PAGE FOURTEEN = Individual Performances Highlight Track Season lly DENNIS KNECHT •' For many individual mem bqrs of this year's outdoor track team, this was the best season they have ever had. But for coach Chick Werner, the 2-2 dual meet record and the Lion placings• in invita tional carnivals made this year, "just an ordinary season." "I don't want to belittle any of the boys on the team," Werner explained, "because most of them did the best they • could. We bettered a few' records, but as a team we didn't do too well." Werner, State track coach for 29 years, has a fine record includ ing an undefeated season in cross country, indoor and outdoor track last year. AFTER a 4-1 cross country and 0-3 indoor track dual meet records, the outdoor team started slowly `in the first meet. Navy humiliated the thinclads, 89 1 / 2 -41%, April 14. After that the Lions started 'moving. They just missed beating Michigan State in the home opener on Beaver Field. The score was all tied at 63-63 before the last event, the mile relay, won the meet for the Spartans. The Lions got their chance though the next week and, de feated Pitt, 93 1 / 2 .-37 , "2. A week later they smashed the - powerful Quantico Marines, 81 1 / 2 -59 1 / 2 . MOST - of 'the outstanding mem- -- bers will ber.graduating this year, STATE LEADS: Steve Moorhead (right) and Howie Deardorff among them Captain Steve Moor run almost side-by-side half way through the mile run against head, Gerry Norman, Ron Beard. Jerry Wettstone, Tony Wayne-and Michigan State May 5. They tied for first place in 4:16. The Dick Kessler. Spartans won the meet by capturing the mile relay. Norman. wfio was outstanding * * * - * * * - ,all year, has competed in only Englebriiik's school record of at 14'5", has shared the spotlight' two years of varsity competition, 8:59.9. .< this season with teammate Ciro' but has completed his, four-year Risoldi. Beard tied Ogie Norris'i course in three years and will not . THE LION star also ran the three-year old 14' record in the be back next season. ,three-mile, winning the event in, n . Relays, Relays, Risoldt ,was the ftrst Norman is ranked as one of the the Ohio Relays in 14:03.8.u li t to -break the record, vaulting nation's top distance runners after his best time for the distance came 14'4 1 / 4 "; in the dual meet against - si fine performance in the • 5.000 -'in the 5,000 race at the Coliseum. 0;4.": • meter rim in the Los Angelesv. here he was clocked in 13:56 at ' ' , Beard 'set the present' record] Coliseum Relays two weeks ago. the three-mile mark. . two weeks ago - against Quantico. ' He broke the meet record by two! Jerry Wettstone set two State seconds in the event with a 14:25.5 high jump records during the year. MOORHEAD won quite a bit of. chit:king in placing fifth. He holds the indoor mark at 6'63e fame in the' mile and 3,000-meter _ Norman ran the two-mile inset against Ohio State and the out-His best time for the steeplechase - State's dual meets and finished the:door mark of 6'6 1 / 4 " set against mile was 4:10.5, and the best for: 'season undefeated. His best time Pitt.the steeplechase was 9:16. . i was 9:00.5, just missing Dick . Beard. pole vault record-holder. e Howie Deardorff, the only thin-; i - Who will be back next *year, shared the . spotlight with Moorhead in the mile with a top mark of 4:1.1.4. 1 Deardorff also set the 880-yard meet record in the Pitt meet with' a 1:50.6 clocking. He finished sixth in the IC4A Championships in 1:51A. Werner was especially pleased with his team's showing in the last two dual meets. Against Pitt, 12 of the 25 athletes who com pleted made ~the best showings of their carter while four records fell. A Dean's View-- (Continued from page twelve) of the greatest basketball players in Penn State history." • State. outbid quite a few - basketball' powerhouses for the 6'5" eager who averaged 21 points and 16 reboundS a game. • . From-Indiana the Lions are getting another 6'5" _player whose credentials are also quite good. This eager was' all sectional, all-regional and all-semi-state in Indiana. The other .player that has said 'he -will enter next fall is 6.6" and was an all-sectional choice in the tough WPIAL this year. • ' EGLI AND. SIMPSON expect to come up with a cogiile more players before the summer is over which could make for quite an interesting freshman team. . ' With all the talk about:the:freshman - though, it's easy to,almost overlook what could be a 'much better than average' varsity team next season. Egli has two veteran performers In co-captains John Mitchell and Earl Hoffman. Along with these two, he has 6'B" Ulo Kart, 6's"' Jack Marin, ball handler Bobby Donato and three or four outstanding frosh that are expected to make a real run at a starting berth. In particular Egli and Simpson are high on Bob Terry Hoover . and- - ; Ron Avillion. Egli expects Weiss to ` - be one of. State's best .ball players in quite a while and The 6'7" Uoover and 6'6" Avillion both could be starters . , The 20-game schedule -won't hurt the Lions' chances either.. State will play ten contests on the road and eight at home, plus a holiday tournament at Charleston,'W:Va. The schedule calls for games with Maryland, Lehigh. Syracuse, Colgate, Pittsburgh. Temple, Bucknell, Carnegie Tech, West Virginia and - Rutgers. - • _ AUGUST 11 this writer is going to appear on a half hour television show on Channel 11 in Pittsburgh. The ap vearance is a direct result of the•edlumq I wrote cotwerning the wrestling tactics of the Pitt Panthers. But besides wrestling, Beano Cook, director - cd the'Show and sports public relations director at Pitt, says he is going to ask .a question about basketball. His question will be: ,, " Why does Penn State ignore basketball?" And this will-be.my answer. "Mr.:"dook, Penn State ieno longer ignoring basktball: The adminiitration, finally woke THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA : AT THAT TIME Werner said of the team, "This isn't the most talented team we'Ve ever' had but it's the tryingest team. I can't ever remember an all-out record, such as this one, at, Penn State before." AgainstrQuantico. a team which had almost upset IC4A champion Villanova earlier in the season, the Lions scored a tremendous 22 point victory. No one, not even Werner expected that big of a victory. New college Diner Dowtatow Behkeen theitviovies BIKE REPAIRS . PARTS ACCESSORIES Western Auto Satisfaction Guaranteed 112 $. FRAZIER ST. ' .AD 7.7922 Outstanding Sophs Lead Linksters to 11-1 Season By JOE GRATA State's golf team defeated Cornell, 5-F, at Ithaca,44.Y., Tuesday to conclude its schedule with a 11-1 record. The Lions found = eastern .powerhouses Maryland, Navy, Bucknell, and the Big Red easy prey this year and also dem onstrated strength *hen three times they blanked opponents by 7-0 scores. West Virginia's. linksmen marred defeated season, however,'in the sixth taineers were victorious, 5-4. The importance of the meet became more evident Tuesday. "West Virginia was the last team I thought we'd have any trouble beating,! State golf coach Joe Boyle said earlier this week, "but the end result of 'our reason was much better than I expected." Outstanding performances by five sophomores accounted heavily for State's success. Together they turned in a 42-13- log and were out of the lineup only five times. Although this year was their first in collegiate circles, the outstand ing quintet started strong, ousting three of four returning lettermen from the lineup before the season began. CAPTAIN 808 SWAHN was the only returning letterman to see action in more than three matches. Si•ahn, a senior, turned in an 8-4 season slate. • Teammate Paul Hummer, a junior, played in the number sev en slot this year. Despite seeing little action as a sophomore, he came on strong, this year and turned in a 9-3 record and chalked up the team's biggest winning margin when he defeated Pitt's Larry McCullough, 10 and 8. Among the notable achieve ments for the ,golfers was a vast improvement in the season record, upping last year's 8-4 slate, The Nittany linksmen also jumped ffom ninth to third in the East ern Intercollegiate Golf Associa tion tournament. - By winning ele:iren matches, the linksmen tied the - State record for the most wins in one season. Robert "Top" _Rutherford, Sr?s team turned the trick in 1942 with a 11-2 mark. ONE OF THE best individual performances here in years was turned in by sophomore Jim Tabor, the Lions' number one man. Tabor, whose father is a pro fessional at a Harrisburg coun try club, was unbeaten -in 12 matches. Roland, Gartner, another sopho . Crawford Captures • IM Softball Crown Crawford House captured the independent league softball chain 'pionship last evening with an 8-6 come-from-behind win over Watts. With two out in the fifth and down 6-2, Crawford scored three times. They tallied three more runs in the sixth and held Watts scoreless in. the seventh to gain the margin 'victory. Crawford earned the right to meet Watts by defeating Frank lin, 7-5, Clearfield, 3-2. and the iNittany area champ. 20-5, The Iteam composed a lusty .439 bat ting average enroute to the cham pionship. GRIGGS PHAtiMACY says a __ _ r immomiuri!"o7o . plunk You 7 for Yoe lx; Patronage Have a good simmer I I If 'you're here foriummei school stop in Und see us. • SATURDAY. JUNE 2. 1962 State hopes for match when the • * * .41% TABOR • Ixists unbeaten record * * More, played well at the number two post this season, turning in a 9-3 record , Gartner was recently elected next year's captain. Oth ers of the .Isoph -quintet include Joe Safely,: Bill Robinson, and - Dave Liebap. According 'to Boyle, each has shown vast{ improvement. Liebau Was a semi-finalist in the EIGA [ individual Championships. "BY THE TIME next spring rolls -around, all the boys will have more experience," Boyle said. "They'll' have an ideal op portunity, to consider and correct mistakes o4 l er the summer." Next y es schedule forbids any optimistic outlook. All the teams :State met here this. year will be met on the opponents' (links- next j season. One weekend 'will find the Lions on the road (for a Friday match at Maryland ,with Navy to follow Saturday. Syracuse ) and Colgate will also !involve a Inieekend trip. Penn. said Ito have a team of promising fresh men, should be another strong :opponent. INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Jim Tabor, 12-0: Roland Gartner, 141 Paul Hummer, ; Bill Robinson. 4-3 Bob Swabn,, ; Joe Bald'', C-3 ; Dave Liebau. 6-4; Diek Gillum% 1-2; Dave Mil ler, 1-0. an tat Moun-
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