PAGE SIX
3 Grapplers
Pitt Leads Aggies by One;
Lions Tied for 6th Place
ITHACA, N.Y., March 25—Three Perth State wrestlers
enter the semi-final round of the National Collegiate Wrest
ling tournament here today. Larry Fotnicola, ..toe Krufka,
and Bill Oberly represent the Lietiii in the setend day of the
mammoth tournament.
Pitt registered four wins in the quarter-final rounds last
night to advance four men into today's semi-final compe
tition of the 25-year-old tourna
ment and took a slitn lead over
defending champion Oklahoma
A and M here at Cornell's Barton
Hall,
The Aggies hold a 10-point team
total and will enter three men
this afternoon in the semi-final
round.
Penn State, with six points, is
in sixth place behind Oklahoma
University (9) lowa University
(8), Lehigh (7), Michigan (7).
Navy also has six team points.
Fornicola turned in a stellar
performance tonight when he
outclassed and out-pointed rug
ged Art Keith, Oregon State's
Pacific Coast champ in the 137-
pound division. The first period
was scoreless but in the second
period the score changed hands
three times.
Keith then escaped and got a
takedown to lead 5-2. Fornicola
rallied in the final thirty seconds
of the second period with a re
verse and then gained another
reverse and a predicament in the
final period to win 8-5.
Krufka defeated Dick Fran
cis.. 177-pound Pacific Coast
champion from San Hose State.
Francis held a 6-2 lead in the
second period but Krufka sud
denly caught fire and cut the
lead to 6-4 in the second period.
In the third stanza he reversed
Francis and rode to cop win
7-6.
Sam Salerno far outweighed the
Lions' Bill Oberly in the heavy
weight scrap but Oberly held the
edge in skill and know hoW. Colo
rado's Big Seven champ gained a
1-0 lead in the second period but
in the final two periods Oberly
netted four points to Salerno's
two, to win 5-3.
None of the East's individual
champs for 1955 have been oaf
nainated. Pift's Bill Hulings
meets Dave Bowling. Oklahoma
A and M. at 115 pounds. His
teammate Ed Prryy al 123
pounds will go a Bob
Gunner. Michigan State. Fond
cola meets Don Hart. OW'
homa. while Andy Raul, Mich
igan. tangles with Warren De-
Pregner of Cornell College. At
147 pounds, Ed Eichelberger
hes been holding the spotlight.
Lehigh's outstanding easter si
matman has registered three
pins today .and meets George
Mulligan of Rutgers.
Also at 147, Lloyd Cotwin, Cor
nell College, will face Clarence
Weick, Purdue. Ed DeWitt, Pitt,
his scored two pins at 157 in win
ning three times and meets Bill
Weick, lowa State College. Ed
Rooney, 155-pound eastern that
titlist also has two pinsand three
victories and meets Michigan's
Big Ten champ Mike Rodriquez.
At 167, two eastern titlists, Joe
Gatuso, Navy, and Joe Solomon,
Pitt, enter the semi-finals. Solo
mon meets Larry Tenpass, Illi
nois, and Gatuso tangles with
Fred Davis, Oklahoma A and M.
At 177, Don Wem, Toledo, meets
Dan Hodge of Oklahoma and
Frank Rosenmyer, Colorado,
meets Krufka. Dick Anthony, In
diana, faces defending chamP Pete
Blair while Ken Leuer, lowa,
meets Gus Gatto, lowa State
Teachers. In the heavyweight,
By ROY WILLIAMS
Oberly will meet Bob Konovsky,
Wisconsin Big Ten champ, who
placed second in IstCAA's last
year. Willis Holland, Colorado,
A and M, meets Werner Seel.
In the afternoon eliminations
101 wrestlers battled for quarter
final positions in a session that
lasted 4 1 / 2 hours. The first round
was divided into two preliminary
sessions. However, 30 entrants
drew byes into the second round
preliminary eliminations while 37
were forced twice in the fight for
quarter-final slots.
Two NCAA records were set
when 66 colleges entered and
181 individual entrants vreighed
in for the tournament. For the
first time in 25 years five mats
were used in the preliminary
rounds.
Of the Lions seven entries, four,
lost preliminary bouts and all
wrestled in the second round.
Oberly byed directly into the
quarter-finals. Nodland was, the
first to lose. After earning a bye,,
he bowed to Sam Cario, Cortland
State, 8-3. Nodland led 3-2 at the
end of the first period but Cario
knotted Nodland's attack in the
final two periods while stacking
up six points.
Captain Homan's come-from-be
hind effort in the final period
failed when he was dropped by
Cornell Colle's (Iowa) Mirk
Murray, 9-6. Boman trailed 2-0 at
the end of th e first period and
4-2 whet) the second stanza closed.
In a rash of third period scoring
Murray collected two reversals
and a point for time.
Fornicola turned in a stand
out performance when he pin
ned Michigan State's Jim Fina
dions at CU of the second
period. Finadions. a speedy Jun
ior with.* 9-0.2 card, led 2-0 at
the end of the first period. For
nicola reversed, in the second
and then pulled a fast pin with
la grape vine and bar arm.
The Lions lost the 147 and 157
battles. 'After a scoreless •first
period Stan Wintermote, Wyo
mingsk well-btailt, speedy sopho
more earned three points over
Adams in the 147-point scrap.
Winternnote rode Adams in the
final period to white Wash the
Lion sophomore.
In the 157-pound battle Hum
phreys ran into Pitt veteran Ed
DeWitt who earned a second
round decision over Jerry of Man
katto State. After a scoreless first
stanza -DeWitt rode Humphreys
the entire second period. In the
third he gained an escape and a
take down before registering a
pin at 8:25.
The Lions' Second win in the
preliminaties was registered by
Krufka who pinned Fred Braun,
Lafayette's undefeated junior
with a 12-0 record. Krufka took
a fast two points with a takedown
and then reversed in the second
period before scoring the pin with
a near aim and body press at 4:14.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Drills Open
On Monday
Minus Moore
Penh States Centennial-mind
ed football heroes will be without
their No. 1 ground gainer, the
fleet-footed Lenny Moore, when
they launch spring drills Monday.
While a replacement for Moore,
who ran into academic difficul
ties,. looms as Coach Rip Engle's
fordimost problem, th e white
thatched mentor also is concerned
about his ends and tackles.
Of Engle's 13 losses—all by
graduation in June—four are ends
and three are tackles. Only one
man remains in each position
from the traveling squad of a year
ago.
Leo Kwalik, is the hold-over at
end and co-captain Otto Kneidin
ger is the only regular remaining
at tackle. Kneidinger, one of the
East's better tackles, will need
help and Engle hopes to find it
during spring drills.
Up for Grabs
The left halfback spot left va
cant by Aoloore's leaving will be
up for grabs. The only back with
any experience in the role is Ray
Alberigi. Matt Yanoscich, who in
terrupted his college career to en
ter the service, is another pros
pect if he returns to campus
before fall.
Moore, who has indicated he
will seek re-admission at the end
of the current semester, will•be
qUestion mark right up to the
opening kickoff even if success
ful in reinstatement. The
Reading Flash faces the necessity
of carrying a full academic load
through 12 weeks of summer
school in order to right himself.
With this exception, the back
field will be in pretty good hands.
Back from a year ago will be
quarterbacks Bob Hoffman, Milt
Plum, and Jim Hochberg; wing
backs Billy Kane and Bobby Al
len, and fullbacks Bill Straub,
Charley Blockson, and Jim Lock
erman.
Blockson, Lockerman and Slain
Valentine, former all-State guard
at Dußois, will engage M only
token drills because of other
sports. Blockson is a weight man
on the track team and Lockerman
and Valentine are prime candi
(Continued on page seven)
Left in NCAA's
Lenny Moore
Absent from Drills
In Good Hands
Chi Phi Takes Lead
In IM Mat Tourney
CM Phi swept back into the lead of the intramural frat
ernity wrestling tournament list night with a commanding
13-point lead over defending champion Delta Upsilon. The
Chi Phi squad picked up two pins and a forfeit in the evening's
action which saw previous pace setter Delta Sigma Phi lose
two men and drop to third place.
Sigma Nu jumped prominently
into the mat picture by collecting
nine points and bringing its point
production to 38. Chi Phi cur
rently has 55 points and Delta
Upsilon 42.
Tom Webb, former 128-pound
runnerup, boosted the Chi Phi
stock when he pinned 'Dave
Shantz, Sigma Chi, with 10 sec
onds remaining in the match.
Webb scored 'with a half nelson
and crotch hold after laboring for
a 9-0 lead
Broomfield Pins Gehrig
Bob Broomfield, 135, collected
the second pin for the leaders
when he turned the trick against
Gary Gehrig of Delta Sigma Phi.
Broomfield pinned Gehrig in 4:28
with a body press.
Delta Upsilon's 1954 champ Art
Marks decisioned his 135 oppo
nent, Chuck Triscott, Kappa Sig
ma, 6-2. Marks remained in con
trol of the action as he drew
nearer to his second title. Jim
Brubaker also picked up points
for the champions when he de
feated Beta Theta Pi's Terry
Hunter, 5-2, in a 145 scrap. Both
wrestlers displayed science and
an abundance of speed and ex
perience. How ever, Brubaker
scored with a takedown, reversal,
and point for riding time.
Sigma Nu Enters Picture
Sigma Nu vaulted into the pic
ture on the strength of Woodie
Griffiths 5-2 Win over Joe De-
Thomas, Delta Chi, in a 175
match, and -Dave Barney's 11-3
shellacking of Dick Evanko, A'au
Kappa Phi. Andy Bergesen also
helped the Sigma Nu squad when
he edged Bob Dawn of Tau
Kappa Phi, 3-2. Bergesen received
WHO ARE THE
"TOP-FLITE" GOLFERS
ON YOUR CAMPUS?
Constant practice is the answer, of course, but getting the best
from your equipment is just as important, too.
That's where Spalding TOP-FLITE® clubs have the edge.
They have more to offer in precision balance that gives an
absolutely uniform swing-feel with,every club in the matched set.
That's the secret of Spalding SYNCHRO-DYNED® clubs.
And, it will pay off for you from the first round. You'll make
the same shots with new uniformity. The perfect balance of
these clubs lets you swing through the ball with confidence%
Without "choking-up" or "compensating." You get the ball
away cleaner, longer, and with more shot control.
These are the clubs that have lowered handicaps by as much as
11 / 3 : Spalding SYNCHRO-DYNED TOP-FLITE clubs. Your Golf
pro has them now. And, now's the time for you to start playing
betted' golf.
SWING SITS THE PACE ON SPORTS
3ATURDAY. MARCH 26. 1955
a point for time advantage and‘
also the match along with it. Both
matmen had scored with rever
sals.
Another time advantage may
have cost Delta Sigma Phi the ti
tle when Bob Wenner, Pi Kappa
Phi, defeated Jack Phillips, 3-2.
Mason Walsh also pinned Jim
McHenry, Sigma Pi, in 2:32 with
a body press.
Jim Leslie, Phi Kappa Sigma,
pulled his 155 match from the
fire With a pin over Walt Cron,
Tau Kappa Epsilon. Cron was
leading Leslie 5-0 at the time of
the fall. Billy Kane, Kappa Delta
Rho, also decisioned Steve Baidy,
Alpha Chi Rho, 2-0, in an ex
tremely close battle.
Dan VanDuyne, Alpha Gamma
Rho, pinned Ed Robinson, Phi
Delta Theta, with a spectacular
bar and half nelson hold. Dave
Lewis, Sigma Chi, also pinned
John Showalter, Phi Sigma Kap
pa, with a body press.
Ddan Vesling, Beta Theta Pi;
decisioned Ron Carlson, Alpha
IGamma Rho, in a 155 match, 6-3,
and Bob McMillan, 'Delta Tau
Delta, won by 3-0 over Gene
Banker of Delta Chi.
Rowing for Cambridge
LONDON, March 25 (W)—Two
giant Americans, both former
Harvard University men, will pull
oars for the underdog Ciunhadge
crew in the historic race with Ox
ford tomorrow on the River
Thames.
They are Phil Dußois, 23-year
old New Yorker, who is 6 feet, 4
inches tall and weighs 185, and
Robert A. G. Monks ctf Boston,
6-5 and 191 pounds.
If you've watched than on
•
..
the course, you've probably
T:Wcl.lO thought: "Boy, if I could
just get my game down like
that!"
..,,~~ ,