PAGE SIX Star Gridder Leaves Campus University officials confirmed yesterday the report that sophomore football star Don Jonas has left school. Jonas, a 5'41", 190-pound physical education major from Scranton, was being counted on heavily next fall by grid coach Rip Engle and his staff. They had planned to switch him back to his natural quarter- * * * back position after playing him at halfback this season Now, it appears likely that an other sophomore, Dick Hoak, who was also moved from his natural quarterback spot to halfback last fall, will be switched into the signal-calling slot behind regular Rtchie Lucas Previously, Hoak seemed headed for a first team halfback post. Officials would not elaborate on the reasons for Jonas' dismis sal but said he has been having A; scholastic difficulties. Jonas was the Lions' third leading scorer and extra point specialist the past season as he tallied 29 points on 11 PATs and three touchdowns. He rushed for a 6.2 yards per-carry average, getting 117 yards on 20 trips. He also had the longest punt-runback when he went 58 yards against Holy Cross. Jonas was one of the heroes of the Nittanies come-from-behind 25-21 victory over arch-rival Pitt 'ast Thanksgiving Day. He o scored , touchdown late in prospects in the country, the winning the fourth period on a 9-yard! One of those stars, fullback dart around left end. Red Worrell—who had set an Engle took the departure of, unofficial frosh 1-game rushing Jonas in stride. " record of 225 yards against lt will hurt us,"' be said, "but we'll do the besti Navy's Plebes—was electrocut we can. Jonas is a fine athlete! ed in a freak accident during and a fine boy " the Christmas vacation of '57. Jonas loss is just another in al And halfback Lew Luce, whoi sei it'; of incidents that have / was expected to be the Lions' an-i ptigued the prized crop of fresh-;seer to the problem of backfteldi man backs that elite' ed the Uni m speed, did not return to schoo'' veisity in 1957. That aggregationlast fall was considered one of the best 1'10 , 41 groups in Penn State his tory and included several of the most highly-sought-after school- Chi Phi, Beavers Tie in Cage Chi Phi placed itself Into playoff position in traternity League A on a 38-21 victory overt lucklet.c Delta Swum Phi By snapping Delta Sufs garne winning streak. Chi Phi; has forced a showdown game! with Beaver House which also boasts a 7-1 revolt' to determine! the League F champion Beaver House continued its torrid pace in League A by handing Kappa Sigma its sixth loss in seven starts, 33-17. Charged with using an He plover. Siitnia Chi was forced) to forfeit to Phi Kappa in League! B after Phi Kappa had lodged a; protcst ;a the intramural office i Thus. Phi Kappa is now dead-i locked with Alpha Phi Delta in, the League B race. Each teami boasts a 7-1 record. After dropping its opening game. Alpha Phi Delta linked seven straight wins onto its chain in order to move info contention for the League B crown. The final 36.16 win over Alpha Chi Sigma assured it a tie with Phi Kappa. In other fratei pity games, Aca cia clumped Siama Alpha Mu, 43-10; Lambda Chi Alpha topped Alpha Gamma Rho, 27-21: Phi Alit Delta whipped Phi Sigma Delta, 30-13; and Pi Kappa Phi edged Alpha Zeta,.23-19. Butlers Jewelry DIAMONDS • WATCHES IWatch and Jewelry Repairing 111 E. Beaver Ave. By LOU PRATO Sports Editor One of Them Has Got to Go PROVIDENCE. R.I. (in—An English instructor at Brown University who called for the abolition of football on grounds it is anti-intellectual indicated Wednesday he's backing down somewhat. "Instead of seeking the aboli tion of the game," said Wade C. Thompson, "we'll just make sure nobody watches it. Then we'll prevent anyone from be ing intellectually harmed." Thompson's campaign in ad vertisements in the university's student paper has drawn a do zen or more comments, all in defense of football. Tuesday, it drew an ad suggesting the abol ition of Thompson as a teacher at Brown. filler Jewelry Company Penn State Classrings Distinctively designed by the Hid& Jones company—world's largeit man ufacturer of class rings. Immediate delivery. ‘.16e 1 Rings in Stock tv-stul 220 S. ALLEN STREET THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Is___ Don Jonas "loss will hurt" is your headquarters for official Vega, Werner, Cunningham Favored to Sweep All-Around By MATT MATHEWS Associate Sports Editor (Second Preview of the EIGL Championships at Pitt) Boasting the East's three best performers on the high bar, pai al leis and all-around, Coach Gene Wettstone's Lions will be fighting among themselves for the top spot in the Eastern champion ships at Pitt's Field House this weekend. The preliminaries will begin at 8 tomorrow night. The finals begin at 8 p.m. Saturday. In fact, the Lions have two former winners of the Eastern all-around title in senior Captain Armando Vega and junior Jay Werner. Vega won the EIGL all around title in 1956 and 1957. Werner won it in 1958, and one point behind him was teammate Lee Cunningham, 1515-1514. The Olympic all-around is the toughest event in gymnastics in that it requires more stamina and consistency of a performer through six events. The events are the side horse, high bar, paral lel bars, Long horse vault, free, exercise (or calisthenics) and rings Vega holds the EIGL scoring record in the all-around with 1574 points. But he is shooting for the 1600 mark. And the competitors who will "push" him are Werner and Cunning ham. The closest competitor to Wer .ner and Cunningham last year was Heinz Breigel of Massachu setts.i The EIGL guest has a total; lof 1360 points for the six events.l He will compete again tomorrow.i, Besides Breigel, the only known outside entries in the all-around,, are Stan Chatis.and Marty Nayo-1 1 with of Temple and John Morgan of Navy. All three dropped out of the event last year because of,' low scores. _ On the high bar, the statistics are nearly the same. Vega, who took second in the Easterns two years ago, appears invincible. He lost only once this year on the high bar and that was to teammate Cunningham who is expected to supply his tough est competition. Cunningham and Werner are again the top two returning fin ishers from last year's EIGL fi nals. (Pitt's Jim Mulvihill and Tom Darling beat them but have graduated. Mulvihill won with a 540 total, Darling had 539 and Cunningham had 538.) A darkhorse in the event for the Lions is Lou Savadove. Although he failed to qualify 'in the top eight last year with a poor 201, IM Volleyball Entries Due Tuesday, March 10 All entries for intramural volleyball must be turned into the intramural office on or be fore Tuesday, March 10. The fee is $l.OO per team. Heinz Breictet .. . an `outside' threat Savadove has improved on his) specialty and has been hitting int the 240's with a top score of 256 , just two weeks ago. Outside the Lion den, Morgan' of Navy, Jim Eckart of Army, John Marcinko of Pitt and Breigel ALL CATHOLIC MEN THETA KAPPA PHI RUSHING SMOKER 1958 Penn State-Pitt Movies Will Be Shown MARCH 5 7-9 P.M. 321 Thompson St. AD 8-6311 Si ALL Extended Play Records Reduced From $1.29 To 39 c Every EP in our large stock is on sale. You save 40c on each EP record. Or buy in lots of 3 or more and pay 79 c per EP. Our selection includes Jazz, Pops, Shows and many others. Shop Tonight Until 9 p.m, THURSDAY. MARCH 5, 1959 of Massachusetts are contenders for the top eight positions. Only Breigel was in the top eight last year. On the parallels, the outlook is slightly different. But not as far as Vega is concerned. He has won the Eastern and Na tional p-bar title both in '56 and '57 and is not expected to lose (understatement) this weekend. And although Werner (31 and Cunningham (5) are again the best two performers returning from last year's championships, they have not reached their peaks —yet. Breigel, who finished be hind the two Lion juniors in sev enth, is again the only other re turning finalist. But the East has come up with three other performers who will make the fight for the top five spots interesting. They are Pitt's Don Kasner, Syracuse's Ed Le vine and Navy's Morgan. In summary, the Lions have the top three performers in the all around, high bar and parallel ,bars; the defending champion in tumbling; at least the second-best performer on the side horse and flying rings; and two rope climb ers who have tied the fastest time in the East this year. As a matter of fact, there isn't an event they can't win if they have a good day. "Across from Atherton Hall"
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