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Lion Matmen
Wrestlers Duel Meat at Virginia;
Speidel to Move ug) Heavier Men
The Cavaliers of Virginia, who will open the '53 campaign against Penn State's Eastern
wrestling champions tomorrow, will be the first team to witness Coach Charlie Speidel's
weight move-ups.
The Nittany Lions will leave at 10 a.m. for Charlottesville, Va.
"Some of our boys
_will remain in their own classes, but the heavier men (137-pound
or above) in weights above their regular divisions will give their opronents weight
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Joe Lemyre
(Co-Captain)
High Praise Given
3 Lion Gridders
By Pro Coach
"I liked your Penn State boys,
(Stewart) Scheetz, the left tackle,
and (Don) Barney, the right
guard. And your cent e r (Jim)
Dooley is a good, earnest man.
He does very well, very well, in
deed."
That was stout Steve Owen,
coach of the New York profes
sional football Giants of the Na
tional League, after his Southern
team had bowed to Paul Brown,
coach of the National League
runner-ups, the Cleveland
Browns, and his Northern team,
28-13, in the fourth annual Senior
Pro Bowl at Mobile, Ala.
Such pr ai s e from a distin
guished authority as Owen, who
ranks with Brown as two of the
best football coaches in the coun
try today, is high praise indeed.
Scheetz, who weighs in at 230,
played defensive tackle during
the season for State, while Bar
ney (190) performed at defensive
guard, and Dooley (190) at of
fensive center.
Top Tennis Pros
To Meet in N.Y.
NEW YORK, (N)—Frank Sedg
man and Jack Kramer and Co.,
headed for the big town yester
day with tremendous interest
building up for the third meeting
between the two tennis titans.
All square after two sessions in
Los Angeles before capacity
houses, Sedginan, the tyro pro,
and Kramer old pro with the
"big" game, will trade shots in
Madison Square Garden Saturda7
and Sunday afternoons.
WRA Results
BASKETBALL
Thompson - Corcoran forfeited
to I.i9ina Delta Tau:
Mac Hall I 47. Alpha Xi
Delta 22.
Alpha Chi Omega by forfeit
over Tri
Kappa Kappa Gamma 35, Del
ta Zeta 23.
PING PONG
Forfeits were won by Sigma
Delta Tau, Phi Sigma Sigma, Chi
Om Aga.
Alu':•a Gamma Delta won by 3
gcarn
Philotes won by 3 games
TT-TE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
By SAM PROCOPIO
advantage." the stocky mentor
stated.
Warmup Test
"We will make occasional
changes throughout the season,"
he continued, "depending upon
our opponenfo."
Virginia, of course, will be one
of the Lions' adversaries with
whom the weight moveups will
be employed. The Cavaliers are
a warm-up test before ever
strong Lehigh, which meets Penn
State next Saturday in Rec Hall.
Speidel's surprise moveups will
include two alternates—Hal
Chamberlan, senior, at 165. and
Doug Cassel. sophomore. at the
130-pound spot.
Potential starters at the 123
and 130 pound classes, who were
undecided yesterday, will be Bob
Homan, sophomore, and Dick
Lemyre. juni o r. respectively.
Lemyre --^-^ , s4 771-1. ' 7 rtham
pion
Jerry Iv/..utey Sel
Lemyre's brother and co-cap
tain Joe, senior, who is present
EIWA and NCAA champion, will
give State a rugged veteran at
either 167-177 divisions. Joe car
' ried a 6-2-1 record in dual mei.'
competition last year.
Jerry Maurey is set at the 137=
pound class. Last year, Jerry was
a contender for his brother's 137
berth and finally captured the
position before the Army meet.
He then went on to post five
dual meet wins and was runner
up in the NAAU tournament.
Don and Doug Frey, identical
twins, will tackle with their Cav
alier opponents at 147 and 1571
pound classes.
Seven Letter Winners
Hud Samson, who possessed a
7-2 dual meet record last year at
177, will endeavor to pin his
hopes on the unlimited division.
Last year's outstanding heavy
weight was Lynn Illingworth,
now act Air Force lieutenant.
Unlike last year, when the
Lions opened against Lehigh and
had to exhibit to their latter op-
Sports Briefs
Pro Bowl Battle Fay Ors Nationals
LOS ANGELES 0 3 )—Professional football's hardiest warriors
disdained drippy skies yesterday and went about their work pre
paring for the National Football League's Annual Pro Bowl battle
tomorrow.
Coach Buddy Parker's National
Conference squad remained a
slim favorite to hand the Ameri
can Division players their second
defeat in a row in this related
windup of the 1952-53 grid cam
paign.
Parker, who coached the De
troit Lions to the NFL champion
ship in the playoff game with, the
Cleveland Browns, has a nucleus
of the Lion team on his all-star
squad.
The same is true for the run
ner-up coach, Paul Brown of the
Browns, who is coaching his third
straight American Confer e n.c e
team in this post-season contest.
Scores Are Highe r
NEW YORK, (1?) The scor
ing is going up, up and up in col
lege basketball under the . n e w
rules.
Checking into its books, the
NCAA's Service Bureau discov
ered that only two major teams
were averaging over 80 points a
game at this time a year ago and
10 teams were allowing less than
50 to be scored against them.
This year, through games of
san. 6, the service bureau's" sta
tistics disclose that 17 teem s,
headed by George Washington
and Navy, have averaged '-more
than 80 points a game. And only
one team, Oklahoma A&M's per
ennl-'l---trong defensive outfit
was ' ' , its foes to less than
50 points a game.
Open Tomorrow
Don Frey
(Co-Captain)
oonent,how they stacked up after
the loss of Hvo EIWA champions
and three other letterwinners,
the grapplers will have seven let
termen—three EIWA champions.
Coach Dr. Frank Finger of the
Cavaliers had a fairly good sea
son last year, posting a 6-2 log.
One of its losses was at the hands
of the Lions at Rec Hall, 34-0.
This victory was the only shutout
administered by the Lions last
year and fourth win registered
against ,Virginia since their ini
tial meeting in 1923. Franklin
and Marshall was the only other
team to beat Virginia.
Last year the Cavaliers easily
defeated John Hopkins, 28-5; Gal
landet, 21-5; North Carolina, 31-3;
and . Washington and Lee, 23-3.
The grapplers of Virginia, how
ever, ha d to squeeze by VPI,
16-11; and VM1,,16-15.
Rookie Baseball
WICHITA, Kas., (FP) Nation
wide sponsorship of baseball for
players 17 through 21 year of
age, through the National Rookie
Association, probably will be
shared by the U.S. Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, the National
Baseball Congress said yesterday.
The plan was announced fol
lowing conferences here between
Don Neer of Tulsa, director of
_sports for the National Jaycees,
and*Ray Duinont, president of the
congress, non-pro ruling body.
Under the • . proposal, the 1700
- Jaycee chapters would organize
teams and leagues compris in g
players within the stated , age
All such leagues Would be
members of the 1953 national as
sociation, under jurisdiction of
the congress.
Each league champion would re
ceive a trophy, and teams would
be protected• from player-pirating
under the nation-wide contract
System, Dumont said.
League •champions would meet
in playoffs to determine the 48
state titles for 1953.
First Lickings
Pennsylvania and the Universi
ty of Nebraska both were unbeat
c.,n •until Penn State upset them
.-way through the 1952 foot=
ball season.
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By JAKE HIGHTON
Collegian Sports Editor
For the last five years or so,. whenever Penn State opened
its wrestling season, as it will' againsta Virginia tomorrow,
Coach Charlie Speidel would be the biggest .news peg. After
all, Charlie now has been head mat coach in the Nittany
Valley for 26 years and is a national authority on the sport.
However, this year is different. Charlie's team is hogging the
stage with an extraordinary skein of 20 straight wins in dual meet
competition in addition to a grapple hold on Eastern supremacy for
the last two years. •What's more, from pre-season, on paper appear
ances, the string should stretch to 28 dual wins and to three EIWA
titles by season's end. But, of course such things aren't predicted.
There are too many unknown pitfalls lurking in a Pilgrim's Progress
to an unbeaten season and 'a championship.
Just the fact that the Lions are champs makes it tough. "Un
easy lies the head that wears the crown." Everyone points for
the' clamp.- The champ is the one to be "up" for. So, pressure
mounts on both the team and the individuals to such an extent
that the upset by second or 4' --Aters is always a distinct pos
sibility.
But despite 'Speidel's
ing against overconfidence, yc,
have to look at the facts. There
are no ifs or buts about:it—State
is loaded. Eight men comprise a
first team wrestling squad. Spei
del has to suffer the tortures of
filling one spot —he has seven
tournament veterans. But that's
not all. Of the seven lettermen
who are returning, six finished
in the top four places of last
year's EIWA tourney.
Here is class that has the po
tential to be a Dream Team, a
Murderers' Row of Murderers'
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Rows: Bob Homan, 123, EIWA
champ; Dick Lemyre, 130, EIWA
champ; Jerry Maurey, 137, EIWA
runnerup; Don Frey, 147, EIWA
and NCAA runnerup• two years
ago but 4th last year; Doug Frey,
157, 6 and 2 last year; Joe Lemyre,
167, EIWA and- NCAA champ;
and Hud Samson, 177. EIWA
fourth finisher.
Heavyweight? When you have what Charlie has it's 'easy.
"Doc" Speidel says, "we can give 'em the last bout and . Catch 'an
early train."
Seriously, however. Charlie expects to do plenty of lineup jugg
ling. For instance, Samson will wrestle heavyweight and Joe Lemyre
177 for some of the dual meets, but both will hit their regular
weights for championship bouts and, tougher opponents • • •
But despite such a predominance of potential murderers State
has, sports history has shown too many cases of disaster between
the predicting and the result of an event that it would be foolhardy
to call State a 1953 champion. What the wrestlers did last •year counts
little now. The press clippings get faded. It's like the story told
about Knute Rockne. One of the ex-Notre Dame coaches' backfield,
stars broke into the clear and was galloping for a touchdown when
suddenly he was pulled down from behind: The back apologetically
explained that he made a mistake in misjudging the speed , of his
pursuer. Promptly Rockne replied with the perfect squelch, "Your
mistake was in not waving your press clippings in' front of, him."
But right away you have to contradict yourself in reference to
the 1953 edition of grapplers. How can any of the first team wrestlers
ever get too cocky with a State champion or a reasonable facsimile
trying to take his job? Last year at 137 Speidel had a delightful
dilemma to choose from among three men, 1952 Captain Don Maurey,
his brother Jerry, and Larry Fornicola. So hot was the 'competition,
that Jerry. the eventual top man, never even wrestled until• the
fifth meet of the season.
Yep. At State the "seconds" are the first team's best friend—
they keep them on the mark. Having thus dispensed with the
factor of overconfidence, but still keeping a wary eye for the
unexpected, it's more than poss - ble that the Lions will be catching
an early train until they run into national championship compe
tition.
Lion Brother Act
Penn State's Eastern champion
ship wrestlers will boast two set. -
of brothers in 1953. Don and
Doug Frey of Newton, .N.J., are
twins. Joe and Dick Lemyre hail
from Merrick, N.Y. Don Frey and
Joe Lemyre are co-captains of
the team.
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Boxers Open Jan., 31
'Penn, State's boxing te a in.
.3parked by its 1952 Eastern 125-
pound champion, Sam Marino, of
Norristown, will open the - new
campaign againSt Maryland, Jan
uary 31. The 1953 team will be
built around Marino and faur
other hold-overs.