FRIDAY: FEBRUARY 2. 1962
. By JOHN MORRIS
f; Penn State's highly touted gymnastics team faces its first
i . ‘ real test of the season when the Lions host defending Eastern'
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What comes to your mind when someone_ mentions thei Coach Gene Wettstone's reigning national champs have
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word lacrosse? , _ recorded wins over Springfield (64-32) and Temple (61 1 / 2 -343 ),
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I can just hear the answers now as• you choke over,
your morning cup of coffee. "Lacrosse!" you say, "that's,
the sport the rndians Invented hundreds of years ago and
as far as I'm concerned, they should have kept it."
Or maybe you will say,- "What's lacrosse? Is that the c ,
gaine that has playrs running around knocking each other,
on the head with big sticks, eventually trying to get a little,
ball into the net?"
If these are the type answers you would give to the
above question, cheer up you're the average Penn State
student.
AT THE MOST, 300 of you usually-attend home games.
And if I told you that yesterday was the first day of lacrosse'
practice, you would, say, "SO what!"
Well, I can't blame you for not knowing much about'
lacrinse, for State has. suffered through four losing seasons,
in a - row. But things should be different this year. The Lions
have good talent returning and a new coach that is just,
aching to make good.
.Former Lion defense coach Dick Pensek was hired early!
.in January t 9 'replace Ernie Baer. who left' his job here tol
join a Baltimore sporting goods firm,.
At 23, the new coach is the youngest lacrosse mentor in
the country. But this is the very factor that Pencek has going!
for him. The two-time Alr-Ainerican -lacrosse player ati
ißutgers is full of vigor and enthusiasm for his sport. He
drives his players and he wants a winning team at State.
"THE MOST IMPORTANT part of this game is to get
the boys to enjoy playing and• winning will follow naturally
after that, "Pencek said yesterday 'as he watched his players
working out. "These kids want to play and want to learn
-and that makes all the•diffeience in' the•world."
Pencekiwon't make any predictions about the upcoming
season, but one can'tell by the tone of his voice when he talks
of the prospects, that he thinks this ,could be a banner year.
"I'm looking forward to a good season beciuse we basically
have good, individual ballplayers."
And the feeling among the players =is that this could
be - the best team in the past eight or ten years. They have
that much respect for their coach.
Pencek himself is. a little leery about his young . age.
"I was really surprised when the University contacted me
about the job," he said. "It took me about a week to get
over the shock of it."
WHEN BAER RESIGNED. .Pencek was an assistant
lacrosse coach at the. University of Massachusetts and a
physical education instructor. "I was a little. hesitant about
coining to State because of all the administrative duties I
have to handle," Pencek said. "I wasn't sure if I -could
handle it because I've never had a ; head coaching job
before. Btit since I've arrived here, everyone has helped me
and things seem to be going smoothly.
The new coach is no stranger to the lacrosse situation
at State. Last year he served as defense coach under Baer;
and watched the Lions suffer
,through' a 4-6 season. lie'
also played against State when he was at Rutgers.
AT RUTGERS HE WON three letters as a lacrosse
defenseman. He was named to the rAll-American lacrosse
team in his junior and senior years, and in his senior year
played in the annual North-South All-Star game. •
This, then, in the background for State's newest and
by far youngest coach. He won't ; have an easy time trying
to convince people that lacrosse is the most Interesting and
exciting of all spring sports.
But we'll:bet that by ,this time next year, lacrosse will
have a different meaning to .most State students than it
now does.
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Begins—So What!
By DEAN MAME
Assistant ;ports Editor
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNPARSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA
Middies to Provide Test
For Talented Gymnasts-
but neither of these teams meas
ures up to Nayy.
The 4ddies (3-1) have already
trounced Springfield, 62-34. and
Temple, 54-42. They alsotrampled
hapless West Chester (69 1 1 -26',4)
but lost to powerful Syracuse
(55 11 240 1 / 4 ).
Wettstone called his team
"ready for Navy." but the veteran
coach, isn't likely to take this
meet lightly.
THE MIDDIES romped to a
shockingly easy 58q-37 1 / 2 win
;over the Lions at Annapolis last
year. and there may be a revenge
;motive behind' the Lions' intent
to kill tomorrow.
But avenging a romp with a
romp will not be an easy task
for the Nittanies.
Navy consistently has a good
gym team:and the Middies seem
,to put forth a particularly strong
:effort when they come up against
'State.'
TEAM CAPTAIN Jim Sloat is
one of - the big scorers for the
Middies so far this season. A for
mer flying rings star, Sloat has
developed into a definite Eastern
threat on the still rings: ably start:: , inexperienced Don,
Sloat,..Dale Pearson and Larry;liunter, Lee Ewert and Frank
Silver may give Navy' an edgelEissing against the Lion; in the
over the Nittanies' trio—L a r r y long horse vault.
Yohn. Bud Williams and - -
Braude;
But the Midshipmen don't have;
anybody to compare .to Greg
! Weiss and Tommy Seward. and:
that's where the Lions hold the'
!aces.
SewardAhould wiii the free
exercise and State's Gene Har-j
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lecher is a •g ood bet for second.;
Midshipmen ill Hahn, Art, Day;
and Bilj Kell y are all inentert-I
lenced i the event. t-;
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win the
horse .; , -
; • allel bars with a
'minim- ; ':•,• • ifficulty, and either i
ISewar,..o "'-is's should win the
horizontal bar. \ .
The Middiek rely on Jerry' Lar-i
sen, Fred Kenlin /and Dick Mur-1
phy for their points on the side
horse, but none of them should,
challenge Weiss. j
Coach Chet Phillips will -prob-j
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