TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1948 Four Lion Matmen Fail to Place In NCAA Tournament at Lehigh Penn State's four wrestlers w'ao competed in the NCAA tourney at Lehigh over the weekend, came home empty-handed, but Earl Long, wrestling in the 174-pound class, advanced to the third round before being eliminated by Wal demar Van Cott, Purdue, the eventual second-placer. The tourney was waged under Olympic rules, which are in sharp contrast to the rules employed in collegiate meets and champion ship contests. Under the point system used at the NCAA's. a wrestler raceiv2s a minus three for fall losses and 3-0 decision losses, and a minu s two for a loss via a . 2-1 decisin. Zero is the perfect score. Five points eliminate a contestant. Earl Long pinned James Grif fith of Oklahoma A&M and lost ri 3-0 decision to Lehigh's Jim Jackson in first round bouts. He drew a bye in the second round, but was then eliminated by Van Cott. ROBERTSON Laird Robertson. grappling in the 160.5-pound class, lost to Waynesburg College's Donald Thomas by a 3-0 decision and pinned Whit Mauzy. MIT, in the IM Tourney Twenty-three matches ar e scheduled for the intramural wrestling tourney tonight. The first match will begin at 7 o'clock. All bouts will be held on the Rec Hall mats. Six Lions Vie For Gym Honors Six members of the Nittany gymnastics team, Eastern title holder, will represent the Blue and White in the National Colle giate championships at the Uni versity of Chicago Saturday. Leading the Lions will be Cap tain Ray Sorensen, of Warren, who wears the National Amateur Athletic Union calisthenics toga. He will compete in the all-around event with his Nittany cohorts. Bill Bonsall. of Upper Darby, Pa., and Mike Kurowski. of Philadel phia. This trio will encounter top competition in Temple's Bob Stout. present Eastern all-around champion, and Minnesota's Jim Peterson, who holds the Big Nine all-around diadem. Lion Coach Gene Wettstone has named four other gymnast who will make the journey to Chi cago. Steve Greene, from Phil adelphia, tops in the East on the side horse, will enter this event, as well as the rope climb and the flying rings, JOE LINN Joe Linn, from Washington, Eastern runner-up on the rope climb, is slated to compete in his specialty in Chicago. Entered in tumbling will be the Nittany Lions' prime performer in this event. Bill Meade. from Warren, who copped the Ea:,:,.rn tumbling championship. To emerge national collegiate champ. Meade will have to defeat. among oth ers, the present national title holder, Charles Thompson, of the University of California. Eighteen colleges throughout the country will vie for the na tional championship. Coach Wett stone states that Lion chances at capturing the team title are vir tually eliminated because the rope climb, a perennial Nittany point-getter, will not be counted in team scoring. Instead, the trampoline, an event unfainlliar to the Blue and White, will be included. Five schools expected to offer the principal competition for team honors are California, Southern California. Temple. Minnesota ~nd Illinois. Ruhlman's Record Terry Ruhlman's s coring rec ord, which was not included in the season's resume, was 23 field goals, 17 out of 27 foul shots, for a percentage of 62.9. He scored a total of 63 points. SHE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. 'PENNSYLVANIA first round. Laird was defeated by Jack St. Clair. Oklahoma A&M in the second round. St. Clair scored a last-minute takedown on the Lion matman to win, and went on to cop the championship. George Schautz and Jim Mau rey. the other Nittany grapplers in the tournament, lost out in the first round. Schautz, 114.5-pound er, dropped two 3-0 decisions. Maurey. who wrestled in the 147.5-pound division, suffered two successive defeats, losing by fall to Newton Copple of Nebraska and by decision to Ken Hunte of Syracuse. Oklahoma A&M won the team championship with 33 points, fol lowed by Michigan State with 28. WAYNESBURG Waynes lurg scored 11 points to lead all other Pennsylvania schools, followed by Lock Ha ien Teachers with 7. Franklin and Marshall and Lehigh tied for the 12th position with 3 points, while Penn State followed with 2. 0n 1 y Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling champion to place was John Fletcher of the Navy, who captured second place in the 117. pound weight class. CALL FOR Testimonial Honors Former Grid Great At Teachers College Former Penn State All-Amen can W. Glenn Killinger was feted recently in recognition of the ten victory, undefeated season achiev ed by the Killinger coached West Chester Teachers College. On hand to honor Killinger was his old mentor, Hugo Sezdek, leg endary Nittany Lion foot b all coach, and H. L. Hinkey" Haine, Killinger's former teammate. Killinger, one of the four play ers to achieve All-American fame under Bezdek's tenure was named collegiate football's outstanding quarterback by the late Walter Camp in 1921. Others who joined in the fes tivities were Dr. Carl P. Schott, Dean of the Physical Education school, Joe Bedenk, football line coach and head baseball coach, and H. R. Gilbert, graduate man ager of athletics. Killinger, coach at West Ches ter since 11)34, was presented with an engraved, gold watch as a memento of the occasion. IFiPHlLgiiiii TRY A PACK ...TODAY Rookie-Studded Baseballers Begin Outdoor Rehearsals Spring weather has enabled Coach Joe Bedenk's 120-odd can didates to begin daily outdoor baseball practice on the New MRE E=E COACH BEDENK Beaver Field diamond The predominantly sophomore PAC FIVE squad began outdoor work on Friday with a practice game which gave the hitters their first opportunity to swat the ball this season. Several of the Lion pitchers and catchers have been working out in Rec Hall during the off sea son, but the infielders and out fielders have had to wait for the winter' s disappearance to begin conditioning. Few veterans return from fast year's team which won 11 and lost 7 games. The bulk of the squad is made up of untried rookies. VETERANS John Potsklan and Don Stark remain from last year's outfield. Hal Hackman, in his third year on the varsity, will return at shortstop. Eddie Holler is a hold over in the receiving department, and Captain Bob Gehrett is back to bulwark the mound corps. The Lionq open their 21-game schedule April 9 against Dickin son, and meet Western Maryland the following day. Numbered among their opponents are such 'strong clubs as Navy. Temple, Georgetown, and Gettysburg.
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