PAGE SIX Lion Matmen W Leave for Cornell Opener Today By ROY WILLIAMS Penn State's wrestling team will leave for Ithaca, N.Y., at noon today to open its 1955 cen tennial campaign. The pre-match lineup released by Coach Charlie Speidel listed four sophomores among the eight men to represent the Lions ogo..inst the Big Red. The tentative starting lineup for the Lions will he Sid Nodland (123), Captain Bob Homan (130), John Pepe (137), Dave Adams, (147), Bill Shaw ley (157), Bob Snyder (167), Joe ..Krufka (177), and Bill Oberly (Hwt.). Speidel's lineup was drafted from the results of inter-squad elimination matches held this past week. Similar matches will precede each of the Lions' next seven Eastern matches. Four Sophs To Start Sophomores will represent the Lions in the 123-, 137-, 147-, and 177-pound weight classes. Two seniors will handle the 130-pound and 167-pound chores, while two juniors will enter the 157- pound and heavyweight divisions. Most of the heavy competition came IL the light and middleweight classes with the 123-pound and 130-pound classes having a total cE six men battling for the two first team berths. Smith Gets Nod In the lightweight class at 123 pOunds Nodland, a speedy grappler with adept balance and posi tioning, earned his slot by edging both George Smith, another sophomore, and senior Bill Cramp. In the 137-pound and 147-pound positions John Pepe and Dave Adams, both sophomores, finally emerged with opening-match Positions frOm a _::.. .• N Ca : 1 044 ers ....., 0.,... ; ~ . _ ._...;;,,• .. ~ Loss of Stars Have Damaged Middies, Old Hands at Winning Faltering Navy, one of the few teams to defeat- Penn State's basketball team last season, makes its first appear ance at Rec Hall tomorrow night when the Lions go after their sixth straight home victory this season and 40th over a three-year stretch. The Middies fielded one of their best teams last year and topped the Lions at Annapolis, 62-58, but this season its been a dismal story on the banks of the Severn. Minus 10 of his 12 top players of last year, including top scorers John Clune and Phil Lang, coach B. L. Carne-' vale hasn't been able to find a winning combination. The Middies snapped a five game losing streak against Wil liam and Mary Wednesday night, 77-56, but still own a poor 2-4 slate. Won Opener They won their opener against Yale, 81-69, but - then lost four straight to Virginia (79-69), Tem ple (59-55), Penn (77-65), and Columbia (77-70). However, despite his club's poor showing thus far, Carnevale will probably bring a team of better calibre than most of the Lions' home opposition to date. Navy hasn't been beaten badly by any of its opponents—all of whom own respectable basketball names. Navy guard Ken McCally has been the leading scorer all sea son and his. 23 points Wednesday played a major role in snapping the Middie slump. Bill Wigley and Tom Smalley handle the for ward duties, and 6-2 Clyde Bou vet is Carnevale's regular pivot man. Frank Dulik, who had 18 points against William & Mary, teams with McCally at the guard posts. Wigley, McCally Lend Wigley and McCally, both re serves last year, have been in charge of the most of the Navy scoring this season. Both men totaled 101 during the 1953-54 season. The Lions will be putting a 7-3 record on the line tomorrow. Back on their scoring form Wednesday against Bucknell, they boosted their team average to 86 points with their 94-45 victory. Coach John Egli's quintet plays one more game at home next week before embarking on an other road trip. The Nittanies meet Syracuse at Rec Hall Wednesday and then meet. Car negie Tech and Pitt Friday and Saturday. They'll play four more on the read and will not return home 1111 . 1;1 Feb. 5 when they meet Lehigh. Marshall Leads Scoring Parade NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (W)—Once beaten Marshall College pushed L the team scoring lead in the nation's major college basketball statistics this week after topping th. 100 mark in three of its first six games. Marshall, scoring at a 97.2 points a game clip, replaced Connecticut as the leader in the tabulations, based on games through last Tues day. Furman, team scoring champion the past two seasons, is tied with the UConns for second this week, holding its own with a 93.6 aver age despite the loss of the fabu lous Frank Selvy through gradu: ation. The three unbeatens,-Kentuc- Icy, Dartmouth and Auburn—con tributed only one team to the top 30 in scoring, with Auburn ranked There's a new defensive lead er again this week, but it's still a Pacific Coast "representative. San Francisco, winner of nine of its first 10 games, tops the list, allowing only 50.1 points a game. WRA Results Inter Class Volleyball Sophomores 36, Juniors 20 Seniors (winne.s) Freshmen rl-45 n.tol Y COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA CINCINNATI, Jan. 6 (W)— Walter O'Malley, president of th. Brooklyn Bums baseball club, today sent an urgent mes sage to General Manager Gabe Paul of the Cincinnati National League organization saying: "State Department has banned Reds from Brooklyn, the only one of five boroughs in New York City out of bounds. What should we do about our iched- Ale?" Paul's reply: "I can understand why Reds have been banned from Brook lyn because of the revolution they are planning at Ebbetts Field in 1955. They hope to bomb you right into the dirt. The Reds do strange things. They've changed to Redlegs and will be permitted to enter the Borough of BroOklvn for the 11 games at Ebbets Field in 1955. Whether they are Reds or Redlegs—watch out: April Bout For Saxt..n? PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6 (W)— Blinky Palermo, manager of John n Saxton, indicated today that Philadelphia may have to endure the welterweight champion's first title defense in April. Palermo ruled out Syracuse, r.Y., as a possible site for the defense against the number one 147-pound challenger, Carmen Basilio. "We won't fight in Syracuse, that's certain. Why, we haven't even received an offer from Nor man Rothschild, Syracuse pro moter," Palermo said. Philadelphia was the site of Saxton's "victory" over Kid Gav ilan here last November. Gavilan cried "fix" after losing his title. Bob Homan Lion Captain 'Reds' Banned In Brooklyn; To Fight Back list of candidates which originally included more than 16 men. Pepe; a strong and cagey grappler, defeated potished Larry Fornicola—varsity wrestler in several bouts last year, and winner of the Wilkes College Wrestling Tournament ' last week. The third sophomore in the \ first four weight classes whd will. see action Saturday is Adams. At 147-pounds, Adams—he. has not wrestled against collegiate competition but holds the PIAA title for Bellefonte High School—defeated senior Walt Hough. Bill Shawley—junior letterman—stuck with the pre-season expectations tti nail a hold .on the 157-pound position by beating Len McNeal. In the final three weight divisions--167- 177- pound, and heavyweight---Snyder, a senior.. more. Krufka, and junior heavyweight Obeid - 3i had been considered probable starters when the•first match arrived. , . These three men will wrestle against • Cornell. Snyder, a transfer from Franklin and Marshall College, has shown plenty of wrestling pow'ek'.• and savvy although his class—like the final four weight classes--had less competition in it than the four lightweight divisions from 123 to 147 pound weights. At 177 pounds, letterman Krufka defeated Norm Melvin. Krufka was one of Speidel's mainstays last winter' with a dual meet record of 4-1 and a tournament record of 7-2. Oberly earned a 6-1-1 record in dual meets and a 7-2 record in tourna ments for an impressive 13-3-1 record for the entire 1954 season. 0 In , „. • '•,7k . ole Patterson to Test Hopes Against Troy NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (AP)—Floyd Patterson, just turned 2.0, is expected to enhance his reputation as a lightheavy contender tomor row night in a Madison Square Garden bout With hard-punching Willie Troy of Washington. Rated No. 4 among the 175-pounders behind champion •Archie *Moore, the flashy Brooklyn boxer is a solid 18 to 5 favorite on the strength of his fine 18-1 record for 19 pro fights with 10 knock outs. Only a disputed deciSion by ex-champ Joey Maxim, June 7, mars Patterson's record since he returned from Helsinki in 1952 as an Olynipic champion and turned pro The carefully planned schedule of Cus D'Amato, Patterson's cau tious manager, originally called for a Troy bout in November. He accepted Jimmy Slade as a sub when Troy was injured. So now he is retracing his steps to take on Troy, the original opponent. Because the match originally was made last year when Patter son still was 19, (his 20th birth day was Jan. 4) the contracts call . for an eight-rounder at 165 pounds, give or take a pound. The first Garden fight since Dec. 17, the Patterson-Troy bout will be carried on network radio and TV. (NBC), starting at 10 p.m. EST. As in all New York bouts, two judges and a referee Will score on a round basis with a sup plementary point system. Troy,•- only 22, is more exper ienced than Patterson with 32 pro fights since he came out of the amateurs in 1951. He also has a high batting average in the knock out league, stopping 23 opponents INTRODUCING 1G OY" Over the Christmas vacation Sally toured the West and found the folks raving about a new delicious sandwich quite appropriately named the BIG BOY. This new taste delight is a giant hamburger with - tomato and lettuce, spiced with mustard, onion, pickle and catsup. So Sally's is introducing the Big Boy here in State College: Try one today! SALLY ' S • SANDWICH RETAIL STORE SERVICE BEAVER and PUGH FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1955 Adams In First Test Marciano Has 3 Tit'e Offers NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (JP)—Rocky Marciano's manager, Al Weill, said today he will know by Feb. 15 when the heavyweight cham pion will be ready to make his next title defense. He can pick a.aong three propogtiions offer ing total guarantees of $950,000. Weill so informed Promoter J:m Norris of the International Boxing Club at a breakfast meet ing. 'He sent the same answer to Jack Solomons, British promoter, who offered a $300,000 guaran tee plus transportation for a Mar ciano-Don Cockell match at Lon -lon in late April or May. "By that ti e. Feb. 15, I'll know what kind of shape Rocky is in and how the cut on his nose is standing up. He'll go to camp at Grossinger's Sunday to do pre liminary work for some exhibi t: ans," Weill said. in 30 winning fights. However, his two defeats were by knockouts to Holly Mims in 1953 and to Joey Giardello last March.
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