PAGE SIX Matmen Battle Syracuse Tomorrow Afternoon Penn State’s unbeaten wrestlers return to' their home territory for the second time this season when they tackle an old rivalry in the Big Orange of Syracuse tomorrow after noon. The dual meet is scheduled for 2 p.m. in Rec Hall. After scoring four impressive wins against Cornell, Le high, Army, and Maryland, Coach Charlie Speidel will be figuring on his regular lineup to pin Syracuse. Among his nominees will likely be Dick Lemyre, Nittany Lion co-captain and 137-pound standout, who will be wrestling his first meet before Penn State fans. Rooney Outstanding Leading the Syracuse wrestling team into Rec Hall will be Captain Ed Rooney, one of the most out standing wrestlers in the 167- pound division in the East. Rooney has yet to taste defeat this sea son. Lions Leave For Clash With Pitt By dick mcdowell A ten-man Penn State bas ketball squad will leave for Pittsburgh tonight, where to morrow they meet an always dangerous Panther quintet. Coach Elmer Gross’ cagers will be after their 11th win of the campaign and their sec ond this season over Pitt. The Lions won the first contest, 91-85, in a three-overtime thriller two weeks ago in Rec Hall. And it’s a good bet that the contest will be one of the toughest for the Nittany floormen this sea son. Pitt, with a poor 5-12 record, has been running hot and cold all season, but has been playing its best basketball its last five or six games. Oh the surface, the Lions should be favored. The strength of the first win and comparative scores of games played with mutual foes, give the Nittanies an edge. But the hard-charging Pitts cannot be denied. On a good night they are a tough ball club to beat. 81st In Series 'Hm game will mark the 81st meeting in a series which began ih 1906. The Panthers hold a 43-37 edge in games won. Gross said yesterday that he would stand pat on the lineup which has been good enough to win ten of 12 games. Ed Haag and Ron Weidenhammer will be at the guard posts. Captain Jack Sherry and Jim Blocker will start at the forwards, and Jesse Arnelle will be ift the center slot. The Lions’ big problem will be in stopping Panther speedster Dutch Burch. The play-making Pitt captain has been Coach Bob Timmons’ outstanding ball player all season and scored 22 points in the Penn State encounter while he led the Panther floor play. The Pitt lineup will include Joe Fen wick with Burch at the guards, Ed Pavlick and Bernie Artman at forwards, and Frank Zimmovah at center. Lion Reserves Rounding out the Penn State, traveling squad will be Jim Brew er and Rudy Marisa, both of whom will probably see plenty of action, Earl Fields, Bob Rohland, and Dave Edwards. ' Gross termed the Pitt game and the two road games against Syra cuse and Colgate next week as the games that “will tell the story of the season.” “This Pitt team is good,” he said. “They’ve been hot and cold all season, and if they are hot against us, we’ll be in for plenty of trouble. “And remember,” he said, “we’ll be playing all three games on the road and that means a lot. Col gate is a vastly improved team since we beat them at home, and .Syracuse is another one of those hot and cold teams.” WRA Results PING PONG Kappa Kappa Gamma over Ath erton Hall Tri-Vi over Alpha Chi Omega BASKETBALL Delta Delta Delta 24, Alpha Xi ~ Delta 5 Alpha Chi Omega 19, Philotes 16 Pi Beta Phi 20, Delta Zeta 8 At the Wilkes-College tourna ment where a record field of 230 grapplers participated, Rooney, who captured the 167-pound title, was named the outstanding wrest ler of the two-day tourney. Rooney had to contend with a bleeding nose in winning his finai bout which ended suddenly when he pinned Joe Solomon of Pitt, who is respected in Wrestling cir cles for his mat knowhow. Krebs or Humphreys Rooney’s likely opponent will not be known until the day of the match. However, it will be either Bill Krebs or sophomore Joe Hum phreys. Carving a notch in the win col umn for the 33d consecutive time against Maryland Wednesday night, Speidel said that he was glad to have the opportunity to use some new faces in the lineup and give them the necessary ex perience. Speidel Pleased “I was quite pleased at the per formance my boys gave,” the Nit r tany Lion mentor said. Although Syracuse is carrying a 2-2 won and lost record, the Big Orange defeats have come at the hands of two well-versed wrestling colleges—Michigan and Franklin and Marshall. Michigan recently halted Pitt’s winning streak. Wins registered by Syracuse were against Cortland, 17-11, and Temple, 21-10. Jayvee Boxing Lineup Set for Saturday Match A jayvee boxing tilt pitting a talented Lion Cub squad against the Tangerines of Syracuse will get underway at 4:30 Saturday in Rec Hall. The Penn State-Syracuse wrestling match will precede the ringmen’s engagements. Assistant boxing coach, Frank Patrick, has been prepping his promising crop of Nittany sopho mores and fre'shmen, while head coach, Eddie Sulkowski, has been keeping a watchful eye on their progress in addition to his regular varsity boxers. While both the varsity and the jayvees went through their rug ged training sessions yesterday, Patrick outlined his probable starting lineup for the afternoon tilt. Patrick was particularly high on Chuck Taggert, 156-pounder, and Carmen Seialaba, 132-pounds, both freshmen. Coach Sulkowski met the two boys in the Cub Ath letic Club in Butler last spring. Both boys trained together for the Club, although neither had the opportunity for boxing experi ence because Butler High, like many other high schools, didn’t participate in boxing. “Seialaba is quick and a com bination puncher,” Patrick ex plained, “while Taggert is very aggressive, and a. counter-punch er.” Don Shaw, a veteran in the Na vy for three years, tabbed by Pat rick as being able to “move in” very well will go at the 147-pound slot. Two more freshmen, Joe Shultz and Dick Tkatch, will also see action. Shultz, a veteran, will be at the 16,5 position, while Tkatch, from Ambridge, will fight heavy weight. Three positions have gone to sophomores. Bob Hartley, who lost against Michigan State, will THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Ed Rooney Unbeaten 167-pcmnder Frosh to Open 3~M@@f Mat Season Monday Coach Charlie Speidel’s fresh men grapplers will get their first taste of intercollegiate competition Monday, at Rec Hall, when they tangle with Lock Haven State Teachers College. In addition to being the sea son’s inauguration, the contest will mark the first time in several years that the yearlings have ven tured into the Rec Hall spotlight. Probable lineups for both teams will not be known for several days. The match is the first of three for the frosh grapplers. Also awaiting judgment are the Pitt frosh and an opponent yet to be announced. Colts Add Lefoermesn BALTIMORE, Feb. 11 (£>) The Baltimore Colts of the Na tional Football League have add ed to their growing roster for 1954 the name of Bob Leberman, shifty Syracuse University halfback. fight the 125-pound card, while Thurmon Lorick, from Philadel phia, has been picked for the 178- pound bout. After an impressive sparring session yesterday, Bob McMath was awarded the 139-pounder’s place over sophomore John Ham ill of State College. Outdoor Skating Rink Penn State next fall hopes to. open what it believes will be one of the largest outdoor artificially frozen skating rinks in America. Lions Favored Although Lion gymnastic mentor, Gene Wettstone, expects the visiting Navy outfit to give his stalwarts a well-fought battle when the two teams meet at Rec Hall tomorrow, the Blue and White per formers stand a good chance of racking up their third straight win of the current campaign. The Middies stand as one of the two stumbling blocks in the path of the Staters repeating as East ern champions. Army is looked on as the other big obstacle cap able of hindering a possible per fect Blue and White gym record for the second straight year. A look at this season’s previous performances of Cl.et Phillips’ Midshipmen shows that the Anna polis performers are strong xn three events. They are expected to offer the Lions the stiffest com petition in the horizontal bar. rope climb, and tumbling events. Munger Leads Navy Burton Munger appears to be the most versatile member of the visiting squad, performing in three events. Last year he placed sec ond in tumbling and third on the rope. This year he is rated as the best the Middies have to offer in both events. Munger is also their number two man on the H-bar. Appearing for the Lions in tumbling will be Bill Paxton, Warren Hommas, and Jan Cron stedt. Paxton stands as the num ber one man, with Hommas and Cronstedt following m one-two fashion. Paxton thus far owns a first and second place in duel meet competition. He captured the victory against Michigan State, with Hommas and Cron stedt close behind. In the Syra cuse battle, Paxton placed second behind Corky Sebbo, national tumbling champion. Against the Orange, Hommas and Cronstedt took respective second and third place verdicts. Thus, the Midshipmen should in turn be greeted by strong opposi tion in the first of the thn. events in which they excel Haag Top Climber Wettstone possesses nothing short of a phenomenon in his ace rope climber, Skeets Haag. The Lion stalwart has copped a first in each of the previous encoun ters by the r'dentical times of 3.8. This is Haag’s first year as a reg ular performer for Wettstone on the rope. He is practicing a new style in order to cut -his time to cope with the Navy performers. John Baffa is close behind Haag in the rope climb department, owning a second and a fourth place. His best time came against the Spartans when he posted a 4.4. In Navy's third ‘good’ event, UNIFORM DISPLAY Starfed Wednesday - Ends Sunday Evening ALL SENIORS and All AIR On the 2nd Floor STATE COLLEGE HOTEL because of the greatly increased demand for the services offered by Fishkin Bros. Inc. the showing of uniforms to graduating ROTC seniors at the Hotel State College will be extended to 8 p.m. Sun day evening. • • Come in and get a free set of 2nd Lieut. Bars! FISHKIN BROS., Inc. BRADFORD, PA. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1954 By RON GATEHOUSE the H-bar, they will again find capable opponents. Cronstedt, To ny Procopio, and Carl Schwenz feier have placed well in the meets thus far. Cronstedt owns two firsts, Procopio has come in sec ond twice,' and Schwenzfeier has two fourth places to his credit. In the latter of the two meets, the Syracuse skirmish, Schwenzfeier slipped from the bar near the close of his routine and lost valuable points. Along with Munger, Phil Cronk is expected to stand out on the H-bar. Last year Cronk placed second when the Nittanies met the Middies at Annapolis. The Staters have Eastern cham pion Bob Lawrence to offer on the side horse. Lawrence is unde feated thus far this season. In the last meeting between the two teams Lawrence placed first on the horse, and barring a mishap should repeat once again as the number one man. Co-captain Frank Wick has been breathing heavily on his teammate’s back this season, taking, a second in both meets. Paul Heim, a new comer to the Lion squad has also contributed outstanding perform ances to the Lion cause. The Lions are very strong on the parallel bars. Co-captain A 1 Wick, twin brother of Frank, along with Lawrence, seems a ‘sure bet’ to capture a first in his event. Like Haag and Lawrence, A 1 is thus far undefeated. Bol stering Wick’s efforts will be Eastern and All-around champion, Cronstedt. and Schwenzfeier. Captain Bob O’Malia will be the best the Middies have to offer on the bars. In the final event, the flying rings, Schwenzfeier and Procopio stand on even grounds. Against the Spartans Schwenzfeier copped first place and Procopio registered the number two verdict. In the Orange duel, the duo were again the number one and two winners, only in reverse fashion this time. Baffa will also compete on- the rings. He finished behind Proco pio against Michigan State and took a fifth against Syracuse. Ed Shuman, who came in third in the previous State-Navy con test, ill be the only performer returning on the rings for the Middies. ALL - WEEK 9 a.m. io 8 p.m. For the Benefit of in ARMY ROTC FORCE CADETS
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