wmhpww, SWCH W. IW rom This Angle... •7 DICK MCDOWELL Collogltti Sports Ediioc SPORTS POTPOURRI For the past two years the National Collegiate wrestling' and gymnastics championships have taken place the same dates, and for the past two years Penn State entries in both events have never finished lower than third. Two years ago the gymnasts and the matmen won national championships ) on the same night and last spring Gene Wettstone’s team de „ fended its gymnastics championship successfully while the Libn wrestlers finished third in the nation. On Friday and Saturday the two Penn State teams open NCAA competition again and there’s at least an outside chance that both will be fighting for a spot in the first three places. The gymnasts, represented as the best in the east, send an eight-man team into action at Los Angeles, Calif, while Charlie speidel takes his EIWA runner-up wrestlers (eight en tries) to Cornell University for the two-day national tourna ment. Led by bantam Karl Schwenz fejer, the poised Lion gymnasts swept past five eastern teams dur ing the regular season, losing /only to Illinois in an early meet at Rec Hall. Again with Schwenz feier leading the way, the gym nasts took the biggest share of the individual titles at the EIGA meet last week. Speidsl's wrestlers were just barely edged by Pitt (51-50) in the eastern tournament where Si concentration of some of the inest team strength in the na tion competed.' Had a break or two been in the offing, Penn State might also be sending an eastern champion to the NCAA mat classic. Two very strong athletic teams move simultaniously into action Friday. It’s very improbable that two national champions will emerge again this year. However, it’s a sure bet that both will be hot contenders and opponents wiil be in for a run for their money. i * * * Soccer Coach Ken Hosterman, whose Lion team went undefeat ed last fall, is rumored to be the recipient of the soccer “coach of the year” award which will be presented early in May by the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association. Hosterman’s boot e r s were named 1954 national champions at the close of the season by the na tional coach’s association, * * * Karen Lindberg, the pert blond Swedish Gymnast who was struck down by a speeding automobile in New York City, was injured so badly that she had to be left behind by the homeward-bound Swedish team. A 1948 Olympic Gold Medal winner, she may never compete again. Suffering from a broken leg. broken pelvis, and serious spinal injuries, she Is confined to a New York hos pital. For the cost of a get-well card apd a postage stamp, Penn State students could help cheer STUDENT SPECIAL! Malted Milk and choice of; * Hamburger •Grilled Chtece on,y •Egg Salad •Ham Salad wt GREYHOUND POST HOUSE RESTAURANT in Stale Collage on Route 322 her immensely. Why not send her a card. Her address. Ist Karen Lindberg Polyclinic 345 West 50th Street. New York. N.Y. • * * Only three colleges remain in the Eastern Intercollegiate Box ing Association. On Monday Maryland University followed Penn State’s departure when it announced that it has abandoned nhe sport. Athletic Director Jim Tatum an nounced that the decision came because of scheduling difficulties. Only Catholic University, Syra cuse, and Virginia remain in the association and there are rumors that the Cavaliers will soon drop the sport. Fifty-nine athletic contests, including 28 home events have been scheduled for the nearing spring season. Add the 20-day activity of spring football prac tice which begins Monday, and it looks like the Beaver Field athletic area is in for a busy spring. Jesse Arnelle joins the cream of college basketball Saturday night in the annual New York Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund East-West basketball game at Madison Square Garden. Several Pennsylvania players, including Tom Gola, Maurice Stokes, and Dick Rickets, will join the east squad in the annual charity all star classic. i Ted Still Fishing; Sox Still Guessing SARASOTA, Fla., March 22 (JP) —The burning baseball question of whether Ted Williams will re tire or sign another contract to play for the Boston Red Sox was no "nearer an answer today as the big fellow was reported back fishing in the Florida Keys. Red Sox officials reiterated they had heard nothing from the slug ging outfielder as Boston took the field for an exhibition game with the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was understood Williams met over the weekend with lawyers concerning a settlement with his wife, from whom he is separated. But friends reported he was back in the Florida Keys again, some 325 miles from Sarasota. THt DAILY COtLBQIAN. OTATf GOttWe. IM V-ball Schedule in Full Swing Intramural volleyball has moved into a daily schedule following one night of action last week. Twelve fraternity and indepen dent teams will be in action daily until the playoffs. Intramural volleyball results of games played last Wednesday are as follows: Theta Xi’s A team beat Kappa Delta Rho, 15-1, 15-3; Phi Kappa Sigma’s A team won by forfeit over Acacia; Alpha Chi Sigma’s A team defeated Chi Phi’s A team, 6-15, 15-7, 15-12; Phi Kappa Tau stopped Alpha Zeta, 15- 15-8; Theta Delta Chi de feated Alpha Tau Omega, 15-9^ 16- Delta Upsilon’s A team edged Theta Kappa Phi’s A team, 15-12, 5-15, 15-6; Delta Sigma Phi beat Sigma Pi, 15-9, 15-9; Phi Delta Theta overwhelmed Theta. Chi, 15- 15-1; Alpha Sigma Phi edged Phi Gamma Delta, 17-15, 15-5; Sigma Nu lost to Chi Phi’s B team 15-13, 15-13; Phi Epsilon Pi’s B team defeated Tau Phi Delta’s B team, 15-3, 15-9; and Phi Kappa SigmaV B team was edged by Kappa Sigma’s B team, 15-12, 5-15, 15-9. . In Monday night action 24 games were played. Scores were: the Iron men over McElwain’s Men, 15-1, 15-1; the Spades stopped the Geeche Birds, 15-8, 5-15, 15-0; the DeltaSigs lost by forfeit to the Red Sox; the Ath erton Men edged by the A team of Nittany Co-op 15-11, 0-15, 16- the Bad Bulls dropped the Swedes, 15-10, 15-11; the Cougars defeated West Beaver AC 15-12, 15-11. In fraternity action Beta Sigma Rho came from behind to defeat Alpha Epsilon Pi’s A team, 6-15, 15-7, 15-12; Kappa' Sigma’s A team was defeated by Delta, Sig ma Phi’s A team, 16-14, 15-5; Beta Theta Pi swamped Phi Kappa Psi, 15-8, 15-8; Alpha Chi Rho overwhelmed Phi Sigma Delta, 15-7, 15-7: Lambda Chi Alpha lost to Phi Sigma Kappa, 15-8, 15-5; and Tau Phi Delta’s A team swamped the Beaver House’s A team, 15-2,15-0. Andrews Faces Pastrano Tonight in TV Fight CHICAGO, March 22 lie Pastrano, a teenager who had to get special permission from his mother to fight 10 rounds, will be introduced to television’s nation al boxing fans tomorrow night against durable A 1 Andrews, 26- year-old Superior, Wis., middle weight. The Chicago Stadium scrap, starting at 10 p.m. (EST), marks the good-looking Pastrano’s first ring appearance above the Mason- Dixon Line. AIR CONDITIONED looks cooler - is cooler! Light but sturdy, cooler and drier, I sweet and satisfying ‘AJUSTOMATIC’ (patented screw bit) ft. S. HVRBIRT CO.. Inc. 103 Lafayette Street, New York IM Mat Scramble Shows Tight Race Ole man forfeit reared his ugly head again in last night’s intra mural wrestling program and as a result 17 of the scheduled 27 matches ended in his favor. However, the fraternity merry-go-round planted Chi Phi back on top of the heap again, ahead of Delta Sigma Phi and also Sigma Pi, currently a distant third place. Chi Phi’s stock soared when its 166 pound contestant, Ernie Young, won by forfeit, and Jack Fry pinned his 175 pound con testant in 3:52 with a body press. With a deadlock going in the second period, Fry rolled Pete Donovan of Kappa Sigma on his back and applied the fatal body press. Although Delta Sigma Phi is trailing and front-running Chi Phi squad by only a few points, the “pink elephants” received a serious setback when their 145 hopeful, Pete Reist, met disaster at the hands of Terry Hunter, Beta Theta Pi. Hunter pinned Reist in 3:01 after piling up an 8-0 lead. However Jack Phillips kept the Delta Sigs in the thick of things when he came through with a 4-0 decision over Phi Kappa Sig ma’s Joe Riley in a 175 pound contest. Phillips remained in com plete control of the action as he scored with a takedown, an es cape and also a point for riding time. In the only independent match of the evening, Jim Harding earned the right to meet Willard “Bull” Smith in the semi-finals set for March 28. Harding mixed daring with an abundance of mat savvy to pin Phil Petter in 2:58 with a body press, after building an 8-2 lepd. EXCLUSIVE AT HUR'S Van Heusen Shirts Mur’s Mtxtß Van Heusen Century This is the one with the soft “twist it, twirl it and it won’t wrinkle ever” collar. Now in 5 col lar styles. Lasts up to twice as long aa ordinary shirts. Doesn’t cost a sou more. $3.95. VAN HEUSEN 13, N. Y. OPPOSITE OLD MAIN soft collar...won’t wrinkle ever*! PAGE SEVEN Jim Brubaker, Delta Upsilon, kept the defending champions in a fourth place position with a fall over Dwight Spencer of Sig ma Chi, in a 145 match. Brubaker registered the pin in 3:59 with a half nelson ana crotch. The shortest match of the eve ning took place in the 121 division when Hellel Rosen revealed the Rec Hall lighting system to Dave Difebo in 1:42 with a cradle hold. Dave Carlson, Alpha Gamma Rho, ground out an 11-3 decision over Charles Darragh of Acacia, in a 155 match. However, the AGR’s split the evening’s activi ties when Keith Horn of Phi Del ta Theta had too many big guns going for him in defeating Alpha Gamma Rho’s George Ridge, 7-0 in a heavyweight match. Ben Lentz, Sigma Phi Epsilon, collected a fall in the 175 pound class over Don Bruno of Lambda Chi Alpha in 4:36 with a body press and Kappa Sigma’s Dick Gelatt defeated Ralph Johnson 5-2 in a 155 match. THE PERFECT PIZZA SALLY’S WE DELIVER AD 7-2373
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