FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1943; Nlflany Fencers Leave For intercollegiate: in New York . With high hopes of placing sev eral men and perhaps annexing the team championship, seven members ot Penn State’s fencing team left yesterday afternoon for New York City where they will compete in the Intercollegiates. Four points was the margin be tween two losses and an undefeat ed season for the Nittany sword wielders who lost two close matches to powerful Navy and undefeated NYU. The Navy score was 15-12 while the New Yorkers edged out the home team by' a 14-13 count. On the win side of the ledger, Penn Staite won two straight meets when they swamped Temple 20-7 and took a 14-13 decision from the Philadelphia Fencing Club. Mainstay of the Blue and White squad is Captain Wally Riley who hopes to continue his unbeaten string in epee through the New York competition. In the four meets this season he has won 12 epee - bouts while dropping none and has taken eight of 12 decisions in foil. Outstanding in the saber divi sion is Tom Davenport who has come through with eight out of 12 wins for the Nittanymen in that event. Fencing squads from Army, Har vard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Navy, CCNY, Columbia, NYU, Cornell, -Hamilton and Penn State will take the floor in the San Santelle, fa mous New York fencing parlor, this morning for eliminations in foil. The saber run-offs will take place in the afternoon, while the GRAHAMS ■■ ' iB9&~ \ This is the second war we have seen the boys move out of their fraternities, and again we say meet your brothers al Graham’s, the old rendezvous. 1 Always w elf o m e—b uy or not. epee bouts will wait until tomor row morning. Finals in all divi sions will be held tomorrow after noon. Favorite to cop the team cham pionship is the undefeated NYU team. Plenty of opposition will be produced by the Navy, Columbia, and Penn State combines with a dark-horse squad always a possi bility. The Nittany fencers will line up as follows: Foil: 1) Captain Wally Riley 2) David Ozeraouw 3) Tom Davenport or Tim Reid Saber: 1) Bemie Hankin 2) Tom Davenport 3) William Burleigh Epee: 1) Captain Wally Riley 2) Bob Swope 3) Larry Tessier Tankers Resume Practice Bob Galbraith’s Eastern Col legiate swimming team, Bobby Cowell, Rocky Young, Don Knoll, and Bill Christy, are resuming. rou tine • practices for the National meets next week, although definite word has not. been received from •the Nittany coach as to how many will compete in the championship tourney. The site of this year’s meet is Columbus, Ohio. RED CROSS NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Independents Have Three-Way Tie In IM Basketball Tilts Last night’s IM basketball games saw a three-way tie de velop in the Independent League between the Vagabonds, Fletcher House, and Podunk Prep by virtue of the Vagabonds’ win by forfeit over Allen Co-op, Podunk Prep’s victory over the Lions Den, and the Fletcher House’s loss to a fight ing Bell A. C. quintet. Sigma Pi retained their lead in the fraternity circle by overpower ing Beta Theta Pi No. 2, while the Beta’s first team keep on the lea gue leader’s heels by overrunning Phi Sigma Kappa in the most one sided event of the evening. The scores for the evening were as follows: Kappa Sigma forfeit over Phi Kappa Psi. Sigma Pi, 25; Beta Theta Pi No. 2, 11. Sigma Chi, 17; Sigma Nu, 15. Beta Theta Pi No. 1, 33; Phi Kappa Sigma, 13. Vagabonds forfeit over Allen Co- op. Podunk Prep, 25; Lions Den, 14 Bell A. C., 15; Fletcher House, 7. Ingleside Club, 24; Gruberville J. V., 11. School Matmen Meet Here Today The cream of the Pennsylvania high school wrestling circle in vades Rec Hall tonight, as seventy scholastic grapplers begin the two day grind for titles in the sixth annual PIAA championship tour nament. Jimmy. Conklin, sensational Waynesburg High’ matman, may meet State , College High’s lone en try, Roger Johnson, in the 120- pound class. Conklin is the holder, of a winning streak 66 meets in duration, and has three times cop ped a crown in the tourney. If the Waynesburg grappler repeats his past performances, he will be the only man ever to win four indi vidual titles In the PIAA battle. Clearfield High School’s power ful squad is favored to again win the mythical team title, which it has held for the past two years. Last year two Clearfield men took top honors in the meet, while tak ing' four crowns in 1941. This Western Pennsylvania en try boasts a record unparalleled by another high school in the nation, since they have recently completed their seventh straight undefeated untied season, amassing 51 consec utive victories. Sammy Harry, co-captain of the Penn State mat squad, is a product of Clearfield High School. In 1938 Harry won the 85-pound crown in the PIAA tourney, and has 'been followed by eight other title hold ers since he copped the first one. Forty Fort and Waynesburg both enter six men in the tourney, as does the Clearfield squad. Last year the Forty Fort team totaled only one point less than that of the champs, and should offer stiff competition today and tomorrow to opponents. Boswell High School from Dis trict 5 sends the largest contingent here for the State meet with nine men, but was offered little com petition in the elimination matches which decided the number of men to be entered from each school. Quarter-final bouts are slated to begin at 7 p.m. tonight, with bouts operating on two mats at the same time. Tomorrow morning, winners of the quarters will meet in the semi-final round at 9:30 a.m., and the championships will be decided at 2:30 p.m. the same afternoon. Since the PIAA championship is an organ of high school scholastic wrestling, College AA books will not serve as admission. Second in Golf A call is out for seconds in golf, according to Douglas W. Purdy ’43, manager. Applicants should report to the caddy house at 4:30 Penn Stafe Gymnasts To Enter National AAU Competition Members of Penn State’s gym nastic squad, holders of the Past em League title and three indi vidual crowns, will attend the Na tional • AAU gymnastic playoffs scheduled to take place in New York City, May 1. •Practice sessions will be con ducted regularly by Coach Gene PO YOU DIG IT? 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