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Matmen Meet Cornell Tonight
5 Lion Slots Manned by Vets;
Freshman in Preliminary Meet
At least five positions on Penn State’s eight-man starting
lineup will be fortified by lettermen tonight when Penn
State inaugurates its 37th year of wrestling with Cornell
furnishing the season-opening opposition.
The varsity meet starts at 8 p.m. A freshman match be
tween the two schools starts at 6 p.m. Cornell’s frosh have
already defeated Lehigh’s freshmen, 14-12.
Tonight’s battle with the Big Red will also open Coach
Charlie Speidel’s 30th year at the helm of Nittany matmen.
The wrestling battle between
Cornell and the Lions started in
1909. Since then Penn State has
carded 34 wins, while losing seven
matches to Cornell. Two matches
ended in ties.
. Coach Eric Miller lost to the
Lions last year on his home mats,
17-7. This year his team has a 1-1
record, losing to Lehigh 26-7 and
stopping Yale by a convincing
21-5 margin.
Speidel, issuing a tentative
lineup, was set on three of his
eight starting slots, but named
two possible starters to each of
the other five slots.
Co-Captains Joe Krufka, 177-
pounder who was second in both
the Nationals and Easterns last
year at that weight, and National
Collegiate Athletic Association
unlimited champ and third-place
EIWA winner Bill Oberly, heavy
weight, will start.
Krufka was 5-2 in dual meets
in 1955, and 6-2 in tournaments:
he has an all-time record of
22-7. Oberly, 5-1-1 in dual meets
last year, is 24-5-2 for three
years.
At the other extremity of the
weight scale, Sid Nodland will
open at 123 pounds. In his first
year on the varsity last year, Nod
land earned a 5-0-2 dual meet rec
ord, and a 3-2 tgprney mark.
Newcomers will come in at
both the 130-pound and 137-
pound weights where Captain
Bob Homan and Larry Forni
cola. the Lions' 1955 great, will
be missing this year.
Johnny Johnston is expected to
take over where Homan worked
at 130 pounds. Johnston, a junior,
did not wrestle for Speidel last
year, but transferred from Frank
lin and Marshall where he saw
mat action.
At 137 pounds Fornicola's
old stamping grounds either
John Pepe or Hal Byers will get
the Speidel nod. Pepe wrestled
in three dual meets last year
before dropping out of the mat
work. He has experience and a
2-1 1955 record, while Byers, a
senior, has not yet seen varsity
action.
Junior letterman Dave Adams,
with a one-year career total of
7-5, is likely to go at 147 pounds.
Possible shifts may be made
among Pepe, Byers, and Adams
in the 130, 137, and 147-pound
bouts.
Adams could also figure in the
157-pound class along with Joe
Humphreys. The 5-9 junior was
unable to cop a dual meet in a
0-3-1 season but had a 1-2 tour
ney effort. Ed Pasko, Philipsburg
senior, is expected to enter 167
pounds. He had a 0-2 slate last
year.
Six of Cornell's eighl-man
lineup have carded 1-1 records
this year. None of Coach Eric
Miller's likely starters have had
a losing record.
Chuck Gratto 137-pounder
with a 1-0 record, and 147-pound
er Dick Vincent, 1-0, are the only
men with losses. Each of the six
individual Cornell losses were in
flicted by Lehigh, along with
Gratto’s tie.
Southern England
Bound by Fog y
LONDON (/P) Slight north
east winds today broke' up the
worst fog Britain has had in three
years. But the weatherman said
relief was only temporary.
The forecast was for another
choking night of the smoke-laden
pall that has gripped southern
England for the past 48 hours,
halting all air service to and from
London.
By HOY WILLIAMS
Probable Lineups
Cornell
Molino (1-1) 123 Nodland
Jemison (0-0) 130 Johnston
Gratto (1-0-1) ‘ 137 Pepe
Vincent (1-0) 147 Adams
Campbell (1-1) 157 Humphreys
Lynch (1-1) 167 Pasko
Smethurst (1-1) 177 Krufka
Fillius (1-1) Hwt. Oberly
* * *
Probable Freshman Lineups
Cornell Penn Stale
Willis 123 Logue
Kimball or 130 Peters
Seybold
Seybold or 137, Seltzer
Wadsworth
Cool 147 Evans
Friedman 157 Labone
Hodge or 167 Gray
Muskat
Muskat or 177 Gilmore
Dunlop
Murray or Hwt. Newbold or
Gardner Norwood
Beta's, Alpha Sig
Win Ist Half Titles
Two first-half Intramural fra
ternity bowling crowns were
claimed on Thursday evening as
IM bowling resumed post-holi
day action.
Alpha Sigma Phi squeezed by
Sigma Chi to win the champion
ship in League C, while Beta
Theta Pi emerged the champion
of the D circuit.
Gcing into Thursday night con
tests, Alpha Sig and Sigma Chi
were deadlocked for the top spot
in League C, owning identical
24-12 records. However, Alpha
Sig swept its series from Beta
Sigma Rho, 4-0, while its counter
part could only garner three
points from Theta Chi.
In other loop C tilts, Phi Kap
pa Sigma stopped Pi Kappa Phi,
4-0; Kappa Sigma beat Lambda
Chi Alpha, 3-1; and Theta Xi bat
tled Delta XJpsilon to a 2-2 tie.
Beta’s 4-0 win over Sigma Phi
Alpha brought them the League
D title. Sigma Alpha Mu man
aged to win only three points
from Kappa Delta Rho, finishing
in the runner-up spot.
Other league C games saw Tri
angle tie Tau Kappa Epsilon, 2-2,
and Phi Delta Theta and Theta
Kappa Phi win forfeits.
DU, Phi Kappa Sig Lead IM Race
By JOE CHEDDAR
Delta Upsilon and Phi Kappa
Sigma, two old rivals for Intra
mural sports supremacy are once
again locked in a tight struggle
for the top position.
According to the mid-year rank
ings released recently by the
intramural office, the DU’s and
Phi Kappa Sig’s have garnered
335 points apiece to hold a 260
point lead over third place Beta
Theta Pi.
The rest of the top 15 in order
are Alpha Chi Sigma, fourth with
150 points; Phi Gamma Delta and
Tau Kappa Epsilon, tied for fifth
with 145 points; Sigma Nu, sev
enth with 140 points; Phi Sigma
Kappa, eighth, with 120 points.
Alpha Epsilon Pi, ninth, with
115 points; Sigma Phi Epsilon,
tenth, 110 points; Beta Sigma Rho,
11th, 105 points; Delta Sigma Phi,
Theta Chi, and Sigma Pi‘ tied
for 12th with 100 points; and Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon, Lambda Chi
Alpha, and Delta Chi, 15th with
95 points.
DU’s lofty perch can be traced
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Penn State
CO-CAPTAINS of Penn Slate's 1956 wrestling learn Bill Oberly
(left) and Jo« Krufka (right). Both are three-year men for Coach
Charlie Speidel, and each has had reputable stints while Lion mat
men. Krufka—second in the East and nation last year—and Ob
erly. NCAA unlimited champ, will be expected to carry a heavy
load this year.
Nine Fraternities
Post IM Cage Wins
Nine Intramural basketball teams, fighting off the laziness from
the Christmas holiday, came through with victories Thursday night
as IM cagers began a new year of action.
Eight of the quintets scored their wins from the court, while
the other squad claimed a forfeit win. All of the games played
were from fraternity leagues, A,]
B, and C.
Theta Delta Chi won its first
game in League B with a con
vincing 41-17 decision over Phi
Sigma Kappa. Bob Ferarri, 14,
and Jerry Olexa, 12, led the way
for the Theta Delt’s. It was Ferar
ri’s 13-point second half scoring
binge which brought the victors
from a 19-5 halftime score to their
final 24-point bulge.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon con
tinued its winning ways in an
other League B fracas, tripping
Alpha Epsilon Pi, 22-18. The win
gave the SAE dribblers a tie for
the loop lead with Alpha Sigma
Phi and Alpha Phi Alpha. Each
have a 4-0 slate. Four of the
starling five hit the scoring
column for SAE, with Russ
Mandevill's eight leading the
parade.
In the other League B attrac
tion, Alpha Phi Alpha copped a
forfeit from Sigma Pi.
Alpha Phi Della upset pre-
to their complete dominance of
the recently completed boxing
tournament. With four champions,
they picked up 240 of their total
points in this tourney. They
slumped off somewhat in the oth
er competitions—touch football,
swimming, and medal-golf, how
ever. They scored 45 points in
each of the football and swim
ming events, but took only five
in the golf tourney.
Phi Kappa Sig was able to col
lect only 130 points in the boxing
tourney, but picked up 150 in win
ning the touch football champion
ship. In addition to these two big
point producers, they were able
to get 45 in swimming and 10 in
golf.
Beta Theta Pi, a perennial lead
er in swimming, picked' up 130
points in this event during the
past year. The Betas were- also
able to pick up 25 markers in
footbal land 20 in golf, but they
hurt their total immeasurably by
being shutout in boxing.
Fourth place Alpha Chi Sigma
spread their total out evenly over
★ ★ ★
By LOUIE PRATO
★ ★ ★
viously unbeaten Phi Kappa Psi,
28-25, in the top League A con
test. It was the first win for
the APD flooxmen after three j
straight losses. Two newcomers.
Jack Farls and Emil Caprara,
led the winners with 12 and
seven points respectively. j
Another loop A aggregation,)
Lambda Chi Alpha, also tallied 1
its first victory of the season.
John Bruno’s 11 was the top score
that helped throw Zeta Beta Tau
into the league cellar.
In the other A contest, Delta
Sigma Lambda defeated Alpha
Chi Rho, 21-9. Mark Roller led
the winners with eight.
Eight Delta Sigma Phi men hit
the scoring mark in Delta Sig’s
38-17 conquest of Theta Chi. Duke
Miller, eight, and Conrad Lentz,
nine, were the top scorers.
Phi Delia Theta fought from
a 10-10 halftime score to throw
Kappa Sigma for its fourth
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all four events. They got 45 in
football, 20 in boxing, and 30 in
swimming—besides the 55 they
received as a result of Bob Knee’s
medal-golf championship.
Phi Gamma Delta and Tau Kap
pa Epsilon also boosted their *
tings by scoring high in a sii
event. The Phi Gams scored
points in finishing as ru'nnei
in the touch football champ:
ships, and the Teke’s got 1/
their total in swimming.
* Phi Gam’s remaining points
suited from 25 in swimming
five each in golf and boxing. ‘
got 25 in football, 15 in bo:
and 10 in golf.
, Phi Kappa Sig could f(
ahead in the rankings in the
future, because at present
top their basketball league
a 4-0 ledger, while'the DU’s
one win and three losses lag
behind in their loop.
DU, an annual threat for
wrestling crown, could swing
balance the other way if t
emulate their usual high-sco)
total in the coming tourney.
SATURDAY. JANUARY 7. 1956
Coeds Widen
Swim Plans,
Add Clinic
By LIL JUNAS
Although the University’s eyes
have been focused on basketball
the past few weeks, a few glances
have been cast on the swimming
program which is conducted for
University women at the White
Hall pool—a program that is only
one phase of the growing coed
sports activities.
The Women’s Recreation As
sociation swimming club and life
saving classes are now rounding
out a successful semester, but are
ready to plunge into next semes
ter with a water safety instruc
tor’s course and a swimming
clinic.
The Swimming Club, open to
all University women, meets
every Thursday evening and is
divided into two groups—one for
those who do not have much ex
perience, especially in syncro
nization, and the other for those
who are most experienced in the
techniques of sw'mmine and div
ing. • ,
The club is now planning its
annual feature—a spring aqua
cade—which is student organized.
This year’s show will carry the
theme “New York, New York.”
The water safety instructor’s
course, which will begin in Febru
ary, enables those who complete
the course to teach the Red Cross
program. A senior life-saving cer
tificate is the only qualification.
An innovation in the coed sports
program is a swimming clinic,
where women can practice any
swimming skill they desire. The
clinic will be held on Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 4 to 5 p.m.,
and will be supervised by staff
personnel. Diving, syncronizing
skills, and other swimming tactics
will be taught.
Graham, Ameche
On All-Pro Team
NEW YORK, Jan. 6
matic Otto Graham, quarterback
sparkplug of the world champion
ship Cleveland Browns, was
| named today on The Associated
[Press all-pro team for the sixth
[time in his brilliant career.
[ Graham, with 28 votes of the 40
least m the annual voting, and
[Alan Ameche, smashing fullback
of the Baltimore Colts, led in the
balloting on the professional
“dream team.” Ameche, who led
the National Football League in
his freshman year with 961 yards
rushing, was the only rookie on
the 22-man, two-platoon offensive
and defensive squad.
Cleveland, which defeated the
Los Angeles Rams for the cham
pionship Dec. 26, placed three
men on the squad, as did the
Rams.
Home Economics Club
Initiates 35 Members
Thirty-five women were initi
ated into the Home Economics
Club Thursday, night at ceremon
ies conducted by Ann Sterner,
president of the club, in Atherton
Lounge.
Dr. Grace M. Henderson, dean
of the College of Home Econom
ics, extended greetings to. the
group.
Refreshments were served.