PAGE SIX Lions 2-Mile Relay Team Breaks Cleveland Mark Werner, Cunningham Starring Ed Moran s 1:49.1 Spurt Sparks Team 13 Lions Qualify In First Round (Contiued from page one) sin wise by topping the side horse entries with by far his greatest score of the year, a 915. But he will have to wati.h Out for East um champion ern Sheppard who had a major break in his routine and basely qualified with fin 85 Unless ('unningham duplicates his "near-perfect" side horse rou tine today, he could finish in an other ninth as he did last year. Unlike the Eastern champion ships, the Nationals are not based on a combined scoring system— your score in the finals is final, The Philadelphia ace was slightly off-form on the high bar with a fifth. Vega, whom he has conauered consistently on the bar, finished five points ahead of him in second. But like the side horse, his output in the hiah bar will decide his final finish. All three tone climbers auto matically qualified (only 10 en tered) and with the all-around trios 10 qualifying positions gave the Lions a commanding in num ber of qualifiers with 13 Illinois, the chief team threat, qualified 9 and k cYpected to gain only six more in the evening preliminai les The 13 qualifiers was three above what was expected. That total of 13 does not include the three all-around places since there are the two evening events that could still change the posi tion of the finish. Wettstone also figures on qualifying at least two tumb lers (Dulaney, Werner and/or Vega), two flying ringmen (Werner and Vega) and one parallel bar performer (Vega- Werner, who appears to be having a hot day, could. also qualify. That would give the Lions at least 21 qualifiers— three more than figured on to win. As manager Swank telephoned after the first round yesterday, "AU is going the way we wanted it with the guys coming through under pi essure. I think we'll take it." N('A A Preliminaries First Round Friday . Afternoon • ALL-AROUND: I—VF:GA IPS) 3.6&. : Sherlock I('al) 365. 3—Groaireld (ill) 362.5. 4—Tnnry (111) ISR. S—WERNER IPS) 11.1.3, 6—Hatched (Minn) 134. 7—CUNNINGHAM (PS) 333. 6—Festa Minor, Oberl Are Definite Entrant 3 Matmen to Enter MA Tourney Only three Penn State wrestlers will be entered in the NCAA wrestling tournament at lowa City, lowa, next Thursday. Fri day and Saturday. Accoiding to Lion coach Char lie Speidel, 147-pound Sam Minor and heavyweight Johnston Ober ly ate definite entrants, with the other competitor to be picked from the trio of Dan Johnston, Guy Guccione and George Gray. Minor, Oberly and Johnston were runners-up in the recently completed Eastern tournament, and Guccione and Gray grabbed their place spots in the same event. Speidel would not comment on the reason fox the small size of the Lion contingent. And ath letic director Ernest B. McCoy, who would have the official word, is out of town. However, it has been com mon practice of Penn Slate's athletic department in the past few years to limit the number of Lion entries when the tourn ament is held in the farwest and midwest. Six of last year's NCAA cham pions will be back to defend their titles and two former kingpins * * * —Photo by Bob Thompoon. Montague by Malt Mathews WINNING NCAA ALL-AROUND—Lion Captain Armando Vega is leading in his bid for his second national all-around title. His teammates at Berkeley, California, are (top row, I. to r) Dave Dulaney, Lee Cunningham, Jay Werner and Lou Savadove; (bottom) Vince Neuhauser, Jack Hidinger, Don Littlewood. and Coach Gene Wettstone. (MSI7I 319. 9—Girard INISU) 317.5 FREE EXERCISE. 1-1, F:CA IPS) 93. E , 2—Groaufeld (1111 92. 3—WERNER IPS) 1 90.5. 4—Tonry (1111 89, Sherlock (('ail' • 89. ll—Daniela 15181'1 56. B.—Robbne (Call 85. tic men t® Play STILL RINGS: I—VEGA (PSI 93.5. 2 Grof,sfeld (1111 92.5. 3—Tono (1111 91, 1 Sherlock (Cal) 91. S—WERNER IPS) r :a 1 90.5. 6—Foster (So. 1111 87. 7—Bird lull LoState Today ; 86. 9—Feata (MSU) 55.5. 10—Hoecherl 11 (Minn) 84.5. SIDE HORSE: I—CUNNINGHAM IPS/ 91.5. 2—Tonry (Ill) 90.5. 3—Sherlock (Call 90. 11)ere: (Neh) 90. s—Kies (So. Coach Ernie Baer will get ,a, sneak preview of the coming III) 89.5, Todard Gin. 1111 89.5. 7—Buck! (100 e) 89. h—V(GA (PS) $6.5. 9—,lacrosse season when the Lion stickmen meet the Buckeyes croweld 1111) 85, Sheppard INar•) 85.1 , , HIGH BAR: I—Sherlock Wall 95. 2—' or Oh io State at 2 p.m. on the Nittany area field. IEG4 WS) 41, llronsfeld (III) 93. 4 Tarshis (MSI7) 91.5. S—CUNNINGHAM With the season opener against Hofstra only one week OP.St 8. 4 ;4. 6—Hoecherl (Minn) h 7.5. 7-1 off, Baer said today's game should prove a good chance to Tonry MO 85.5. B—WERNER (P.Sa 85., ROPE CliM11: Only 10 men entered ths,organize the right team combin-, _ eaent; therefore, all qualify for the ' ation. I mainder of the season. finals. Penn lititte'e entrien are Lintel wood. Neuhauger and Hiding/T. The first part of the scrimmage Co-captain John Behne heads ' The earning Preliminaries, which endedlWlll consist of the team exchang-Ithe list of vets. Behne, who played at 3 a.m., were too late for pollication, • mg offenses and defenses for half in Collegian. WMAJ will haat th.. results , ~. „ midfield for the Lion stickmen g news shove this morning The gtadileitl workouts. For the remainder last year and made All-American nn us hap asked that all perinme refrain, the time, the Lions will nlav: -- honorable mention, is being mov from calling the elation and instead listen for the accounts oaer the air. WNIAJ will, ;the Buckeyes in a regulation,; ell up to the attack position. mien hear the restate of the finals Sundayigaine• . I Bill McDonough, a 6'9" senior beginning with its 7:10 a.m. sign -on. : With a field of eleven return- I from Erie, is a front running con- Should the Lion, win, they will •rrire, ing lettermen, the propects for 1 tender for an attack spot. Besides at approximately 1 p.m. Monday Hall. A mass welcome would sho a t: Reelour Lion stickmen look bright for his height and weight advantage, appreciation for their efforts. i tomorrow's game and the re- McDonough is a good playmaker. i Since he first repbrted last sea ison' he has improved 100 per cent, ;according to Baer. i Jim Winpenny is the third pros pect for an attack slot. Although ; Winpenny is slightly handicapped iby his lack of size and weight, [Baer said he makes up for it handily by his excellent shot and playmaking. I Jim Kane and Dick Weeden will 'also help out at attack. The midfield spot shapes up as the -most competitive spot on the Lion squad with a total of 15 players trying for the three starting positions. Bob Swanson appears to be the top man for one position on his ;pre-season performances. Swan son could easily be one of the top scorers of the season, as exhibited by his four tallies in the Rutgers scrimmage last month. With his excellent knowledge ,of the game. his powerful shot, and speed, Swanson could' well (Continued on page eight) * * * Johnston Oberly • unil enter nationals also will be on hand. The return ting champs include Pittsburgh's Paul Powell, 123; lowa State's Les Anderson, 130; Roil Gray, 147; THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Oklahoma's Paul Aubrey, 137; and Oklahoma State's Dick Beat tie, 157, and Duane Murty, 167. Powell and Anderson are juniors and the rest are seniors. The former title holders who will be competing are Pitt's Toni Alberts. the 1957 167- pound king, and lowa State Teachers' Jim Harmon, 157- pound winner in 1953. Alberts was injured and did not wres tle in last year's tourney and Harmon has been in the ser vice. Thirteen other place winners from last year's tournament are also retu!ning, including five run ners-up. Three of the erstwhile second-place finishers are from Oklahoma State, which, inciden tally, won the team crown last year. They are Bobby Taylor, 115, Bobby Herald, 123, and Shelby Wilson, 137. Wyoming's Dick .Ballinger, 167, and Michigan State's Tim 1 Woodling, 177, also finished second last year. Included among the third place returnees is Lehigh's Dick San toro, two-time EIWA champion. Santord lost to Aubrey, 5-4, in the semi-finals last March. * * * * * * Reservations are due for Sigma Delta Chi's Gridiron Banquet 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 4 tickets $3.25 at Hotel State College SATUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1959 By lOHN BLACK CLEVELAND, March 20 Penn State's two-mile relay team, anchored by a brilliant 1:49.1 half-mile leg by Cap tain Ed Moran smashed the meet record in the Cleveland Knights of Columbus Games tonight, but fell 1.4 seconds short of the world's record. Coach Chick Werner's quartet of Don Davies, Chick King, Dick Engelbrink and Ed Moran thrilled 9440 fans at the Cleveland Sports Arena as th, ,ey ran the fastest two-mile ever on this 12- lap track trimmed almost a second and a half off the pre- vious meet rec- ord of 7:36.7 set by NYU in 1956. The Lion ba ton men clipped three-tenths of a second off their previous season high—the record breaking time at Madison Square Garden in the New York K of C games two weeks ago. They clocked the fastest time ever run by a Nittany indoor foursome. Leadoff man Davies jumped to the front of the pack at the start ing fun and ran strong for the first quarter mile, staving off all attempts to pass him. But the Lion sophomore tightened up and faded to fourth, completing his leg in 1:59.6. King took the baton and moved out at a fast pace. The Lion senior ran the fastest half mile of his life—a sparkling 1:52.4. and pulled the Werner men from fourth to a close sec ond. Engelbrink shot out after the baton pass and took the lead but lost it a couple of laps later to a rival Manhattan runner. The Eagle finished his leg in 1:54.2. Anchorman Moran was 10 yards behind the Jasper pacesetter when he received the baton. Running strong, Moran passed him on the first turn of the second lap and from then on it was just a race against time. The Lion captain, exhibiting his stamina, pulled 25 yards ahead of his closest com petitor and flashed across in 1:49.2 —his fastest time of the season. Manhattan was second in the relay finish with Notre Dame third. Pitt brought up the field in the four team race. The Lions will get another shot at the record next Saturday in Chicago at the Chicago Daily News Game, but they will have to do it without their ace, Mor an. The Blue and White star will run in the mile and Coach Werner announced that he would not double Moran in the relay. Englebrink and King will form. the nucleus for the Chicago baton team and time trials will be held this week to determine the other members. Dan Davies, Fred Kerr, Bill Schwab, Dave LaHoff, George Jones and - Herm Weber will be fighting for the other two slots. Bobby Brown, Penn State's (Continued on page seven)
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