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Wettstone Readies Squad
For Second Meet In Row
By DAVID NEVINS Springfield should offer the
Collegian • Sports Writer Lions some serious competf-
Yesterday's gymnasti2s meet bon, especially since four of
against an impressive Scandi-
State's best gymnasts will have
navian team will undoubtedly to compete in two meets in
a span of 24 hours. The physical
be remembered as the most
condition of Bob ' - mery, Joe
outstanding home meet of this
Litow. Dick Swetman and John
or possibly any season. Un-
Kmdon could very well decide
fortunately for four Penn State
gymnasts, the sedond otttstand-
the meet.
inr , home meet of the season The side horse and the high
will occur tonight against bar will be the two .vents most
Springfield University. affected by performing two sue-
Although. not nearly as strong cessive nights. 7 oth of these
a team as the . squad that beat events are extremely easy to
the Nitt-rtt T tnns I, st season. f2ll. n'f of, an , . the high bar is
DELTA CHI
FRATERNITY
Invites all 2nd term
freshmen and above to
OPEN HOUSE
Sunday, January 14
-5 p.m.
amuh uith
4 micghuin.r,
R: 4 Z7 — ( By the author of "Rally Round the Flag, Boys!",
"Dobie Gillis," etc.)
1968: ITS CAUSE AND CURE
Are you still writing "1967" on your papers and letters?
I'll bet you are, you scamp! But I am not one to be harsh
withlhose who forgot we are in a new year, for I myself
have long been guilty of the same lapse. In fact, in my
senior year at college, I wrote 1873 on my papers until
nearly November of 1874! (It turned out, incidentally,
not to be such a serious error because, as we all know, 1874
was later repealed by President Chester A. Arthur in a fit
of pique over the Black Tom Explosion. And, as we all
know, Mr. Arthur later came to regret his hasty action.
Who does not recall that famous meeting between Mr.
Arthur and Louis Napoleon when Mr. Arthur said, "Lou,
I wish T hadn't of repealed 1874:' Whereupon the French
emperor made his immortal rejoinder, "Tipi que nous et
tyler tu". Well sir, they had many a good laugh about that,
as you can imagine.)
But I digress. How can we remember to write 1968 on
our papers and letters? Well sir, the best way is to find
something memorable about 1968, something unique to fix
it firmly in your mind. Happily, this is very simple be
cause, as we all know, 1968 is the first year in history that
is divisible by 2, by 5, and by 7. Take a pencil and try it:
1968 divided by 2 is 984; 1968 divided by 5 is 39M; 1968
divided by 7 is 281 1 / 2 . This mathematical curiosity will not
occur again until the year 2079, but we will all be so busy
then celebrating the Chester A. Arthur bi-centenerary
that we will scarcely have time to be writing papers and
letters and like that.
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Another clever little trick to fix the year 1968 in your
mind is to remember that 1968 spelled backwards is 8691.
"Year" spelled backwards is "racy:' "Personna" spelled
backwards is "Annosrep:' I mention Personna because I
am paid to write this column by the makers of Personna
Super Stainless Steel Blades, and they are inclined to
withhold my check if I omit to mention their product.
Not, mind you, that it is any chore for me to sing the
praises of Personna, for it is a seemly blade that shaves
you cleanly, a gleaming blade that leaves you beaming, a
trouble-free blade that leaves you stubble-free, a match
less blade that leaves you scratchless. If you are tired of
facial slump, if you are fed up with jowl blight, try
Personna today... available both in double-edge style and
Injector style. And if I seem a bit excessive in my admira
tion for Personna, I ask you to remember that to me
Personna is more than a razor blade; it is also an employer.
But I digress. We were speaking of the memorable as
pects of 1968 and high among them, of course, is the fact
that in 1968 the entire House of Representatives stands
for election. There will, no doubt, be many lively and inter
esting contests, but none, I'll wager, quite so lively and
interesting as the one in my own district where the lead
ing candidate is none other than Chester A. Arthur!
Mr. Arthur, incidentally, is not the first ex-president to
come out of retirement and run for the House of Repre
sentatives. John Quincy Adams was the first. Mr. Adams
also holds another distinction: he was the first son of a
president ever to serve as president. It is true that Martin
Van Buren's son, Walter "Blinky" Van Buren, was at one
time offered the nomination for the presidency, but he,
alas, had already accepted a bid to become Mad Ludwig
of Bavaria. James K. Polk's son, on the other hand, be
came Salmon P. Chase. Millard Fillmore's son went into
aluminum siding. This later became known as the Mis
souri Compromise. .
In Missouri, or anywhere else, there is no compromise
loith quality in Personna or in Personna's partner in
shaving pleasure—Burma•Shave. Burma-Shave comes
to you in regular or menthol. Try it. You'll find it soaks
rings around any other lather.
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especially gruelir on t
hands.
Just about all the events
a meet necessitate the, use ,
the hands in some manner, put
ting tremendous stress upoi
them throughout the entir
meet. l3y the time the night
over many gymnasts may ha'
difficulty merely opening ai
closing their hands.
Fortunately for the Lions II
high bar is probably one
their strongest events, so ev(
with the extra strain Stal
should still win hands down.
The all-around performer-ft
the Springfield meet has ni
yet been decided, but ' wi
be the man who scores ti
highest total in Friday's me(
Should Emery gain the honor
Lion fans will not have" to wt
long to see how his injure
knee will hold up.
If He Can Get Through
"If I can get through tl
long-horse and free exerci
without hurting my leg I this
I'll be alright," said Emer
"The other events rea 1.
shouldn't put very much strat
a'. all upon my knee."
Penn State alumnus and two
time NCAA all-around champ
Steve Cohen has already seen
Springfield perform this season
and thinks the Lions should
have no trouble winning.
"The final score for Penn
State will be less due to the
Scandinavian meet the night
before, but we should still win
without any trouble:" said The woin e n's gymnastics
Cohen. "This year's team has team plays host to the Maroons
an unbelievable amount of po- of Springfield in Penn State's
tential, but they are young and first meet 4 - ti the 1968 season,
still have to prove themselves. today at 2 p.m.
If they all click in one meet, Coached by Kathy Corrigan,
and this meet happens to be the team will take to the White
the nationals, they could con- Gym floor in its third year of
ceivably win." competition. A graduate of
The Brothers of
DELTA. PHI
host a jainmy to
WELCOME BACK
. their housemother,
MRS. YOUNG
featuring
DENNIS & THE MENACES
9:30 - F:00 OPEN TO
PLEDGES-HAVE A RUSHEES
NICE' WEEKEND! INVITED GUESTS
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
Women Gymnasts Open Season
RICH LORENZO
. . . Wrestling Captain
Springfield Collego, Miss Cor
rigan is a veteran of the Olym
pic Games and various other
international competitions. Dur
ing her undergraduate days at
Springfield, she competed in
the Pan American Games in
Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1963; the
1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo,
Japan, and the Gymnastrada
exhibition in Vienna in 1965.
Kathy Corrigan said she is
looking forward to meeting her
former teammates.
"Though Springfield boasts
one of the nation's top two
women's teams, I feel that my
girls are in fine shape and
have an excellent chance to win
the meet," she said.
"Last year we lost a heart
breaker to Springfield by one
and a half points," the coach
added. "I'm quite confident
that this year will find Penn
State on the winning end."
Among the girls seeing action
today are Colleen Vlachos and
Linda Harkleroad, co-captains
competing as all-around per
formers. Both girls are juniors.
Freshman Ginger Hettema will
also be competing in the all
around div,sion today.
The remaining five girls in
Wrestlers
Freshmen
Judgement Day has yet to arrive for have been to top notch Eastern schools
Bill Koll and his Nittany Lion wrestlers. Navy, Lock Haven and East Stroudsburg,
Yesterday, Athletic Director Ernest B. while the wins have been over New England
McCoy informed Koll that the status of his schools, RPI, C. W. Post and Wilkes.
freshmen wrestlers would be decided by an The highlight of the 2 p.m. meet at
administrative board in the future, and gave Rec Hall will be the meeting of unbeaten
no indication as to what the decision might Joe Porrell (5-0-1) and State's Wally Clark
be. at 130 pounds. Porrell will have his hands
The decision is not expected until after full with Clark, who lost his only match to
the Springfield match, so this afternoon the national champ Doug McGuire of Oklahoma
Lion grapplers will be all upperclassmen. by one point.
Fielding the Best
Koll has thus had his maneuverability The other featured event will have
hindered for the Springfield match, but is Lion captain Rich Lorenzo, unbeaten in one
"concentrating on fielding the best possible match, tangle with Springfiled's John Glas
team." sock, who posts a 4-2 mark at 191 pounds
Hopes had been raised earlier in the and.has the second best record on the squad.
week that Clyde Frantz, a freshman and Other pairings will be Harry Weinhoffer
two-time, 138-pound state champion, might (0-1) against Jim Mathias (0-0) at 123 pounds,
possibly wrestle in varsity competition due Dave Spinda (0-1) at 130 facing Cam Sin
to an NCAA ruling earlier in the week, clair (2-4), and Vince Fitz (0-1) and Bob
which would permit freshmen to participate Serrano (2-4) at 145 pounds. Bob Abraham
in certain varsity sports. This possibility for (0-1) meets Al Nero (0-1) at 152, Lee Smith
Penn State frosh is now in the hands of the (0-0) and Steve Porto meet at 160 pounds,
administration. Matt Kline (1-0) faces Bill Sidoti (0-0) at
Doug Porter, Springfield mentor, brings 167. Bob Funk (1-0) squares off against Bill
a fine 13-year coaching mark of 121-27-3 to Barges (2-4) in the 177 pound class and Larry
Rec Hall with his Maroon squad, which has Holtacker (0-0) meets Will Thayer (1-3-1) in
posted a 3-3 mark thus far. The three losses the heavyweight bracket.
this afternoon's competition
will be Carol Feldman, balance
beam and floor exercise; Bette
Jo Spangler, side vaulting; Sue
DuVall, vaulting - and tineven
parallel bars; Joan York, floor
exercise and balance beam,
and Judy Spatz, side horse
vault.
Coach Corrigan said that the
team's strongest divisions are
the balance beam and the un.
even parallel oars. "I'd have to
say that vaulting is about our
weakest event," she said.
"I feel that Penn State is
among the top ten teams in the
nation. We do have one thing
against us and that is that most
of our upco...ing competition
stages exhibitions at least twice
a week, whereas we don't."
Last season the women
gymnasts posted a 6-3 record,
having lost only to Springfield,
team defeated Michigan State,
Kent State, and Centenary. The
West Chester, Slippery Rock,
Pitt, and Ohio State (twice).
Two new teams were added
to this season's schedule,
Ithaca College and Towson
State. The next women's gym
nastics meet will be held Jan.
24 at' White Gym.
Go For First Win;
Won't Participate
Improved Lions
Make Pitt Stop
Possessing perhaps the greatest momentum they've
enjoyed all season, coach John Egli's Nittany Lion basket
ball team will try to push over the .500 mark today when
they battle arch-rival Pitt in Pittsburgh. Game time is
3:30 p.m.
The Lions are coming off an impressive 84-47 win
over hapless Gettysburg Wednesday night, when they
played some of the best defense seen in Rec Hall in many
games. If that seemed hard to figure after the team played
sieve-like ball earlier in the year, Pitt's Panthers will
seem even more puzzling.
It was during Christmas vacation when the Temple
Owls, boasting one of the best quintets in Philadelphia,.
confidently rode into the Steel City, expecting an easy
night's work. Following the Pitt rout that followed, those
same confident Owls sat in the locker room for over an
hour still trying to figure out what hit them. They re
covered enough to win the Quaker City Tournament.
Things looked bright for Pitt, a team that had bungled.
its way through several seasons since Brian Generalovich
roamed the court. Then last Wednesday, while Penn State
was humbling the Bullets, Pitt faced little Westminster
College and lost decisively.
What made Pitt even more red-faced was the fact
that Westminster had lost recently to Gettysburg, and the
Lions laughed.
However, Egli has no reason to laugh today. When it
comes to intangibles like rivalry and home court advan
tage, he plays the cards straight. Today's game will be the
110th meeting between the two squads, the longest series
in Penn State history. In the first meeting in 1906, State
won it, 30-4. Basketball's come a long way since then—like
about 100 points further.
. The Panthers have an unimpressive 2-5 record this
year, while State is presently 4-4. Egli beamed after his
team's performance and hustle this week, and he hopes it
will last through today and the rough weeks ahead. He's
got West Virginia (twice), Army, Temple, Syracuse and
Navy in succession following Pitt.
State's scoring punch has been well distributed
throughout the year, with team captain Jeff•Persson lead
ing the charge, averaging 19.1 points per game. Torn Daley
(Continued on page five)
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WELCOMES
ALL WINTER TERM
RUSHEES TO ITS
OPEN HOUSE
Sunday, January 14
2-5 p.m.
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