TUESDAY. JANUARY 10. 1961
Gymnasts' Depth Tops Maroons
As Four LioNic C t re Firsts
Penn State's Greg Weiss,
lost his personal duel with
Springfield's all-around star,
Jeff Cardinali Saturday night,
but the national champion
Nittany Lions relied on depth
and balance to topple the
Maroons, 57-39 at Springfield,
Mass.
Four Lion gymnasts captured
first places, with Weiss and Tom
my Seward scoring most heavily.
Cardinali garnered laoth firsts for
Springfield.
After the first two events, State
led by only 17-15, but then the
Lions piled up points on the high
bar and rope climb to clinch team
honors.
As Penn State widened its
lead, all eyes turned to the dual
between Weiss and Cardinali, JERRY SCHAEFER
two of the finest gymnasts in . . . Tops on flying rings
the country,
finished second, with Cardinali
Cardinali, shaking off the et- a close third.
fects of a shoulder injury stepped
Cardinali won the duel by edg
out in front with a near-flawless,i ng
Weiss 277-273 on the parallel
side-horse routine. His ?Inning;bar. His perfect form and slow
score of 232 was high for the eve
ler movements outweighed a spec
ning. ;tacular one-hand stand by Weiss.
Weiss, who hanged the leather! Even though Weiss and Car
once for a minor break, scored' dinali dominated the spotlight,
237 for the second spot.'Jerry Schaefer, Penn State's dar-
Weiss evened the score with a, Mg young man on the flying
first on the horizontal bar. He rings, scored heavily with the fans
dazzled the fans with a different and judges alike on the flying,
routine and flawless continuity, rings.
and he added a double back som-1 Lion coach Gene Wettstone.
ersault dismount to score 278. ;praising the flashy junior, said
Smiling Tommy Seward, the that from the standpoint of classic
State's other all-around threat, 'form and artistic imagination,
Lion Fans Pull
To Gain Berth
Former Penn State gym- the Russian si
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nastics great Armando Vega'r
is back on campus preparing
for Saturday's dual-meet with
Russia, and already Lion fans
are reviving memories of his!
sensational Rec Hall perform
ances.
Vega isn't assured of a spot on
the six-man U.S. squad which will
oppose the Russian Olympic team
Saturday night, but everyone in
the vicinity of Mt. Nittany will
be pulling for him to win a berth.
The former Lion star is one
of the ten gymnasts who will
compete in a tryout for the
squad beginning at 4 p.m.
Thursday in Rec Hall.
Vega, who is coaching at New
Mexico State, is no stranger to
the Russians or international com
petition.
He performed against some of
the Soviet athletes in the 1956
Olympic games at Melbourne and
then participated against them in
various European meets.
Vega has plenty of respect for
the Russians. "I think, if they per
form up to their capabilities, they
will take the flying rings, the side
horse and the high bar," he said
yesterday,
But the soft-spoken star wasn't
counting himself or the rest of
the U.S. squad out by any
means. "If I make the team," he
said, "I think I have as good a
chance as anybody in four of the
events—the rings, parallel bars,
long horse and free exercise."
Vega said the choice of un
biased officials should help the'
United States' chances. He ad
mitted that officials in European'
meets, especially from Satellite
countries, were prejudiced toward
FLYING CLUB MEETING
WED., JAN. 11 8 P.M.
ROOMS 214.215 NUB .
FILM ENTITLED "WHO. ME FLY?"
WILL BE SHOWN
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS INVITED
for Vega
Thursday
uad. Two Russians
and two Americans are scheduled
to officiate Saturday.
As for making the team, Vega
thinks any of the ten competitors
could win a berth.
"I've worked out against and
beat all of them at one lime or
another," he said. "But if some
one gets hot, you never can tell."
Although he is a consistent
performer, Vega is quite capable
of coming up with a hot streak
of his own.
In fact, in his final appearance
for Penn State in the 1959 NCAA
finals, Veßa put on one of the
greatest scoring sprees in the his
tory of American gymnastics.
He scored a total of 1654 1 / 2
points for the six events in the
all-around competition, an aver
age of 288 per event.
To say Vega was a campus
hero would be a slight under
statement. In •his heyday at
State he was to Lion fans what
matinee idols are to love-sick
women.
Endowed with that evasive and
undefined quality called show
manship, Vega made a habit of
rising to the occasion.
At one time or another in his
illustrious career he was national
champ on the flying rings, paral
lel bars, free exercise and long
horse.
He finished fourth on the
parallel bars in the 1956 Olym
pics.
Counted on as one of the main
stays of the 1960 Olympic squad,
Vega never quite made it to Rome
due to injuries.
For the past year he has been
doing graduate work at New Mexi
co State and coaching the gym
team on the side.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. tiTATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Schaefer's performance was one
of the best.
In tumbling. Seward bound
ed down the mats with a tine
display of front and back flips
and twists to cop first place
with a 270.
Lion captain Bob Mumau hus
tled up the 20-foot rope in 3.9 sec
onds to win that event. Team
mate George Williams shared sec
ond place honors with the Mar
oon's Jim Havlick. Both were a
half second off Mumau's pace.
TUMBLING: I. Seward. Penn State
(27(11; 2. Black, Springfield :2621: 3.
Criley, Penn State (2'21); 4. Peterson.
Springfield (18711 S. Page, Penn State
(152).
SIDE HORSE: 1. Cardingli. Springfield
(2.32); E. Weis!), Penn State 12Th ; 5. liar-
Inciter. Penn State (215 i: 4. Macl.aren.
Springfield (209); 5. Wiiniewski, Spring
field (2051.
HORIZONTAL BAR: 1. Weiss. Pen n
State (275); 2. Seward. Penn State 12601:
A. Cardinali, Springfield 12551; 1. L'Vinets,
Springfield (193) ; 5. 1-fagenbuch, Penn
State 1192).
HOPE CLIMB: 1. Unman, Penn State,
(3:091 2. Tie between Hawlick, Springfield,
and Williams, Pena State (4.41: 4. He'SA.
Springfield (4.51: ri. Tie between Fasnoeht,
Penn State, and Derio, Springfield (4.61.
P PARS( 1. Cardinall, Spring
field (2771: 2. Weiss. Penn State 12771;
2. Seward, Penn State (2541: 4. Walsh.
Springfield (241) ; 6. Morrow, Penn State
1215).
FLYING RINGS: L Schaefer, Penn
State (2611; 2. WlF , niewAi, Springfield
(249); 3. Ydhn, Penn State (192) ; 4.
Wheeler, Springfield (1731; 6. Morrow,
Penn State (1521.
—Jim Karl
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Penn State grad student Ed Moran recorded the second
fastest mile ever run on a flat track Saturday night at the
All Eastern Games in Baltimore.
Moran, a former Lion track great, led Bob Vinton of the
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Moran ran 4:08.3 at the Wash
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Kerr's Interceptions
Aid East Victory
Special to the Collegian
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