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.