This Lehigh batter lost the race against Penn State secondbaseman Bill Benner’s
throw. The double play saved the Lions 6-0 shutout last Wednesday.
Equestrians gallop to second
The Penn State Equestrian
team trotted, hurdled and
looked almost the best of an 18
team field in finishing second
at the Horse Show held at
Princeton University last
weekend.
Receiving first place rib
bons for Penn State were
Jenny Conway, Karen Martz,
and Lori Senior for their
riding on flatlands per
formances. Jeff Grisewood
earned top honors in the
hurdling over fences
category.
Second place awards went
to Andrea Guerrein, Carol
Swandby and Missy Unkovic
on flatlands. Martz and Jane
Pascarella garnered second
places in the over the fences
competition.
“The kids all rode real well,
I was quite pleased,” coach
Jane Flynn said, “We had
probably the toughest group
of horses but we coped with
them very well.”
Basketball
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Today’s Games
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New Orleans at Buffalo
Philadelphia at San Antonio
Chicago at Washington
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Rose signs
2-year pact
CINCINNATI (AP) - The
Cincinnati Reds announced
Tuesday they have reached
agreement on a two-year
contract with 10-time All-Star
Pete Rose, who was
threatening to play out his
option.
The eleventh hour
agreement came on the eve of
the Reds’ major league
opener, the deadline Rose set
before' upping his demands
$25,000 a month.
Terms of the contract were
not revealed.
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local riders will trot to Ur
sinus College April 17th for
their final meet of the year.
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Lafayette foe of diamondmen
It’s becoming a habit. Every time
the Penn State baseball players peer
up in the sky, they always seem to say
the same thing: “Look, it’s a bird. It’s
a plane. It’s . . . raining again.”
Hopefully today will be different.
After a rainout at Ithaca Sunday, the
Nittany Lions (1-0) return home to
meet Lafayette in a 3 p.m. battle at
Beaver Field.
The starting line-up is the same as
last Wednesday’s with righthanders
Jim Farr and Steve Neilson slated to
pitch and an inexperienced team
right behind them.
“I hope we don’t have a letdown
'from last week,” Farr said referring
to the 6-0 victory over Lehigh. “We
have a very young team up the
middle, who just need a little con
Competition includes SConn's Kormann
Pflieger set for USGF championshi
The Penn State men’s gymnastics team sent two
representatives to Tempe, Ariz. last weekend for
the NCAA individual and team championships.
One was Colonel Karl Schwenzfeier, the coach,
whose team scored just 403.95 points the week
before, only to be eliminated from further com
petition. The other was Captain Kurt Pflieger, the
senior all-arounder whose 104.25 combined score
(compulsory and optional routines) in the finals
made him the tenth best collegiate gymnast in the
country.
“I was really pleased with my performance,”
Pflieger said. “I didn’t make too many mistakes
and definitely accomplished what I set out do do.”
And indeed he did, for his 50.9 compulsory (llth)
and 53.35 optional (ninth) scores earned him a plane
ticket to Baton Rouge, La., for the United States
Gymnastics Federation championships in May.
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Collegian Sports Writer
By GARY SILVERS
Collegian Sports Writer
fidence.”
The same confidence N Farr and
Nielsen had in the opener when they
yielded the Engineers just five hits in
nine innings while striking out 11.
“I was pretty pleased with our
opening performances,” Farr said,
“especially since we combined for a
shutout. We haven’t had much work,
however, and really need it. The
reason we’re both gonna pitch again
today is to get ready for the
doubleheader Sunday against
Rutgers.”
But what about the other veteran
hurlers, Dick Miller and Frank
Deutsch and the two freshmen, Dave
June and Mark Lambert? Won’t they
see some action?
“Well, we’re primarily gonna stick
“We’ll have three to four days be
tween starts, so there won’t be too
“That competition determines the best gymnasts
in the country,” Pflieger said, “and not just
collegiate ones. I’ll be competing with guys like
Wayne Young and Gene Whelan (former State
Olympians).”
Last weekend the West Chester native competed
with guys like Kurt Thomas (Indiana State), Bart
Conner (Oklahoma), and Peter Kormann (Southern
Connecticut), who finished one, two, and three
respectively in the nation.
“Even though Thomas won the event,” Pflieger
said, “it wasn’t a good meet for him. There was a lot
of pressure, however, because he also had to
compete for his team. He’s such a super gymnast
though that he can definitely afford to have a bad
meet and still be the best.”
And what about Conner? Believe it or not, he’s
just a freshman.
“Bart’s developmental process is really ad
vanced,” Pflieger said. “He comes from Illinois,
which is the most active high school gymnastics
ween starts, so there won’t be too
much of a problem. If there is one,
however, Deutsch might get.the nod.
“As for the freshmen,” he added,
“I really haven’t seen too much of
them. It’s going to be tough for them
to get playing , time because we
already have an experienced staff.
They’ll pitch some' though.”
The Lions are also carrying two
other freshmen starters, second
baseman Bill Benner and shortstop D.
Bob Orwig, who unlike the two rookie
pitchers, made their debuts early.
“It’s a big transition going from
high school ball to college,” Farr
said, “and consequently, they’re
pressing a bit. They’ll be fine with a
few games under their belts.”
Another big transition is going from
college football to baseball and
turning from 60,000 fans at Beaver
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Stadium to just 400 at Beaver Field. It
also takes exceptional athletes, like
Penn State’s right and center fielders,
Andy Onkontz and Randy Sidler.
“I think • they’ve made the ad
justment rather well,” Farr said.
“They’re not real tough defensively,
but have good power and should drive
in a lot of runs. The rest of the offense
should be productive also, especially
against righties. Just give us 10 to 12
more games.”
But today will just be game number
two. And the Lions will try to make it
two in a row over Lafayette.
“Last year we beat them 6-4,” Farr
said, “and had a week lay-off just like
this year. I don’t want the game to be
like the one in ’75, however, because
not only did we get beat (16-14 at
Lafayette), but were forced to go
through the entire pitching staff.”
state in the country. They have as many as 100
gymnasts on a team in some schools.”
And the goal of those competitors is to compete
for a high-caliber collegiate .team such as Indiana
State or Oklahoma and do what they did last
weekend win the NCAA team championship.
Both tallied exactly 434.475 and settled a tie.
“I was very close to the Indiana State gymnasts
all season long,” Pflieger said, “and wanted them
to win very badly. Last year they didn't make it to
the finals because we beat them in the regionals.”
The roles were reversed this year, but Pflieger’s
third place finish 1 in the east was still enough to
qualify him individually. And luckily it did, but the
nationals marked the senior’s final collegiate ap
pearance.
“I want to continue for as long as my body will
hold up,” he said. “Stopping at the end of college is
like stopping in the middle of a stream. I was such a
slow maturer that I actually won’t hit my peak until
I’m 26 or 27. Just in time for the ’B4 Olympics.”