PAGE SIX It's East vs. West In NCAA Mat Test According to the books, East is East and West is West, and supposedly they’re never to meet; but this weekend at Cornell University things will change when the matmen from both sections of the country will probably afford most of the action for the national colle giate wrestling tournament that opens Friday. From the West the wrestling-minded schools of Oklahoma A& M, Oklahoma Uni versity, lowa State Teachers College, and the University of Michigan will most likely be the top dogs to give the East’s four major teams—Pitt, Penn State, Lehigh, and Navy—a run to the wire. Michigan recently piled up 50 points and boasted five individual champs in winning fifth Big Ten Conference mat championship at Minneapolis. lowa ranked second with —| points, followed by Illinois, 37,1 : Wisconsin, 33, and defending 1 1 champ Purdue which finished fifth with 16 points. Oklahoma-A&M, defending Na tional Collegiate Athletic Associa tion wrestling champ—which de throned the Lions last year as the Nittany squad lost its crown and slid to third place, walked off with the 1954 title with 32'points. It stacked up three individual champs, two seconds, and a fourth place to gain a comfortable lead over second-place Pitt with 17. Among the Big Ten’s 1955 indi vidual champs are returnees Bob Konovsky, Wisconsin heavy weight who finished second last year in the Nationals, and Terry McCann and Andy Kaul. McCann was third last year at .123 pouiids for Iowa; Kaul, of Michigan, was fourth at 137 pounds. I Six of the East’s top repeaters to the Nationals are expected to be Pete Blair and Joe Gattuso of Navy, Joe Solomon of Pitt, Bill Oberly and Joe Krufka of Penn State, and Ed Eichelberger of Le high. Eichelberger, Lehigh’s outstand ing 147-pounder, placed second in the NCAA’s ip 1954 along with Ed Rooney of Syracuse—another 1955 Eastern champ. Oberly— wrestling at 191 pounds—and Krufka at 177 pounds, each reg istered third-place showings. Wrestling Intramurals Wide Open / As a result of last night’s intra mural wrestling action, the race for the interfraternity champion ship remains as wide open as a peanut scramble. Currently Delta Sigma Phi is leading the pack with Chi Phi and Sigtna Pi within easy hailing distance. At least three other fraternities are run ning a dangerous third. Two of last year’s returning champions hiing up victories the comfortable way last night, when Armour Black, Chi Phi, former 128 champion and Winnie Boed erlein, Kappa Sigma, 175 titlist, won their matches via the forfeit route. Don' Farmello, last year’s run nerup to the 121 crown, kept the Chi Phi ■•aggregation close behind front-running Delta Chi with an 8-1 decision over Delta Chi’s George Myers in a 121 pound bout. Perhaps the crowd thriller of the evening occurred when Wil lard “Bull’’ Smith pulled his in dependent heavyweight match from the fire when he pinned Scot Bomberger in 2:31 with a body press. Smith was on the short end of a 4-0 count when he squirmed from a near fall pre dicament and registered the pin. In a 165 pound action Tom Lar sen, Sigma Pi, pinned Bill Kuhns, Phi Kappa Psi, with a hglf-nejson and crotch. Larsen had too many big guns going for him and this combined with an obvious display of mat experience spelled defeat for Kuhns.* Ralph Straley, Acacia, also defeated Bill Mullan of Delta Tau Delta 6-1 at 165 pounds. Bob Broomfield, Chi Phi, pinned his 135 pound opponent, Charles Kurtz with a half-nelson and (Continued on page seven) THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. By ROY WILLIAMS STUDENT SPECIAL! Malted Milk and choice of: • Hamburger • firllled Cheese on,y •Egg Salad m •Nam Salad %r GREYHOUND POST HOUSE RESTAURANT in Sfate College on Route 322 TRANSPORTATION NOTICE EASTER VACATION Take a Tip and Make Your Trip by GREYHOUND LINES For the convenience of PENN STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, SPECIAL BUSES will be provided for the EASTER VACATION and will leave from the GREY HOUND POST HOUSE at 1:00 pm. Wednesday, April 6. Reservations for the SPECIAL buses will be made with the purchase of your ticket at the GREYHOUND POST HOUSE. ALL RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY 10:00 P.M. TUESDAY, April sth. For additional information, call the Greyhound Post House. Phone ADams 7-4181. Kiner Must Top 1954 HR Total TUCSON, Ariz., March 21 <JPi— You cah bet Ralph Kiner will open in left field for the Cleve land Indians this season, but to stay there he’ll have to produce home runs at about twice the rate of last season. , The big fellow who made his name in the National League and' came to Cleveland from the Chi cago Cubs after last season has “fitted right into our club,” says Manager A 1 Lopez, who predicts another American League pen nant. “If working hard makes a good ball player, he’ll be good,” Lopez said after watching Kiner hustle and hit during spring drills. Ralph is .the big change in the Cleveland club this season. But adding him to the outfield weak ens it defensively. He’ll have to make up for that with his bat Last year he collected only 22 homers, fewest since he returned from service in World War 11. This season predictions are that he’ll hit 40 or more. .VANIA Penn State’s spring sports teams Gene Wettstone’s Penn State will swing into action early in gymnasts are unbeaten in Bast- Aprll, beginning With lacrosse bn era competition for YeArt, ApHl 7. own three Straight team titles. You Hear Strange Things About Catholics /es, you can hear some itrange things about Cath You hear it said that Catholics believe all non- Cathoiics are headed for Hell...that they believe non-Cathdic marriages are invalid. Some think Catholics believe the Pope is God... that he can do no wrong...that they owe him civil allegiance and that he should have the political power to rule, America. It Is said that Catholics want religious freedom only for them selves... that they oppose public schools and separation of Church and State as evils which should be destroyed. The claim is made diet Catho lics pay die priest for forgiveness of their sins... that they must buy their departed relatives and friends out of Purgatory... that they adore statues... are forbidden to read the Bible...use medals, candles and holy water as sure-fire protection against the loss of a job, lightning or being run down by an automo bile. But what is worse, some say, Catholics corrupt the true teach ings of Jesus Christ with the ad dition of pagan superstitions and practices that are nothing less than SUPREMS COUNCIL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Religious Information Bureau 4423 UNAfiU W.VD. MQ* TUESDAY. MARCH 22. 1955 the inventions of the devd. If all these things—or any of them—were true, k’ would be a pity. For at least one oqt of every six Ameri cans is a Catholic—And k would be a national tragedy if one-sixth of all Ameri cans entertained such er- roneous ideas. The Knights of Columbus Is an organization of 900,000 Catholic men of reason and intdligence. 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