FRIDAY. MARCH I'2 194
"One And Only"
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By SAM PROCOPIO
Collegian Sports Editor
ITHACA, N.Y.—Only one team—Lehigh—in the history
of the Eastern Intercollegiate wrestling has won more team
titles than Penn State. With an influx of 126 wrestlers ready
to take to the mats this afternoon here at spacious Barton
Hall, the opportunity for the Nittany Lions to eliminate the
one and only obstacle is not too bright. Penn State claims 12
championship crowns„ while Lehigh boasts 13.
Coach Charlie Speidel's matmen sport a 6-2 record. Teams
with more impressive records are Pitt with 9-1. and Navy 7-1:
(Lehigh, which is considered as a contender, has. an 8-3 log.
When•- it comes to tournament competition, however, un
defeated' campaigns and impressive won and lost records don't
mean a thing. This may not hold true in most sports, but it does
in wrestling.
Only four times has Penn State taken an undefeated team into
the Easterns. Still the Nittany Lions have come out winners 12 times.
Recently the University of Michigan with an excellent dual meet
season, including a victory over highly-touted Pitt, was a favorite
to successfully defend its Big Ten title. But it failed.
In tournaments such as the EIWA there are several factors
Which tell the story. First, there is conditioning and injuries..
Wrestlers will wrestle two times in less than. seven hours and
as many as four times in two days, if they win. If a team is
... hampered with injuries, chances for a team title are practically nil.
Second, there is the matter of seeding. It is the drawing for
positions so that the possibilities of the wrestlers with' impressive
records meeting in the early rounds is eliminated. Seeding separates
the men from the boys. If you are not one of the men—any of the
top four—then, your chances of obtaining team points are also prac
tically nil.
The seeded persons are so matched that the second and third,
and the first and fourth seeded will meet in the semi-finals, there
by winning team points. In other words, the non-seeded men
always face the cream of the crop and must earn their way to the
semi-finals.
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Thirdly, there is the need of other league members to eliminate
some of the "sure" winners from the other top schools. Penn State
once won the Eastern title. when a Harvard grappler upset a Lehigh
matman. The. Lions did the same for Lehigh. With as many as four
teams—Pitt, Penn State, Navy, and Lehigh—fighting for honors;
chances for these eliminations are better than ordinary.
Because of injuries Temple may not go places at this tourney.
• but they do have two grapplers who threaten to cop individual
titles. They are Bill and Dick Simmons. The more brilliant wrest
ler is Bill. According to the records, he has not lost a bout in
scholastic circles-nor as a Temple freshman. Futhermore, he didn't
lose a bout in the Wilkes College tournament, beating Bates of
Lehigh 9-0; Dillon of Princeton, 5-0; Coursen of West Chester, 7-0;
and a Pitt ace, Bill Kozy, 9-o—not a single point scored against
him in four bouts!
Earlier there were reports that an injury would prevent him
from participating- in the tourney. However, he recently returned
to the lineup and pinned John Nambras. from NYU—with a figure
four and arm bar, no less. The man he will most likely face in the
tournament? Penn State's Dick Lemyre.
Remember Rod Norris? He's the guy who wrestled for the
University of Maryland and gained terrific prestige when he edged
Penn State's Maurey on a close one-point decision and defeated
Lehigh's George Feurebach in the Olympic tryouts at Princeton.
This same Norris competed in a holiday tournament and lost to
Ed Eichelberger, 12-2. Eichelberger drew with Maurey, 5-5, with
less than a minute remaining in the bout in a regular season
dual meet, once trailing 5-0, which included time advantage.
Although Eichelberger normally - wrestles at 147, he may drop one
weight class this afternoon. Who will he most likely meet in the
finals, if he does? Jerry Maurev of 'enn State.
As we said before there is a need of the other league members
to eliminate some of the "sure" winners. We mentioned only two.
Unfortunately, Penn State may be the victim.
However, there are at least 32 better-than-average wrestlers
who could bring each bout down to the wire. As a result, win streaks
will be jeopardized and matches will be close and hard fought,
making this golden jubilee one of the most interesting in•the EIWA
history.
The wheels of fortune often take strange turns. Where this
• one will stop, nobody knows. Average wrestling teams come—
like jello—in assorted flavors. But here at Barton Hall today and
tomorrow, it's a case where they will have to be good to win.
Selvy Smashes
Scoring Marks
NEW YORK, March 11 (IP)
Frank Selvy of Furman has fin
ished his complete overhaul of
major college individual scoring
records, but he managed to leave
a few crumbs.
Some of these were pretty dis
tinguished crumbs, too, according
to official figures of the National
Collegiate Athletic Assn.
For Bob Pettit, the Louisiana
State marksman whose 31.4 points
per game average was exceeded
only by Selvy's 41.7, there's the
distinction of having the highest
average ever- carried into a post
season tournament.
Selvy's 41.7 average is the high
est ever recorded in a major Col
lege basketball season, as are the
marks of Pettit and the third place
high scorer, Buzz Wilkinson of
Virginia, 'with 30.1.
On the basis of total' points,
rather than average, Selvy, Wil
kinson, Villanova's Bob • Schafer
and Western Kentucky's Tom
Marshall have distinguished them
selves.
Phi Hies Offer Cash
For 3 Dodger Players
MIAMI, Fla., March 11 (iF)—
Buzzy Bavasi, Dodger vice presi
dent, said tonight the Philadel
phia Phillies had made cash of
fers for Billy Cox, Bobby Mor
gan or Don Hoak, all Brooklyn
third basemen.
"We are not interested in a cash
deal at this time," said Bavasi.
• "But we might listen to such a
proposition in about 10 days after
Manager Walter Alston has se
lected his team. In our talks we
have mentioned no Philadelphia
players."
TODAY IS THE DAY!.
Get your tickets at Student Union
for tonight's great entertainment
THE
FORESTRY BALL
at. REC HALL
SEMI-FORMAL •
Johnny Nicolosi and His Band
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Lions Battle-
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Sherry; Ed . Haag, Jesse Arnelle
and Ron Weidenhammer will nail
down three of the starting posi
tions while the other berth will
go either to Jim Brewer, Bob Roh
land or Earl Fields:
The Lions went through a work
out yesterday afternoon at the
fieldhouse but rested last night
and today. According to reports
from Jim - Coogan. Public Infor
mation sports editor at the Uni-.
versity, the team did not practice
at all Wednesday when players
showed definite signs of fatigue.
A capacity crowd of 15.000 is
expected at the fieldhouse both
nights. Regardless of the outcome
of tonight's game. Penn State will
play again tomorrow. A win of
course, would give • them a crack
at the' Notre Dame-Indiana win
ner and if they lose they meet the
loser of that contest in the con
solation match.
7 Teams Record
1M Handball Wins
The closest game played thus
far in the handball singles totirn
arrient was played Wednesday
night at Rec Hall when Dante
DeFalco, Sigma Phi Epsilon, won
two out of three sets against Ned
Fleming, Pi Kappa . Alpha, 21-19,
19-21, and 21-18.
Ted Mortensen; Sigma Pi, won
over Tom Brasher, Phi, Kappa
Sigma, 21-15, 21-8. Lloyd Arms,
Delta Tau Delta, defeated John
Mission, Alpha Zeta, 21-10 and
21-13. Marvin Freed, Phi Ep
silon Pi, beat Dick McDowell, Pi
Kappa Phi, 21-2, 21-3.
Paul Dierks, Phi Delta Theta,
took two sets from Chuck Russo,
Alpha Phi Delta, 21-1 and 21-7.
Gordon Daghir, 'Phi Sigma Kap
pa, won by forfeit 'from Dick
Fronko t Theta Chi. The fir s t
match in the Independent hand
ball singles ended with Gerald
Werner defeating Marlin Schmoo
kler 21-4 and 21-6.
Eleven Fraternities
Post V-ball Wins
Intramural volleyball entered
its second night of play Wednes
day- with eleven fraternities post
ing victories.
Lambda Chi Alpha opened the
night's festivities by beating a
tough Sigma Pi team, 10-15, 15-6,
15-10. Alpha Gamma Rho took
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 15-6, 15-1,
while Sigma Phi Sigma came
from behind to take, Chi Phi, 3-15,
15-3; 15-3. Alpha Tau Ome,ga took
a forfeit from Sigma Phi Alpha,
and Theta Chi beat Phi Kappa,
15-4, 15-10.
Tau Kappa Epsion was too
much for Delta Theta Sigma, 15-4,
15-3. Delta Chi beat Beta Sigma
Rho, 15-4, 17-15. Sigma Phi Ep
silon beat Alpha Phi Delta, 16-14.
15-7, while Phi Epsilon Pi took
Phi Kappa Sigma, 15-10, 9-15,
15-11. Sigma Nu won by forfeit
over Alpha Phi Alpha, and Tau
Phi Delta had little trouble with
Sigma Alpha Mu, 15-3, 15-7.
Coal Institute Sponsors
Bituminous Display
The Bituminous Coal Institute
is sponsoring a display in the Ro
tunda of the Mineral Industries
Building.
The display will continue until
March 25. It consists of 48 full col
or scenes of coal mining and prep
aration.
Ex-Michigan Aide
Penn State's new coaching aide,
J. T. White, is a former Univer
sity of Michigan football player
and coach.
Schoolboy Mecca
Pennsylvania's schoolboy wrest
lers will seek title honors in their
annual championships at Rec Hall
on Saturday.
Better Ruth's
Grimm Picks
• BRADENTON, Fla., March 11 (W)—The man to beat Babe Ruth's
record of .60 home runs is Eddie Mathews, an apple-cheeked lad of
22 who hit 47 last year with Milwaukee.
Charlie Grimm, his manager, thinks so. He believes the young
ster has the' potential to succeed where such men as Jimmy Foxx,
Hank Greenberg, - Hack Wilson, I
Lou Gehrig, Johnny Mize and
Ralph Kiner failed.
- "He has the power— that I
know," said Grimm at the Braves'
training base. "We don't carr., any
tape measure around with us like
the Yankees did for Mickey Man
tle, but he hit the longest ball I
ever saw last year at Cincinnati.
"The thing that will help this
kid is his temperament. He still
wears the same size hat. He's anx
ious to learn. If a youngster can
stay 'on a level keel after last
year at Milwaukee, nothing is go
ing to bother him."
Grimm, of course, didn't mean
Mathews necessarily would hit
any 60 this year. He'll be satisfied
with 47 again. To smash Ruth's
record," he'll need all the breaks.
Ruth didn't hit his 'until he was
32. That gives Eddir 10 years to
make it. Hitting ahead of Bobby
Thompson and being the only
lefthanded hitting regular should
help.
Mathews is durable, an impor
tant factor in shooting at any rec
ord. This is particularly important
at this' base where he must face
enemy spikes and line drives
every. day. He played every game
last season.
An old football injury has been
giving Mathews some trouble this
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PERSONAL INTERVIEWS
MARCH 16 and 17
Group Meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. March 15
Boeing has many positions open for graduating
and graduate students. These opportunities are in
all branches of engineering (Au, CE, EE, ME and
related fields). Also needed are physicists and
mathematicians with advanced degrees.
Fields of activity include DESIGN, RESEARCH,
and PRODUCTION. Your choice of location: Seattle,
Washington or Wichita, Kansas.
A group meeting, first day of campus visit, will
precede personal interviews. Details of openings,
mlbore of .Irsignments, company projects, etc.,
will be explained. Married ,students are invited
to bring their wives.
Conie and learn about these excellent oppor
tunities with an outstanding engineering organiza
tion—designers and builders of the B-47 and B-52
multi-jet bombers, America's first jet transport
and the somAßc F-99 pilotless aircraft project.
For time and place of group meeting and for
personal interview appointments— Consult your
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spring. A little, work on the rub
bing table by Dr. Charlie Kacks
and Mathews' back is as good as
new.
Mathews doesn't pay much at
tention to the excitement, about
Ruth's record. After all, he wasn't
even born until 1931, four years
after the Babe had his big year.
Duquense Wins, 66-51
NEW YORK, March 11 (W)—
Duquesne, led by tall, terrific
Dick Ricketts, overcame a bad
start tonight and whipped a fiery
Niagara team 66-51 in the first
semifinal game of the National
Invitation basketball tournament
before a near capacity crowd in
Madison Square Garden.
The Funniest Event
z In Centre County
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