PAGE SIX Lions Lead Finals To Be Held Tonight at Pittsburgh (Continued from page one) c unning true to form on the high brilliant 270 on the high bar , bars----one, two and three. and a 249 on the P-bar to close 1 Werner opened up with his the gap between third and 1 best routine for 270. Cunning fourth. ham followed and had just a Then he continued the ~ g reat t little more polish, 275. Then the master went to work with an 88 comeback" as Wettstone tabbed) and two 98's for 278 and first place. it, and finished seeond or, the !Ail] ring , ' with a 262 and the! long horse vault with a 280. That' Cunningham was slightly dis put him in second, ahead of team appointing in finishing fourth on -I mate Lee Cunningham, 1269-1243.ithe side horse, but defending champion Fern Sheppard was Heinz Breigel of Massachu- dust too much with a 272. Vega sells was an early threat in the is right behind Cunningham on all-around, as expected, but fel tered, also as expected and trails the horse. The flying rings found the only the three Lions with a 1228. I upset of the night as cadet sopho more Johnny Aaronson leads a guy named Vega by 280-269. Vega could have thrown a trip le somersault flyaway* with the height he attained, and might in the finals. The flying rings are the last event in the finals and Vega might do anything to win, even though Aaronson has an 11-point lead. ERIE Lee Cunningham . . . third in all-round Jeff Cardinali of Springfield has a 1201.5. He would be a threat except for a 60 score on the side Besides Vega's fist on the high bar and parallels, the Lions have two other first place qualifiers. Defending tumbling champ—Dave Dulaney holds a five-point, 259- 254, lead over Dave Hirst of Pitt, hut the next score is a 241 by Dun Neeld and the champion needs only a break in the draw for position to retain his title. The other leader, also as ex pected, is Don Littlewood on the ropes with a 3.6. Vince Neuhauser is tied for second at 3.7 with Army's Bill Cohen. Jack Hidinger is tied for fourth with a 4.0. All three feel they can top that today. Incidentally, the Lions are also Team Breaks Own Mark Delta Chi Tankmen Set New Record By DICK GOLDBERG Delta Chi's relay team of Mike Stollmeyer, Bob Schiffner, Jim Repler and Ron Nutter broke their own 1M swimming relay record set two weeks ago as they downed Tau Kappa Epsilon, 27-13, last night. Their new record time was 57.8 seconds. The freestyle was won by Stollmeyer of Delta Chi with a time of 32.8, just 1.4 seconds off the IM mask. Second was Gene Seely of TKE. In the backstroke, Schiffner of Delta Chi placed first in 40.0 sec onds. Behind him was Doug Sar bach of TKE. Delta Chi took a sweep of the breaststroke as Hepler and Nut ter took first and second. The winning time was 40.4. Diving was won by Charles Gaston of TKE with a 17.2, Gerry Jackson of TKE was second with a score of 16.7. Phi Kappa Psi, despite the ef forts of Bob Pulver, beat Delta Tau Delta, 22-19. Pulver was a double winner as he took the freestyle with a lime of 33.5 and the breast stroke in 41,8. Second in the freestyle was Bob Mac Donnell MINIM •kIZIES ALL-AROUND: 1. Vega 'PS) 1'IR.1 1 :.: 2. Werner I PSI 120: 3. Cunningham i PSI 1243; 4. lir..tkel (Mass) 1228, 6. Cardi nals 1201 , y FLYING KINGS; 1. Attron,en (Army ) 280; 2. Vrga IPS) 269; 3. }brat (Pitt' 268: 4. iteiker ( A rmyr 261; 5. Hoffman kTern) 247 ; 6. Illitrk ( Army) 246 Werner IPS( and Leete tSrorfldi 238. PARALLEL BARS: 1. Vera (PSI 280: 2. tireigtl IMii.4sl and Caidinali iSpgrld) 266 ; 4. Weiner (PS); a Kanner I Pitt) 241; 6 Morgan (Navy) 219; 7. Cunning- ham 41'S) and Kruger INavy) 235. T1191111.1N44: 1. Dulaney PS) 259: 2. Hint 1 Yill.l 254 3. Morahan I Navy) 241, 4. 1 , 4,111 Pitt; 23G, 5. Seaward Army, I, Spalks I Nat y) _2l; 7. St Cyr (Spw[Wi and Savndove (PS) 21(t, SIDE 110128 E: 1. Sheppard (Navy) 272: 2. INleFullane-1 NOVI, I 243, 3. Hill (Army) 241, 4. C iti ngham Ps 26, , ! , 5. Vega 1 PS) 25:!.: b Steele (Psi 245: 7, Caul'• uxli ;Spgfltll 235; 13. - RioHn 11-41.5-y) 2:11. LONG HORSE VAULT: 1. Vega IFS) 2S3.fi; 2. Werner IPA) 262; 3. Cardinal.: iSrgrldi R.G.6; 4 Cunningham U'S) and 13reigel (Mass) 236; b. Funk (W.Va.) 193. STILL RINGS: 1. Vega (PS) 288: 2, Wer ner (PSI 280. 3. Ili eigel I Alle.t.) 243. Cunningham (PSI 240: 5. Carilinali SAtnti 225. HORIZONTAL BARS: 1. Vega IPS) 278; 2. Cunningham I PSI '276, 3. Werner 'PS) 270. 4. Itemize' (Maw 266: 6. Eck• ert (Army! 2)6 ; 6. Latincly Spalti) 226; 7. Cumin 'Navy' 224; 8. Junes ( W.Va.) 221. ROPE CLIMB: 1. Littlewood (PS) 3.4 2. Nem hotimer ( I'S ; Cohen ( A emY) 3 7 ; 4. (;otain in I Smald) 5. Hidin ger (PSI find Hastings (Army) 4.0; 7. Farbler iSpgfldi, Canolice (Pitt) 4.2. Gym Champs on Defense Penn State gymnasts Jay Wer ner and Dave Dulaney are East ern intercollegiate champions. Werner won the 1958 all-around title and Dulaney captured the tumbling crown. of Phi Psi. Third was Dellis Kreiser of the Dolts. Behind Pul ver in the breaststroke was Bob Passrnore of Phi Psi and John Bohn* of the Dells. In the backstroke, George Campbell of DTD won with a 43.5. • In the diving event, Tim Boo her of Phi Psi took first with a score of 11.7. Dick Gross of Phi Deckman, Amato to Defend 1M Wrestling Championships Two champions of the 1958 in- l be a frosh wrestler here_ tramural wrestling tour nament The 128-pound division should tare returning to compete in this also shape up to be quite inter f year's competition. testing. Returning are Ken Thomp- They are Don Deckman of Del-}son of DI.I, who was a semi-final ta Theta Sigma, who was 135- ist last year and Marty Bellinger 1 I pound champion last year, and who won the 119-pound cham- Benny Amato, of. Delta Upsilon, pionship in 1957. Independent champ at 145. In the unlimited class, Gove El- Deckman's chief competition der of DU is returning. Elder was (could come from Jim Mac Laug- the runner-up last year. tlin of Sigma Nu who was runner- The chief threat to his aspira 'up in the fraternity 145-pound tions will be Andy Moconyi of f division. Sigma Phi Epsilon. Moconyi Amato might also receive a reached the quarter-finals last great deal of competition from year when he lost by a fall to Fred Keck, of Delta Tau Delta, Sam Calderone who won the ti a returning Marine who used ,toithx. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA ARMANDO VEGA—The Lion Gym captain amazed the 1500 fans at the Pitt Field House as he zoomed into the all-around lead in the Eastern Championships last night. Cowen Seriously Injures Knee, May Never Tumble Again PITTSBURGH, March 6—never tumble again. Graeme Cowen may never tum-i "He may be used in free exer- ble again. That's the verdict of 'the Penn State masterminds here at the Pitt Field House. Cowan, who was expected to give teammate Dave Dulaney a run for top tumbling honors all year, injured his right knee be fore his first meet this year. The junior music major was out most of the season and had his first taste of competition here at the same Pitt Field House last week in the dual meet. He finished third and looked . like a good bet to place in the championships here but re-in jured that same knee on his second run tonight. They had to carry him off the floor and Jack Biesterfeldt, as- sistant to Coach Gene Wettstone, prophecied ' that Cowen Will Psi and Bill Abbey of DTD were tied for second, The relay proved to be the de cisive event of the meet. The Delis were leading 19 to 17 when Phi Psi's team swept the event giving them the victory. Phi Psi's team—MacDonnell, Allan Zim merman, Passmore and Tom Pau ley—swam the event in 1:04 0 seconds. in Seven Events * * * * * * cise next year," commented the former Lion side horse ace, "and possibly in another event." Cowen, who is only a junior, can work parallel bars, but tumb ling was without a doubt his best event. He finished ninth in the na tionals last year and was counted on for points in the Lions' bid for a national title this year. s s s Judge Louie Bordo was put on the carpet for his 88 on Vcga's superlative high bar routine. As Bordo walked off the floor, he admitted that he made a mistake land all the other judges con curred. The other two high bar (judges gave Vega 955. * * It's a shame Cunningham, Vier- ner, and Vega didn't shoot for tumbling honors. The qualifying Collin's 68 Leads New Orleans Open NEW ORLEANS VI))--Bill Collins of Baltimore, Md., who almost quit golf's winter tour because of poor play, found the right touch yesterday to fire a first-round lead of the $20,000 The 30-year-old ex-Marine over the still damp and wind buffeted 6700-yard City Park! course. Dow Finsterwald of Tequestra, Fla., the 1958 PGA champion; Er nie Vossler, Midland. Tex., Jim Turnesa, Elmford, N.Y., and Dick [ Knight, San Diego, Calif., each scored 69 to share the runner-up spot. Former National Open cham pion Julius Boros of Mid Pines, N.C., and tournament favorite Gene Littler of Singing Hills, Calif., headed a 10-man group tied at 70. Collins said he planned to quit the tour after New Orleans be cause of his faulty playing, par ticularly his putting. But yesterday he needed only 30 putts on the somewhat slow greens. SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1959 * * * score was only 212 and the trio could easily top that. I guess they're only human after all and need to conserve their energy for the other events. Incidently, if they do finish one, two, three in the All-Around tomorrow, it will be the first sweep in the event in EIGL history. I::1 Cowen wasn't the only one to eet hurt tonight. Temple's lanky Bob Smith injured his elbow ser iously in warm-ups before the meet. Prediction: Sophomore Jeff Cardinali of Springfield will make it tough for Werner and Cunningham in the All-Around next year. He had a 60 on the high bar tonight and still only trailed Werner and Cunningham by less than 70 points. —By MATT MATHEWS end JAN SMITH our-under-par 68 and take the New Orleans Open. ired identical 34-stroke rounds NBA Announces Dates For Final Playoffs NEW YORK (JP) Opening playoffs in the National Basket ball Assn. will start at New York 'March 13 and St. Paul March 14, President Maurice Podoloff said yesterday. The second-place New York Knickerbockers meet the third place Syracuse Nationals March 13, and the two teams will clash in a televised game at Syracuse March 15. Minneapolis and Detroit still are contending for the runner-up spot in the Western Division, but the competition in the playoff will start March 14 in St. Pant The second' game will be played "in Detroit March 15.
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