TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1968
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; Old and New
In Gym Meet
By PAUL LEVINE
Collegian Sports Editor
The old master has done it again. Gene Wett
stone opens his 30th year as head coach of the E .
= Nittany Lion gymnastics team on Saturday, but 77-.
= he has planned a special treat for the eve of the
1968 season.
At Wettstone's invitation, a group of Scan- E:
E dinavian all-star gym-
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nastics champions are
coming to Penn State
= to compete against a
- squad of Penn Staters
: =2 on Friday night. The
= Scandinavians are in- i
= ternational stars i n
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E their own right, but ~ I, et r '
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= some pretty lithe corn- , !, , : ,t'
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5: petition when a crew \ i f!. I.„- ~...,„
of past and present - 4 .; k 4' • l-•
S Lion stars limber up : --. , \-\ In
E for the new year. 1 :1( ''. ' =
=
= Not that Internet- =
= tional gymnastics LEVINE
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= shows are anything new for Gene Wettstone . . . Eli
F..: he's been bringing foreign stars here for the past
= 13 years. In 1954 and 1955 visiting Swedish teams
E appeared at Penn State, and a squad from Switzer- :I
= land was here in 1956. The national men's and
E women's teams from Finland appeared in 1959. =
E In 1961, a match between the Olympic squads of ::::
E.: the United States and Russia was staged on
campus.
And, last January, in the largest and most F.-.
=
-.: publicized of all the international affairs, Penn
= State played host to the gymnastics team of Ger- E
E:. many's University of Cologne. More than 7,000 EF.
= Penn Staters packed Rec Hall for that affair. i
- But this year's extravaganza should even top 5
S.: -
the Cologne event, where some of the best gym-
nastics was seen since the invention of the side E.
horse.
= For this time, Wettstone included more than ='
= lust foreign athletes; this event will have an au- E.- -
E..." thontic European atmosphere as part of the show.
=
= And, as he has done in the past, Wettstone is
=
=.. making use of the Little German Band of State =
College. While the colorfully attired members of
5 the band will play songs of the Old World, their
=
=I wives, dressed in German costumes, will act as =
E.: usherettes. Authentic antiques will adorn Rec Hall, = =
= transforming the gym into a not-so-authentic "beer
= garden," complete with bar. =
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"Everything is intended to remind you of the a
-9 wonderful days of the past," said Gene Wettstone
= in discussing the spectacle. "What we have is a
El large European family. The fathers are members
of the band. As they did in Europe, they play for El,
= the enjoyment of the community, the people in
the stands. The mothers are the usherettes and the 5
children are the athletes."
What Wettstone is aiming for is a blending of S.
EL: the old with the new; hence the children are part
= of the modern world of gymnastics.
As for the Scandinavians, they may bring a 5.
squad into Rec Hall even more talented than the 9
L I Cologne team that defeated Penn State all-stars =
last year. The seven-man team includes two gym- 9
nests each from Norway, Sweden and Finland, and
9 one from Denmark. The coach is Olavi Leimuvirta,
= former Olympian from Finland. Five of the gym- =
= nasts are national champions.
The Lions will face the international stars =I
9 with two former NCAA all-around champions, as 5
well as five members of the present team. Greg S
Weiss and Steve Cohen, both two time NCAA 9
champs, will compete for Penn State, as well as 5 .
= Bob Emery, Joe Litow, John Kindon and Dick =
Swetman of the curroni varsity squad. The Lions' 9
reserve will be Tom Dunn, a promising freshman =
9 performer.
It will be a blending of the old with the new, zi
51 a contrast of Europe and America, and for 9
Penn State's masterful coach, another gymnastics FE
= triumph of international proportions.
Intramural Bowling News
The first half of the men's winners in the indellendent and
Intramural bowling schedule graduate divisions respectively.
has been completed and the
The second half of the bowl.
ing schedule will begin on Sun
first-half league champions day. The second-half league
have been determined. In the winners will compete against
fraternity division Kappa Sig- the first-half league winners to
ma, Alpha Chi Rho, Phi Kappa determine the over-all league
Psi, Phi Mu Delta, and Delta champion. The league champi-
Sigma Phi are the league cha. ons will then compete in a
in
pions. The dormitory divisions single elimination tournament
champions are New Kensing- to determine the division cham
ton, Lawrence-McKean, Bel- Pion.
sam, Clearfield, LocUst, War- High individual series during
t
ren, Chestnut, Luzerne, Nanti- the first half were bowled by
coke, Northampton, and Mont- Butternut House's Larry Smith
gomery Houses. The P.S. Jock- —616; Phi Kappa Psi's Mike
ies and the Psychos are the Simmons-604; and Mike Wil
son of the P.S. Jockies-615.
IM Handball
All men who wish to partici
pate in the Intearnural Hand
ball-Singles Tournament must
register at the Intramural Of
fice, 206 Rec. Bldg., by Thurs
day afternoon.
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Never!"
If that's how you feel.
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THE JltyitviY SMITH TRIO
SUNDAY, JANUARY 21
SCHWAB AUDITORIUM
Stansfield's Shot Nips Kent State
By ROM KOLB
Assistant Sports Editor
On Saturday afternoons, school kids used to
get together in someone's side lot or macadem
alley, choose up sides and play no-holds-barred
basketball for a couple hours. They'd battle back
and forth, throwing up ridiculous shots at a sag
ging hoops, accusing each other of fouling or
"gunning."
Finally, after everyone's shirt was soaked
and every player was out of breath, the score
would be tied at, say, around 50-50, and someone
would yell, "Next basket wins." Then the best and
most experienced man on the team would dribble
around awhile, find an opening and shoot, but he'd
just miss, and some kid with a broken arm would
toss in the winner on a rebound.
Too bad they didn't have a sign over Rec Hall
Saturday that said, "Welcome to Sandlot Basket
ball."
The Penn State Kent State game wasn't
exactly the prettiest display of skill ever seen by
the 2900 fans.. Truth is, it was pretty sloppy. But a
finish like th 4 one displayed to an otherwise pas
sive audience by the Nittany Lions almost made
the biddy basketball showing at halftime look
routine.
With 2:56 remaining in the game and Kars
minute-and-a-half stall having succeeded by bring
ing them within one at 49-48, Penn State found
itself with the ball, out of bounds in front of the
Lion bench. Guard Jim Linden tried to in-bound
the ball to Tom Daley, but little Roger Harper
reached in, bounced the oval the length of 'the
court and laid it in for a 50-49 Golden Flashes lead.
Two seconds later Harper did it again, but as
is the practice of the fates to discourage stealing
in any form, the 5-9 youngster was called for
traveling. As the PSU bench offered thanks,
Harper started an animated conversation. Little
did he know he wasn't through yet.
Back up court came the Lions, and after Daley
converted a free throw at 1:55, tying .the game at
50, Kent State assumed control.
Obviously waiting for the last shot, the
Flashes played around in the backcourt, and Egli,
waving his arms in, front of him, yelled, "Go out,
go out." Daley went for the basketball and fouled—
you guessed it—young Mr. Harper, with 44 sec
onds left.
The fates still remembered him, and Harper's
attempt hit the back of the rim and bounded into
the hands of State's Jeff Persson„ who called time
out two seconds later,
In the huddle at the bench, Egli prepared for
the schoolyard finish. "Jeff, you dribble around
until about 10 seconds left, then take it in your
self," he explained to the team's lone senior and
established star.
Persson took the pass and handled it in the
backcourt for about 25 seconds. Making his move,
Ka Preps State For Maroon
By STEVE SOLOMON
Co/Zegian Sports Writer
Mention tough competition,
and Bill Koll's pulse wall double
and that ever-present cigar
will be chewed down to the end,
Mention Oklahoma, and the
fingernails are liable to go
with it,
The Sooners were Penn
State's first wrestling oppo
nents this season, and the team
that many consider the finest
in the land beat the Lions quite
handily, 20-9. Coming cold off
a brilliant 8.0-1 season last
year, the LioLs weren't quite
ready for a national power
which had previous tournament
competition under its belt.
Must Play Best
"You never know how good
you are until you've played
against the best competition,"
Koll said. "However, I don't
think the Oklchoma meet was
indicative of our ability. The
boys gave everything they had, l
but the first meet is always
tough. You walk on the mat
and suddenly realize there's
nobody to help you. Oklahoma'
went through this in tourna
ment competition. But you
can't take anything away from
them—they're certainly a fine
team."
In view of State's initial de
feat, Koll may face an even
more demanding task in pre
paring his grapplers for this
Saturday's 'Rec Hall meet
against Springfield. The Lions'
head coach describes the Mas
sachusetts school a "the best
wrestling team in New Eng
land."
"I don't think we'll have any
problem getting high for
Springfield," Koll said. "We
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don't go into any wrestling
match xpecting to lose. We're
in good physical shape and the
boys are eager to get back on
the right track. I think we'll
have to be more explosive with
our moves and more definite
on maneuvers. But that kind of
sharpness comes with time, and
I don't want the boys to reach ,
their peak too early,"
That peak should come early
in March with the Eastern Re
gional Tournament, the pre
lude to the prestigious NCAA
Tournament which Penn State
will host March 21-23. The Lions
placed third in the Eastern
Championships last year and
will return this season with
three matmen Vince Fitz,
Rich Lorenzo, and Wally Clark
--who placed high individually
last time.
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he slipped around to the right baseline and
shoveled one to the basket. Twice the ball was
tapped hard against the backboard, until finally
6-8 Bill Stansfield gained control.
Two weeks earlier Stansfield had a • broken
forearm and couldn't even bend his wrist. Now he
flipped the taped right arm and swished an eight
footer with five seconds left. Kent State called time,
but it was too late. That "next basket" had won.
Probably fed up with comments about his
lack of leadership on the team, it was Persson who
provided the margin of victory. "I was very
pleased with Jeff," Egli said after the game. "We
kept him moving in and out, and he, just took
charge."
The first half seemed to be a battle between
Persson, who scored 12 of his 14 points in the first
20 minutes, and KSU's Bill Bullock. The 6-3, 180
pound Ohio junior who hit seven for 11 from the
field, actually resembled one of those sandlot
players, the heavyset kid with a wierd two-handed
over-the-head throw shot. He just kept hitting
them from 25 feet.
"t 1 said the team with experience would win,"
Egli commented. "We made a lot of mistakes, and
we should have beaten them by 15 points. The
kids are obedient, but they're not patient and they
want to do too much at one time.'
He was, however, pleased with the perform
ance of State College product Galen Godbey,
"Galen is a better ball handler than Bill Young,
though he does get in foul trouble. But he's a
hustler and a hard worker." Godbey hit four of
.five shots and grabbed seven rebounds.
The crowd put Rec Hall even more in a sand
lot setting. Acting rather bored throughout, they
practiced their math by counting passes. They also
dribbled a lot.
And though the rather inept play on the court
seemed of schoolboy character at times (at one
point, the ball changed , hands four times in 10
seconds), the end result still went down in the win
column, the third victory in seven outings for the
Lions.
Sometimes those alley thrillers are the best
kind.
Persson
Young
Stansfleld
Harper
Laoodlch
Grayson
Burden
Bullock
Brown
Team
Shooting Percentage: Penn State 38.9, Kent State 39.6
Halftime Score: Penn State 31-28.
Officials: Ralph Casale and John Solic,
Attendance: 2,900,
are definitely the nucleus of the experience and strength to
this year's team," Koll said, be top flight wrestlers."
All three are seniors who have The experi e n c e gained
matured in the physical and against a national power like
technical aspects of wrestling. Oklahoma should help the Lions'
Lorenzo, the team captain, was as they prepare for a tough)
undefeated in eight dual meets schedule. It would have been
last season. Moving up from appropriate, though, to have
the 177-pound weight class had Purdue's basketball coach)
Lorenzo wrestled heavyweight on hand at the Oklahoma meets
in the Oklahoma meet and to throw out the first sweat
stormed past his opponent, 14-0, shirt—or whatever you do to 1
Fitz, who wrestles at 145, on a wrestling season. Pur..l
went undefeated in nine meets due opened its basketball sea
last year and is a' ,veteran of son against UCLA.
32 matches, of which he's won
26.
lark, from Clearfield, wres.
tied at 130 and has 23 victories
over his two-year varsity
career.
Coach Koll points to Matt
Kline and Dave Spinda as his
most improved wrestlers.
"They're seniors now and have
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LION CENTER Bill Stansfield, who missed the first four
games because of a broken forearm, hit the game-winning
basket in State's 52-50 victory Saturday. The 6-8 Floridian
is now averaging 12.3 points per game, also having
grabbed 25 rebounds in three games.
Gym Tickets Still Remain
About 1,000 seats still remain for Friday night's
gymnastics meet between the Scandinavian all-stars
and Penn State's team. Ticket sales resume at 8 a.m.
today in 236 Rec Hall. All tickets are priced at $2.25
and customers are limited to four each.
special sports luncheon will be held at the
Nittany Lion Inn Thursday to honor the Scandinavian
gymnasts. The luncheon, which lasts from 11:50 a.m. to
1 p.m. is open to all at a cost of $1.50. •
Two of the speakers at the • luncheon will be
Olavi Leimuvirta, coach of the Scandinavian team and
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