SATURDAY, MARCH 21> 1953 Baseball Vets Prep for ACj JH these holdovers from the 1952 The six vets are getting all their seasoning in ?j lh - e baseball *® ar ” *k ai . f 1 * 1 * this pepper game in preparation for the Lion's ished third m the College World Series last '53 campaign. Left to right, they are Captain June arent going to be farmed out to the, Sil Cerchie. Bill Leonard, Keith Vesling. Jack Salt and Pepper League for more seasoning. Rhoda, Dewey Krumrine, and Bob Schoellkopf. Record Entry for NCAA's at Rec Hall; Joe Lemyre Among Defending Titilsts Unlike the 'Eastern Intercollegiate wrestling Scrutinizing the record books, however, one tournament, the NCAA tourney will possess only would observe the fantastic monopoly held by three . 1952 titlists in the starting field when a Oklahoma University and Oklahoma A&M record entry of 210 of the nation’s top collegians T . . , _ , „ from 57 colleges vie for individual and team honors , .7 1 out of the 22 natlonal championships, the in Rec Hall next Friday and Saturday, latter Blg Seven teams have shared the crown 19 times. Oklahoma Aggies copped the title 16 of the 19 times. Returning 1952 winners are Hugh Peery, son of the Pitt coach, Rex Peery—a three-time titlist in the ’3o’s—Gene Nicks, Oklahoma A&M, and Penn State’s Co-captain Joe Lemyre. Peery, who has been wrestling in the 123-pound class this season, won the 115-pound championship last year, while Nicks carried the 130-pound honors. State's First Champ Coach Charlie Speidel’s 167-pounder, who last brought the Nittany Lions their first NCAA crown in 17 years, will endeavor to become the third Penn State matman to achieve this honor since the Lions organized wrestling. Penh State’s first national champion was How ard “Red” Johnston. To win, he faced Port Robert * son > coach of Oklahoma’s champions. Johnston clashed in the 165-pound finals 18 years ago and scored an early takedown to win a narrow decis ion over Robertson. The fact that the Nittany Lions have not won an NCAA title and have had only two individual champions may appear illogical since the Lions have captured 12 EIWA championships and are well-known in the ’ wrestling circles as “the team to beat.” Indiana Named Top Hoop Team * ■' NEW YORK, March. 20 *(/P) The Hoosiers of Indiana Univer sity, victors in the finals of the NCAA basketball tournament this * week at Kansas City, were voted the No. 1 college basketball team ■of the 1953 season today in the .final weekly Associated Press I poll. j F Coach Branch McCracken’s Bloomington team, champions of , the Big Ten and a 69-68 winner I over Kansas in the NCAA cham pionship game' ran away with the ; 14th and last nationwide poll of \ the season. Of 159 ballots received from ports writers and sportscasters, pdiana received 128 votes. HjiimiiiiimiiiiiiimiiiiiiimimiiimmiimiiiiiiiHiiiimiimiimiiiiiiiiiiimiu; E S I Interested in 1 I FLYING? I 1 HERE'S YOUR CHANCE I I TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE 1 ( PENN STATE FLYING CLUB j | •• • Regular business meeting = | = ... Special movie on aviation = 5 v ... Open discussion for = | prospective members | | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 | | 7:30 P.M. | | 233 Sparks 7 | r7lllllllllllllll||||||l|l||||||g|]||||||||lHlllllllllllllllllljlllllllmi [ THE DAILY COLLEGIA!?, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA ner 'Big. Seven' Winner Four Times Robertson’s Oklahoma Sooners, twice defending national champions in the last two years, are cur rently sporting a 25 consecutive dual meet winning skein. (Penn State has the biggest consecutive vic tory mark today with 29.) Then too, the Sooners, who won Big Seven hon ors four of the last five years, boast one champion, one runnerup, and a third-place winner from lasi year’s title team. Robertson, who returned to his alma mater to coach in 1947, has won 41 meets while losing only 16. His team cracked Oklahoma A&M’s winning streak of 26 straight matches in 1951 and now owns six successive dual meet triumphs over the once unbeaten Aggies. Nevertheless, the Sooners wiU be without the services of his 147-pound champion, Tommy Evans, who was forced out of competition early this sea son because of a knee injury. Evans was voted as the tourney’s outstanding wrestler last year. The NCAA’s defending 157-pounder, Bill Weick, of lowa State Teachers, left college to enter the armed services. Kentucky's Rupp in Federal Lawsuit LEXINGTON, Ky., March 20 (JP) —A Federal Coiirt lawsuit ask ing triple damages of more than half a million dollars for alleged gambling losses today named as co-defendants University of Ken tucky basketball Coach Adolph Rupp, gambler Frank Costello and Ed Curd, reputed former Lexing ton bookmaker. Rupp, Kentucky’s coach for 24 years, immediately branded the suit a “smear campaign” and as serted his innocence of any con nection with gambling. Costello, spotlighted during the Senate Crime Committee investi gation, is now in the federal cor rectional institution at - Milan, Mich., serving 18 months for con tempt of Congress. He also is un der indictment i for income tax evasion. Gernert's Blast Helps WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 20 (A») Dick Gernert’s two-out home run off pitcher Joe Coleman tied the game in the ninth and then two errors by the Philadelphia Athletics in the 10th handed the Boston Red Sox a 5 to 4 Grapefruit League victory here today. IN STATE COLLEGE FOR ARROW young men’s nrs.atHm couaic Arrow Gordon Dover Seen As , Campus Favorite For ’53 Button-Down Oxford Classic Overwhelming- Favorite Of College Crowd All signs point to a big year on campus for Arrow Gordon Dover the neat, button-down Oxford so many young men prefer. Available at all Arrow dealers. ARROW SHIRTS SHIRTS •• TIES • UNDERWEAR • HANDKERCHIEFS • SPORTS SHIRTS Sports Briefs ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 20 (JP) —The New York Yankees shelled three rookie hurlers for 16 hits today and trimmed the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-3. The champs, in enjoying their best hitting afternoon of the spring, blasted a total of 27 bases. Gene Woodling led the attack with three safeties and Yogi Ber ra boomed a homer. Milwaukee Wins First BRADENTON, Fla., March 20 (A 5 ) —WmmHg their first game as the Milwaukee Braves, Manager Charlie Grimm’s lads swung away for 17 hits today to hand the St. Louis Cardinals their worst defeat of a losing spring, 11-2. Biggest blow in the Braves’ at tack was a three-run home run hit by rookie Bob Mainzer off pitcher Bob Tiefenauer in the eighth inning. sho Yanks Top Phils, 8-3 PAGE SEVEW
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