FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1962 Undefeated Lion Runners 'Warming Up' for IC4A's Almost two weeks have elapsed since State’s cross-country squad downed Navy, 15-41, to finish a four-meet schedule unbeaten, but don’t think that the Lions have discontinued running. No'yv the. Nittanie3 are preparing to prove themselves as the best cross-country squad in the Eastern United States. ’ . Perennial powerhouse Michigan State, a member of the IC4A Conference, has been ousted out of a first place finish only once in the past six years. Since 1956, Penn State is the only other team to beat the Spartans and capture the IC4A title and that came in 1960, following an undefeated 6-0 seasoni' On Nov. 19, coach John Lucas’ harriers will be trying for a re peat performance at Van Cort land Park in the Bronx section of New iYork City. But, as Lucas points out, that meet is still more than a week away. Now daily workouts, 0 are even moref vigorous than before the > season started. * This) yea r; s performances against Strong opponents rank the , Lions as the top contender for the ' IC4A- crown. But nobody’s pick ing them as a unanimous choice for the title, what with competi tors like Michigan State, VHla nova, Cornell • and Manhattan. \ ■The following is a review oK the Lions’ dual-meet season:- ' PSO 22 Put 39 . State irpcorded an opening day win over the Panthers on a mud dy, maze-like course in Pitts burgh’s Schenley Park. Captain Howie Deardorff and sophomore Dick Lampm'an paced the Lions’ attack -by deadlocking, for indi vidual »honors with a time of 22:57.3 minutes. The meet also marked ithe coaching debut of Lu cas, successor, to the now departed Charles i (Chic) Werner. PSU 17 Cornell 46 : The Big Red, minus the serv ices ofi 1961 IC4A individual j champion Steve Machooka, lacked depth as Deardorff and sopho more Colin Grant finished first to lead State to victory on the New College, Diner Dowmcwn. Between.- the' Movies- Jlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllinllllilllll'llllllimililll^ 1 RADIO*PHONO 1 | * SERVICE * | I * el Z ev y AD 84021 I | & pick-up § I f , television! I - SERVICE 1 I [Jly luuj center | I 232 S. Allen St. = sniiiiiiiiiiinmiimiimuiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiamiiniiiiiiiiii? THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY, PARK. PENNSYLVANIA By JOE GRATA COLIN GRANT . . . sophomore cross-country sensations Ithaca. N.Y., course. r PSU 25 Michigan State 30 j As far.'as State was concerned, this meet was the climax of its schedule. Tha Lions remembered all too well a 27-28 upset the Spartans handed thcro at East Lansing, Mich., the year before. The University course was “home, sweet home,” especially to Bas sett, 'whose- sixth place finish saved the meet by eliminating SLOCK S' PEP RALLY Friday - HUB Ballroom 7:00 P.M. HAND IN ATTACHED STUB AT PEP RALLY FOR CHANCE TO WIN ° TWO PITT TICKETS Name Must be present to. win . i DICK LAMPMAN two MSU runners from scoring higher. PSU 15 Navy 41 . The Midshipmen arrived at Mt. Nittany undefeated and threaten* ing to upset State. But Deardorff, Lampman, Nichols, Grant and Bassett rode home in a tie for first place to account for a per* feet winning score and log the Lions’ undefeated slate in the record books. AAU, NCAA Meet; 'a ! ' Palmer, Snead Lead NEW YORK (£>) A meet ing will be held here shortly between powerful groups con tending for control of amateur athletics in the United States with expectations high that a truce will be arranged. At each other’s throats are the National Collegiate Athletic Asso ciation and the Amateur Athletic. .Union. Unless they can a'gree on a peaceful settlement the United States will field only a weak team at the 1963 Pan-American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. ■ > The NCAA controls college track and field, chief supplier of Olympic talent. The .AAU is the only body that can certify ath letes for international competi tion. HIGH LEVEL government in tervention is reported already under way, aimed at saving American athletic -prestige. At torney General Robert Kennedy is supposed to be personally .in terested. and meetings have., al ready been held in Washington. Ed Friel, writing in the Newark News, said the meeting 'here would take place next Monday and predicted a settlement with the NCAA receiving increased A CRADLE OF PROGRESS The Infant space age is growing fast Our trips into space cost billions. And your taxes are needed to keep America ahead in the space race! But there are some, people who would havie our federal government spend your tax dollars to build more federal electric plants andilinesl ; ■ < This is needless. Along with the .nation’si morf than 300 other Investor-owned electric light and power companies, we can furnish dll the * electric power outgrowing nation will jneeri : This is no time "for needless tax spending. WEST PENN POWEiR •" v ***o*’-*P"«*. tM-W l "*” —-Mrvln* Wt*T»cn nJtHvfU'irA* representation on amatoiur Gov erning bodies "as a fade-saving gesture.’* SAN ISIDRO. Argentina (iP) Arnold Palmer and Sam Snead each shot a 68 yesterday,, giving the United States the firyt round lead in the . 1962 Canada Cup golf matches with a 136 total bn a day 'that was so hot one of .the con testants fainted from the heat and had to withdraw. BIG ERIC BROWN Inf Scot land.' watching some of bis /ivala tee off at No. civt-T from the heat. He Was revived quickly and gamely trigd to play! but had to- withdraw at the fourth hole. : Only .New Zealand's great southpaw. Bob Charles.} bettered the individual score of Spend and Palmer, He had a 67 over the 6.746-yard swank Jockj-y Club layout in this 'quiet syburb of Buenos Aires. Par fori the flat, tree-spikecf course i;: 3-1 pG —7O. ; Two-man pro golf teiims from ■ 34 countries will plav ah 18-hole ; round for four days straight with j the to.tal score determining the I winner. | : •The 136 total by the jtwo U.S. aces swept them thre<i . strokes abend of the host Argentine pair of Fidel de l.uea and Roberto de Vicert’o who had 131) <>i» De Lu ca's 6S and l)e V'ren/o’i 71 PAGE NINE ■ l
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