10—The Dally Collegian Thursday, January 26,1978
Switches lineup for Clarion bottle
Koll still playing juggling game
By GEORGE BERMAN
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
CLARION The Penn State wrestlers
take their road show to Clarion tonight
and Bloomsburg Saturday if the weather
permits the Lions to get out of the State
College area.
And if Mother Nature should be so
kind, the Lions could find themselves in
against more than one opponent tonight.
“Clarion has a band and if the weather
.‘is good,” Lion wrestler Dave Becker
.said, “there should be a packed house of
three or four thousand people. Some
teams go in there and get blown out
mentally, but it’s never affected us as
long as I’ve been at Penn State.
"Personally, the crowds really fire me
up,” Becker added. “It doesn’t make
'much difference if it’s 3000 at Rec Hall
'.cheering for you or three to four
Thousand rooting against you. In fact, I
.•like crowds who root against you
because it makes you want to go out and
beat the hometown boy.”
While the Lions will be fighting both
Eagle wrestlers and fans, Coach Bill
Koll and assistant Andy Matter will
surprise some of the Eagle wrestlers
.with their Lion wrestling opponents. The
game of musical chairs continues.
At 126 there's a possibility that the flu
Samuels
summer
By BARBARA KLEIN
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
Take the raw material, refine it and
then market it. And if you happen to be
dealing in women’s gymnastics the end
product will most likely be Lynne
Samuels.
Samuels is a prime example of natural
ability taken to its fullest potential. A
sophomore, Samuels competed with the
women’s gymnastics team last year and'
remained at Penn State the following
summer to continue her training.
“Lynne has always been- a good
gymnast,” Penn State coach Judi
Avener said. “She just lacked the
presentation and experience. She now
performs dynamically and with
finesse.”
Gym men's puzzle:
the right combination
By GARY SILVERS
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
Lions’ gymnastics coach Karl
Schwenzfeier has a problem.
It’s a problem most collegiate coaches
would pay to have, but still, it’s
something that’s been troubling him all
season: Schwenzfeier, who has more
talent than he knows what to do witn,
cannot find the right combination. He has
eight highly-touted all-arounders to his
credit, seven of whom were high school
state champions, yet he has nothing to
show for it except a 4-0 record.
“In order for us to have a shot at the
.NCAA title,” Lions’ all-arounder Kurt
Weissend said, "all four AA men in the
starting lineup must score at least 50.
We’ve got to start hitting our routines
and settling for nothing less than a 215.
We’ve managed to throw away two of
them already.”
Weissend figures Friday night’s in
ternational meet against York (at Rec
Hall) will also be less than spectacular
for the Lions, not because the team lacks
desire, but because the specialists Will
not be performing.
“An international meet calls for your
six top all-arounders,” he said, “and no
one else. Because of the set-up, I
imagine our final score will even be
lower than usual. Specialists tend to
cancel out the lower individual scores.”
The big advantage of an international
meet is that a coach can evaluate all his
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led the Miami Dolphins into three Super
Bowl games and not once was he
honored as pro player of the year by the
Maxwell Club.
Two of those years the Dolphins won
the Super Bowl game.
Is Griese suprised at receiving the
19th Maxwell Club Pro Player of the
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might sideline Scott DeAugustino for the
match. If so, Ray Frantz will be in there.
If the coaches have their way, though,
DeAugustino will be in there for the all
important match.
At 134, the slumping Bernie Fritz will
give way to Dan Baum, a senior from
Elizabethtown.
“Dan Baum is a scrappy kid," Matter
added. “He’s going to give us 100 percent
of what he has. I thought he could have
always have been in there. He was only a
point or two from (Jimmy) Earl when
they wrestled.”
performs 'dynamically';
work pays off in class
To achieve that level of near per
fection requires patience and desire.
Samuels has both and it’s not sur
prising. Inspired by her older brother
and encouraged by her twin brother, she
embarked on a career in gymnastics.
“I got interested through my
brothers,” Samuels said. “And we also
belonged to a private gym club. ”
With that degree of experience behind
her, Samuels continued her aspirations
by coming to Penn State where she
immediately became a part of the
gymnastic team.
“She has improved phenomenally,”
Avener said. “I have rarely, in my years
as a coach and as a gymnast seen that
much improvement in such a short
time.”
AA men at once and determine which
inexperienced gymnasts may eventually
see more action.
“I always feel the freshman all
arounders breathing down my neck,”
Weissend admitted, “and I’m glad they
are. That way I’m forced to work harder.
Since almost all of us will be competing
this weekend, it should be a good test. ”
Weissend, a second-year Lion all
arounder, notes two events that have
held him back from becoming a 50-plus
performer rings and pommel horse.
His best effort on the rings this season
was an 8.2 against Pittsburgh; his top
mark on the horse was a mere 7.4. Both
scores certainly leave a lot to be desired.
“I need a lot more work on them in
practice,” he said, “so I’m perfectly at
ease during a meet. I’ve got to learn to
settle down, especially on the horse. I
tend to rush it a bit and don’t perform the
way I’m capable of performing.”
And that goes ditto for the rest of the
Lion gymnasts. Maybe it’s because their
opponents, thus far, have been about as
reputable as the Penn State basketball
team. In four meets, the gymnasts have
outscored their opponents by a whopping
84 points.
“That may be part of the reason we’re
not scoring higher,” Weissend said, “but
most of it is our own fault we’re still
not consistent. Every one of Us has
talent. Now it’s just a matter of putting it
all together.”
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season in which his club didn’t even
make the playoffs?
“Other quarterbacks had good
seasons those other years and I was not
disappointed, so I’m not surprised now,”
Griese Said of the seeming inequity.
‘“This was one of my most satisfying
seasons personally,” said Griese, who
had a problem with his eyes that left his
career in some doubt.
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Baum’s opponent will be Randy
Miller. “He (Miller) is going to test
Baum, that’s for sure,” Matter said.-
The 167 weight class is still up in the
air. So what else is new? The Lions’
entrant will probably be either Ashley
“Still Trying To Find A Home” Swift or
Rick “Weigh in And Maybe I’ll Wrestle”
Snyder. A similar predicament exists at
190 where either Sam Sallitt or Tom Con
nors will go.
Matter and Koll have tried for weeks
to forget about the heavyweight position.
Latest word is that Larry Fath will oc
cupy the spot, but all that could change.
That short time period included the
end of last season till now. Samuels quite
simply attributes her success to the
effort she has extended.
“I just worked out all summer,”
Samuels said.
Samuels has also ‘been able to over
come an invisible barrier. There are few
blacks involved in gymnastics and
Samuels is an exception.
“I really don’t know why there aren’t
more blacks,” Samuels said. “Maybe
it’s the area and the lack of facilities.”
Whatever has hindered other blacks
from entering gymnastics has not af
fected Samuels.
“Lynne is one of the best black
gymnasts in the country,” Avener said.
“And definitely the top in college.”
Samuels will be able to display her
prowess as an all-around for the first
time in Rec Hall Friday night against
the York University of Canada.
“I’m pretty excited,” Samuels said.
“I’m not nervous yet, but I will be.”
Actually, competition is something
that Samuels is accustomed to. But this
time the situation is a little different, the
pressure is multiplied.
“She’s added a good deal of difficulty
in all her routines,” Avener said. “In
general she’s gained more confidence in
herself. Her presentation has a lot of
class.”
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“Collegian scoreboard .
NBA
Pro Basketball At A Glance.
By The Associated Press
National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pet. GB
Philadelphia 30 13 .698
New York 24 21 .533 7
Buffalo 16 26 .381 13'4-
Boston 14 28 .333 15'i
New Jersey 9 36 .200 22
Central Division
San Antonio 27 18 .600
Washington ' 24 20 .545 2'4
Cleveland . 22 21 .512 4
New Orleans 22 24 .478 5*4
Atlanta 21 26 .447 7
Houston ' 16 29 .355 11
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Midwest Division
Denver 29 16 .640
Chicago 26 20 .565 3*4
Milwaukee 26 22 .542 4‘.4
Detroit 20 25 .432 9
Indiana 19 26 .422 10
Kansas City 16 30 .348 13*4
Pacific Division
Portland 36 8 .818
Phoenix 30 15 .666 6*2
Seattle 25 21 .543 12
Los Angeles 21 24 .467 15*4
Golden State 21 25 .456 16
Wednesday's Games
Detroit 99, Golden State 95
Boston at San Antonio
Phoenix 121, Houston 96
Denver 121, Buffalo 119, OT
Philadelphia at Seattle .
Today's Games
Kansas City at New York
Indiana at Cleveland
Chicago at Washington
.New Jersey at Portland
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Gary Kuhlman, Koll’s prize heavy
weight, again will be left home.
Two matches to watch are the Bill
Vollrath-Ron Standridge (15D) encounter
and the Dan Pfautz-Jay Hockenbroch
(177) match. Both Vollrath and Stand
ridge are coming off knee injuries.
Vollrath is ready to go while Standridge
is doubtful.
Becker is looking forward to both
Clarion and Bloomsburg, where he takes
on arch rival Chris Poff.
“Clarion, next to Lehigh, is my big
rivalry and as far as most of the guys on
the team are concerned,” Becker said,
“but like Roll says, we’ve nothing to gain
by beating them really, except be the
best in the East, and everything to lose.”
When you mention Poff, his Blooms
burg opponent, fire builds in Becker’s
eyes.
“Kill!” Becker shouted when asked
about Poff. “Well, it’s not as big as
people think. He pinned Bill Vollrath last
year at Easterns when Vollrath was
really hurt. He was acting real cocky
about that and he has been saying things
like he can best me and he can pin Vo
(Vollrath) again. I don’t really dislike
him b.ut I’m going to show him what I’ve
got out on the mat stop his big
mouth.”
Cagers
By ERIC YODER
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
The long-running bummer for the
basketball team continues.
In installment number seven of
“ We’ll-lose-’em-one-at-a-time, ’ ’ the
cagers suffered their most em
barrassing defeat yet Wednesday at
Villanova. The Wildcats scored early
and often and just missed breaking
the magic 100. mark when a jumper
flew wide at the buzzer.
That left the final margin 98-76,
which was eminently bad enough.
Believe it or not, the Lions actually
were in the game at one point, being
tied at 22 midway through the first
half. Then Villanova started playing
basketball.
The ‘Cats ran off 14 straight and
kept running, out-scoring State 28-10
in the second half of the first half. In
the first half of the second half and
the second half of the second half, it
was more of the same.
The game really ended during that
14-point outbreak, which took just
over four minutes to pull off.
Villanova senior forward Keith
Herron, who Lions’ coach John Bach
has called a “pro," took charge of
things, just like a team’s superstar is
supposed to. He had 14 of his team’s
NHL
Wales Conference
Norris Division
W L T Pis GF GA
Montreal 32 7 6 70 185 96
Los Angeles 19 17 9 47 137 125
Detroit 17 20 6 40 132 146
Pittsburgh 15 21 10 40 154 182
Washington 9 27 11 29 110 175
Adams Division
Boston 28 11 6 62 172 110
Buffalo 25 9 11 61 166 124
Toronto 25 14 7 57 160 125
Cleveland 16 28 4 36 143 191
Campbell Conference
Patrick Division
Philadelphia 27 10 8 62 184 115
NY Islanders 27 10 8 62 186 107
Atlanta 18 17 11 47 136 146
NY Rangers 16 22 9 41 155 164
Smythe Division
Chicago 17 17 12 46 120 120
Vancouver 12 21 12 36 130 175
Colorado 10 23 11 31 140 168
St. Louis 11 29 6 28 103 170
Minnesota 9 30 5 23 116 190
Tuesday’s Results
Wales All-Stars 3, Campbell All-Stars
2, OT
Wednesday’s Games
Toronto 4, New York Rangers 3
Colorado 3, Washington 3
Thursday’s Games
Colorado at Boston
Toronto at New York Islanders
Minnesota at Buffalo
Montreal at Atlanta
Pittsburgh at Detroit
Cleveland at Chicago
Philadelphia at Vancouver
St. Louis at Los Angeles
WHA
W L T Pts GF GA
New England 27 15 4 58 191 149
Winnipeg 26 16 2 54 205 139
Quebec 22 18 2 46 187 178
Edmonton 22 21 L 45 158 157
Houston 21 19 3 45 159 162
Birmingham 20 22 2 42 154 165
Cincinnati 18 26 2 38 159 188
Indianapolis 14 27 4 32 137 185
Wednesday’s Results
Cincinnati 8, New England 7, OT
Birmingham 6, Winnipeg 2
Edmonton 6, Indianapolis 2
Today's Game
New England at Houston
Friday’s Games
Winnipeg at Birmingham
Quebec at Edmonton
Women's Cage
The nation’s top 20 women's college
basketball teams (through Jan. 25):
1. LSU 11. St. Joseph’s
2. N.C. State 12. Texas
3. Tennessee 13. S. Connecticut
4. Wayland Bptst 14. Penn State
5. Delta State 15. Stphn F. Austin
6. Queens 16. Missouri
7. Old Dominion 17. Valdosta State
8. Maryland 18. Baylor
9. UCLA 19. Memphis State
10. Montclair 20. Immaculata
Other teams receiving at least 10 votes
(listed alphabetically) Cal Poly-
Pomona, Clemson, Kansas, Kentucky,
Long Beach State, Nevada-Las Vegas,
Northwestern, Ohio State, Oral Roberts,
Rutgers.
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Dave Becker, one of the mainstays in Penn State’s lineup, will once again
wrestle at 158 pounds when the Lions meet Clarion tonight. Becker plans to let
his wrestling do the talking against his “cocky” opponent Chris Poff.
take it on chin
first 44 points and went on to notch 23
to lead all scorers.
Villanova’s front line one of the
best the Lions have faced, and
they’ve seen some great ones
outscored its counterpart, 54-26, as
Reggie Robinson and Alex Bradley
hit for 18 and 13. Both are listed as
forwards, which means Villanova had
a no-center offense.
For all practical purposes, Penn
State also had a no-center offense.
Carvin Jefferson scored his usual 10,
but he didn’t start. Frank Brickowski
did. Both were in foul trouble by late
in the opening period, which forced
the Lions into their patented let-the
guards-shoot-it-offense.
And shoot it they did. Jeff Miller
found his spot (just this side of the
popcorn seller in the fifth row) for 14
and Tom Wilkinson contributed 12.
But as the Lions have found so
many times before, that kind of of
fense doesn’t win games. They’ve
found it out twelve times in all now,
which is as many games as they’ve
lost in 17 tries. The seven straight
losses is the longest skid in two years.
Villanova, meanwhile, is 13-4,
cruising along atop the Eastern
Eight’s Eastern Division at 6-0. The
Lions hold up the Western Division at
1-4.
!M Scores
COED VOLLEYBALL
GREEK Pi Beta Phi def. Alpha Tau
Omega, (for.); Tau Phi Delta def. Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, (for.).
'OPEN Perry’s Packers def. The
Knockouts, (for.); Ist-Pitt Connection
def. Men From Glen, (for.); TheDinkers
def. Norick, (for.); Southern Star def.
Nittany Netters, 15-9, 15-5; Stonies and
Phillies (double for.); Star Spangled
Washboard def. Kleptos, 15-2, 9-7; Sim
mons Spikers I def. P.S.F.S., 13-11,14-4;
Donegal Diggers def. Cool Cruisers,
15-1,10-5; York def. Mufflers, 14-1,8-3.
BASKETBALL
INDEPENDENT - Golden Balls def.
Spoiler Uniter, 43-23; Siamese Elephants
def. C.V.C.0., 46-27; Warriors def. Lep
rechauns, 45-33; P.F. Tenants def.
Luther’s Laymen, 40-27; Super Quick,
def. Bong Association, (for.); Bruins
def. 67’ers, 29-16; Basket Weavers def.
Barn Boys, 38-17; Triumviral def. Ridge
Runners, 33-17; Illusion def. Dixie
Peach, 25-21; J’s def. Haney’s Heroes,
34-20; Woyo def. Dead Heads, 49-32;
O'Hawk def. Jayson's, 35-27.
College Cage
EAST
Adelphi 59, King’s, Pa. 58
Army 60, Colgate 58
Brandeis 79, West Chester 55
Indiana, Pa., 84, Pitt-Johnstown 76
Lafayette 83, Lehigh 68
Maine-Portland 104, Colby 90
Penn 80, St. Joseph’s, Pa. 69
Phila. Textile 68, Susquehanna 51
Pittsburgh 82, Cleveland St. 74
Providence 50, Massachusetts 49
Queens 81, Lehman 72
Rhode Island 87, Richmond 48
Syracuse9l, Temple 66
Actually, the State offense didn’t
fare all that badly at times. The Lions
consistently broke the press which
they haven’t done much of this season
and coped fairly well with
Villanova’s defense, which shows as
many looks as Dallas’ Doomsday 11.
Another good thing that came out of
it all was that Rob O’Connor and Gary
Korkowski got good workouts,
although the formerly injured Lions
combined for just two points.
PENN STATE (76)
FG FT
3 4-4
4 0-0
v 4 0-0
6 2-2
4 2-2
0 0-0
4 2-2
1 0- 0
2 2-2
2 2-2
30 16-16
VILLANOVA (98)'
FG FT
Herron 9 5-5
Robinson 7 4-4
Bradley 6 1-3
Sparrow 4 0-0
Rigsby 2 4-4
Lincoln 1 1- 1
Caron o 3-4
Sienkiewicz 4 0-0
Underman 1 4- 5
Sock 2 0- 1
Anders 2 0- 1
Totals 38 22-28
Halftime: Villanova 50, Penn State 32.
A 2,300
Young
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Brickowski
Miller
Wilkinson
Korkowski
Jefferson
O’Connor
Power
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