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Sports Thru
The Lion’s Eye
By JAKE HIGHTON
Collegian Sports Editor
Phys Ed Dean McCoy and his Public 300 seating proposal looked
mighty good last Saturday? night in:Rec Hall. There were at least
300.0 vacant seats watching Penn State and Wisconsin boxers ham
mer each other from pillar, to post.'Frequently throughout the past
indoor season, there were many similar patches of empty seats
to vindicate McCoy.
Tonight, however, McCoy's proposal isn't likely to look so good.
To begin wiih, Charlie Speidel's wrestling juggernaut—probably
the biggest season-in, season-out. crowd drawer—is pitted, against
Maryland's Southern Conference champs, who have won ten
straight since .losing to Stale early last season. As the nightcap
of a delectable' bargain bill. West Virginia's hot-shot basketball
team is on hand. In addition to being the best team to visit. Rec
Hall all Winter, the Mounties have an "inside" chance of snipping
the Lions' 23-game home court invincibility siring dating back to
1350. -
Adding considerable spice to this evening’s sports fare are some
outstanding individual performers. The Mountie cagers no longer
have their giant heron Mark Workman, (who always was made to
look miserable in Rec Hall, anyway). But instead they have court
smoothies like Jim Soittle, Ed Becker, and Mark Isner. Soittle, who
hit for 33 points in West Virginia’s early season rout of the Lions
at Morgantown and'who netted 29 against NYU in the Garden, is
being tabbed as All-America stuff. Nittany Coach Elmer Gross
says: “Soittle is one of the best jump shot men I have seen . . . per
petual motion.”
Aside from the lightning-striking potential in the Nittany “Mur
derer’s Royr” wrestiihg lineup, Maryland has some hot shots of its
pwn. The 137 bout should be a sparkler. The Terps’ Rod Norris
jaasn’t been beaten in 43 consecutive dual meets and holds a 5-4 deci
sion over last year’s Captain Don Maurey. The “Chief,” former
EIWA champ, is from the same stock as another Lion EIWA king
and captain, Jim Maurey. The third brother, Jerry, who will carry
the vendetta against Norris tonight, has lost only once in nearly
100 schoolboy and collegiate matches. (The one loss? To. Gorgeous
George Feuerbach, Lehigh’s EIWA triple champion.) Furthermore,
Maryland, although not so 1 lucky as to possess two sets of twins like
State’s Erey’s and Lemyre’s, has one set of twin-trouble in the
Fischers.
If this, then, isn't attraction calculated to fill the house.to 5500
capacity, there are either no sports fans left at the College or else,
there are too darn many students.
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CHUCK WASTED HIS BREATH:
The sports world frequently comes up with the weird and the
zapy, but usually it "doesn't happen to us." However/ the bizarre
did happen to .Penn State cagers Friday night in Colgate. It was
a fantastic series of circumstances which were in probable order:
a long-sounded final buzzer; Jack Sherry's Frank Merriwell shot;
a non-commital official timer; trainer Chuck Medlar's vociferous
argument; a reversed ref's edcipion; and a recall of both teams
from the showers.
With the Red'Raiders ahead 58-56, Sherry—one of State’s all
time standout, two-vyay athlete^—fired at the hoop before/simul
taneous/after the buzzer. According to teammate Ed Haag’s account,
Sherry’s “tying” shot accompanied a long buzzer. The ref said no
goal, but the undaunted Medlar argued and talked with the skill
of a Lgo Durocher. The men-in-stripes then yielded to the point of
asking the official timer if the goal was good or not. The honest man,
from Cdlgate no' less, refused to say yes or no. So, both teams were
called back into their clammy togs—with ..the same two-point result
after an overtime. If justice triumphs, Sherry’s. controversial shot
couldn’t have been good—except for newspaper copy.
REFS NOT SEEING RIGHT?:
Intercollegiate boxing is a sport; which too frequently is domi
nated by fighters who rely primarily, on brute strength and bull-like
charging tactics. Thus when a fighter like State's Tony Flore comes
on the EIBA scene, it is refreshing to say the least. Flore is mainly
a boxer of the real boxing school. He coolly parries and picks off
punches, moves swiftly and deftly, and constantly has his foe
missing wildly. (But don't get the idea that Flore is a dancing
master.) He isn't a knockout puncher but he hits sharply and
rapidty with an excellent left hand. Yet, the refs don't see it that
way as evident Saturday night when Flore completely outboxed
his 'Wisconsin foe yet only received a draw. For the good of the
sport, the refs ought to begin "seeing it this way."
State Is Tops on Mats
Penn. State, winner of : 26
meets since 1950, .is
wrestling-conscious. The year’s
top crowd of 5800 filled Recrea
tion Hgll for the traditional duel
with Lehigh.
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Jim Herb Goes Up, And Over, in iC's
—Courtesy Jim Peters. CDT
JIM HERB, lion trackman, is caught by the Chick Werner's indoor squad collected 22VSs
camera as he clears the high jump bar in the team points. to walk off with second place
IC4A finals held in New York City Saturday honors in the annual intercollegiate meet. Herb
night. Herb topped 6-5 Vs to win the event. thus repeated his 1951 IC4A indoor title.
Two Mat
Champs Vie
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plished Fisher brothers, Bobby
and Ernie, and State’s Frey’s, Don
and Doug, and Lemyre’s, Dick and
Joe. The Frey’s a'r e identical
twins.
Coach Sully Krouse’s brother
act possess one of the most out
standing mat records. Bobby, who
weighs in at 157'pounds, has been
licked only once' in 31 starts while
brother Ernie, at 167 pounds, has
lost but one decision in 43 ap
pearances. Bobby dropped his
only decision to Penn State’s Doug
Frey and will be seeking revenge
in the rematch.
Norris, 137. pound standout for
the Terrapins, will risk a perfect
record against State’s perfection
ist, Jerry Maurey. Norris, who
with the Fisher brothers annexed
Southern Conference titles last
year, is undefeated in 48 straight
bouts. Maurey, who' had four un
beaten seasons in high school,
carries an unbeaten record in two
years of college competition.
The probable lineup:
Penn State Maryland
Bob Homan 123 Roney Carroll
Dick Lemyre 130 Dick Crowley
Jerry Maurey ’’ 137 Rod Norris
Don Frey 147 Danny Little
Don? Frey 157 Bob Fisher
Georfre Dvorozniak 167 Ernie Fisher
Joe Lemyre 177 Jack Shanahan
Hud.. Samson Hwt. Bob Drake
Dvorozniak Top Scholar
Penn State’s 167-pound wrest
ler, George Dvorozniak of Ply
'mouth, apparently finds it easy to
grapple with his books. His 2.78
average in the difficult chemical
engineering curriculum has
earned him one of the college’s
top scholarship awards.
Navy Is in NCA,
KANSAS CITY, (JP) The Na
tional Collegiate Athletic Associ
ation announced yesterday that
Notre Dame, Navy, DePaul, East
ern Kentucky and Fbrdham have
been selected as ,“at large” teams
for the Eastern regional NCAA
basketball tournaments.-
Tourney
The five “at large” quintets,
plus the champion of the Mid-
American Conference and selec
tions from the Middle Atlantic
Conference and New England will
meet in first round games March
9 or 10. Pairings and sites will be
announced later, the NCAA said.
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