A 'LOSING' SEASON Editor's note: This is the third in a four-part series on the Penn State swimming team. What happened since last year? Only two years into its building program, Pitt pasted the Lion swimmers last month. Pitt coach Dick Bradshaw called the meet the biggest win in Pitt swimming history. The final was 99-16. Penn State beat Pitt last year, although it was far from a rout. In fact, Penn State edged Pitt by an inch, one tenth of a second, in the final relay. One year later Penn State could not win a first in any of the 13 events. What happened? As complicated as these kind of analizations usually are, this one is basically simple. Pitt is in quest of national recognition for its swimming program. That translates into money, something Bradshaw is getting and spending to put his team up with the top in the East—and to put his team far ahead of programs like Penn State's. And there's nothing wrong with that. Bradshaw has developed the Golden Panther Swimming Association to attract friends who are willing to make a minimum annual contribution to his program. One of these contributions was a $25,000 grant from the Sara Mellon Scaife Foundation for an electronic timing system which will allow Pitt to bid for the 1976 AAU Indoor Diving and Swimming Championships. The money translates into swimmers who, even with a poor performance, could easily handle Penn State's people. Swimmers like Carlos Santiago, who Bradshaw landed on an extremely successful trip to Puerto Rico. Santiago broke the Natatorium record in the 200-yard backstroke by five seconds. Collegiate pool records were not designed to fall in five second clips. Penn State coach Lou Mac Neill could have saved some embarrassment for himself and his club by privately agreeing with Bradshaw to swim an exhibition race or two which would Divers Jim Rightley (I) and Rich Maurone enjoy their first win Holtzman, Finley $13,000 apart SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—For Oakland Athletics' pitcher Ken Holtzman, first man through the baseball arbitration mill here, a $13,000 chunk of 1974 salary rides on the decision promised within three days. Owner Charles 0. Finley of the A's said yesterday, "Holtz man is asking $93,000...my offer in arbitration was $80,000." Holtzman and Finley made their respective cases in a six hour session before arbitrator Howard S. Block, a Los Angeles attorney, Tuesday, and Holtzman returned yesterday for a 45- minute wrapup session. Also awaiting a decision is A's reliever Rollie Fingers. When he went into a less prolonged arbitration session Tuesday night, Fingers said, "We're still $9,000 apart." Fingers is reported to be asking $65,000 and has been offered $56,000. Yesterday's closed arbitration proceedings involved two more A's-reliever Darold Knowles, who reportely wants a $9,000 increase to ss9,ooo—and infielder Jack Heideman, who played for Oakland's Tucson farm club in the Pacific League last season. Heidemann was unable to attend because his wife is ex pecting a baby at their home in Brenham, Tex., and Reggie Jackson was his proxy. !Jackson„who won the Most Valuable Playgr honors in the American League and the World Series, will present his own demands—in the $125,000 area—at the fiani arbitration session here Tuesday. DUNKELS BASKETBALL INDEX KITH fin ,n^ren. • 7! 8 L. 6. Be nth 72 3 L n 6 .1 1 l • 57 6 N. •-n.D Inn E , n 5 Pn.n.n , nnnn nzln• 76 5 Tt ET• 77 E TOP 30 10. Make 01 0 13. Fre- /10. 5^ 2 .3. Mem' t 4• 1, 6 2 .1. A: t/nna St 605 .24. Fordharn• 565 OTHER EASTERN Clete St 411 Che,, nee 455 .2. L:nc Pa• 455 .11. Arunna 67 : e• 52 2 .7. Getts 4Y:a 4:3 OTHER MAJORS Muhlenb'g• 34 9 .3. F a. 2I 3. 5 An , Prot 573 .10. Samfc6d• 47 3 PM/ Tex. 431 .151 DelWatley2s I 6.1 571 .12. F Mck6.nn 44 07 'tots n 19C• 14 6 .11 1....N01a 31d 43 • 4.0 has been added to the rating of `US! , ll• 09 7 .271 Itn.cal.ne 4a t each team playing at home The Sisters and Pledges of Chi Omega would like to thank Beta Theta Pi for a fantastic Chi-O Weekend. We also wish to congratulate our Outstanding Senior Vicky Kepler and Chi-0 Man of the Year Larry Souder 'A $lOO,OOO team doesn't probe anything' Ata T: • 663 N Mex St • 6G9 St Lou t.• 620 S Alabama 60 6 t-on 59 2 \4lchna• 59 26 , Spring('ld r C .12 , N Te, St ;i5 1 1. Indzana St C 1 4 ,9, S” 51'3 5. Roll Ins• 544 9 , W Tex St 50 1 Rick Starr ass't sports editor have brought the scores closer together, but Mac Neill said no. "Usually when you get that far ahead you throw kids into exhibitions," Bradshaw said after the meet. "But Lou didn't want me to do that." "The guys they would have put in the exhibitions probably would have beaten our best guys," Mac Neill said. "They recruited their best people so they have to swim them. Exhibitions only keep the losing team and coach from being embarrassed in the papers. People who buy that don't know a thing about scores. Taking points is adding insult to injury. Those points, what do they mean? They don't mean a thing to me." In an interview Monday, Mac Neill explained some of the aspects of his program. "We have about 90 people out in the fall, and there's not enough room when we go indoors for the Winter. So we make a "cut" of sorts to 34 people who swim between 3:30 and 5:30 every afternoon. But the rest can challenge any of the others whenever they feel they have moved up. "We try to schedule the toughest teams and forget about winning. We schedule some of our traditional football op ponents, but beyond them we try to get top teams. You have to Photo by Eric Felack Cagers, grapplers season stats Meister Marshall Ouderkirk Doaty Preston Angstadt Chase Erichsen McEkermott Cadle PENN STATE 21- ' 569-1281 444 18:5-276 OPPONENTS 21 -- 516-1310 394 224-327 Steal leaders Ron Brown 79 & Jon Marshall 32 NOTE Two opponent points scored by Penn State Maryland upsets North Carolina COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP)—Tom McMillen scored 26 points to lead sixth-ranked Maryland to a 91-80 upset of fourth-ranked North Carolina last night, ending the Terrapins' losing streak to the nation's better teams. Maryland, 16-4, led throughout the second half while defeating the Tar Heels for the third straight time at home, but for only the third time in their last 17 meetings. North Carolina, 17-3, overcame an early eight point deficit to go ahead 23-20, Psyched swimmers whip Owls It took the power of positive thinking to stop the six-meet losing streak of Penn State's swimming team. That, and a few razors. The swimmers (1-6) shaved down and got psyched up to entertain Temple yesterday, proving to be most ingracious hosts in a 69-42 victory, their first of the season. In doing so, they cracked four school records. Two of those marks were shattered by diver Jim Rightley, a junior who became the second Lion to qualify for the Easterns (Rich Maurone was the first). Rightley put together what he called his "top effort" for new highs of 259.60 on the 1-meter board and 262.45 on the 3- meter board. Rightley, who broke Maurone's 11-day old 1-meter mark of 258.20 and Tom Watson's 1972 record of 256.05 (3=meter), said, "They're basically the same dives I've done all year. I've been Won 12. Lost 9 Pct FT-A Pct R Avg Ast 498 36-59 610 163 7 8 91 523 47-67 701 193 9.2 27 385 28-47 '596 238 11.3 58 423 23-28 821 17 I 0 21 403 16-25 640 30 2 0 45 364 7-11 636 32 1 6 35 443 8-10 800 26 1 4 11 463 18-21 857 37 2 6 28 520 2-6.. 333 19 1 3 5 333 0-0 8 13 1 364 9 1 5 4 000 - 0-1 000 4 0 4 5 000 0-1 .000 4 0 8 0 0-0 0 00 0 112 5 3 670 892 42 5 331 685 808 38 5 252 but the Terps rebounded for a 38-36 halftime advantage. Maryland, which had lost earlier this season to the Tar Heels at North Carolina and also dropped two decisions to second-ranked North Carolina State and one to top-rated UCLA, put the game away with a 13-1 string to go ahead 74-61 with 6:02 remaining. NEWTON, Mass. (AP) Boston College playmakers Mel Weldon Jr., with 14 points and eight assists, and Jere Nolan, with 16 points and remember that swimming is the number two winter sport at some schools, and this makes it hard for us. We discussed this in team meetings. The trouble is that there - are no comparable teams to us anywhere that we can get." Asked about his job as swimming coach and aquatics direc tor, Mac Neill explained his position in the University's Athletic program. "If I thought I was the coach of a 'team geared to winning I would resign. Look at my record as coach here. If you look at my won-lost record, I'm a failure. But I accepted the job here as a total aquatic director, responsible for the total aquatic program. And I think our total program is the best in the country, surely one of the best. The University of Oregon is also very high in that regard. "Coaching the team is not part of my job, it's not in my contract. But I enjoy coaching the team, it's the highlight of my day." Back to the subject of money, Mac Neill said he doesn't think it would be the best road for Penn State to take. "Everybody asks me why I don't go up and jump up and down on Ed Czekaj's desk and demand more money," Mac- Neill said. "But it doesn't prove anything to put $lOO,OOO into the team. We could win, but all it proves is we have more money. The seniors usually ask this every year. But if we had scholarships they wouldn't be there. "I think the benefits the kids get are immeasureable. But in college athletics, you can not win without recruiting. That's a truism. And you can not recruit without money. That's also a truism. "I have no money to offer. I write letters and I answer letters and I call prospects every night but none of the really good people will come here. "But you know, I think we're ahead of the game here. Costs keep going up and I think in ten or twenty years schools are going to start dropping their scholarship athletic programs, particularly for teams like swimming." Tomorrow: Is the program the problem? zyCoIN is The Daily Collegian Thursday, February 14, 1974-7 psyching up all day long for Will Metzger, who whittled this." the old 50 yd. freestyle mark . Included in Rightley's down to 22.48 from the 22.50 he repertoire are inward and set last year. backward 2 1 2 somersaults as well as a double twist 1 1 2 somersault, "It was really great. We finally got together, it was really amazing," he said after the Lions took 8 of 13 events for win number one. "It seemed like the team we were last year. I liked it a lot." Joining Rightley in the record-breaking spree was Won 8. Lost 0. Tied 1 SEASON CAREER Duals rment Sp Falls Duals T'ment Career Falls 2-0-0 0-0 - 0 0 2-0-0 0-0 2-0-0 0 2-0-0 2.1 1 0 4-0-0 2-1 6-1-0 I 1-4-0 0-0 0 0 1-40 0-0 1-4-0 0 9-0-0 2-I 4 I 25-2-I 15-5 40-7-1 7 5-0-2 2-1 1 1 25-4-3 9-5 34-9-3 8 4-3-0 1-2 I 0 4-3-0 1-2 5-5-0 0 0-4-0 0-0 0 0 0-4-0 0-0 0-4-0 0 2-2-0 0-0 I 0 2.2-0 0-0 2-2-0 0 2-2-1 1-2 1 0 11-6-2 4-8 15-14-2 0 0-2-0 . 0-0 0 0 0-2-0 0-0 0-2-0 0 3-2-0 1-2 0 0 7-3-0 10.9 17-12-0 1 9-0-0 2-1 0 4 16-1-1 8-3 24-4-1 5 13 3 Keknar 1118 1 7 9 Packer (1181 7 8 Woodrow (118) 7 .5 Fritz 126) 5 . 5 Medina (134) 3 9 Sciabica 1134-1421 4 9 Vollrath (142) I 9 Fisher (150) 1 7 Mousets ( 150) ~/.„3 Baker 1158) Koll (158) ° ° Villecco (158-167) 0 0 Brenneman (167-177490) White (177-190) Kinder 1190) Suhey (190) Boehmer (Hwt ) Getty (Hwt Hazel )Hwt ) TOTALS 4-1.2 9-0.0 0-0.0 2 2 0 0-1-0 seven assists, led the Eagles to an 86-73 college basketball victory over St. Francis of Loretto College, Penn., last night. Boston College, 16-5, hosts Penn State Saturday. PHILADELPHIA (AP)— Freshman John Olive scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Villanova rallied to beat Duquesne 79-72 last night . PHILADELPHIA (AP) Jerry Baskerville scored 15 Another shaven swimmer who pulled his way to a new record was freshman Mike Noel, swimming in the 500 yd. freestyle. Noel rewrote the old mark of 5:04.9 with his 5:02.69. When Lane Schuckers, co-holder of the old record, came in second behind Noel, Penn State clinched the win with three events remaining. —JY O 2-3-4 5-3 27-6-4 5 9-0-0 3-0 12-0-0 O 4-2-0 1-3 5-5-0 1 2-2-0 0-0 2-2-0 O 0-1-0 1-2 1-3-0 O 10-0-0 8-3 18-3-0 O 1-2-1 0-0 1-2-1 12 45-41-12 57-44 212-85-12 0-0 1 3-0 2 1-2 0 0-0 0 1-2 0 points and John Kneib added 13 as Temple held off repeated Rhode Island rallies in the second half to beat the Rams 56-52 last night. Temple (now 14-8) built a 31-19 halftime lead, but Rhode Island (16-5) came within three points six times . Lion coach Lou Mac Neill doesn't want a blank check Penn State 69, Temple 42 400 yd. medic., relay I Penn State (Shoe - maker, Et% en, Forshey. Ruth , 3 46 30, 2 Temple 3 50 20 3 Penn State B 3 54 00 1000 yd. freest, le 1 Balderson , PS , 10 34 M. 2 Schuckers PS , 10 35 16 3 Howarth IT, 10 51 90 ZOO frecsOle 1 Lawlor , T 147 70. 2 Noel PS , 150 00. 3 D'Ardenne ,PS, 1 52 45 50 )rd. freest..le I Metzger PS 22 48.2 Nlomcal PS 2 73.3 Elliot T 22 83 200 yd. ind. medley I King 'T' 206 10, 2 Yolmans T 206 42. 3 McConnell (PS; 2 09 14 I-meter di.ine I Rightlev PS( 259 60, 2 Maurone PS. 244 70, 3 Camiel (T 1 203 25 200 yd. butterfly 1 Forshey ,PS, Tankwomen prevail In its most impressive outing to date, Penn State's undefeated (7-0) women's swimming team picked up six record-setting performances and defeated Bucknell 76-55 yesterday. The Bisons, 3-1 and the Lions' toughest opponent thus far, had beaten Penn State in last year's nationals (18th place to 26th). But Penn State's Lisa Fedon and Lynn Ross each were in on four winning performances and the locals had no problems in Bucknell's pool. Penn State records set yesterday: 26.1 by Lisa Fedon in the 50 yard freestyle; 29.6 by Laurie Fedon in the 50 yard butterfly; 105.5 by Joan Peto in the 100 yard butterfly; 3:54.8 by the 400 yard relay team of Cheryl Jersey, Peto and the Fedon twins. Also diver Diane Under wood set Penn State records in both the 1-meter ( 152.951 and ' the 3-meter ( 139 80 but finished second in both events to Bucknell's Kathy Karpok. For Penn State, Lisa Fedon was in on three winning performances, and Dybalski West Halls Presents "GONE WITH THE WIND" Thurs Sun 6:30 and 10:30 5.75 Waring Lounge 2 05 44 2 Elwell T 2 10 90 1 Green field PS 2 12 17 100!.(1 freestsle 1 I.ay.lur T 49 49 2 Metzger PS 49 40. 3 s. atale T 51 51' 200 )d. backstroke 1 King T 205 67. 2 Shoemaker PS 2 073.1, 3 McConnell. PS 2 I 0 e I 500 .d freestyle I noel Ps 502 69. 2 Schuckers PS , 506 911 I Balderston PS , 5 14 65 200 341 breaststroke 1 Lonsdale PS , 2 23 81 2 Youmans T 2 2: 35 I Jones ,PS , 28 35 3.meter I Rightley BPS. 26245,2 lamiel 1 240 o 5 3 Maurone 'PS. 230 55 400 '.d freest le rela 1 Temple Elliot Salale. Youmar. Lawlor 3 20 39 2 Penn State 330 66 1 Penn State 13 3 34 66 and Peto, two apiece Bucknell's Sue Nlestier also captured two events. Penn State coach Ellen Perry called yesterday's meet "easily the best corn petition of the year so far for us. "The girls really had to put it all together," she con tinued. "The competition helps them very much." In the next few weeks the competition should get even stiffer, particularly on Feb. 23 when Penn State hosts a quadrangular meet featuring East Stroudsburg•and Clarion State. —RNIc Penn State 76. Bucknell SS 100 medle. relas Penn State Laurie Fedon Ross Lisa Fedon 4 26 7 200 Id freest le Mestier R 2 05 00 200 inda 'dual medic? Ross PS r,4 30. d backstroke— Gus 8 , 30 3 50,d breastroke— Ross PS 34 3 50 !,d freest? le Lisa Fedon PS 26 50 2,d buttertit Laurie Fedon PS , 296 1-meter disc— Karpok . Ef , 163 7 100 sd butterfly Peto , PS. li 5 100 sd freestyle Lisa Fedon ,PS 57 " • 100 )d backstroke Dybalskl BPS 1074 400 sd freest} le Mestter ' El, 4 25 1 100 !,d breastroke— Ross PS, 111 9 3-meter ;Ilse— Karpo/ B 180 u 400 !,d freestyle relay Penn State Jersey. Pelo Laurie Fedon Lisa Fedon 3 54 8 4************ • Harpy *• 1 (dent - inf.., 1)(1% * CARLA ** * * * Mlle. * * :TIM * * * * 14************
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