The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, May 14, 1960, Image 10

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Lion Spikers Duel Pitt Today
State Seeks First
Victory of Season
By JIM KARL
Grey bkies and chilly weather is the forecast for the
Pitt-Penn State dual meet at Beaver Field today at 1, but
the atmosphere may he even gloomier for the Panthers.
Although Mel Barnwell and Co. aren't pushovers by any
means, the Lions are hungry for their first win of the season,
and with Captain Dick Engel
brink finally emerging from his be Donahue for Pill and either
season-long slump, the Panthers' Tony Wayne or Blaine O'Con
may he in for a surprise ' nor for Stale.
Navy, the only common de- 1 Pitt has only one entry in the
nominator for both the Lions I pole vault—Lee Pfrogner, who
and Pitt. emerged victorious in !took a thud place against Navy
both encounters—defeating the with a 12 foot effort. Lion vault-
Panthers, 66.65, and Penn State, ers Dale Peters and Dick Gross
68 1 1_.62 1 ,2. But because of poor, have been having troubles this
weather and repairs being made season, but both are capable of
on Beaver Field, the Nittany 13 f ee t
thinclads had only three days I'
he he Lions chionie sore spot, the
of outdoor practice before meet- shot put, is ironically, one of the
Another plus factor
ing the Middies. Panther strong points. Och, Kan-
Lions is the return of Herm Web-
for the
11e11 and Dick Chadwick have all
er An ankle inun v sidelined the thrown farther than either of the two State entrants—Rill Simon
middle distance runner last week,
but he's in top shape for today's and Bill Snow.
meet On the debit side State' Dick Campbell seems a likely
spi Inter Pat Cunningham is still bet to win the high jump. Camp
nursing a hi tused thigh and will bell has cleared 6-5 twice and
not compete i 6-6 once this year, the latter 1
Co-captains Barnwell and Ron effort setting a new Penn State
Rush are the Panther's top run- record. Pitt's two entries are
rton
Of'l.;---and both wilt we plenty of Regis Goggin and Ed Sherlock. o,
action this afternoon Sherlock took a third against
..,,,,, is entered in the 220, Navy by clearing 6 feet.
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440 and mile !clay while Rush Pitts Ed Alamos should give,
is schcchdrd for the mile and 2- Lion Mel Ramey a run for the,)
mule mile money in the broad lump. \ollie'
In the field events Pitt fea- Och and Bob Shanafelt will chat.;
tures weightmen Larry Och and lenge Penn State record holder' By JACK STEVENSON Iso far ahead that he eased up at
Dan Kannell. Och, a 52 plus shot Jim Schwab in the javelin Associated Press Sports Writer ithe finish
putter, set a new Pitt record ' 1 If Engelblink performs as he FRESNO. Calif. VP) Best , "I didn't think I was running
this year when he got off a did against Quantico last week.' , ,
world records m,
bets for new' that fast," Ray said: "I never
heave of 52.4 against Navy. Pitt has no one who will touch) would have slowed down if I had
Kennel! is a consistent 150 plus him in the mile. Rush and Reed,torught'S 34th renewal of the known."
discus thrower. Clarke willgo for Pitt while;up est , Coast
Relays
rest with al. You can bet he won't slow down
The Lions' big guns will be Steve Moorhead and Mike Miller,"this time should track, weather
Brown in the spent., Engelbrink,will accompany Engelbrink forcouple of fellows whose names and competitive conditions make
in the mile, Jim Schwaba in the Stale , start with "N" but whose com- ,
'a record a possibility.
javelin and Dick Campbell in the Miller, Moorhead and either , Nieder recently tossed the
sigh jump George Jones or Bill Schwab
,netitive specialties hardly could, shot 65 feet 7 inches in the Tex
. _ .
The biggest attraction of the will run for the Lions in the ,be further apart. , as relays and aims for 67. So
day will be the Brown-Barn; 880, while Bill Hinchberger and 1- They are sprinter Ray Norton,' do his top foes here Dallas
well duel in the 220. Brown' Jim Quinn are scheduled for '
the world ' s fastest human, and Long of Southern California
easily defeated Ed Collymore the Panthers. 1 1111 Nieder, an Army lieutenant and Dave Davis of San Fernan
in 21.5 last week, while Barn-, Pitt will send Regis Goggin who has put the 16-pound shot do State. Each has thrown over
well ran a 21 6 in the Navy and Roy Moffit against IC4A', 63 feet.
i , further than any human.
meet a few weeks ago. Pitt has,champ Bob &eviler in the 220 low; , In 33 West Coast Relays, world
another potential point getter in,hurdles. Weber, Engelbrink, andi Norton twice has equalled the
world record of 9.3 seconds for 'records have been broken or tied
this event in Jim Donahue, a fastleithei Denny Johnson or Dave La-'
100 yards and last year he did 1 29 times.
moving senior. Lion George Metz—Hoff will see action in the 2-mile.' It was here in 1948 that Mel
far, who has looked very goodGoggin and Moffit will go fort if here over the fast clay track
'Patton of USC ran the first 9.3
in practice lately, should be right Pitt in the 120 high hurdles with' in Ratcliffe Stadium. in the 100 and in 1930 Frank Wy
in the thick of things too. John Fareira and Dick Campbell! He did it unexpectedly in a heat,koff of USC turned in the first
If Brown runs up to form he running for the Lions. land many think he might have 9.4.
should cop the 100. His tough- 1 Kannell, Chadwick, and Dick,sped to ,a 9.2 if he hadn't been' Pitted against Norton will be
est challenge may come from Clark will meet Lion Jon Musser:
Metzgar, his own teammate. lin the discus throw. The Nittanyl
The Lion junior beat Brown in !weightman heaved the spheroid
both the 220 and 100 in the 1160 feet against Quantico last
Navy meet. Also running will ;week, his best throw to date,
Thomson Says Speed Mark
Will Be Broken 3 or 4 Times
INDIANAPOLIS tiP) John- more on the first of four quali-:
ny Thomson, little New Englandjfying days for the 44th Memorial
Scot who has sped around the In- i Day classic.
dianapolis motor speedway fast--
cr than anybody else, said yester-I The fastest qualifier today will;
day his 500-mile race qualifying:vain the pole position, inside spot'
record may be broken three or.on the three-car front row, re
four times today, gardless of later trials.
"But the weather is gains: to Thomson set the one-lap qual
have to improve considerably," ifying record of 146 532 miles an
addled the Boyertown, Pa.. vet—hour last year, then set a com
eran of 22 years in auto racing. Iparative one-lap record of 145.119
The Weather Bureau forecasts'in the race. He led twice, before
a clear, warm day after 10!his Torsion bar spring eystem
straight days of cold, wind and,w•ent out of adjustment, and he
showers. finished third behind Rodger
State and city police prepared, Ward of Indianapolis and Jim
to handle a crowd of 100,000 or Rathman of Miami.
Peoria Out of MIA
PEORIA, 111. Gin Vilithdraw-i MONTREAL (PP) —An exhibi
al of the Peoria entry, a c h ar t er; tion football game between the
member, from the National In-i New York Giants and the Dallas
iCowbovs of the Football
dustrial Basketball League Friday l League for Aug. 29 atNational
Montreal,
was announced by its sponsor.'has been cancelled.
Peoria Caterpillar Tractor Co. Fernand Dußois, general man-
A spokesman said the company
felt it could not look forward to
hiring employes _ as basketball
players with the prospect of other
employes being laid off. The
Wichita, Kan., entry recently also
quit the NIBL which operated
with nine cubs last season,
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
!Pro Game Cancelled
ager of the Montreal Royals of the
International Baseball League in
whose park the game was to have
been played, said he had been no
tified of the cancellation.
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White Sox Beat Indians ICowboys Sign Kicker
CLEVELAND UP) Billy; DALLAS, Tex. UP) The Dal-
Pierce's steady pitching, backed,las Cowboys of the National Foot
by a three-run rally, gave the Chi-;ball League yesterday announced
cago White Sox a 4-2 victory over;the signing of Fred Cone, ex
the Cleveland Indians before ajGreen Bay Packer and a special
crowd of 19,970 last night in the,ist in place kicking,
opener of a four-game series. 1 Cone will be listed as a full-
The victory stretched Chicago'sjback but will be used primarily
lead in the American League racelfor placements, a spokesman for
to one full game over the Boston the new pro club said. Cone led
Red Sox, whose game with the the league in 1955 in field goals,
Baltimore Orioles was rained out[completing 16 in 24 attempts.
The Penn Stale Riding Club
invites you to
The 11th annual HORSE SHOW
Saturday 8:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M.
Sunday 1 :00 PM.
Inter-school Competition
Hunters Jumpers Western Horses
Al The Penn Slate Admission By
Stables ° Donation
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DAN KANNELL
. . . versatile Panther
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Nieder After Records
in West Coast Relays
SATURDAY, MAY 14. 1960
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a field including Leamon King,
who ran a 9.3 here four years
ago and battles to come back
this Olympic year: Jim Weaver,
ex-North Texas State, 9-4: Bob
Poynter and Willis Williams of
San Jose State and Willie White
of California.
Four other field event records
appear in jeopardy. J. D. Martin
of Oklahoma and Bob Gutowski,
world record holder at 15 feet 8 1 / 4
inches, head a 33-man field in the
pole vault.
Charlie Dumas is entered in the
high jump. Dumas, the first man
to clear seven feet, lost his world
record to Russia's Yuri Stepan
ov. Stepanov was in turn topped
by Boston University sophomore
John Thomas, wha has cleared
7-Iw.
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