THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1955
Cornell Tougher Than
Poor Slate Indicates
"Caution" will be a word that Coach Charlie Speidel and his Nittany wrestling
squad • will have to tuck in their minds when they travel to Cornell Saturday for the season.
lid-lifter.
Cornell, always in favor of getting in a few licks before the New Year, has already'
met four teams: Rochester Institute of Technology, Cortland State Teachers College; Le.
high, and Rutgers.
But the Big Red have scored an unimpressive record of one win, one tie, and two
losses:.ln the season opener at Rochester Tech Cornell lost five of eight bouts, but by scoring
three pins was able to save a 15-151
tie.
Cornell defeated Cortland and
then lost to Lehigh and Mitgers.
Lehigh's engineers won six of
eight matches (all on decisions) to
drat) the Big Red at Grace Hall,
18-6.
The significance of Cornell's
loss to Lehigh is dubious because
of the lineups which were thor
oughly juggled in practically
every weight class by both coaches
before the meet. Neither opening
lineups followed those released
in pre-match newspaper stories.
Many Wrestlers OW
Cornell's meager record could
indicate a poor team that the
Lions could walk over; however,'
in several instances Cornell's line
ups have not contained the names
of outstanding wrestlers which
the Big Red are known to have.
In the Lehigh match, for in
stance, Cornell did not wrestle
Ernie Boda (125), Rex Boda (130),
Ken Hunte (155), or heavyweight
Dick Brady—all of whom Speidel
says may see action against the
Lions
While the team score indicates
a rout for Lehigh it was anything
but that. The Big ,Red, before
yielding, battled stubbornly all
the way. Two bouts won by the
Engineers on decisions were by
slim margins of one point while
the difference in two other bouts
was by two points.
Could Make Difference •
The presence the above four
men in Cornell's corner might
have told a different story.
Cornell grapplers who face.
Lehigh and are "possible" starters
'for the Penn State match are
Nazeuno Tude (137), Roger Judd
(147), Berkeley Briggs (167), and
Otis Keller (175). Chuck Grotto
is another Cornell mainstay at. 137
pounds.
- Against Rochester. Tech Ernie
Boda,' Briggs, and Keller copped
falls; against. Lehigh Cornell's Bill
Jemison (123) and Keller won.
Judd moved from the 157-pound
slot to 147-pounds against Lehigh
but lost, 9-2, to Dave Bates.
The Age of Speed
Pohid, Perry !.'.-.ta.:l:i Lien Speedsters
py HERM WEISKOPF
Penn State .track coach
Chick Werner is after essen
tially the same thing U.S. Air
Force officials are searching
for—Speed.
The. Air Force has come out
with: its Sabrejets, Starfires,
and Stratojets in an effort to
outperform Soviet plane s.
Werner, in order to keep pace
with ' • the keen competition
with which he is also confronted,
has turned out two highly-rated
speedsters . from Coatesville.
• Oa::: Ridge, Tennessee, is the
headquarters for U.S. atomic pow
er. Coatesville is currently the
hotbed for-Penn State track stars.
Art..Pellard,":the "Original Coates
vill.e.:-cornet;" is now teamed with
another. 'hometown product. Rod
Perry.
Pollard . Started his assault on
the :Nittany record books two
years ago. In the spring of 1953
Pollard, then a freshman, paced
the yearlings with his • flashing
strides in the 100 and 220-yard
dashes.
Last year, 'competing with the
varsity for the first time, the
"Coatesville Comet," turned in
several fine runnings during the
indoor campaign and then cli
maxed the year by revamping
the record books against outdoor
opponents. Pollard not only went
to work on the Penn State books,
but also caused some rewriting
in the IC4A statistics.
By ROY WILLIAMS
Orioies Conduct 'Scientific Sample'
BALTIMORE, Jan. 5 (A)—The Baltimore Orioles, apparently
the first major league baseball team ever to apply this "scientific
sample" business to its fans, found out today most of them are
"white collar" workers.
And only 65 per cent invariably rooted for the Orioles.
Dick Armstrong, public relations director for the club, said
some policy changes are in the works as the result of his findings.
He was surprised when tabulations indicated 26.1 per cent of
the 1,060,910 fans who paid to see the Birds play here last year came
from beyond Baltimore and environs.
" Almost 30 per cent of the fans came to the stadium by auto
mobile.
Armstrong's sampling confirmed - that Baltimore is a night
baseball town. More than half the answering fans said they would
like to see 40 or more night games a season.
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Way Cleared for Title Bout
NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (JP)—Former welterweight champion Kid
Gavilan cleared the way for a Johnny .Saxton-Carmen Basilio title
bout in Syracuse April 1 by withdrawing his claims for an im
mediate rematch with Saxton.
Saxtop, who won the title from Gavilan in Philadelphia last
October, and Basilic), the No. 1 contender, are expected to sign for
the fight in a couple of days.
Upon receipt of Gavilan's withdrawal—in writing—Jim Norris,
president of the International Boxing Club promised Gavilan a
match with the Saxton-Basilio winner within 45 day's of the Syra
cuse scrap.
Gavilan also was assured of a Feb. 23 date at Mia Mi—possibly
against Sugar Ray Robinson, ex-welterweight and middleweight
king. Robinson holds two victories over the Cuban.
Loeffler Rotes Kentucky No: 1
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5 (AP)—Coach Ken Loeffler of La Salle's
defending NCAA basketball champions is ready to rate Kentucky's
unbeaten Wildcats as the best outfit in the country—provided "they
beat some good teams away from home."
Loeffler's Explorers (9-3) lost to Kentucky at Lexington last
month in the finals of the Wildcats tournament and Loeffler says
the loss was expected.
"I'd say the ratings of Kentucky, Duquesne and us are about
right," he continued. "But I think Kentucky can win a clear claim
to being the best by taking some tough ones on the road."
He cited that Duquesne "won a tough one on the road by beat
ing us" and then added "we won nine out of 12 on the road which
is pretty good."
Pollard was one of the main
stays on last year's sensational
mile relay team which set a Lion
Art Pollard
record of 3:19.7. The quartet also
won the Liberty Bell Trophy at
the Inquirer Games with a record
running of 3:23.8.
At the Inquirer classic Pollard
won his first heat in the 60-yard
sprints with a 5.4 sec. clocking. It
took two of the nation's finest
runners, Lindy Remie - ino; fcrmer
Manhattan and Olympic star, and
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Ken Kave of Morgan State to stop
Pollard in the second race.
Although he beat defending
champ Bob Keegan of Seton Hall
in the IC4A championships, Penn's
Johnny Haines captured the dash
crown.
Perry finished second in the
first semi-final race behind Man
hittan's talented Charlie Pratt,
who won in 6.2 sec. However,
Perry defeated Wally Monahan,
Pitt's finest hurdler, in the battle
for second place. Harrison Dil
lard maintained his supremacy
among the hurdlers by winning
with a 6.1 sec. performance. Pratt
was second, Van Bruner was
third, and Perry fourth in the
final heat.
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ODDS AND ENDS
Even with football season two months past and eight
months in the future Lenny Moore fans are still dreaming
up nicknames for the flashy Lion halfback. During the sea
son he was tabbed with many. The latest—overheard at a
Penn State basketball game recently—tops the list in ,this
book. One Moore enthusiast has labeled the Lion back
"Forever Moore."
One of the busiest sports days of the year comes up
next month (Feb. 26) when four events—three of them var
sity contests will take place in
Rec Hall. The freshman basket
ball team starts . the festivities
with a game against Pitt at 2
p.m. The Lion gymnasts meet
Temple at 4 p.m. The wrestling
team tangles with Lehigh at 7:30,
and Penn State and Pitt cap off
the evening with a basketball
game beginning at 8:30. Bring a
picnic basket and a deck of cards
and make a day of it,
Only Army—a Penn State op
ponent in 1955—holds a better
post-war grid record than the
Lions for the past nine seasons.
The Lion log shows 57 wins, 21
defeats, and three ties, while
Army has won 59, lost 17, and
tied six.
Any basketball team would
haye to go a long way to top the
popularity gathered by Penn State
when it swept through three
straight upset victories in the Na
tional Collegiate tournament last
spring, but coach John Egli and
his current crop of passers are al
ready capturing the fancy of
Penn State. fans. Rec Hall spec
tators love the Nittany high scor
ing tactics. The Lions, averaging
better than 85 points a game, are
currently running 16 points higher
than any team in the University's
history.
Last season the cagers tossed in
69.3 points per contest to set a
new Penn State mark. The scor
ing increase has been a direct
result of Egli's change from the
traditionally slow Penn State of
fense to a running, pass-and-cut
style of play.
The winter sports season gets
into motion in the next two
weeks when- three more Penn
State teams open their 1955
schedules. Charlie Spiedel's
wrestling entry opens Saturday
against tough Cornell, the Lion
gymnasts make their first ap
pearance with the Swedish team
Jan. 15, and the Lion indoor
track squad opens its season at
the famous Inquirer Games in
Philadelphia on Jan. 21. All
three squads show plenty of
pre-season potential. The gym
nasts will be working on a 15-
meet win streak and will de
fend their two-year hold on the
eastern and national champion
ships in. March.
' Penn State center Jesse Arnelle,
a guy that breaks a record every
time he scores a point, is cur
rently running 44 points ahead
of his 1953-54 scoring pace. The
big pivot-man had tallied 189
points after nine games last sea
son and owned 233 markers going
into last night's game with Buck
By DICK McDOWELL
Collegian Sports Editor
nell—the Lions' tenth contest of
the year.
Newish Bentz, captain of the
Penn State football team that
went to the Rose Bowl in 1923
says the Ivy. League ban on
spring practice and the ban on
post season bowl games was, a
good move for football. Bentz
was asked this question by
Sports Illustrated's Jimmy Je
mail for his weekly feature,
"HotbOx." Jemail put the ques
tion to 11 other former Rose
Bowl captains and receiv ed
, a
negative answer from nine of
them.
The question of spring practices
has already reared its head at the
national football Coaches Associ
ation meeting in New York where
Rip Engle and his staff are in
attendance. The ban on spring
drills became a common alibi dur
ing the past grid season. So for
no other reason except to equa
lize all, and make everybody hap
py, maybe conferences banning
spring •practice should give way
to the pleading coaches.
Champ to Begin
Training Sunday
NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (W)—Al
WeiL,• manager of heavyweight
champion Rocky Marciano, ar
rived from Miami today for a con
ference with promoter Jim Nor
ris tomorrow.
"Rocky will go to Grossinger's
Sunday for preliminary training,"
Weill said.
"First he'll take a couple of ex
hibitions to see how the nose is.
Then we'll make some definite
plans. If it's all right I'd like to
have him fight twice this year."
Informed that Charlie. Johns
ton had offered a $400,000 guar
antee for a fight with Archie
Moore, the light heavy champ,
Weill said he would consider
nothing "until we know about the
nose."
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