FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1968
Tonight:
By PAUL LEVINE
Collegian Sports Editor
Nearly 7,500 Penn Staters will pack Rec Hall
tonight to see the Scandinavian gymnastics meet,
but it's a safe bet that at least a few of them
are coming to watch more than just the European
athletes.
FOr one of the Nittany Valley's all-time 'fa
vorite athletes is coming back to his alma mater
tonight in what could be his last competition
before the Penn State fans, He's, Steve Cohen, the
Lions' two-time NCAA all-around champion who
graduated from Penn State last March and is cur
rently a student at the University of Pennsylvania
Medical School. It will be Cohen's first compe
tition since he won his second national champion
ship last April, and his loyal fans want to see for
themselves that their favorite hasn't lost his touch.
Little Insecure
"I actually feel a little insecure," Cohen said
at practice yesterday. It's been nine months since
I had any competition, and I can't help but won
der how I'm going to do."
Cohen has some good reasons for wondering.
With his heavy study schedule at medical school,
he has only been able to work in one-and-a-half
hours of gymnastics practice three times a week.
"I can't say that I'm in the best possible
condition," Cohen said, "but considering the cir
cumstances I really can't expect to be in top
shape."
Much speculation has been raised as to Cohen's
future in gymnastics. With his long years of medi
cal studies in front of him, there is indeed some
UCLA Set For
Do or Die Days
LOS ANGELES (.P) College basketball's greatest
attraction in many a year, the Bruins of UCLA, begin this
weekend a series of out of town trips that will within the
month take them to Houston's fabulous Astrodome and
New York's Madison Square Garden.
Unbeaten in 44 consecutive games and only 16 shy of
the national collegiate record set by the University of San
Francisco in the era of Bill Russell, the Bruins open the
tour at Berkeley tonight.
It is a Pacific-8 Conference game against a much
stronger Golden Bear team than the one the Bruins
handled in the title chase last year.
UCLA will be at Stanford tomorrow night, then re
turns to its own Pauley Pavilion Thursday night against
Portland for the only remaining home game in January.
It will be the No. 1 Bruins against No. 2 Houston and
a sellout crowd of 55,000 in the Astrodome Jan. 20, fol
lowed by the Madison Square appearance against Holy
Cross and Boston College Jan. 26-27, respectively.
Coach John Wooden of UCLA believes in first things
first which means California and Stanford.
"Cal is extremely strong this year," Wooden says.
The contest figures to be an interesting struggle be
tween UCLA's Lew Alcindor and the Bears' Bob Presley.
Lew, at 74 1 / 2 , is the nation's most highly publicized star.
Presley, 6-10 1 / 2 , is en route to breaking all scoring records.
Alcindor's supporting cast, which probably could win
consistently without the big junior, includes Edgar Lacey,
6-7; Lucius Allen, 6-2; Mike Warren, 5-11, and Lynn Shac
kelford, 6-5.
Presley readily admits that facing Alcindor poses his
greatest challenge.
Coaches Choose . Pont
NEW YORK (VP) John Pont, who pulled off a 100-1
feat in leading Indiana University. through a 9-1 season
and into the Rose Bowl, was named college football's
Coach of the Year yesterday by his fellow coaches.
The 39-year-old Miami of Ohio graduate was voted
the annual Kodak Award in a poll of 2,000 members of
the American Football Coaches Association.
The same group elected Cecil "Scrappy" Moore, who is
retiring after 4 years at the University of Chattanooga,
the Kodak 'Award for having done the best coaching job
in small college ranks.
Moore's 42nd Chattanooga team had a 7-3 record and
gave the slim, gray-haired grandfather a career mark of
171 victories, 146 defeats and 23 ties.
Loser Went Winner
Pont took a Hoosier team that had won only one of
10 games in 1966 and turned it into a winner that placed
fourth in The Associated Press national rankings.
"Discipline and imagination were the trademarks of
our team," Pont said. "The boys possessed tremendous
spirit and drive. They didn't believe they could be beaten.
They were a team that would make any coach look good."
Pont said that at Indiana this year he and his staff
picked the best players and decided to forget about re
placements.
"We sought to instill reponsibility in them from the
beginning," he added. "I called no more than 10 per cent
of the plays. The other 90 per cent of the plays were left
to our quarterback, Harry Gonse.
"I believe in giving this responsibility to the players
and we get more out of them. They learned to believe in
themselves. They were a remarkable group."
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question as to Cohen's further international com
petition.
"I certainly want to go out for the Olynipics,"
Cohen said. "But there are a lot of things standing
in the way. I'm going to try to find a way, but
I won't let anything interfere with my medical
education. If I have to I'll give up gymnastics to
become a doctor."
For Cohen to go out for the Olympics, he
would have to drop out of medical school for an
entire semester. In addition, there is the financial
burden of traveling to all the qualifying meets
which stretch from Tennessee to Colorado. Since
Cohen is no longer competing with a university
team, he would have to pay his own expenses.
"I am glad to be getting back into compe
tition," Cohen said. "This could be sort of a step
ping -stone for the Olympic trials if I do go out
for them."
But before Cohen starts thinking about Mexi
co City,, he has a little affair this evening in Rec
Hall to occupy his mind. Although the fans are
more interested in the individual performances
than in who wins, the highly competitive Cohen
has a strong desire to defeat the European visitors.
Stronger Than Cologne
"Overall this team is probably stronger than
the Cologne squad which defeated us last year,"
Cohen said. "They have better balance with no
weak links."
There certainly aren't any apparent weak
nesses on the Scandinavian squad.
• 011 i Laiho is a 24-year. old Finnish gymnast
who was a member of the 1962 and 1966 World
Games team and the 1964 Olympic team.
oMauno Nissinen, 20-year old Finnish gym
nast, is presently a student at the University of
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will be one of the Lady Lions' all-around competitions in
tomororw's opening match against Springfield. The meet
gets underway at 2 p.m. in the White Gymnasium.
Uncle Sam Says
'You' to Webster
HOUSTON (AP) George
Webster, the American Foot
ball League's rookie of the
year, is entering the military
service and will miss the APL
all-star game Jan. 21 at Jack
sonville, Fla.
The Houston Oilers an
nounced yesterday the rookie
linebacker fr o m Michigan
State is to report for Air Force
Reserve duty today at New
Orleans.
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Washington in Seattle. He represented Finland
in the World Games in 1966.
oChrister Jonsson, a 24-year old Swedish
gymnast, was the 1965 and 1966 National Charn- "
pion of Sweden. He is a pre-dental student at the
Karolinska Institution in Stockholm.
0 Hans Peter Nielsen, a 24-year old Danish
teacher has won the Danish National all-around
title three times. He won his first national title
when he was 18
•Trygve Gjerstad, a 21-year old Norwegian
gymnast, is considered the second best in Norway.
•Thorbjorn Ingvaldsen, a 22-year old Nor
wegian, took part in the World Games in 1966
and placed third in the Norwegian championships.
eEric Rosengren, 27-year old Swedish gym=
nast, is a law student at the University of Stock
holm. He is considered the second best gymnast
in Sweden.
Lions Good, Too
Penn State will be retaliating with some
pretty good talent of its own. Former Nittany
Lion gymnast and NCAA all-around champion
Greg Weiss leads the Lion contingent, The 1962
graduate ranks as one of the favorites in tonight's
all-around competition.
Penn State juniors Bob Emery, Joe Litow
and John Kindon and freshman Dick Swetman •
round out the squad.
And of course there's Steve Cohen.
"It may sound a little funny, but I am a little
nervous about tonight," Cohen said. "I really love
the Penn State crowd and I don't want to let
them down."
Don't worry, you won't let them down, Dr
Cohen.
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Fencing Team
Out To Upset
Sharp Temple
An undermanned but opti
mistic Penn State fencing team
will open its 1968 season to
morrow after noon in Rec Hall
against a Temple squad which
has 16 straight dual meets.
The meet will start at 2 p.m.
in the fencing room.
Coach Dick Klima's roster
includes only 13 men only
four over the minimum re
quired for an intercollegiate
match. But the Lion coach
said yesterday that his team
was looking forward to meet
ing the high-flying Owls from
Philadelphia.
We're glad to be facing an
undefeated team," Klima said.
"Our boys are really psyched
up for this meet. Meeting Tem
ple should bring out the best
in us."
Temple is 5-0 so far this
year, after reeling off 11
straight wins a year ago.
The Lions have won only
three meets over the past two
years„ but Klima is hopefule
to get on the winning track
this season. Penn State's sche
dule is the biggest (eight
meets), and probably the
toughest„ the Lions have had
since the sport was revived in
1962. It had been discontinued
in 1951.
One of Klima's top fencers
is Jerre Clauss, a 27-year old
service veteran who had a
9-2 record in the North Atlantic
championships a year aoo.
Clauss' performance in that
tourney helped Penn State's
sabre team finish third. Clauss
is the 1968 co-captain, along
with Joel Coza.
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TWO OF the favorites in tonight's all-around competition are the Lions' Steve Cohen
(left) and Finland's 011 i Laiho. Cohen will be entering his first competition since win
ning his second NCAA all-around champions hip last April. Laiho was a member of the
1962 and 1966 World Games teams as well as the 1964 Olympic team. The international
gymnastics meet gets underway at 7:30 in Rec Hall.
Liming's Worth Ris-s
By IRA MILLER
Associated Press Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH M . Larry Shepard,
the new manager of the Pirates, says Jim
Bunning's value to Pittsburgh probably will
show up in. other pitchers' performances
more than in his own.
"He has got to make better pitchers
out of the rest of our staff," said Shepard,
looking ahead to his first season as a major
league manager after 18 years in the minors.
Ranked Ninth
The Pirates' pitchers ranked ninth in
the National League in earned run average
last season and Pittsburgh finished sixth in
the standings, 20 1 / 2 games behind St. Louis,
although leading the majors in batting.
"I' think he will do with our club what
Sandy Koufax did with. the Dodgers," Shep
ard said. "I think one thing that was never
credited to Koufax was that he made better
pitchers out of the rest of the staff—by tak
ing the pressure off them.
Talks of Intangibles
"What 1 liked about the deal wasn't just
that we got Jim Bunning, who can win 20
games. I'm talking about the intangibles
that add up to a winning club." _
Shepard, speaking by telephone from his
home in Lincoln, Neb., also revealed he's
toying with the possibility of juggling the
Pirates' batting order.
He said he: would experiment with mov
ing Maury Wills to the leadoff spot and
dropping Matty Alou to the No. 6 slot. Alou,
who has been the Pirates' leadoff and No. 2
batter, hit .338 in 1967 and led the league
with .342 in 1966, but collected only 55 runs
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Shepard figures that Alou will get more
of a chance to drive in runs in the sixth spot.
"That Would be the logical spot for him,"
Shepard said. "I'd• like when we're coming
up in the second inning„say, to have some
one like Alou with the speed to steal and
also someone like Bill Mazeroski with some
power behind him where a double could
score a run. But no one on our ball club is
going to hurt us no matter where they hit
in our line-up.
Get Him to Steal
"I want to get Wills where he can steal
some bases," Shepard added. "You're block
ing him off with someone like Alou coming
up next because he likes to swing. You can't
take a pitch away from him. I'll probably
try Gene Alley or Mazeroski in that spot."
Shepard says the addition of Bunning in
a trade last month, should give added confi
dence to the pitching staff, especially Bob
Veale, who has been Pittsburgh's top win
ner the last couple of seasons.
"I know it was that way with the Phil
lies last year," the manager said. "And it was
that way when I was in Triple A ball with
Veale: Wd - knoW that elier3 , fourth day we've
got a ,stopper."
Before the Pirates obtained Bunning
from Philadelphia, Shepard had said that
Veale would have to learn to accept respon
sibility as the staff's leader. But now the
leadership role has fallen squarely to Bun
ning, who cost the Pirates young pitcher
Woody Fryman and three promising minor
leaguers.
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