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Opperman Named
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Junior End Succeeds Bahllalmusid IS
As Leader of Lion Eleven•
End Henry Opperman was elected captain of the :960 Confident
Penn State football team last night at the annual football
banquet sponsored by the State College Quarterback Club.
fie succeeds fullback Pat Botula.
Opperman, from Connelsville, Pa , was one of the main
stays on Rip Engle's squad whichi *
finhihed with a 9-2 record includ
ing a 7-0 win over Alabama in
the maugtual Liberty Bowl game
in Philadelphia last month.
The 6.2, 201-pounder was the
favorite target of All-American
quarterback Richie Lucas, snar
,
ing 11 passes good for 212 yards. '
Engle, recently elected press;
dent of the Football Coaches, As
sociation. is in Miami. Fla. attend
ing the NCAA rules meeting and
was not available for comment.
Ilowevel, backfield coach Joe
Paterno expressed the sentiments.
of the whole squad and coaching
staff in a few word', "Henry's a
real hard worker and did a good
job for us all year. We all feel
that he is going to make an excel:,
lent captain "
In a letter to the squad and i
the Quarterback Club, Engle I
thanked everyone for their sup
port
during the past season and
called the 1959 team one of the
finest groups he ever worked
with.
Shorty Miller, one of Penn
Sttat's greats, was the;
main speakei. Univeishly Presi
dent Erie A, Walker and Athletic
Director Ernest B. McCoy also
spoke. WMAJ ~ partseaster
cy Beigstein was toastmaster
John Irvine, junior in forestry,
ft om Breelt , ,ville, Ohio, was named confidential Tip
head manager for the 1960 season
and 29 letters ere awarded to
members o w f
the squad. Lead NCAA To
2 Eagles to Lead
Eastern Pros
LOS ANGELES (UP) The East
squad in Sunday's 10th annual
Pro Bowl football game will be
led by a pair of Eagles—Norm
Van Brocklin and Tommy Me-
Di , nald
The two stars from the Phila
delphia team in the National Foot
ball League's Eastern Division
have been looking sharp in drills
for the annual free-for-all of foot
ball'N finest.
The strong arm of Van Brock
lin has been tossing some sizzling
passes to the fleet McDonald dur
ing practice at the University of
Southern California's Bayard
Also in the East's backfield are
Frank Gifford of the New York
Giants. last year's "Player of the
Game." and Jim Brown, Cleve
land's rip-roaring fullback.
NCAA May Check
Dirty Play Charge
GUNNISON. Colo. UP) The
18 members of the National Col
legiate Athletic Assn. Council are
being polled by mail to determine
if the NCAA will invecticate
charges that Texas played dirty
football in the Cotton Bowl game.
Texas lost to Syracuse 23-14.
The president of the NCAA
said he was acting on a request
of Dr. Logan Wilson. president of
the University of Texas, for an
investigation of the charges.
Texas was accused of dirty play
in reports by various news media.
Wilson termed the accusations" ir
re,,ponsable, false and slanderous."
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Sooner , Probe
KANSAS CITY (IP) The Na
tional Collegiate Athletic Assn.
'said yesterday a confidential
source not connected with any
NCAA institution had provided
the information which led to a
football probation for the Univer
sity of Oklahoma.
Walter Byers, executive direc
tor of the NCAA, said in a state
ment the source was "identified
as John Doe," and "Mr. Doe is
responsible for opening this par
ticular case."
Earlier in the day the Lincoln,
bleb , Journal in a coyprighted
story had quoted Byers as saving
it was someone in west Texas
who provided the tip. The Journal
said Byers' report had ,exonerated
a football coach of any charges
he had tattled on Oklahoma,
where he formerly served as as
sistant coach.
The Topeka, Kan., Daily Capital
in an earlier story had reported
the tip came from a west Texas
man.
Byers said the information re
garding "Mr, Doe" was present
ed at a press conference in New
York, Jan. 6, at the time Okla
homa was placed on probation.
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Of Comeback
ST. LOUIS q-11 Stan Mu- 1 ,
sial, anxious to atone for the ,
'only poor season of his career.
said yesterday his daily train
ing•
grind "makes me feel con- ,
'fident I'll be ready this time—
already I feel stronger."
The seven-time batting cham
,pion is 39 In baseball it means
you're getting old, but Stan is the
first to admit it.
"When you get older, you
have to work much harder to be ;
ready to play," Stan said. "I
just wasn't ready la•;t year.'
Once the season starts, it's too
late." He batted only .255 after
16 straight .300-plus seasons. '
Musial admits he was dead
tiled after the St. Louis Cardinals,
1958 post-season tour of Japan. He
took it easy in spring training last
season.
"I took it easy in past springs,
too, but I was younger then and
could more easily round into
shape," he said.
For the past 10 days, Musial
has been huffing and puffing
through a rugged set of exer
cises outlined by Card trainer
Bob Bauman. He has six weeks
of the same before spriug train
ing.
Musial again scoffed at the idea
the 1959 season proves his legs
are almost gone and he is washed
up. Stan put it this way:
"My reflexes were still good—
I could still get around on the
fast ball. But I wasn't ready, my
timing was off neary all season
and they got me with change-ups
and junk pitches."
Delta Chi, Hi Five
Lead IM Bowling
The Intramural bowling leagues
rolled past the half way mark
with Delta Chi and Hi Five lead
ing the fraternity and independ
ent leagues.
Larry Hoke of Hi Five and Les
Boyer of Theta Xi pace the in
dividual scorers with an average
of 169.
Delta Chi in fraternity League
1B is far in front of all teams,
!posting a 37-3 mark with a team
average of 789. Hi Five of inde
pendent League B holds the top
indie record, 30-10, with a team
laverage of 811.
Leading their respective leagues
in the fraternity competition are
;Alpha Tau Omega of League A,
'Alpha Chi Rho of League C and
Sigma Phi Epsilon and Sigma Tau
Gamma tied in League D.
The other independent leaders
are Nittany 27 of League D, Daw
son Scholars of League A and
Lefty's Larchmen of League C.
State to Host Gymnasts
More than 30 gymnastics powers
will battle for the intercollegiate
championship March 18-19 when
Penn State hosts the 1960 NCAA
tournament. State is defending
champion.
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Gym Meet Will Pit
Teacher with Pupil
It will be teacher against student when the Nittany Lion
gymnastics team, coached by Gene Wettstone, meets the
Mountameeis of West Virginia, under the tutelage of Bill
Bonsall, tomorrow afternoon in Morgantown.
Bonsall attended Penn State from 1945 to 1948 and was
twice runner-up for the NCAA
all-around gymnastics crown with
Wettstone as his mentor. He com
peted in the 1948 Olympic games
again coached by Wettstone
&Insult went to West Virginia
in 1949 and was instrumental
in starting the first gymnastics
team in 1953. He has been coach
ever since.
The Mountie mentor has had
an uphill battle since he formed
the team and has
carded a 10-28
record over the
seven years
Bonsai], with
six of 11 letter
me n returning
from a squad
with a mediocre
1-5 record, does
no t think his
team will be any
better than last
year.
The Mounties Roman
lost their top man, Bob Griffith,
along with half of their better
scorers. But they have returning
Captain Don Crigger, who Bon
sall classifies as "the best all
around performer we have had
in seven years of varsity competi
tion."
Crigger will perform on the
side horse, flying rings and
parallel bars against the Nit
tanies. Last year in the State -
West Virginia meet he placed
first on the p-bars, beating out
Jay Werner.
Another proficient all-around
gymnast for the Mountaineers is
Bob Jones. His best events are
the rings and the horizontal bar.
Against Penn State last year, he
placed fourth on the rings and
fifth on the high bar.
Jones will also se action either
on the mats or on the p-bars.
Top tumbler is sophomore Al
Long. Coach Bonsall says he will
McCovey Signs Contract
SAN FRANCISCO (A) Power
hitting Willie McCovey, the Na
tional League's Rookie of the Year
Ifor 1959, yesterday signed his San
'Francisco Giants contract for 1960.
Terms weren't announced but
'Willie's big grin indicated a sub
istantial pay boost.
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be an adequate replacement for
Bill Castle, second to Dave Du
laney in last year's meet.
Bernie Kuhn will go on the
rope climb for the Mountain
eers. Kuhn has been steadily
improving since last year when
he look fourth place against
the Lions, scaling the 20 foot
height in 4.8 seconds.
Bill Schweiker, Tom Trozzi,
Tom Young, Bob Snyder, and
Phil Mesenheimer provide the
depth for the Mountie G-Men.
JYM JOTTINGS—Coach Wett
stone calls the Mountie meet,
along with the Temple fray, a
tune-up for the bread and butter
meets ahead—Army, Navy and
the EIGL's . . . Armando Vega,
all-time great in Lion gym circles,
is prepping for the Olympic trials,
from which he hopes to earn a
berth on the U.S. Olympic gym
nastics squad.
Atherton Wins Crown
In a close and thrilling match,
Atherton Hall beat Thompson Hall
in the Women's Recreation As
sociation volleyball intramural
championships last night. Ather
ton won two of the three games
played. Thompson defeated Alpha
Chi Omega Wednesday.
Olympic Tryouts
NEW YORK (VP) —The Nation
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and the Olympic track and field
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