THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1960
Lion Mentor Pessimistic
Over Olympic Gym Team
Penn State's Gene Wettstone, U.S. Olym . pic gym coach in
1948 and 1956, predicted yesterday that this year's team would
not do as well as the 1956 squad which finished sixth at
Melbourne.
"I doubt if our standing will improve this year and we
may even do worse," said the 45-
year old mentor. "There will be
some strong entries this year that
didn't compete in the last Olym
pics
'To mention some, Red China
is real strong, and so is Switzer
land, which didn't compete be
cause of the Hungarian uprising.
Then there are host Italy, Poland
and Bulgaria."
Wettstone thinks the foreign
gymnasts are better than ours
because they have more partici
pants, more discipline, and take
the sport more seriously.
"The best gymnasts are the ones
that practice the most," he said
"In Europe and Asia they are
willing to sacrifice a good part of
their lives for gymnastics, but in
our country the kids stop partici
pating a few years out of college.
"As for the gymnastics trend in
the United States," he continued,
"it can only go up."
"Since the Physical Fitness
Conference conducted by the
President showed that American
youth is falling down, new pres
sure for gymnastics coaches has
been exerted.
"Yes, the sport is definitely
growing and the most active areas
In the country now are Los An
geles. suburban Chicago and Phil
adelphia "
Wettstone, who won the Big
10 all-around championship in
1935 and 1937 while participat
ing for lowa, is deeply engrossed
in the self-imposed task of mak•
ing America strong in gymnas
tics for future Olympics.
"I'm trying to prepare teachers
to go into the field so they can
coach the right way," he said.
"To get better teams you must
have sound basic coaching. You
can't expect a beginner to go out
and do well immediately. A coach
must start by teaching him the
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basic fundamentals and work him
up"
When asked which American
gymnasts have the best chance
of winning individual titles, he
replied without hesitation, Ar
mando (Vega) definitely does.
He's great but it will take an
immense amount of training by
him or anyone else if they want
to beat the Europeans and espe
cially the Russians."
At Penn State right now there
are five gymnasts Wettstone
thinks "have a very good chance"
of making the Olympic team.
Vega and freshman Tommy
Seward are two of them. Varsity
performers Greg Weiss, Jay Wer
ner and Lee Cunningham are the
other three.
Horvath Seeks
Scoring Title
MONTREAL (P) Bronco
Horvath, seeking to become Bos
ton's first National Hockey League
scoring champion in 16 years, has
taken a six-point lead over Mon
treal's Jean Beliveau in the 1959-
60 race.
Weekly statistics show Horvath
with 72 points, on 37 goals—tops
in the circuit—and 35 assists. Bo
liveau, who has been sidelined
by a groin injury the last five
games, has 66 points on 32 goals
and 34 assists
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have the winning formula for.
the Lions' return to national
wrestling prominence.
The Lions' national cham
pionship squad in 1953 pro
duced several individual title
holders. Hudson Samson won
the national 191-pound crown.
Richard Lemyre and Gerald
, Maurey were Eastern champs
at 130 and 137, respectively.
This year's team is just the
{opposite. There is not one defend
ling champ, either national or
{ eastern. And there are no stars
(which outshine all the others. The
Ikey word describing this team is
""balance"
Speidel has a top-flight grtp
pier in every weight class and
every one is capable of going fai
in the post-season tourneys.
Just like Navy coach Ray
Schwartz said after his team
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lost a 25-8 verdict to the Lions.
"They're lough all the way
through, there just isn't a weak
spot in the club."
Cornell captain Dave Auble
was more superlative in his praise
of the Lions. "They're definitely
the best team in the country,"
said the NCAA 123-pound champ
who has wrestled representatives
of quite a few clubs.
Speaking of tournaments, Cor
nell coach Jim Miller said, "They
have a potential place winner in
every class."
The Lion wrestlers are hack
in a familiar position again—rid
ing the crest of the collegiate
wrestling wave. And there are
sever al possibilities at hand—an
undefeated season, the start of
another extended victory skein,
the eastern title and maybe even
another national crown.
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