SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1954 Matmen Favored, Seek 30th Win Speaking of unbeaten seasons, 130-pounders Dick Lemyre, co-captain, and Larry Formic°la, are the only matmen who will be carrying unblemished records (in regular season com petition) into the meet. In 1953 Fornicola won his three mat ches and owns a two-year record of 4-0-1. Lemyre, on the other hand, has a two-yeai Speidel, who has indicated tha, his matmen , will move 'up in weight classes, will probably. start Bob Homan in the 123-pound class. Homan will face Cornell's Rex Boda who was defeated by Lehigh's EIWA champion, Alex McCord. Boda, however, won his match against Cortland with a fall. Fornicola at 130 In Lemyre's customary 130- pound slot. the Nittany Lion men tor will , likely select Fornicola. The Bellefonte matman will be seeking his fifth straight dual meet win against the Big Red's co-captain, Bruce Blackman. Lernyre, Who has given his foes weight advantage last year, will move - up to the 137-pound class where he will battle Arno Nie man._ Speidel will concede that his co-captain is slightly small for most 137-pounders, but "Dandy Dick" is one of the "big men" on the squad. The Merrick, N.Y. grappler sets up his opponents with orthodox as well as unortho dox holds, providing fans with laughs and pins. He's an all around performer who special izes in. exchanging an escape (to his opponent) for a take down hi return. Lemyre will be in search of his 16th win in a row. Maurey Is Standout Following Lemyre will be Co captain Jerry Maurey. another Lion standout. The 147-pounder had a winning streak of his own last year until he was decisioned by Red Norris of Maryland. Out of the twelve wins Maurey has posted in his two years of wrest ling, six were via falls. He will wrestle Co-captain Paul Steiger of Cornell. Walter Farrell, one of Coach Erie Miller's unbeaten men, will be after his fourth win of the campaign against State's Doug Frey. Last year Frey dropped on ly one match but had three ties with - his four wins. George Dvorozniak, who com pletes his eligibility this semester, will tackle Cornell's Phil Harvey in the 167-Dound division. Soars Outstanding • Battling perhaps Cornell's most outstanding wrestler, 177-pounder Dick Soars, will be either Doug Melvin or' Dick McFeely of Penn State. Soars is unbeaten in three matches and has shown some fine mat know-how this season. Last year, he defeated Dvorozniak in the Easterns, but lost to Penn State's NCAA champion, Hud Sampson, in regular competition. In the heavyweight class the spotlight will be on Bob Oberly, who must handle the spo', vacated by the aforementioned National champion. Samson, who dropped only one match, responded like a true champion when Penn State needed the final match to win and to keep its win streak alive. Ober -1 ly's first test will be John Gerdes. In meeting its traditional rival —Cornell—Penn State will not only be seeking its 30th straight triumph without defeat but will be looking for win number 32 against the Big Red. Both schools have met 40 times. Cornell won seven, while two ended in ties. Quintet - (Continued from page six) He also is tops in the Nittany A bound department. Against Syra cuse he grabbed 17 off the boards. In line to see plenty of action from the Lion reserve corps to night is Dave Edwards, a 5-11 guard who played most of the sec ond half of the Syracuse tilt, scor ing 11 points. Sophomore' Rudy Marisa and Bob Rohland should also see action. PROGRAMS INVITATIONS COMMERCIAL PRINTING 35 . 2_E. College Ave. (Continued from page one) Launches 28th Campaign TV Football Sponsorship In Question NEW YORK,. Jan. 8 (W)—The NCAA's "stand pat" football-tele vision policy may cost the colleges their rich sponsor. General Motors, which backed the 1953 program with more than 4 million dollars is so displeased it may not renew its contract, the Associal.ed Press learned today. Television sources doubt if any other single corporation in the nation 'mould want to pay the bill if General Motors backs out. Thus' the NCAA might find it self with no customer in sight. Same Policy Planned The NCAA at its current meet ing in Cincinnati has apparently decided on virtually the same football TV program this year as last. This means, in the main, one game each Saturday, chosen months in advance. No team ap peared last year more than once. Each region was represented and some of the games were far from national attractions. General Motors would like to see either the week's top national game be made_available on a flex ible basis, or else regional tele vising of the to p conference games—such as the Big Ten has advbcated—or a combination of both plans. General Motors now • has its television advertising budget _un der revew. The vast corporation has backed college TV football for the past two years-. In 1951 the first year of the NCAA .cpro gram Westinghouse w a s''t he sponsor. It is reputed to have spent about 1 1 / 2 million dollars. Westinghouse now sponsors, with others, professional football tele vision. •• General Motors was particular ly irked last fall by the NCAA "Panorama" program under which portions of various games were televised. Viewers co m plained that just as a game got interesting, the network switched to another stadium. SPECIAL 65c WASH SCO3 U TICKETS J SAVE $1.50 LAUNDERETTE 210 W. College Lye. Phone 4785 - Pickup & Delivery TIM DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA GM Investigating "No Other Love" Sam's Song By SAM PROCOPIO Collegian Sports Editor If you love wrestling, the only place in the world to be is in State College when the matmen tackle their opponents. The more than 5000 spectators who crowd into Rec Hall think it's great. And they let you know it not only with their presence, but with their voices and gestures. As a grappler, you wrestle or you don't win. As an observer, you live wrest ling or you're really not living. Although college wrestling is winning the interest of the sport fans, there is one thing lacking. Very few of the spectators take time to learn the fundamentals of keeping score. The public should understand the technicalities of the sport and respond to every move. This can be accomplished by knowing the game from top to bottom, by understanding what a wrestler is trying to do, and then by reacting accordingly. For the Penn State fan who will be watching college wrestling for the first time, it would be a greater thrill if he knew and under stood how the wrestler can score points. In all matches, the following point system is scored: A fall, which scores five team points, is called by the referee when the shoulders of the defensive contestant are touching the mat. It should be understood, however, that shoulders in college wrestling are the shoulder blades. The match is concluded when ever a fall is called. Individual points, which decide a match should both wrestlers go the distance, are scored as followed with the winner receiving three team points.. If the defensive wrestler, while on the mat,. reverses his position and has control, of his opponent, he is given two points for reversal of position. One point is given to a wrestler if he breaks loose from his opponent from a defensive position on the mat. This is known as an escape. Time advantage, which counts one point, is given for each minute the wrestler has control. Two points is the most that one can be awarded in the three periods of the match. Clarification of near-fall and predicament rulings were made recently by the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association rules committee. It reads now: One point will be given to a wrestler who pins one of his opponent's shoulders and the other shoulder is within 45 degrees of the mat when he is in full control. If both shoulders are within four inches of the mat, a "predicament" pbint will be awarded. However, he must be forced into that position. No point is given until he comes out of the hold. Should the situation occur that the offensive wrestler almost secures a pin and is not within the aforementioned requirements for a predicament, the referee will call a near-fall. Although the wrestling initiate may find some of the rulings unclear at first, one way to know who is winning is to be a real shrewdie like a Navy wrestling coach who informed his boys with these words on the ceiling above the mats: "If you can read this, you're losing." Every match starts with the referee slapping the mat . and • hollering "wrestle!" To the sportswriter the remaining action is a . tale. To the coach it's a nightmare. To the wrestler ifs a day's work. But to the understanding fan, it's great. Malinak Represents Lions In Senior Bowl Today Don Malinak, Penn State standout end and co-captain of the past football season, will represent the Lions in the Senior Bowl, annual grid classic to be held in Mobile, Ala. today. The contest is expected to be highlighted with scores in quick bursts if heralded passing and running duels between some of 1953's brightest college stars pan out, the Associated Press said Georgia's Zeke Bratkowski, who will be throwing for Coach Steve Owen's South Squad, and North western's Dick Thomas, number one passer for Paul Brown's North team, are equipped to toss the long touchdown aerials. If these opposing quarterbacks stick to the ground, they can call upon a pair of breakaway run ners in Cowboy Bobby Cavazos of Texas Tech and Willy Wells, Michigan State's Pony Express. Cavazos plays for the South and Wells for the North. -3CF.--- Because of an apparently more potent offense, Owen's South squad is favored by a touchdown in this fifth annual all star game in which 48 college seniors turn professional, the AP said. But Brown is hoping to offset this advantage with a rugged defense. The Senior Bowl is unique among the year-end bowls since the players get cash for their efforts. Each member of the win ning squad is guaranteed 500 dol lars while losers get 400 dollars. The game will be broadcast by ' CBS. %E:'YnM~ , ' ' f ~.'„...,.,,, N:;.. - •::' - ~,,, ', Independent IM Champs Win 25-21 Perhaps the most important and interesting independent Intra mural game played Thursday night at Rec Hall was the one which saw the Sinkers, indepen dent champs two years running, nip the previously unbeaten Geeche Birds, 25-21 in league H play. Although a completely new ag gregation, the Sinkers, comprised chiefly of freshman football play ers, have managed to stay un beaten.. After holding a 17-11 half time lead, the Sinkers were hard pressed in gairing the victory as the Geeche Birds finally drew even at 21-21. Fred Wallitsch of the losers led all scorers with 10 points. Spartans Win In another equally important game, the Spartans of league P. gained undisputed possession of first place when they trounced the Iso Gang, 30-19. Joseph Mere dith collected 18 points for the victors. Richard LeVan's 17, points proved too much for the NROTC as he led the Epars to a 27-13 win. Using a one-handed jump shot to great advantage, LeVan garnered 12 of his 17 points in the first half. The win tied the Epars for league A honors with the Dubs, 44-8 conquerors of the Dragons. Panthers Top Engineers League H wins were registered by the Panthers and the Iron Men. A 32-24 decision over the Engi neers was the first win of the season for the Panthers, who were led by Tom Law. 'Law had 13 points on six fielders and a single free throw. James Machlan was high for the Engineers with 10 points. It was also the first win for the Iron Men as they topped the Highlanders, 16-6.. In the most nip -and-tuck affair of the evening, the Knights just got past the Dukes, 31-30. The Dukes maintained a very slim margin throughout the game, but were unable to hold out at the end. Lawrence Levine led the Knights' scoring with 11 while Richard Johnson and Ronald Vel osky each scored 9 for the de feated Dukes. Olympic Site Move Will Cost Millions SYDNEY, Jan. 8 (g))—lt would cost the International Olympic Committee close to $4.5 million to take the 1956 Olympic games from Melbourne at this late date, a high Olympic official said here today. The lOC executive committee meets in Lausanne, Switzerland, January 16-17 to consider a pro posal that the games be shifted to another site because of Aus tralia's quarantine law which threatens to strike equestrian events from the program. • Robert Taylor Stewart Granger "ALL THE BROTHERS WERE VALIANT" Gordon Macßae Jane Powell "THREE SAILORS AND A GIRL" Guy Madison . Rory Calhoun "MASSACRE RIVER" PAGE SEVEN'
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