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Gymwomen seek another Eastern
By JUSTIN CATANOSO
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
Last season, the women's gymnastics
team ravaged by injuries to key
performers repeated as Eastern
Region champions by sneaking by
Clarion State (0,10 points) on a wing and
a prayer.
"This season, with an avalanche of
advantages rolling Penn State's way, the
best teams of the East may be left on
their knees, as the top-seeded Lady
LiOns (12-2), ranked No. 2 nationally,
host the Eastern Association for In
tercollegiate Athletics for Women
champiOnships at Rec Hall today and
tomorrow night.
Not only will Penn State reap the
moral benefits of performing before a
large and partisan home crowd, but it,
also is the two-time defending regional
champion, owns three of the top four
team scores attained in the nation this
season, boasts the nation's top ranked
all-arounder in senior Ann Carr, has
remarkable depth throughout the squad
and is injury-free down to the last per
former. All that adds up to a well
deserved No. 1 seeding.
"Being seeded first tends to excite a
team," Lady Lion coach Judi Avener
said. "People have confidence in you
and by earning that ranking, you know
you've proved yourself throughout the
season."
None of the other seven Division I
Eastern seeds are ranked in the top 10
nationally. Avener said she expects her
team's toughest competition to come
from second- and third-seeded West
Virginia and Massachusetts. Posing
minimal threat to Penn State this
weekend are, in order of their seedings:
New Hampshire, Pittsburgh, Yale,
Cornell and Rutgers.
"From the scores I've . seen of other
teams, it doesn't look like we'e going to
get any major competition," Avener
said. "But.weire going to have to per
form well far': our -. ewn personal
satisfaction, rather than just Wiiming.the
meet."
Senior Lady Lion Jan Anthony (above), along with fellow tri-captains Ann Carr
and Lynne Samuels, will be competing in Rec Hall for the final time this week
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The truth about Joe: A saint he certainly ain't
If you're interested in becoming a saint, you don't have to
look too far to find out what qualities are required. Just enter
203 Rec Hall and you'll see before you Joe Paterno, the person
that has the jump on everybody at becoming a true saint.
At least that's what Sports Illustrated's Douglas S. Looney
said in his March 17 article on Penn State's uncharacteristic
1979 football season.
Well, Paterno deserves to be placed on such a pedestal just
about as much as Richard Nixon does.
Paterno not only proved that during and after the '79 football
campaign, but also in the Sports Illustrated story. Paterno
claimed in the article that "I want things to be difficult. It's
more fun to win with handicaps."
Last season was certainly difficult, although the types of
difficulties he encountered probably weren't what he had in
mind, but nevertheless, he couldn't handle that "wanted"
difficulty
He buckled under to the pressures, displaying rude and curt
behavior with reporters whenever they asked in-depths
questions in hopes of getting to the crux of matters.
A prime example of such behavior occurred at the press
conference after the embarrassing 26-10 loss to Miami, the
week after star tailback Booker Moore had been arraigned on
charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, when
Paterno said to a reporter, "You're a smart ass and you can
quote me on that."
Paterno's uncalled-for remark was in response to questions
the reporter was asking in regards to an accurately quoted
statement Paterno had made earlier a statement which
Paterno denied he said.
Since Paterno had such a hard time handling this situation,
he should've enrolled in IFS 16, a course in effective in
terpersonal skills, 'to better promote part of the Grand Ex
periment.
It was obvious from the article that Paterno is not as strong
an advocate of his policy as he professes to be.
If he believed in it, it doesn't make any sense that he
bothered recruiting Pete Harris, especially keeping in mind
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There is, however, another incentive
for the Lady Lions to do as well as
possible in tonight's team competition.
Their team score will count two-thirds
towards the team seedings in the
national championships on April 4-5 in
Baton Rouge, La. The remaining third is
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Margie Foster will compete in all-around when the women's gymnastics team shoots for its third consecutive regional championship at 7:30 tonight in Rec
Hall. The Lady Lions, ranked No. 2 in the nation, are seeded No. I in the tournament. Individual competition will be at 7:30 tomorrow night.
that Paterno "doesn't care whose brother he is." Since Harris
was "a goof-off in high school," like Paterno said, how could he
have been expected to maintain an academics-first attitude in
college?
So, if Harris had attended another university, he probably
would be lying back and waiting around to see which team will
pick him up in the 1980 pro football draft.
Instead, Harris' future in the National Football League -
where he deserves to be next season - is in jeopardy because
Paterno is incessantly caught up in maintaining Penn State's
"holier-than-thou" reputation.
Harris isn't the only player that has been subjected to
Paterno philosophy. Paterno told Looney that in 1977 five black
football players were admitted to Penn State without meeting
the entrance requirements because Penn State was "fighting a
lily-white look here "
Maybe he thought he was doing those guys a favor, but he
didn't neither by admitting to Sports Illustrated why they
were recruited, nor by pulling the strings to admit them to
Penn State.
It's hard enough for regular students who barely met the
academic entrance requirements to do well here, let alone
people who have not. For the football players, the pressures to
succeed are compounded because Paterno's gung-ho
academic attitude is constantly flaunted in their faces.
But football players have an edge on regular students when
it comes to making up for their academic deficiences. They
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considered from a team's top four dual
meet scores and from that standpoint,
Penn State has little to worry about.
As far as regional competition is
concerned, senior specialist Jan An
thony said, "We finally can do
something about what our season is all
Gymnastic trio bid Rec Hall adieu
By JUSTIN CATANOSO
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
When this weekend's regional
gymnastic competition ends late
tomorrow night, there's a good chance
the Lady Lions will be ecstatic in
celebrating their third consecutive
Eastern crown.
However, when the final strains of
ecstacy finally funnel out of Rec Hall, a
saddening feeling of emptiness will
blanket the gymnasium that has
showcased so many spectacular gym
nastic events. And for good reason.
Three of its most spectacular per
formers will have competed there for the
last time.
Deemed the "holy trinity" by Lady
Lion assistant coach Marshall Avener,
seniors and tri-captains Ann Carr, Jan
Anthony and Lynne Samuels will absorb
their final round of Rec Hall ovations
this weekend, as they near the end of
their long, unique and illustrious
gymnastic careers.
"Those three girls made Penn State
gymnastics what it is today," coach Judi
Avener said. "I don't know how I'll ever
replace them."
Before the trio's arrival at Penn State,
the Lady Lions were viewed as an up
and-coming squad that lacked the talent
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about. Getting the No. 1 seed in nationals
will be like taking the first steps toward
winning the national title."
To be more specific, Penn State took
its first steps toward Baton Rouge when
Judi and her assistant coach and
husband Marshall Avener, decided to
and depth necessary to make them truly
outstanding. It didn't take long for that
view to change.
With the addition of the highly
recruited tandem of Carr and Anthony,
and the surprising emergence of walk-on
Samuels in 1976, Penn State rose from
fifth to third in nationals, with Carr
winning the national all-around title.
'l've loved performing in Rec Hall over the years. It's a
great feeling to know that so many people are behind
you. '
One year later, Carr became the first
woman gymnast in collegiate history to
repeat as all-around champion and the
Lady Lions, bolstered by the efforts of
Anthony, Samuels and freshman Lisa
Ingebretsen, won the national title.
Obviously, that is a capsule sum
mation of well-developed, thoroughly
conditioned chain of events, but the
affect the trio has had on Lady Lion
gymnastics is as indellible as it is un
deniable.
But as their competitive journeys wind
"get all the tutoring they require."
If having . the tutors trying everything in their power to keep
the players eligible isn't enough, the professors are always
there to fall back on.
An instance was cited in the article in which a professor
informed Paterno that one of his players had missed three
classes. Now, if regular students miss three classes, do the
professors go to their advisors?
Certainly not. As a matter of fact, the professor probably
doesn't even doublecheck to make sure you're there. So it
appears as though some of the professors here are also caught
up in the Paterno syndrome. They are worried about
protecting the image of the football program.
Regardless of how much the football program suffered last
year because of the players' actions, it's going to suffer even
more now that Paterno is the athletic director.
He pointed out in the article that the troubles the team en
countered last year may have stemmed from the fact the
players felt they couldn't talk to Paterno. They said he was
always either "too busy, too abrupt, too abrasive or too un
sympathetic."
They were probably right, because at one time Paterno
thought the players were "a group of jackasses."
So knowing how the team felt, what did Paterno do? He
turned around and became the athletic director, too.
Before long he'll probably be the president of this Univer
sity, too. That's the only promotion left for him here. And he
could get the job very easily.
After all, he said he is a con man, an actor and a hypocrite
all of which are ingredients that help you get what you want.
So if he is all three of those things, Looney was way off base
in designating him our acting saint.
From the turn Penn State football took this season, and the
comments Paterno made in Sports Illustrated, it sounds as
though Paterno is heading more in the direction of becoming
the jackass he thought his players were.
Denise Bachman is a ninth-term journalism major and
sports editor of The Daily Collegian.
extend preseason conditioning through
the season. The results of that thorough
and constant training have been clearly
visible, especially in comparison with
last year's injury -ridden team.
"Last year," senior specialist Lynne
Samuelssaid, "we had enough injuries to
to a collective end along roads that often
rose to incredible peaks and sometimes
often sunk into dreadful valleys, the trio
takes a look back at what will be left
behind.
Samuels is referred to as Penn State's
most improved gymnast by her coaches.
As an unheralded freshman, she was the
only person who truly believed she could
Jan Anthony, Lady lion gymnast
not only make the team, but be a worthy
and contributing member. Her belief has
rung true for four full seasons.
"I'm glad my career will be ending in
Rec Hall in a championship meet,"
Samuels said. "My goal this weekend is
to hit clean in my routines and improve
my (regional) placements over last
season ( third on vault, seventh on floor).
In a sense, this meet is my primer for
nationals, my final test. It's the final test
for the team, too."
No one questions. why Anthony is
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title
last us a couple of seasons."
Maybe even more. Penn St.te won Vitst
year's regional title without defending
regional and national all-around
champhin Ann Carr, as well as all
arounder Lisa Ingebretsen and
specialist Pat Spisak. Beyond that, in
juries kept Samuels and all-arounder
Margie Foster from joining the linfivp
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until mid-January.
"I think we were attuned this year to
the fact that people can get injured
easily," Samuels said, "and we've been
more cautious in our workouts."
Because of the team's caution and the
constant hawking by the Aveners, Pion
State will enter tonight's competition as
Judi said, "With both barrels full."
Lady Lion post-season veteran per
formers Carr, Ingebretsen, Foster and
Marcy Levine the defending Eastern
regional balance beam champion will
compete all-around, while- equally fix
perienced Anthony (vault and parallel
bars) and Samuels (vault and floor
exercise) will compete as specialists.
Other Penn State specialists, Spisak
(balance beam) and Deb Alston (bars)
will also perform, but the Aveners said
they are still uncertain where freshnirn
Anne McGeachy and Joanne Beltz will
fit in. •
Although often taken for granted,
organizing and hosting a major
championship meet is an awesome
responsibility. For a well-planned,
smoothly run production, the Avenws
have placed their confidence in the man
who brilliantly engineered last year's
Rec Hall national championship meet,
former men's gymnastic coach and one
of the world's foremost authorities on
the sport, Gene Wettstone.
"Gene Wettstone has been an.in
credible aid to our program," Marshall,
a former Lion gymnast, said of his
former coach. "Not only does he come to
the gym and help the girls on a relatively
steady basis, but he is also responsible
for 80 percent of the organization and
execution of the regional meet. And if's
all voluntary."
labeled Penn . State's most consisnt
gymnast. In four years of competition,
Anthony has remained injury-free and
competed in every Lady Lion meet
scheduled. Her performance record for
most consecutive meets can only be
equalled, never broken.
"I've loved performing in Rec
over the years," Anthony said. "It's a
great feeling to know that so many
people are behind you. For this meet, I
just want to go out, do the best I can and
enjoy myself. I'm sure I'll miss it."
And then there's Carr, Penn State's
most successful gymnast if not athkte
to ever wear blue and white. Her
accomplishments are mind-boggling:
two-time regional all-around champion,
two-time national all-around champion,
owner of numerous Lady Lion scoring
records, and currently, despite sitting
out most of last season due to a sere
ankle sprain, the top ranking all
arounder in the nation with more than;a
better shot at regaining her titles.
"Since this weekend will be my last
time competing in Rec Hall, I'd really
like to win the all-around," Carr said,
"but winning has its place. It i i s i ret
everything. This year especially, I fist
really want to do my best to help the
team."
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Keglers shoot for crowns
At tourney in Gettysburg
By JEFF SOIULER
Daily Collegian Sports Writer
The men's and women's bowling
:teams will attempt to add the Eastern
,Pennsylvania-Maryland Intercollegiate
owling tournament title to their
egular season winnings Sunday when
they travel to Gettysbtirg for the
league's post-season tournament.
' Both the fifth-ranked Lions (11-1) and
,the top-ranked Lady Lions (8-0) have
already clinched a berth in the sectional
• tournament next weekend in Baltimore.
winner of the sectional tournament
'will advance to the Pabst National
Collegiate Bowling Championships in
Milwaukee, Wisc., May 1-3.
"We're looking at this weekend as a
warm-up fOr the sectionals,".Penn State
coach Don Ferrell said. "It will also help
dine plan my strategy for the tour
"nament."
Both teams are coming off strong
performtices in the AMF In
tercollegiate Championship Tour
nament, an invitational held three weeks
ago at Wallington, N.J.
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"We sent two women's teams and two
men's teams to the invitational," Ferrell
said. "The women placed one-two while
one of the men's teams finished third.
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Penn State 11, composed of Jill
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Freshman Hichar leads the Lady
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Any other coach in Karl Sch
wenzfeier's situation would have called
this year a "rebuilding year." Anyone
but Karl Schwenzfeier.
Last year, the men's gymnastics
coach took his team through the season
with only one loss and then to the
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Eastern regional championship and a
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But due to graduation this year,
Schwenzfeier lost the top two all
arounders and the top specialists on
three different events from that team.
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Yet Schwenzfeier maintained from the
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of them are from the Wettstone era at
all," Schwenzfeier said. "None of them
had him for a coach. All of these guys
I've been involved with. It's all a fresh
new start. And I look at this young,
exciting team growing sb fast every day
and I get really excited, really high on
this team."
There was no doubt this team had
potential. The freshmen came in with a
list'of credentials that could plaster one
of the gym walls in White Building two
state champions, two rated in the top
three in New York, regional Junior
Olympic qualifiers and a national Junior
Olympic champion.
The upperclassmen formed a solid
core of experience. The men in third and
fourth all-around spots last year were
back, as were several specialists and all
arounders who had seen action before.
It was just a matter of everything
coming together. But Schwenzfeier said
from day one, his team could, would and
should go to the NCAAs.
He also kept saying the team was
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young, basically a freshmen team, but
was improving rapidly, coming on every
week, gaining experience with every
meet and every practice.
"By the time the NCAAs roll around,
we'll be there," he often said. "The
freshmen will be. almost sophomores.
experience-wise, and that «•ill be that
much more of a plus for us.'
The freshmen began to play integral
and necessary parts as all-arounders
and specialists. Team and individual
scores began to improve steadily each
week as routines became sharper and
more refined. The team built its way to
the 270 s and the improving scores were
many times career-high scores.
The Lions worked their way into one of
the top 10 teams in the country and a 7-3
record slowly but surely. And on Nlonday
they ,were unanimously selected the
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So, barring any disaster, natural or
unnatural, this Monday the Lions should
officially receive their NCAA hid from
the national committee.
At least that's what Karl Sehwenzfeiey
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