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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
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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.
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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
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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.