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"Rail to the Lions"
By SAM PROCOPIO
Collegiap Spoil! Editor
Open Letter to. Charlie Speidel:
Dear Charlie:
Like all good things, Penn State's winning dual meet
streak came to an end last Saturday at Navy, but it took one
of the finest wrestling aggregations in the East to do it. We
knew that your team could, be beaten, DOc, but then we
discovered more.
Under a great coach a team is willing to work for the
University and the sport. Your boys did. They never gave
up. Your boys gave to us and the . more than 1000 capacity
crowd at McDonough Hall one of the greatest wrestling
exhibitions ever seen. Now that the winning streak pressure no
longer exists, we can expect even greater things from yo,ur•boys.
And it can be said that your boys are not supermen. Yes, Doc,
maybe it's a good thing your team lost.
Since the day when you stepped into the picture, and that began
in 1926, the Nittany Lions have been the East's perennial wrestling
power. Followers of the wrestling world know that when a Lion
matman takes this sport as a collegiate career he wrestles or he
doesn't wrestle.
In other words, he's the aggressor at all times. He doesn't wait
for the silver platter. He's-there to out-smart, to out-think, to out-do,
to out-stay, and to out-point his opponent. This year the trusty Penn
State wrestler did just that, despite the Navy loss. Thirty-four
intercollegiate wrestling matches have gone by the boards before
defeat came its way. How did the Lions do it?
The answer is relatively simple, Charlie.,Penn State has formu
lated that winnizta combination. It comprises: expert coaching,
some of the East's finest wrestling material, and the biggest and
most important asset—to win for the team first and for himself
second.
In the WeSt they have Oklahoma and Oklahoma A&M, -in the
South they have Maryland, in the Midwest they have Purdue and
Michigan, and in the East they have Pitt and Navy, but outside the
nation's top wrestling group how can they pick anyone to topple
Penn State? Man for man, they may find some great. men to sup
plant the Lions. Weight for weight they may find some greater.
But as a team, they are almost unbeatable.
It's -true that the Lions have lost—as any champion does at
one time or other. But no one ever denied that you knew each
one of your "Docs" individually and handled them so that they
gave more thin they ever suspected they could. Maybe even you
didn't realize, Doc, but you and your boys went beyond the honors.
They were not satisfied in just being good wrestlers. They were
always trying to be better, striving for perfection—the sign of
true champions.
We believe your team did a commendable and creditable job
at Navy. Navy has a fine team. Its mat knowhow was well-exempli
fied. Navy can boast of its accomplishmenst, which it •deserves, and
can hold its head high with prestige it received. However, Charlie,
your boys can stand next to these excellent Midshipmen and show
no shame. It was a big and important fight. Your boys lost. But
they have two big battles ahead—Pitt and Penn. And two even
bigger than those—the Easterns and Nationals.
If your boys can give as much as they did at Navy, your boys
will always be a credit to Penn State and the sport. And if there
is any better team that can best represent Penn State in winning
honors and prestige, we're sure that's you and your te a m. On to
the bigger fights, Doc!
Gymnasts—
(Continued from page six)
tanies could only show a 9-7 ad
vantage in that event. This time
the Cadets were within reach of
overtaking the Lions as the score
stood 34 1 / 2 -29 1 / 2 .
The Lions swept the next event,
parallel bars, in one-two-three
fashion for the second time this
year. Co-captain Al Wick proved
that his previous wins on the bars
were no mistake by picking up the
six first place points. Cronstedt
and Karl• Sphwenzfeier followed
in the second and third positions.
The sweep once again widened
the scoring margin, and the Lions'
lead read fifteen points at 47%-
32% to assure a victory in the all,
important meet.
In the finals, the flying rings,
Schwenzfeier's routine was good
for 264 points and a first place.
Tony Procopio added four to the
Lions' total by • taking second
place. The Cadets' Carpenter came
in third.
The gymnasts next face Temple
in Philadelphia Saturday.-
Yanks Sign Reynolds
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb.
22 (W)—Allie Reynolds, the Big
Chief of the New York Yankees
pitching staff, has signed his 1954
contract, general manager George
Weiss announced today.
-30-
Sophomores Wcsnted
For Tennis Managers
Sophomore candidates for as
sistant tennis managers ma y
sign up at the Athletic Associa
tion Office in 107 Old Main
anytime today or tomorrow, ac
cording to Dick Jervis, head
manager,
DI BASKETBALL RESULTS
Friday night
Phi Gamma Delta 26, Alpha Gam
ma Rho 17
Alpha Tau Omega 27, Phi Kappa
Tau 24
Beta Sigma Rho 55, Phi Sigma
Kappa 22
Beta Theta, Pi 25, Alpha Zeta 13
Sigma Alpha Epsilon 21, Acacia 18
Delta Sigma Phi 29, Alpha Chi
• Sigma 27
Alpha Phi Alpha 32, Phi Epsilon
Pi 19
Sigma Alpha Mu over Kappa Sig
ma (forfeit)
Alpha Epsilon Pi over Kappa Al
pha Psi (forfeit)
Rio Grande OK's Bid
RIO GRANDE, Ohio, Feb. 22
(J')—Rio Grande College today
accepted an invitation :to partici
pate in the NIAA basketball sec
tional playoff.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
(last night's results)
ARMY 82, PITT 72
1 1 1 S D 9W. 01-IWW4: Cat . PPINS'YI-VM4IA
Floormen Nudged
By Syracuse, 7/Pw69
It wouldn't be surprising if Elmer Gross sends a thank you letter to the Baton Con
struction Co. this week; That's the firm that built Rec Hall back in 1929. For the Lion
basketball coach is probably very happy to se the friendly building today.
He and his Lion cagers are home for the remainder of the season following three
straight losses on the road. The latest upstart was Syracuse, which edged the Nittanies Sat
urday night, '7l-69. The Orange, like Colgate and Pitt, were avenging earlier losses to the
Lions. The defeat was the Nittanies' fifth, all of them on foreign courts.
Although finishing second in
the final tally, the Lions out
played Syracuse on the floor. Lech
by center Jesse Arnelle, they
gathered in 56. rebounds while
Syracuse grabbed 36. But the big
difference in scores came from the
foul line. The Lions outshot the
Orange from the floor, 26 field
goals to 21, but, made only 17 out
of 33 foul attempts while Syra
cuse scored 29 charities in 38 tries.
Once again it was Arnelle,
teamed this time with guard Ed
Haag, Who led the Lion offense.
Arnelle pushed in 25 points and
Haag followed him •with 24.
Led by captain Connie Besdin,
the Orange opened fast and
moved into an 18-15 lead in the
first quarter. The Nittanies nar
rowed the gap in the second frame
but still trailed by four, 33-29: at
the half.
The Lions slipped back again
in the third and trailed 53-46 at
the buzzer. Then in the final
frame, with Arnelle and Haag
leading the way, State caught fire
and began to catch the Orange.
With seconds remaining in the
contest, forward Earl Fields cut
for the bask.et and scored from
underneath, narrowing the mar
gin to 71-69. He was fouled on the
shot •and went to the line for one
free throw.
His shot bounced off the rim,
was tipped back up by Arnelle
gel Your Ade now!
IFC
PANHEL
BALL
FRIDAY, APRIL 2
REC HALL
Semi - Formal
" ..ae geot 2 1 ance ol the Year 1,
By DICK McDOWELL
and rolled off again. as the final
buzzer sounded.
Gross sends the floormen into
action again tomorrow against
Gettysburg, also a Penn State vic
tini• in earlier play. The cagers
will be niakink, their fourth try
for their elusive tenth victory.
The gullets bowed to the Gross
men, 62-54. at Gettysburg in De
cember after leading throughout
the first half of the contest. A
smaller quintet than Penn State,
they employ a very swift, fast
break offense and are rugged on
the backboards.
Folio Wing tomorrow's contest,
the Nittanles - meet Rutgers,
Georgetown, and Temple. The
Rutgers game is scheduled for
Saturday night.
. .
PENH STATE SYRACUSE
fg f trot ' - fg ftp
Wied'ham'r 0 0-0 0 Lamed 4 9-5 11
Haag _ 10 4-5 24 Breland 1 2-4 .4
Arnelle 10 5-11 251Beyerly 4 1-1 9
Sherry 2 7-12 111Besden 9 15-16 33
Blocker 1 0-2 2 Gillespie 2 5-6 9
Brewei 1 0-0 2 Jaskot 1 0-2 2
Edwards 0 1-2 11ScOtt 0 3-4 3
Rohland 1 0-0 2 Murrock 0 0-0 0
Fields 1 0-1 21
Totals 26 17-33 691 Totals 21 29-38 71
Penn State 15 14 17 28-69
Syracuse _ -_ 18 •15 20 18-71
St. Francis Accepts Bid
NEW YORK, Feb. 22 ((P)—St.
Francis College of Brooklyn today
accepted .a bid to play in the Na
tional Invitation basketball tourn
ament.
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division, he continually took the
aggressive attitude. It appeared
at times that Shawley would get
a pin. But Gattuso was not to be
denied. In fact, the Midshipman
had Shawley viewing the lights
many times but it took 7 minutes
and 26 seconds before he was suc
cessful with a reversed cradle.
At this point Penn State's
chances to win were two pins or
a pin and decision for a draw. Joe
Krufka won a 5-3 decision over
his 177-pound foe, Ed Zabrycki.
Both wrestlers were in .trouble at
times— their shoulders almost
flush with the mats. Krufka, how
ever, had more opportunities. In
the second period the Lion grapp
ler did score a predicament. His
other points came on two rever
sals and a takedown.
William Hotta, Navy, ontpointed Bob
Roman, 6-4.
Art Jesser, Navy„ outpointed Hal Byers,
8-4.
DiCk Lemyre, Penn State, outpointed
Paul Fielder, 6-0.
Sid King, Navy, ontpointed Jerry Maurey,
3-2.
Doug Frey, Penn State, outpointed Phal
Brainerd, 5-2.
Joe Gattuso, Navy, pinned Bill Shawlen,
reverse cradle, 7:35.
Joe Krufka, Penn State, outpointed Ed
Zabrycki, 5-3.
Pete Blair, Navy, pinned Bill Ober
body press, 4 :28.
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