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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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