sports Lady gymnasts come close By K.A. HETTMANSPERGER Collegian Sports Writer It may not have been a win, but the women's gymnastics team gave the University of New Hampshire something to worry about come re gional championship time. In front of a small Rec Hall crowd of 1,203, the Lady Lions scored 170.1 points to the Wildcats' 170.8 points in a neck-and-neck cat fight. "To go from 159 to 170 points in one meet is nothing short of miraculous," Penn State Coach Judi Avener said. "I don't feel bad about the loss, in fact, I feel good about the performances. We have a lot more going for us than last month's 159 points indicated. I knew we were capable of scoring well tonight, it was a matter of the team believing it." New Hampshire Coach' Gail Goodspeed had a few surprises last night from her own team as well as from Penn State. "We had a lot of breaks I have never seen before," Goodspeed said. "We haven't ever meta team like Penn State in our regular season before. I think the pressure of meeting a power like them caused a lot of the problems." On a good night with both teams hitting their routines, the fight will be a tougher one, one that may be fought at the regional championship. "It is going to be a tough fight for the regional title," Goodspeed said. "Penn State has a lot of talent and will go a long way before the season is out. It sure feels good to win this one, though." The Wildcats had the lead after the vault and Penn State retaliated with a slight edge on the uneven bars. Penn State freshman Pam Loree posted the highest scores in both events and paved the way for her third consecutive all around win. Loree held the highest score of the night at 9.3 in the vault and came back with a 9.2 on the uneven bars. "Pam's uneven bar routine was one of the best performances of the night," Avener said. "She deserves a lot of credit." Loree tied for first in the all-around with New Hampshire's Laura Cavanaugh at 35.35. After two events, Penn State trailed by two tenths of a point. Goodspeed said the teams handed each other every other event. "They handed us the vault," Goodspeed said. "But came back in the bar routine. It was a comedy of errors for both teams at certain points throughout the whole night." It was a comedy of errors like Penn State falling off the beam on four out of the six routines. The beam belonged to New Hampshire. After three events the Lady Lions were behind by 2.15 points and all that remained was the floor exer cise. The floor exercise was dotted with mishap after mishap, but freshman stand-out Diane Drum's successful double-back somersault re kindled Penn State's hopes for a turn around. "I worked all last night with (Assistant Coach) Marshall (Avener)until I got it," Drum said. "I wanted it so bad, it sure feels good to leave knowing you've given it all." In fact, Monday night was the first time Drum had ever completed the double. "Diane's floor routine was terrific," Judi said. "We were hoping she could do it, but there was nothing assured. Yesterday (Monday) was the first time she ever did it. She looked good out there tonight, she is really light on her feet." Drum was awarded the first-ever Ann Carr Award for her floor routine. The award is given at each home meet to the gymnast who presents Freshman Diane Drum won the Ann Carr Award for her 9.15 performance on floor exercise last night as the women's gymnastics team's Rec Hall 25• meet winning streak was snapped by NeW Hampshire. the most entertaining and inspiring performance of the evening. Penn State changed many of their routines to include more difficult tricks to increase their scoring opportunities. A tougher trick is given a higher maximum score. But trick difficulty was not the only change Penn State made that en abled them to score 170 points. "We added more difficulty to our 'routines," Captain Joanne Beltz said. "We had a lot more fight than before. We worked on fluidity and form after the first meet. An unpointed toe or bent knee is worth one tenth of a point. It is important to be fluid. Consistency is a key. We looked more consistent than last time. We still need to keep working on it." Judi agreed with Beltz's assessment and praised the team's fighting spirit. "There was a real difference in attitude," Judi said. "The team had a lot of guts to think they could win and they performed like they thought they had a chance." Whatever the difference was, the Lady Lions scratched their way back to within eight tenths of a point of the Wildcats and now look forward to the next meeting when they can recoup the loss. Swann calls it quits and joins ABC crew By MARCIA DUNN Associated Press Writer PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh Steeler Lynn Swann announced yesterday that he's retiring from professional football to join ABC TV as a commentator for the Unit ed States Football League. "If I chose to, I could have played football for some time," Swann said. "But I'm making a conscientious decision to leave football to move into other areas." Swann, 30, a wide receiver with the National Football League team for nine seasons, said he decided to retire nine months ago. "I never wanted to s be one of those people who linger on. It was my time. This (broadcasting) is something I can dolor a lifetime," Swann told reporters by telephone from Los Angeles, where he was introduced by ABC Sports offi cials. Swann said he waited until after Sunday's NFL playoff game be tween the Steelers and the San Diego Chargers to announce his retirement. Last week, he denied repoits he planned to leave the Steelers. "I felt it would have been a distraction to myself and the team," he said. Both Steelers President Dan Rooney and Steelers Coach Chuck Noll said Swann contributed great ly to the team. • "He, exuded confidence, some thing we really needed," Rooney said. "I think he has some football left in him," added Noll. "But the desire to play is a big part of it. He's found something else he wants to do." The Steelers plan to move wide receiver Jim Smith into Swann's position. From the start of his profession al football career, Swann knew he eventually wanted to become a full-time sports broadcaster. He worked for ABC Sports for the past six years during the off-season. "I promised myself I wouldn't play for more than five years. Then six came, then seven, then eight, then nine," Swann said. "I never thought of myself as really being a football player. Playing football was a fluke from the start." Swann, a Southern California All-American, was a No. 1 choice in the Steelers' 1974 draft, along with linebacker Jack Lambert, wide receiver John Stallworth, defensive back Jimmy Allen and center Mike Webster. The 6-0, 180-pound Swann spent his first season as a back-up re ceiver behind Ron Shanklin and a. The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Jan. 12 Lynn Swann primary punt returner. In 1975, he became a full-time starter and led the team in receptions for the first of four straight seasons. - Swann was named Super Bowl X's Most Valuable Player in 1976 after he made four receptions for a game-record 161 yards as Pitts burgh defeated Dallas 21-17. Swann. entered the 1982 season as the Steeler career leader in receiving yardage and receiving touchdowns. He finished the year with 5,462 . yards receiving. Was it a good career? "I never had time to sit back and think about what I did," Swann said. "I always felt I could have done much better. But as I look back years from now, I'll probably be more excited about what I accomplished." Swann's departure leaves 10 players on the Steeler roster of the 21 who played on all four Super Bowl teams. Swann, who plans to also help ABC cover college football and the 1984 Olympics, said he has no regrets, only good memories, in leaving the Steelers. . "I take with me most of all the character of the people I played with," he said. "It was a great opportunity to grow and mature in Pittsburgh. "I just want to be remembered' as one of several people who played on one of the greatest foot ball teams ever assembled in American sports." etworks, owners look to recoup losses Many observers, including some of the networks' self-appointed football experts, are continually questioning the reasoning behind the playoff for mat to determine the participants in Super Bowl XVII. The answer is simple. It's that substance that makes the world go round. No, not cocaine. Money. Bucks. Smackeroos. Ninety-eight regular season games were cancelled due to the players' strike which meant the loss of a mind-boggling amount of revenue. In an attempt for the owners and the networks (it's hard to tell the two apart) to recoup a small percentage of the losses, the extravagances, viewed over the weekend were scheduled. • Eight nearly sold-out stadiums filled with fans buying anything from hot dogs to Pittsburgh Steel er shaving kits put a few dollars in the owner's kitty, but what of NBC and CBS? With the additio nal games, the networks could charge their ludi crous advertising rates for an inferior product, which in the end will help pay someone's salary. In case you didn't notice during the past week end, each network had a monopoly on football during their alloted time periods. The eye in the sky (CBS) controlled the early debacles on Saturday while the peacock network (NBC) had exclusive rights to the late afternoon masterpieces. The networks switched positions on Sunday. If it weren't for the Pittsburgh-San Diego and Minnesota-Atlanta games, both of which went down to the wire, the weekend would have been a total loss. The networks should 'go head-to-head, which would force better coverage and might force the NFC and AFC to showcase the best product possi ble. In •most cases of expansion in the sports world, the product quality deteriorates and the first round of the playoffs was no exception. Clearly, Cleve land, New England, Detroit, Tampa Bay and, although they defeated Atlanta, Minnesota did not deserve to make the playoffs. If the season had lasted two or three more games the Falcons probably would have played them selves out of contention citing their last two regular season losses to Green Bay and New Orleans by a combined score of 73-13. 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Not since a creature called the Philadelphia- Pittsburgh Steagles played football in , the war depleted ranks of the NFL in the early 19405, did a regular season fall short of 10 games. The 1982-83 season should have been increased to 12 games which would have given the good teams a chance to get better and the mediocre playoff entrants like Cleveland and Tampa Bay to at least get good. The division alignment should have been retained to give the fans more than two divisional races to follow. Maybe attendance for the last two games would have been higher if the "playoff" teams were playing for a division title. • The 12th game would fall on Jan. 23 with the wild card, semifinal and conference finals ending on Feb. 13. .Super Sunday would be the 23rd when hopefully we would be able to see the best the NFL has to offer and not two teams who are finally reaching so-called playoff form. 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The Winning Act - - Performs with Catch a Rising Star's professional touring comedians in Schwab Auditorium, on Saturday, January 29th at 8 pm. - Receives.air fare to N.Y.C. to perform at Catch a Rising Star's comedy club. LAuNch TOUR CAREER. Sk i p up TodAy! Sponsored by SFPA and HUB ATTENTION COMEDIENNES R 254 1 4t************ * * * * * * * * * -1q advancing in the waning seconds of a first-round game. The ,Redskins, however, with league MVP Mark Moseley and the real MVP Joe Theisman, are the best team at the moment. Look for the Vikes to give their usual gallant effort before falling to the Super Bowl-bound Skins. The Cowboys can play terrible at Texas Stadium, as witnessed on Sunday, and still win. The Packers are a young, inexperienced playoff team that romped over the unimpressive Cardinals in tradi tion-filled Lambeau Field. Unless the Packers can pack that tradition along with 30,000 Green Bay fans and sub-freezing temperatures and bring it all to Dallas, the Pack will get sacked. But don't worry you Cowboy haters, Dallas will get theirs the following week at RFK Stadium. In the AFC, the Raiders are just too powerful and well balanced for any of the three other teams - vying for the championship. The Jets will give the nomadic Raiders a hard fought game before falling to the Super Bowl,champions. The Chargers and Dolphins will fight it out to see who gets to lose to Los Angeles. Since last year's 41- 38 thriller, the Chargers offense has improved more than the Dolphin defense and so Fouts and company should be able to get their now-common place 30 points easily. On the other hand the Dolphins won't be able to score on the Chargers like they did a year ago. Although San Diego does not have the strong defense needed to win a championship, their play is good enough to stop the on-again, off-again attack of Miami. The Raiders are 2-0 against the• Chargers this year outscoring their down the freeway rivals 69-54. Los Angeles can match San Diego point for point on offense, but a superior defense will give the Raid ers the edge. As for the big game, a Raiders-Redskins mat chup would be a contest between the league's top two teams. If this game materializes, NFL Com missioner Pete Rozelle will be thankful because as early as last week it could have been New England against Detroit. The fans will be appeciative because the game will showcase two excellent offenses and two big play defenses. But the Redskins fans will just have to be happy with being the rooters of the surprise team of the season. The Raiders have too much playoff experience and with Marcus Allen adding a San Diego Chargers' Kellen Winslow (left) is congratulated by teammate , Charlie Joiner after he scored the winning touchdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers in NFL playoff action on Sunday. In one of the few exciting first•round games, the Chargers came from behind to win 31.28 in the final minute of play. dimension the Raiders have been without for a few years speed, Los Angeles will have its first Super Mike Felici is an 11th-term journa- Bowl champion. Won't Oakland be lism major and a sports columnist thrilled. - for The Daily Collegian. • f, Who makes 250,000 • • Semiconductor • Devices a day in Kokomo, Indiana? A: . , 1 0 • ' Delco Electronics Surprised? A lot of people are when we tell them we are the third largest captive IC supplier in the United States (according to ICE). 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