cunningham and Jay who hold commanding leads in the all-around competition with only the free exercise event ing on the program. Cunningham, * * ★ leads the seven-man field with 2263 points and his teammate is only 13 points behind. Heintz Briegcl of Massachusetts, is a' far distant third with 1136 markers. "It's almost certain that we’ll take the first two places (in the All-Around).” Wtttstone co n tinued, "because the free exer cise is the best event for both Cunningham and Wemer. “Cunningham was outstand ing on the sidehorse and Wer ner was only a few points be- \ bind (Tom) Darling (of Pill) on the rings. They both looked pretty sharp. “I have really been surprised with Jim Welsh of West Vir ginia," the veteran gym mentor went on. "1 just can’t believe what he's done. He's in -fourth' place in the all-around (with 1075: points) and we didn’t even feel' he had a chance. •■(Walt) Dodge (of Syracuse), has been the biggest disappoint-' tnent. We figured he’d be way up there in the all-arounds but he' broke on the high bar and that! tilled him." ! Only 4080 fans lurried out for ! Ihe three-hour ail air . . . but j a larger crowd is expected for | this afternoon's finals which > begin at 1:30 o'clock . . . Tem- I pie's Sian Chalis' score in the side horse locked like some- f thing you'd see on a Las Vegas j slot machine ... all three ; judges gave him a 73 . . . that | i J totaled 21S and was just enough | . . J . to give Chalis the eighth quali- j _____ JT tying spot in the event . . . The biggest point difference ** B ** B “ aß ™ among the judges came m Brie-I pel’s still ring exhibition , . . two , judges gave the Massachusetts ’star aO9 but their third contem- ... ... . . T . . porarv, Mevers. scored a 38 for. 262-261. edge over the Lions Briegei ' Graeme Cowan .. . first place positions were dom-5 Darling. Werner and Bill Gial jnated by Penn State and surpris- iourakis of Army thrilled the fans ing Pitt . . . The Lions had five on the flying rings with double firsts including Cunningham’s fly-away dismount .. . Werner’s achievement in the all-arounds-'was by far the smoothest and . . . the others were in the rope : most daring for it came at a great climb. side horse, still rings, long.er height . . . Darling won the horse . . the rival Panthers ; e vent with a 285 followed by Wer elaimed three top slots—horizon- ner’s 278 with the Cadet man tal bar. tumbling and flying rings-placing fourth . . . Darling’s 285 .. . the other first place was gar- score was greeted with mixed nered by Army’s Captain Gar emotions by the . fans who felt it O'Quinn" on the parallel bars . . . was too high . . . Werner was a surprise com- Temple’s Martin Nayowith had pelilor in the tumbling event the lowest score of the night with ... the dynamic soph placed 'a 45 on the horizontal bar ... he fourth behind two teammates .fell off the bar just after his rou ,«nd a Pitt foe with 247 points tine had started . . . the slip ... Don Neeld of Pitt goes into forced him to withdraw from the £w finals with a one-point ‘all-around competition. THE DAfIY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA By LOU PRATO Dave Dulaney ... it isn't over yet! Qualifying Results ALL-AROUND—I. Cunningbun (Ps) 1!U: 2. Wtrner (PS> 1256; 3. Briegel 1136; 4. Welsh ; 2. Shipley (Sye) 3.8; S. Shull (Army) 4.0; 5. Hall (Syc) 4.0: 7. LitUewood (PS) 4.2: 8. Cohen (Army) 4.3; 8. W'heatley (Navy) 4.3. FLYING RINGS—I. Darling (Pitt) 255; 2. Werner (PS) 278; 3. Sidwell (PS) 249; 4. GiaUourakis (Army) 247: 4. Ray (Tem ple) 247: 6. Donahue (PS) 241; 7. Recher (Army) 239: 8. Bliteh (Array) 236. LONG HORSE VAULT—I. Werner (PS) 283; 2. Briegel (Mass.) 263; 3. Dodge (Syc) 254; 4. Savadove (PS) 253; 5. Welsh (WV) 234; 6. Cunningham (PS) 233 ? 7. Ray (Temple) 218. STILL RINGS—I. Werner (PS) 2SS: 2. Ray (Temple) 237; 3. Cunningham (PS) 235; 4. Welsh (WV) 165; 5. BriegeMMass.) 176; 6. Dodge (Sye) 152; 7. Savadove (PS) 133. Fomieola, Oberly In YMCA Tourney Two of Penn State’s greatest I wrestlers, both of whom were iLion captains and NCAA cham pions—Larry Fomieola and BQJ : Oberly—are entered in the State YMCA wrestling tournament to today at Bellefonte. Fomieola. Lion captain and 137-pound eastern and national champ in 1955, will represent the Bellefonte “Y” club in the 167- pound class. Oberly, eo-captain along with Joe Krufka in 1956 and NCAA unlimited winner in 1955, will go at heavyweight for the Easton “Y”. The tournament will be held at [the Bellefonte Junior High School gymnasium. Preliminaries are scheduled for 1 o’clock this after noon and the finals for 8 o’clock tonight i All-Around Pitt Surprises in Prelims By Taking 3 First Places (Continued from page one) but didn't impress the judges as much- Probably the biggest surprise in tumbling is Lion Jay Werner who holds a fourth place with 247. Werner never competed in tumb ling during the regular season j But he finished one point ahead of last year’s tumbling champ, Low ell Meier of Syracuse. I From then on. it was Cun- ; ningham who paced the field. ] His first feat was a stunning de feat of defending champion Gar O'Quinn after the champ had recorded a 269 score on the side horse. With incom- ] parable high leg scissors, the j blond sophomore whizzed through his best exercise of the year and the judges recognized it with a 275. All this after j O'Quihn finished his 269 rou- j tine that included form-perfect leg circles. The Navy slid into the top three with Middle Fern Sheppard hit ting for a 265. With the win on the-side horse, Cunningham took a 59-point lead over his nearest competitor in the all-around team mate Werner. Werner, inc i - dentally, failed to qualify in the top eight for to day’s side horse competition by a three mere the only event in .which he failed to qualify for the finals. He had a 216 and the eighth qualifying score was a 219. Werner, remain- Pitt dominated the high bar with a first by Jim Mulvihill who hit for his best routine of the year, a 272. Three points behind at 259 is another Pan ther ace, Tom Darling. Just one point behind the Panther Darling and still holding an ex cellent chance for a win on the high bar is Cunningham with a 268. The Philly flash lost out —Daily Colltglaa phots by Marty Scharr ONLY ONE POINT BEHIND in the fight for the Eastern tumbling championship is Lion sophomore Graeme Cowan in flight. With a 261, Cowan is runner-up to Pitt’s Don Neeld, with teammate Dave Dulaney within striking distance with 258. Sport Shorts Itching to Start Season Talked-About Frosh Penn Joe Bedenk Most-talked-a bo u t basketball is itching to get started on the ? I \ > ; er 1 ° r k th l^ Penn S J at^ ca f tt f u 2 mco r. u n ... . , is Mark DuMars, a standout last 1958 baseball campaign. His pitch- year en Sharon High School's ers and catchers were outdoors State championship'team, who’s while snow still covered the currently filling the same role on ground. Now, he has issued his Lioiv freshinan five. Frosh t „ ... coach Don Swegan thinks hell first c#l for infield and outfield make the varsity grade a» a candidates. sophomore. SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1958 on a point or two when he touched the mat on his Giant straddle flyaway. It cost him. Only eight points behind Cun ningham and twelve points' be hind Mulvihill is the other Lion ace, Werner. But the eight points increased Cunningham’s lead over Werner to 67. At the same time, Cunningham virtually knocked all the other performers out of the race as the third place man, Heins Briegel of Massachusetts, was exactly 90 points behind af ter only two of the six events. Again Cunningham awed the fans, and this writer, with by far his best exercise of the year on the parallel bars. It gave him a third in the event with 252 points. Only O’Quinn with a flawless 272 and Middie Ken McNutt with a 264 topped him. The upset gave him his biggest lead of the night, of 83 points, 795-712. Then Wer ner started to cut into the lead, until he eventually got it down to the 13 points with firsts in the still rings and long horse vault. In the vault, Werner tied Pitt’s Tom Darling with the highest single score of the meet, a 97 from judge Louie Bordo. The Darling-Werner flying rings dual finally came off last night, and what an exhibition. The Eastern and National cham pion completed his great rou tine with his tightly tucked double sommersaull flyaway and got the highest score of ihe meet, a 285. Then Werner got into ihe flying act and although he wasn't holding his.shoulder and handstand with' perfection, ho concluded the flight with a soaring double sommy that he parachuted out of four feet above the mat. Cunningham Eddie Sidwell made it a sweep of the top three positions for the Panther-Lion combination with a 249. The Lions qualified all three rope climbers for today’s finals with Phil Mullen and Vince Neu hauser leading the .pack as ex pected. Mullen has a :03.6 and j Sophomore Neuhauser is dead locked in second with Cadet Bob Degen and Orangeman Mike 'Shipley at :03.8. ' ★ ★