FRIDAY. FEBRUARY
Academies Will
Mgtmen's Weak and
Weights Matched by
This afternoon Coach Charlie Speidel’s defending wrest
lers will leave for Annapolis, Md., where they will meet a
traditionally-tough Navy team. With the trip the Nittany
Lion matmen will carry the risk of having their unblemished
record marred in the lost column.
The all-important Huai meet will be settled at 4:15 p.m:
As Coach Speidel put it: “Navy
starts off with three good men
and finishes with two strong men.
We’ll have to win in the early
weights to insure a victory.”
A veteran and experienced team
represents the key to Navy’s suc
cess. With, this, the Midshipmen
will seek to upset a fine Nittany
squad.
What is probably built-up as
the bout of the afternoon is found
in the heavyweight class where
the most outstanding Navy mat
man, Pete Blair, will compete
against Penh State’s hopeful, Bill
Oberly.
Oberly is a sophomore. He is
unbeaten in competition this sea
son with, only a draw stopping
the Lion heavyweight from pos
sessing a perfect record in : his
first season.
However, it will be this hurdle
—Blair—which Oberly must clear
before the Nittany Lion fans can
rightfully claim the best in the
East. The match is outlined as
his major test. Blair has pinned
four out of the five men he has
met this season.
Then too, in the 177-pound class
Joe Krufka will face his first real
test should he meet Midshipman
Joe Gattuso. This veteran Navy
standout may possibly be dropped
to the 167-pound division. In this
case, Krufka, a. 1952 Olympic al
ternate, may likely battle Blair.
Last year Blair wrestled in the
177-pound_ class. He was defeated
by Joe Lemyre—brother of Dick.
In examining the possible line
ups for both teams, there is a sim
ilarity that exists. That is, Penn
State and Navy are strongest and
weakest in same weight classes.
RALPH FLANAGAN
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and
Former Penn Stater
North Carolina State’s new foot
ball coach, Earle Edwards, is a
Pennsylvania product. He played
the game at Greensburg High
School and Penn State, then
coached at Ebensburg High School
and Penn State before joining the
Michigan State staff in 1949.
It's a Tradition
Penn State ■ traditionally plays
four of each season’s football
games on its home field at State
College.
2 Lions Entered in AAU Meet
By HERM WEISKOPF
Chick Werner, Nittany track
coach, -said yesterday that two
of his aces—Art Pollard and Ollie
Sax—will compete tomorrow in
the Amateur Athletic Union meet.
Another talent-laden field will
be on hand to test the Lions once
again on the Madison Square
Garden boards.
Pollard will be vieing for
hpnors in the 60-yard sprints
against the world’s finest field
of sprinters. He will resume his
battle with such standouts as
Olympic 10-meter, champ Lindy
Remigino and 20-meter Olympic
Geld Medal winner Andy' Stan
field.
National sprint titlist in the
60-yard event, Johnny Haines,
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Freshman Mat
Meet Canceled
The freshman wrestling meet
between Penn State and West
Chester State Teachers College,
originally scheduled for 2:30
p.m. tomorrow at Rec Hall, has
been canceled, assistant coach
Don Watkins announced yes
terday.
No reason was given for the
cancelation of the match, which
was to have been the lone home
sports" event of the day. The
Penn State fro s h maimen,
however, will wrestle the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh freshmen
Feb. 27, at Rec Hall.
The dual meet is scheduled
for the afternoon. On the same
day Penn State's varsity wres
tling team will meet the P.itt
Panthers at 7 p.m. Following
will be the Nittany Lion bas
ketball game against Rutgers.
will also be in the field. The
rivalry between the Penn sopho
more and the “Coatesville Comet”
dates back to high school. This
is " one event where you cannot
pick a winner b->- flipping a coin,
because there are only two sides
to a coin and there are at least
six top threats to cop the laurels.
Last week at the New York
Athletic Club meet in the Garden
Pollard was eliminated in the
semi-final heat by Remigino and
Haines. The latter duo finished
one-two in the final race. Haines
copped the AAU crown last sea
son.
Sax will also have his hands
full in the 600. Mai Whitfield, who
edged the Nittany speedster last
year, will be back to defend (his
title. Marvelous Mai and Sax have
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When Gene Wettstone’s gymnastic Nittany Lions go
against the U.S. Military Academy Saturday, the Cadets will
have one thought in mind—upset the Lions.
.The gymnasts left for West Point at 8 this morning.
The winner of the Penn State-Army dual stands an ex
cellent chance of completing the season unmolested, and.
will undoubtedly carry the most
weight into the Eastern Intercol
legiate finals on March 13.
Record-wise Army holds the
edge over the Nittany Valers.
They own a five won-none lost
slate compared to State’s 3-0 log.
Lions Met Stronger Foes
However, each of the three foes
the Blue and White performers
have faced thus far was a stronger
team than any of the five the
Cadets have met. Thus, in the lat
ter category, the'Lions have the
edge.
Wettstone’s gymnasts will also
be carrying a 12 game undefeated
skein into the dual meet—a streak
that had its birth in 1950 and car-
met three times this season and
each time Whitfield was victor
ious. Sax was defeated twice in
the 600 and last week he placed
fifth in'the 500-yard run.
Werner has been sending his
squad outdoors to workout when
ever the weather permits. The
thinclads have been practicing
on the golf course on the out
door board track which is located
between Rec Hall and the Nittany
Liori Inn.
The trackmen are preparing for
the meet of the year, the IC4A
championship tussle, vhich will
be held next Saturday at the
Garden. Penn State is ranked as
one of the top threats to remove
the crown from Manhattan. Other
top contenders are Cornell and
Yale.
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ried them to the throne room in
the Eastern and NCAA finals last
year.
Captain Jack Charles will lead
the Cadets in their bid to de
throne the Lions. Charles is the
number one tumbler for the Mili
tary and is undefeated in their
five outings. Against Temple,
probably the most respectable op
ponent the Cadets faced, Charles
registered 258 out of a possible
300 points.
Paxion Number One Tumbler
Bill Paxton, who "has stood out
in the tumbling department for
the Staters in their past three
outings is looked upon as the only
one capable of giving Charles a
run for his money. Paxton’s high
est scoring effort so far has been
one point short of the 250 mark.
In the remaining _ five events,
side horse, horizontal bar, rope
climb, parallel bars, and the fly
ing rings, the Lions appear to hold
the upper hand.
The Cadet performers have tal
lied 250 points in only two events,
parallel bars and the rings. On
the other hand, at least one Nit
tany performer has gone over 250
points in each event in the pre
vious meets.
On the rope, the Military has
failed to penetrate below the four
second mark, while the Lions’
Sheets Haag has • registered two
3.B’s and a 3.7 in going undefeated.
Bright Record
In 28 seasons under Coach
Charlie Speidel, Penn State wres
tling teams have lost an average
of only one dual meet a year.
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