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Eastern Wrestlers Gi en
High Rating for NCAA's
Lions Are
Main Hope
For East
By SAM PROCOPIO
Each year the press and en
thusiastic wrestling fans alike
look to the entries from the
state of Oklahoma to finish
either on top or close to the
NCAA's coveted honpr, but it
appears that the tide' is mak
ing its turn when the battle
of champions take to the mats
in Rec Hall Friday and Satur
day.
Optimism is not only circling
in East headquarters but in the
"wrestling-minded" West. In a
publicity report from Otis Wile of
Oklahoma A.& M, the home of 16
coveted National team honors
says: "This might be a good year
for the East to break into the
king row."
In backing up his statement
Wile states the fact that Okla
homa University has itg two best
grapplers injured and is not at its
usual strength and that Oklahoma
A & M is counting on only three
of its eight matmen to even reach
the finals.
Lions Is East's Hope
With this in mind the East has
an opportunity to win its firsi
team title, or at least dominate
the field of titlists in collegiate
wrestling's climactic affair.
Among the Eastern team stand
outs Penn State will be its main
hope. Placing the largest number
of entries—nine--Coach Charlie
Speidel's wrestlers should present
some trouble to the record field
of more than 200 collegians which
include three 1952 champions,
five runners-up, four third place,
and five fourth place finishers.
Pacing the Southern wrestling
contingent are Maryland's four
individual champions. The Soutli
will send six of its eight titlists
into the Nationals.
Tourneys Send 8 Champs
Also very much in contention
is the mid-West and its solid eight
Big Ten champions—two from
Minnesota, Michigan, and Michi
gan State, and one each from Il
linois and Indiana. Michigan State
boasts of six individual entries
while Michigan has five.
The championship field will
have a solid bloc--Leight of its
eight tourney champs—represent
ed from the Four-I, Pennsylvania
State Teachers, Big Seven, and
the Eastern tourneys.
Adding color to the two-day
tournament will be three mem
bers of Uncle Sam's 1952 tourna
ment Olympic squad. The Olym
pians are Hugh Peery, of Pitt,
115-pounder, who is one of the
three defending champs; Sa m
Coursen of Springfield College,
115-pounder; and Leonard DeAu
gustino, of Lock Haven State
Teachers College, 137-pounder.
Hollen Posts Best Time
Bob "Red" Hollen, of Williams
port, posted the best time ever
credited to a Penn State runner
in the National. Collegiate cross
country championships at Michi
gan State in 1952, yet had to be
satisfied with seventh place. His
time of 20 minutes flat was good
enough to win twelve of the thir
teen prior meets.
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ager Gary Lewis at the caddy
house.
NAlo u
DINNERS Afil - UDAILY4EXCEPT EUN)
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PENN . . three-time - _ lons
who will battle for National honors in Rec Hall
this weekend. Standing (1. to r.) are Hal Cham
berlain (177), defending NCAA champ, Joe
Lemyre (167), Hud Samson (Hwt.), George
Dvorozniak (177) and Bill Shawley (157). Kneel
ing are Bob Homan (123), Doug Frey (157), Don
Frey (147), and Jerry Maurey (137). Seated are
Versatile Gymnasts Register
NCAA Title Meet Nears
79
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Over 200 entries for eight events have been received from 79 of the nation's top gymnasts for the
11th annual National Collegiate Athletic Association gymnastic team championship tourney.
The tourney will be run off Friday and Saturday for the first time at Syracuse's
gymnasium.
The preliminary qualifying s
and the other at 7:30 p.m. The
championship play will begin
1:30 p.m; Saturday.
10 Gymnasts To Qualify
The only individual crown to
be decided Friday will be the all
around title. Lion Coach Gene
Wettstone has entered three of
his gymnasts in the all-around
competition. , They are Jan Cron
stedt, Karl Schwenzfeier, and
Tony Procopio. The all-around
title goes to the performer with
the highest score on five events,
the flying rings, horizontal bar,
parallel bars, sidehorse, and cales
thenics.
Friday's performances will not
add to the team point total, but
will serve to qualify the top ten
gymnasts in each event for the
finals on Saturday. The other
NCAA events are tumbling, tram
poline, and flying rings.
Twenty-four teams, headed by
defending champ, Florida State,
will be on hand for the two-day
affair.
Other teams are Army, Navy,
Cortland, Springfield, host Syra
cuse, Temple, West Virginia,
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Michigan, Michigan State, lowa, Frank Wick, Dave Shultz, Jim
Ohio State, Minnesota, Western Hazen, team captain Bob Kenyon,
Illinois State, Indiana, Georgia, and either Bob Boudreau or John-
Mississippi Southern, California, ny Baffa.
UCLA, Southern California, Ari- Wettstone will na m e either'.
zona, and Colorado State. ropeman Boudreau or Baffa today
Illinois- Highly Regarded after a time trial session.
Florida State, who will be de-, Travel by Car , •
fending their team crown footer!
1 Practicewise, the Lions haven't
third year in a row, and p had an. off-day since the Monday
UCLA have been installed as the after their spectacular showing in
teams to beat the pre-meet calcu- the Eastern individual tests two
lations. , ' weeks ago. They have worked out
State's Eastern kings and Hlin- at Rec Hall every day since then,
ois, top team in the Western con- including workouts last Saturday
ference, are also highly regarded, and Sunday. Wettstone will wrap.
along with coast clubs, California
and Southern California. ,lup all practices today with a full .
Rounding out Wettstone's other! session.
seven gymnasts making the trip The team will travel to. Syracuse
are Bobby Lawrence, Al Wick, tomorrow by car.
Transportation - Notice
EASTER _ VACATION
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For the convenience of PENN STATE , STUDENTS,
SPECIAL BUSES will beprovicied for the Easter Vaca
tion and will leave from the PARKING LOT, SOUTH
OF RECREATION HALL at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday,
April the Ist, 1953.
RESERVATIONS for the SPECIAL BUSES will be
made with the purchase of your ticket at the GREY
HOUND POST HOUSE. ALL RESERVATIONS MUST
BE MADE BY 10:00 p.m. TUESDAY, MARCH THE 31st.
For additional information, ca 11 the GREYHOUND
DOST - HOUSE, 146 North Atherton Street—Phone 4181.
Try Jrx , -
.emyre (130), Larry Levine (130). Not com
peting in the Nationals are. Chamberlain, Shaw
.ey, Cassel, Fornicola, and Levine. Missing from
The picture is Bill Cramp who will be Coach
Charlie Speidel's choice at the 115-pound spot.
;Samson will wrestle in the 191-pound class.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 103
'Sigma Nu
Leads IM
Mat Teams
By TOM WERNER
The leading contender tor intra
mural fraternity wrestling honors,
Sigma Nu, advanced Terry piekel
into the heavywpight finals and
thug added five more points to
make its season total read 83.
-The - hardest fought match of
the night was the heaVyweight
bout between the 6-6 Dickel and,
the 5-6 Bert Oberg. The Triangle
representative, Oberg, scored. first
with two points for a takedown
and it was some time until Sigma
Nu's hope' caught up with ..an
equal amount for a reversal.
Oberg then forged ahead with a
point for escape but the•.giant-„
Dickel proved too much for the
smaller .man and went on to pin
his opponent in 2:45.
Sigma Nu lost out in two match
es. The first, in the 121 , ppgnd
class, ""had Chuck Frey fosipg_ a
5-3 decision to Ray Webb - of. phi
Phi. The winner scored With. a '
takedown and reversal, making
his final point thrpugh riding
time. \His opponent gathered his ,
points by way of reversal : and
escape.
Headlee Gains 3 Points.
Jim Diehl became the other de
parted Sigma Nu hope,. this—in
the 155 pound division; by bow
ing to Phi Sigma Kappa's Jim
Hancock, 5-1. The decisive victory
was gained for Hancock by his
reversal, near fall, and point for
time on top.
Dick Headlee gained three more
-- Dints for Chi Phi by decisioning
)on Anderson of Acacia,. 6-1, The
r?..1 Headlee took his_ foe down
.wice and spent a total of 3:23,
an riding time to walk off with
;he verdict in the 135 pound class.
Paul Eckert, Beta Theta Pi,
efficiently and quickly •disposed
of Ralph Wagner, Chi Phi, in 1:15.
The loser wasn't able to _ score
a point before his pinning :in one
of the four heavyweight bouts of
the night. •
Another of the heavyweight
bouts featured George Weaver in
a fall in 4:30 over Tom Schmalz
reid. The winning Delta Chi
scored only two points before pin
ning his foe, from Alpha Zeta.
Archbold
Two Ref's Decision
The last heavyweight bout of
the night had Jim Stanley, Lamb
da Chi Alpha, pinning his op
ponent, Charley Signorino of The
ta Kappa Phi, in 4:13. The winning
grappler was leading 5-0 when
opportunity presented itself.
One of the two referees decis
ions went tollary Shapiro of Beta
Sigiva Rho over Howie Warren,
Delta Upsilon. Both men finished
their match with two points each,
the decision being awarded by
Virtue" Of - the amount of riding
time:
The other ref's decision went
to Independent Dick Hall who•got
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