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Saturday's Mee*.
NCAA Tuneup
For Ringmen
Greatly cheered by a third place in last week’s Eastern Inter
collegiates, Penn State’s boxing team closes its dual meet season
against Catholic U. Saturday iri Rec Hall with excellent possibilities
for its first win. '
Catholic U. is so thin in material this season that it only entered
two men in the EIBA’s. One, Norm DiCarlantonio, 139 pounder, was
eliminated in the preliminary round. The other, Bernie Pannone,
14? pounder, drew a bye into the semi-finals but then lost his first
bout.
Coach Eddie Sulkowski is expected to shake up his lineup this
week with an eye to spreading experience around and to give fellows
like Sam Marino and Tony Flore tougher preparation for the na
tionals. ■
The NCAA tourney, to be held at Idaho State April 9-11, will
have two Nittanies entered for certain and possibly a third. Eastern
champions Marino, 125, and Adam Kois, 178, are the definite starters.
Flore, unbeaten during the dual season, is a possible Nittany 139
pound entry in the NCAA’s even though he was upset in the Easterns.
Marino and Kois are figured good risks to win titles. Kois hasn’t
lost to anyone all year including two members of the big teams in
the nationals—Wisconsin and Michigan State.
Marino, on the other hand, will benefit by fighting in a lower
Weight class. The NCAA’s 119 pound class is made to order for the
Nittany captain. It is especially so this year because of a new NCAA
ruling. The rule states that any fighter wishing to box 119 must
have weighed in for his regular dual season matches at 122 or less.
Sam, who was less than 122 for every one of his 125 pound
matches this year, has his chances increased by the graduation of
Idaho’s Frank Echavarria. The Idaho boxer eliminated Marino both
last year and the year before. Last year Echavarria stopped Sam
in the finals to win the championship.
Flore, too, could go well. Tony has licked Michigan State’s 139
pounder and got a draw with Wisconsin’s Chuck Magestro in two
dual meets with title contending teams.
DU, Phi Gamma Delta
Post Two IM Mat Wins
Pi Kappa Phi again had the best win and lost record last night
in the IM wrestling eliminations. Buzz Pierce pinned Bob Wendel of
Theta Cfea in the third-period after a rough-and tumble brawl. Andy
(Ox) Knassowski recorded Pi Kappa Phi’s second win by pinning
Joe~Barfeett, Phi Delta Theta. Heavyweight Jim Stanley, Lambda
Chi Alpha, copped the only win for his house'by pinning the Pi
Kapp’s fled Remsnyder.
Howki Warren pinned Rich Tus
sey, Phi Xappa Sigma, for one of
Delta IfiJsilon’s two wins. John
Baffa eiiiily triumphed over 128-
pounder Paul Diffenbach, Alpha
Chi Sigma, with a pin. Tom Lewis
of SigmSi Alpha Epsilon downed
DITs Andy Starvers 5-0. Herby
Ferguson, Sigma Pi, gave DU its
second l«ss of the night by de
cisioning 155-pounder Jim Mayes,
8-0.1
Phi Gamma Delta broke even
with two wins and <two losses. In
the 128 pound class, Bill Walters
pinned Phi Epsilon Pi’s Friedman
early in the first period. A second
win for the Phi Gam’s was posted
when Bill Noyes floored Earl
Davis, Lambda Chi Alpha, at 1:57.
Bill Pyle was decisioned, 4-1, by
Acacia’s Dan Anderson. The Phi
Gam’s second loss was by for
feit to Beta Theta Pi’s Eckert.
Theta Chi’s brother act, Bill and
Bob Wendel, copped one win and
lost one. Bill decisioned Kappa
Delta Rho’s Sigworth, while his
brother lost to Pi Kappa Phi’s
entry. Ed Hill of Delta Chi gave
Theta Chi its second loss of the
night by decisioning Gene White
house, 4-0.
■’Three of the four independent
men made their opposition face
the ceiling lights of Rec Hall in
copping their wrestling victories.
A 1 Smith pinned Herb Klinger at
3:06, while John Hall came from
behind to pin Bert Orban. George
NCAA Tourney April 9-11
Idaho Nemesis Graduated
By ROY WILLIAMS
Riefler also pinned his opponent,
Car Dorsey,, at 2:15 of the second
period after leading 5-2. Bob
Evanko won his victory the hard
way by decisioning Francis Muno,
2-1.
Charlie Groff, Kappa Delta Rho,
quicky pinned 145-pounder Stan
Hirsch of Zeta Beta Tau at 1:21.
Salty Whitehouse, Sigma Phi Ep
silon's 145-pound entry didn’t
have to rely on his 4-0 lead, as
he pinned Beta Sig’s Bob Sherer
at 4:27.
Sid Ziff of Phi Sigma Delta and
Palmer Felix, Alpha Chi Sigma,
were tied 2-2 until late in the
third period when Felix won the
match with a pinning hold. Chi
Phi’s Bill Roberts decisioned
Lambda Chi Alpha's Bill Frengle,
6-0.
Don Holler, Alpha Chi Sigma’s
135-pounder, won by default
when Phi Sigma Kappa’s Russ
was injured.
Win Doederlein, Kappa Sigma,
lived iip to his name by. downing
Delta Chi’s Tom Dangerfield, 2-1,
in the 175-pound entries.
Jerry Donovan, Kappa Sigma,
finally pinned Art Cohen, Phi Sig
ma Delta, at 5:39 of the third
period after he led 2-0. Heavy
weight Chuck Signorino, Theta
Kappa Phi, overcame Bill Souler
et’s, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 2 point
lead with a pin at 5:25.
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Samson Maintains Nittany Mat,
Tradition in Heavyweight Class
Throughout its wrestling history
Penn State has been noted for its
outstanding heavyweights. Dur
ing the last two years, in fact,
Coach Charlie Speidel’s unlimited
class was so good that one over
shadowed the other. They were
Homer Barr and Lynn 'llling
worth.
Although Illingworth was good
enough to wrestle on any other
team, he had to sit in the back
ground as Barr performed- his
talents against the unlimited op
position. When Illingworth suc
cessfully -1o s e d his collegiate
wrestling career last year, Spei
del’s outlook in the heavyweight
division appeared gloomy.
But thanks to Frank Bassle, for
mer Michigan NCAA champ,
Penn State has not only had ah
impressive. 177-pound matman,
but has come up with a heavy
weight who had made Rec Hall
wrestling fans forget the great
exploits of Illingworth and Barr.
He is Hud Samson.
When Samson was a senior at
the Hill School in Pottstown, Bas
sle came to his alma mater to
coach wrestling. Attempting to
make wrestlers of everyone or at
least of those who could move
his arms and v legs, Bassle had
everyone wrestle with him. In
tangling with the tall, heavy, but
well muscled Samson, Bassle fore
saw a possible champ. And he was
right.
After going unbeaten in 1948,
Samson took a post graduate
course the following year and be
came an interscholastic champion.
By SAM PROCOPIO
Senior ai Hill School
★ ★
Hud Samson
It was in the finals' of the 1949
interscholastic championships that
Hud received, his biggest mat
thrill.
When he was matched with his
foe in the finals, Samson- was told
that he was spotting his finalist
50 pounds. Despite the weight ad
vantage, however, Samson went
on to defeat him, 13-8, and win
the heavyweight title.
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Don Dickason (IS7), Ken Hunt (157), and Frank
Bellucci (147) —tourney's outstanding .wrestler
—Cornell; Jerry Maurey (137), and Dick Lemyre
I.3o),Penn State; and Alex McCord (123).Lehigh.
In 1950 Samson entered Du-
Bois, a Penn State center, again
sporting an unblemished record.
While on campus the next year,
Speidel lost his services duetto a
knee injury. The injury, however
did not stop the strong heavy
weight from registering a 7-2 won
and lost record in the 177-pound
class last year.
This season he moved up to the
heavyweight class to plug the gap
vacated by-Illingworth. In dual
meet competition the Pottstown
heavyweight performed excep
tionally well, posting an 8-1 log.
Three times this year the power
laden Lions had to prove them-'
selves champions when their ad
versaries kept them in doubt until
the final bout. 'And it was Samson,,
in each situation who gave Penn'
State’s unbeaten matmen the win
ning margin.
Against previously-unbeaten,
Maryland he had nipre ;than 5000
enthusiastic fan’s standing and
applauding his pin over the Terps’
Bob Everly which gave the Lions /
a 18-11 victory.
Freshman Baseball
Candidates for the freshman
baseball team should report to
Coach John Egli in Rec Hall
tomorrow. \
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