PAGE SIX 5 G-Men Train For 1960 Olympic Team Tryouts Penn State’s gymnasts wrapped up their sixth national championship last weekend, but for a select few there is still one big meet on tap. The Olympic tryouts will be held at West Point, N.Y., April 29-May 1 and five former, present and future varsity performers are working out daily in preparation for their chances to represent the United States in ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Koine this summer Competition is limited to the all-around, and the six top finish es will comprise the men's team. Leading the quintet is Arman do Vega, last veal’s captain and membei of the 1 1056 Olympic squad The others are this year's Rig Three—Jay Werner Greg Weiss and Lee Cunningham—and promising freshman star, Tommy Sewaid Bui these five aren't the only ones working out. Their Lion teammates are already striving to better themselves for next year when they'll be counted on to defend their National crown. Sophomore Jerry Schaefer is working on pci footing a hand stand for ins flying rings routine, Lan v Yohn is experimenting with the all-mound and a host of oth ers, including scveial freshmen, arc living to peifcet routines they hope to use next season Two-time NCAA flying lings champ Weiner thinks Schaefer, who placed fifth Saturday night, could he the best in the round v next year if he gets a handstand to co with his near-perfeet foim. Wernei's form was faillv good too last weekend when he won the all-around crown, and the muscular senior co-captain hopes he can do as well at West Point , However, the other four boastj some impressive all-around cre-i dentials too | tiyouts last summer and has ini- Cunnmghum has taken a sec- proved considerably this year ond, third and fourth in three, Weiss won the Eastern title, years of competition in the East-j pieced fourth in the Pan-Amer erns, and was eighth in thisj ican games and third in the year’s nationals Seward placed! nationals. twelfth in the Pan-American game, Vega and Southern California Clay Boosts U.S. Ring Hopes NEW YORK (fP)—Uncle Sam’sj brightest Olympic boxing pros-j prct of the moment is an 18-year-1 old Louisville high school student whose great grandfather was a' Kentucky slave. j Cassius Marcellus Clay is thejGolfers Schedule 10/ potential gold medal winner. He'- \a/SII d a is a self-made boxer who has Pour W,n Home copied a bit of the styles of four! T cr > golf outings, including an pros and made it click for Na- opening triangular affair with tional AAU and National Golden Maryland and Georgetown, are Gloves championships. i° n tap f° r P enr > State’s 1960 team. The 6-foot-2, 175-pounder dis-L J, hc fn N ,! lta / y Lio f meet played his unique and wmnmg//// 0 / 1 il iT'"* VY- I '/"/’ 3 ' style in capturing the intercity!®-/.,///',/// ' a, ' d Colgate Golden Gloves heavyweight/ r le r// I ®?' lnrQ . crown at Madison Square Garden 1 J Monday night. A vear ago the///////,’"/' ™‘ ch “ and talkative youngster won the g han j^ nshi £ Easteln AM’" t Ue'T n fhe ,o lwht an hea\ v The sOhedrde: Apr. 9, Maryland /// tt e 1 tle lf,ht ht£UJ and Georgetown at Maryland; c \, T ‘ , ! 15, at West Virginia; 16, at Pitts- hook.from; bl „. fih; 20. Villanova: 23. Syra cuse, 27, at Pennsylvania; 30, Lehigh; May 7-9, Eastern Cham pionships at Pittsburgh; 11, at Bucknell; 18. at Cornell; 24, Col gate Pirates Edge White Sox FORT MYERS. Fla. (.4’) —Gene Baker’s sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the ninth inning drove in the winning run yester day ns the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Chicago White Sox, 9-8. The fly, with one out, was caught by Joe Hicks in shallow left field, but he had no chance to throw out Joe Christopher, who scored from third. &ar At HE STOPPED OFF AT MORRELL'S (couldn’t resist tho*t delicious foot-lonic •teak tandnichcs! THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA ★ ★ * Floyd Patterson, my infighting from Ray Robinson, my back pedaling and hit and move fiom Hurricane Jackson and my shuf fle from Kid Gavilan,” said Clay Tuesday. Spring Is Here! Well, that’s what the calendar says anyway. With that wind whistling and snow swirling, save your steps and have your Noon Meal in the cozy corners of the Lion's Den. The conve niently located “Den” serves to students every day from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. You can choose from a selection of Sandwiches, Bar-B-Ques, and an extra ev eryday Special. NOTE: A Urgf shipmrnt of claroo hso Just arrived and are ready to be tastefully •teamed for jour enjojment. Hurry down Get the First Serving! Lion's Den i Campus Shopping Center ARMANDO VEGA . . . seeks Olympic berth ★ ★ ★ 'coach Jack Beckner are considered ithe best gymnasts m the country iat the present, and they'll clash ! April 9 at the Pasadena Invita tional Tournament in a warm-up .meet for the tryouts. , i The Olympic fever seems to be catching in Eastern gymnastic circies because the still lings, an Olympic event, has been added to the dual meet program for next year, bringing the total number 'of events to seven. The rules committee decided to give the still rings a try for | a year and if there is enough contrast between this event and the flying rings, the stills will stay on. There also *was considerable support for adding the free exer cise, a popular spectator event, jbut feeling was that it was too to tumbling, according to | Penn State coach Gene Wettstone. RICHARD MALTBY and His Orchestra PER S 5 COUPLE [ Semi-Formal REC HALL The capacity crowds that jammed Rec Hall to see the national gym tournament this past weekend also got a pre view peek at some of the boys that may be on Uncle Sam’s Olympic team come next September. Tom Maloney, Army’s gym coach, did a lot of roaming through Rec Hall and he wasn't here solely to chapeione his three boys, Jon Aaronson, Bob Deuel and Dave Hastings The 30-year veteran mentor is also coach of the Olympic squad this year and he was eyeing up some of the bright young collegiate prospects who may give the old-time amateurs some trouble in the Olympic tryouts at West Point, April 29-May 1. The names come as no surprise to anyone who witnessed the big show. These four monopolized the scoring as well as the medals. Werner amassed the highest total of 47 Vi points. His all-around score of 547 25, under the new system, would convert to 1641.75, only 12.75 points under Vega’s record last year. Shurlock, only a junior and twice runner-up in the all-around, compiled 39, Weiss had 32’i and Hadley scored 30. The next closest scorer was Springfield’s Jeff Cardinali, who tallied 16. Weiss and Hadley are only sophomores and each captured their conference all-around titles. Maloney expects the lop amateur entrants in the tryouts next month to be Vega, Jack Beckner, Abie Grossfeld, Don Tonry, Gai O'Quinn, Jamile Ashmore and Larry Benner. Vega, Beckner and Grossfeld all watched the NCAA tourney from the sidelines and got in a little practice themselves Friday and Saturday morning. Beckner is now coaching the Southern Cal team but is performing his services gratis so he can maintain his amateur status. Grossfeld is working out with his former Illinois teammates and acted as their manager last weekend. All Olympians must compete in the all-around, working each event twice—once doing a compulsory set of 10 required maneuvers and once doing a routine of 10 optional exercises. “I think this year’s team can be the best we’ve ever had,’’ said Maloney Saturday night. “We have about 12 really good men in the country and we have to cut that list down to six. -£< „ l $5.00 9 'til 1 the BLACKBOARD MALONEY LOOKS OVER OLYMPIC PROSPECTS Who are the collegians whom he thought had the best chance to make the grade? Maloney named four—Penn State's own Greg Weiss and Jay Werner, Illinois' Ray Hadley and California's Art Shurlock. FOUR MONOPOLIZED SCORING THINKS THIS TEAM CAN BE BEST "But don't get the idea that this means we'll win the Olympics. I'm afraid we're still way back there." Maloney tabbed Russia and Japan as the favorites at the Rome Games, followed by Switzerland, Finland and Gzechoslavakia. The Army coach con tributed the superiority of the Japanese and Europeans to more practice and perseverance. “Americans don’t have the patience or the time,’’ he said. The (Continued on page seven) IFC-PANHEL APRIL Ist WEDNESDAY. MARCH 23. 1960 by Johnny Black Assistant Sports Editor BALL % , * X? li tl
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