FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8: 1963
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Depth, Balance
May Be Factors
In Big Showdown
By JOE GRATA
Here's what Army's winter
sports brochure says about
this year's' Cadet gymnastics
squad:
Outlook: Interesting.
Strength: Floor Exercise.
Weakness; Inexperience. Let
termen Returning: Seven.
This Army team, defeated only
once in seven meets (a '48 1 , 4 -47',4
loss at Syracuse last Saturday),
meets the Nittany Lions at 8 p.m.
tomorrow in Rec Hall. A stand
ing -room-only crowd of 6,000 is
expected. _
.Sophomore Ken Slutzky prom
ises to be the Cadets' number one
man. Against Syracuse, the all
around competitor scored a 92.5
N ittany Indoor
Sets Sights On
By ED CARPENTER
Bespectacled Bob Grantham
stood in the corner of the bal
cony track in Rec Hall giving
advice - tb one of his younger
teammates. Grantham had the
thinclad's complete attention, for
most people listen when the Lion
captain "talks' about track.
And they have good reason to
listen, to Grantham for his knowl
edge about the subject dates back
to grammar, school. It was while
attending . school - in Norristown
that he ran - and won his first
race, the 75 - -yard dash:
FolloWing completion of gram
mar school, Bob went on to Norris
town - High- where he took an
active part on the track team, For
Coach Pete - Lewis' runners,
Grantham ran the low and high
hurdles in addition to the broad
jump. He cljmaxed his high school
career: his senior year by winning.
the_ State broad jump champion
ship With a leak of - 22- 1 / 2 . '
AFTER,SPENDING two years
at Perkiomen Prep• (near Allen
town;) Grantham came to the Nit
tany Valley-because of the "good
track teams and good coaches." It
was these coaches, Norm Gordon
and Chic Werner, who molded the
raw Grantham ability into a great
runner:.- In - fact -- the Lion senior
feels that bpth :coaches ' taught
him - all he knows the hurdles,
f - ''While at State the thinclad cap
tain :has . become an outdoor as
well as indoor star. When asked.
which he liked better he said,
"I'm more of an asset indoors be
cause after running the 60-yard
dash, it's not too difficult - to run
the high hurdles and then broad
jump.' Outside the first event is
the 100=yard. Those extra 40 yards
make a - big difference."
Participation in three • events is
nothing new to the State runner.
In fact last Saturday against Ohio
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lel bars and a 91 on the still
rings.
Backing up Slutzky are letter
men Steve Best (captain), Doug
Johnson, Mike Gray, Tom Thom
as, Bob Balderson, Jim Lindou
and Ralph Mitchell,
TWO OTHER performers which
add valuable reserve strength to
the Army forces are senior long
horse vaulter Marty Ischinger
and sophomore Tad Ono. At Syra
cuse, Ischinger recorded a 92.5 on
the long horse while Ono re
ceived a 90.5 on the parallel bars
and finished in the
.chips on the
side horse and in free exercise.
And here's to •prove even fur
ther that the Cadets have strong
all-around balance.
If you take the scores of Army's
three entrants in all of the six
events at Syracuse and divide
them for an average, the answer
is an 88.0. The average score of
the two top Cadet performers
was an impressive 90.0.
Last year's Army squad won
the Easterns team championship
after finishing with a 7-0-1 rec
ord. Nine lettermen are missing
from that group.
THE WEST POINT contingent
performs under the reins of Tom
Track Captain
'64 Olympics
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State, Grantham was entered in
four events. He won .both the. 70-
yard highs (8.8) and the broad
jump (21-7 3 / 4 ) while scoring in
the 60-yard dash and. the 70-yard
lows.
Grantham hopes to compete in
the decathalon in the 1964 Olym
pics. Except for the pole vault and
the .javelin, Grantham has , com
peted in all the events which
make up the grueling decathalon.
HE ELIMINATED one - Of' these
obstacles when he started throw
ing the_ javelin last surnm e r.
Teaching hiin this, event-is a fel
' low Norristown resident, "Doc"
Cantello. Cantello, a one-time
oiympian, for m er l y held the
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Maloney, coach at the U.S. Mili
tary Academy for the past 33
years and holder of a lifetime
record of 200 wins, 24 losses-and
six ties. Maloney ranks high
among his. colleagues throughout
gymnastics circles, but the Lions'
own. Gene Wettstone likewise
hold's:an impressive record too.
Wettstone,. a veteran with 24
years seniority, long has been the
envy of coaches, gymnasts and
avid -fans everywhere. It's prob
ably his initiative arid dynamic
leadership that ranks him as a
super-showman and master-mind
and earns him — the title, "Mr.
Gymnastics."
Taking a brief look at records,
however, Wettstone holds the
edge over Maloney. The State boss
has produced 19 individual NCAA
champions, 49 Eastern champions
and five Olympians _ while his
teams have won nine Eastern and
seven national titles.
Maloney's products have cap
tured 46 Eastern individuat cham
pionships while his teams have
won the Easterns 12 times ,and
NCAA crowns six times.
In the afternoon the State fresh
man gymnasts will tangle with
the Army plebes at 3:30.
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. standout thinclad
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world's record for the javelin.
As far as the - pole vault is con
cerned, the State runner is look
ing _forward to the spring. "Once
outdoors Ci (Risoldi, the Lion's
top pole vaulter) should be able
to give me some p o i.n te r s,"
Grantham said.
Killebrew Gets $40,000
ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS (fP)
Husky Harmon Killebrew, the
Minnesota Twins battering out
fielder who was the American
League's home run-RBI king last
year, agreed yesterday on a 1963
contract for a reported $40,000 to
$45,000.
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NICE THOUGHT—This cartoon, posted on the gymnasti
bulletin board in the locker room at Rec Hall, was drawn by
loyal State gym fan in Darien, Conn., arid sent to Lion coa.
Gene Wettstone. The State gymnasts square off against t
Army Cadets at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Rec Hall and a capaci
crrowd of 6.000 is expected.
Indonesia Barred
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP)
Indonesia was barred- from the
Olympic Games yesterday for an
indefinite period by the executive
board on the International Olym
pic Committee.
The decision was announced by
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STATE, COLLEGE
BEATING
int
rom Olympics
lOC President Avery Brim.
following a seven-hour mee
here.
The suspension came after
board heard reports on last yl
Asian Gaines in Jakarta, f
which athletes of Israel and
tionalist China were barred,
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