THURSDAY,- MARCH 13, 1941 <.ii!iuiimijiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit Between The Lions WITH ROSS LEHMAN illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllinillllllllll Charlie Speidel, splinter-scar red from .nervously riding the Penn State coaching bench for 15 years, refused to climb out on a limb yesterday, “'fake the inter collegiate wrestling title at Col umbia this weekend?” he ans wered: “Why, 'Navy, Princeton, Lehigh, and undefeated Penn, still .play ball in our league.” And the little man who wrestles eight bouts on .the bench •in every dual meet has a right to be cagey. Although the Nittany grapplers this year were upset by Princeton and- .defeated Maryland, Syra cuse, Cornell, Army, Navy, Le high, and~ Michigan,, a do-or-die dog fight threatens to shake the rafters of Columbia’s gym in the battle for first place. To double-check" on Speidel’s hesitancy to “call his shot,” Dick VoliveiyElWA grappling referee from New : Jersey, remarked that he’d rather toss a coin than de cide both -individual and team champions -this-year. Still, a 'tell-tale glint has ap peared in Charlie’s eye, a light which-s Hone brilliantly back in 1937 .when"Penn.State copped its last EIWA ’championship in a blitzkrieg' attack led by Captain Jack Light and four other Lion champs.'" - - ; Penn State’s three mat musket eers, Captain Prank Gleason, Joe Scalzo, and 'Little Charlie. Rid enourv_fobm_ one of the classiest grappling trios that the “Doc” has ever-produced, and in these mat artists,' Speidel places his hope of returning home with the EIWA trophy in the bag. “We"may not get the trophy,” Charlie concluded as a parting shot, "but you can count on our not holding the bag—for Penh.” Elected Captain Ronmn Pieo, pictured above, was elected captain of the Penn State gym team for the coming year at a banquet held at Prince ton Saturday after he had placed first in six. events in a triangular meet with M.I.T. and Princeton. .Upsets Mark Volleyball, Basketball Intramurals ..Nine intramural basketball games were played at. Rec Hall last night with the following scores: In the Fraternity League Delta Upsilon 27, Phi Kappa Psi 13; Phi Kappa Sigma 23, SEE No. 2 9: SAE 15, Triangle 9; Alpha Sigma Phi forfeited to Sigma Pi No. 1; Beta Sigma Rho 16, Alpha Phi Delta 8; Lambda Chi Alpha 9, Alpha Zeta 8; Phi Kappa 16, Sigma Pi No. 2 10; and Delta Tau Delta 18, Acacia 11. In the In dependent League 8.R.8. No. 1 22, Pioneer House 12. Intramural volleyball results since Monday in the Fraternity League are as follows with win ners named first: Phi Epsilon Pi-Delta Tau Delta, 15-19, 15-10; Alpha Zeta-Theta Chi, 15-3, 6-15, 15-0; SAE-Sigma Chi, 7-15, 15-13, 15-6; Beta Theta Pi-Phi Gamma Delta, 15-12, 15-12; Kappa Sig ma-Phi Kappa; (forfeit); Phi Del ta Theta -TKE No. 1, 15-6, 15-3; Alpha Chi Sigma-Delta Theta Sigma, 15-11, 15-6; Delta Sigma PhirSigma Pi-No. 2, 15-4, 15-7; and SPEtKDR, 15-0, 15-11. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Nittany Matmen Depart For EIWA Title Matches , 11 Squads To Compete AT Columbia Tomorrow By ROSS LEHMAN Proving that he is a “tough nut to crack,” 128-pound Clair Hess left today for New York City with Coach Charlie Speidel’s grapplers to compete in the East ern Intercollegiates after he had suffered a slight head injury in a Tuesday practice bout. Captain Frank Gleason will lead a contingent of Nittany Lion wrestlers against a strong array of eastern mat rivals when 11 teams take to the mats tomorrow and Saturday in Columbia’s gym. With undefeated Penn seeded as the number one team and Penn State probably listed sec ond, followed closely by Lehigh, Princeton, and Navy, there will be a tight battle for top honors.. Each team will enter eight men in an effort to wrest the title away, from the Lehigh Engineers, defending champions who have garnered three EIWA champion ships in a row. The Engineers will be seeking their 12th title with the Lions bidding for their ninth championship. Only two defending champions remain from last year. Captain Bob Eberle, Princeton 128- pounder, and Bill Levering, Penn 136-pounder. Both face tough opposition and are conceded only an even chance of repeating. Joe Scalzo, who had been stym ied for two years by Lehigh’s former Captain Harold Masem, is considered one of the favorites to cop the 145-pound title, while Captain Frank Gleason aims to repeat his 136-pound sophomore title win by trouncing Levering, who defeated the Nittany captain in the finals last year. Charlie Ridenour will handle ■the 121-pound assignment, a spot where be has been undefeated this year. At tihel 55-pound post, Speidel will place Glen Alex ander, who moved up one step to let Scalzo wrestle at his natural weight,;. In the 165-pound division, Chuck Rohrer will get his final chance at the championship. Sen ior Joe~ Valla, 175-pounder, and Jack Kerns, heavyweight, com plete the grappling roster. Nationals Draw > Distant Entries Early entries in the seventh annual National Collegiate box ing tournament which will be held here March 27, and 29, have indicated that the event will draw college ringmen from every section of the country.' First of the colleges from the far west to file entry blanks was the "University of Idaho, last year’s unofficial “national cham pions.” . Coach Louis August, Idaho ring master, has entered six members of his crack team. Two were national champions last year and another reached the semi-finals. Ted Kara, Idaho 120-p"ounder, was a member of the American Olympic team which went to Berlin in 1936. He has won the -N.C.A.A. title for the last two years and will be striving to be the first*college mittman in his tory to win three consecutive national championships. Laune Erickson, 165-pounder, is Idaho’s other defending cham pion. Frank Kara, entered in the 127-pound division, was a semi finalist in this class in 1940. Entries from Syracuse Uni versity, eastern champions, and the University of Wisconsin, mid western leaders, have assured the tournament of representation from all the outstanding sectional Boxers To Meet Michigan Stale A remodeled Nittany Lion box ing team will leave tonight or tomorrow morning for East Lans ing, Mich., where they will box against Michigan State in the last dual meet of the season. His eye not quite healed from a cut suffered in the intercolleg iates last week, Vic Fiore, Leo Houck’s dependable 120-pounder, will probably be out of Satur day’s picture. Bill Stanley, 127- pounder who took Bill Maz zocco’s place, will move down, to 120 if Fiore is unable to box. Milt Dixon, a newcomer to the Lion squad, may take the 127- pound post. Jesse Fardella is also being considered for this as signment. Chuck Peters, Lion football star, may make his intercollegiate boxing debut at Michigan, taking over the heavyweight spot. If Peters is given the heavy weight job, Paul Scally will move back to 175, the weight in'which he defeated three-times EIBA champion, Rico Woyciesjes. Paul Mall will probably scale down to 165 in this case. Quiz Show Carded For Drydock Saturday Night A big quiz program wilt be the feature attraction at Drydock Saturday night, -Leon Rabinow itz, the night club’s entertain ment manager, announced yes terday. - The floor show will also in clude songs by Joyce Stroupe, Thespian star, and a skit on Hen ry Aldrich by Jim Ambandos. Rabinowitz will be master of ceremonies. Devises Tests Prof. Amos E. Neyhart, head of the Institute of Public Safety, is aiding in devising road skill tests for the Examining Board of .the New York .State Bureau of Motor Vehicles. For these “Snappy morning” breakfasts TRY COOK'S big O Meaty Scrapple vJJ All Pork Sausage Country Style Pudding COOK’S MARKET 115 S. Frazier St Phone 791 PAGE THREE 3 Cagers Refuse Play-Coach Offer Three Lion basketball seniors have refused, 'at least for the present, an offer of a combined playing-coaching job at Catholic University in far-off Santiago, Chile. The three cagers are Captain Johnny Barr, Scotty Moffatt and Bob Crowell. The offer was made through Roberto Balbontin, a Chilean taking special courses in dairy husbandry at the College. The catch in the proposition and the main reason why none of the players have accepted is that the man taking the job would have to leave sometime this week. In Chile, winter comes when it is summer in North Am erica and basketball season is just about to start. Strictly speaking, a fellowship, not a job, was the offer made to" •the three men who recently com pleted their last basketball sea son at Penn State. It was done in this way so that the person accepting could play on the team as well as coach it. He would continue his education at Cath olic University and be graduated there. The fellowship is for 2,000 pesos, about $3OO. In Chile, how ever, prices are low and $3OO is equivalent to much more than it is in the United States. Evidence that human beings witnessed formation of Crater Lake thousands of years ago is under study by University of Or egon scientists. DID YOU KNOW that the Penn State Boxing team failed to win an individual title this season for the first time since 1924, when the Eastern In tercollegiate Boxing Association was or ganized? FROMM'S Opposite Old Main
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