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Mat men Swamp Cornell
Speidel Gamble
Wins; Big Red
Cops 2 Events
By ROY WILLIAMS
Penn State, facing its first
opponent of the 1956 season,
presented the Big Red of Cor
nell a juggled wrestling line
up Saturday night before a
near capacity crowd of 5300
in Recreation Hall; less than two
hours later, Penn State handed
Cornell its second loss, 20-6, in
three outings.
Coach Charlie Speidel is a criti
cal strategist when it comes to
placing his men at certain weights.
And although he faced the “open
ing night” of his 30th year at the
helm, he gambled and won.
The initial change, which af
fected the next three weights,
came in the 137-pound class where
senior Hal Byers moved in for
John Pepe. Pepe then moved up
to 147 with Dave Adams and Joe
Humphreys taking the next two
weights in that order.
The move by Speidel gave the
Lions added strength in the mid
dleweights where they felt their
strongest weakness.
In taking six of eight bouts,
Penn Slate rolled uo a solid 20-6
victory, but failed to match Le
high's winning score over the
same team during the first week
of December, 26-7. Cornell's
lineup against the Engineers
was basically the same as that
which faced the Lions with the
only exceptions at 130 and 147
pounds.
Hal Byers, 130 pounder, and Joe
Humphreys, 167-pounder, lost.
Sid Nodland, 123-pounder, won
a squeaker from a surprisingly
strong Cornell lightweight, Car
men Molino. With plenty of ac
tion coming early in the first per
iod, the two grapplers spent more
time off than on the mats in the
second stanza.
Nodland, down at the start of
the period, escaped midway in the
period to take a 1-0 lead.
In the final stanza, however,
Molino escaped to tie it at 1-1.
Ncdland attempted a takedown
late in the period, but missed by
inches. With 30 seconds left.
Molino was penalized two points
for stalling, giving Nodland the
narrow 3-2 win.
Johnston, working the 130-pound
bout, put on a smooth, confident
display with apparent good con
dition, strengthening him as he
went, and notched a 10-4 decision
over Cornell’s veteran lightweight
Bill Jemison.
Johnston got five points m
Track Lineup Named for Cadet Meet
By VINCE CAROCCI
Indoor track mentor “Chick”
Werner announced his starting
lineup yesterday for the Lion’s
1956 debut at West Point on
Saturday.
Werner named_Captain Art
Pollard and Gary Seybert as
the Lion’s entries in the 60-yard
run. Werner was particularly
impressed with the improve
ment Pollard has shown in his
starts during last week’s prac
tice sessions. .
“Pollard has looked very
good this past week and should
be in top running condition by
Saturday,” the Nitt&ny coach
said.
Rod Perry, Dick Winston,
and Seybert will carry the Nit
tany banners in the hurdles,
which, according to Werner,
look like the team's strongest
event.
“Perry has improved im
mensely since opening work
outs and, combined with the
other two boys, gives us a high
scoring potential in the hur
-dles,” he said.
Austin, Matz to Enter 600
Veterans Bruce Austin and
Bob Matz were selected as the
Lion's entries in 600-yard run.
Both were members of last sea
son’s varsity squad.
For the 1000-yard run, Wer
ner named Paul Roberts, Dave
Nash, and Clyde Thomas as his
entries. All three have had pre
vious track experience.
Weiner laid his hopes in the
DAVE ADAMS, junior lellerman, dives for a leg ot Cornell's Pete
Turco in the 157-pound battle to gain the takedown and two points.
Adams later pinned his muscular Cornell toe, lor the only Penn
State five-pointer of the evening.
the tirst period, and nearly com
pleted a mid-air grapevine in
working for a pin. Late in the
second period Jemison escaped
for one point, but Johnston
countered with a two-point
takedown. He completed his
scoring with a reverse early in
the final period and thus gained
the 9-4 decision plus a tally for
riding lime.
After a season’s layoff since his
sophomore year, senior Byers
faced Cornell’s three-year veteran,
Chuck Gratto at 137 pounds.
Gratto was pointless in the first
period, and rode Byers nearly the
entire second period.
After gaining a lone-point lead
with an escape, Byers was re
versed to lose 3-1 with riding time
going to Gratto.
With, a 6-3 lead John Pepe,
a junior who earned a 2-1 rec
ord in a brief stint last year,
piled up four points—two on a
reversal and two on a lake
down—in the third period after
Dick Vincent tied him 2-2 in
the second period.
Pepe, with a 6-3 lead, was pen
alized for stalling, but maintained
his three-point lead with time to
win, 7-4.
The Lions’ usual 147-pounder,
Dave Adams, moved up to 157
pounds where the junior letter
man recorded the evening’s only
pin. In a fast moving match, Ad
ams held a commanding 9-2 lead
late in the third period when he
mile and two-mile runs on vet
erans Doug Moorhead and Don
Woodrow—two of this season’s
cross country runners.
Pollard, Austin, Matz, and
sophomore Charles Tullar will
combine their talents in the
mile relay race.
Pollard and Austin are the
two returning members of last
year’s relay contingent while
Matz served as a replacement
in that event last season.
Ron Lewis, Roberts, Nash,
and probably Moorhead were
selected as the Lion’s two-mile
entry by Coach Werner.
Blockson Heads Weighlmen
In the field events, Werner
named Charlie Blockson and
Tullar as the shotput entries.
Blockson already has two var
sity seasons under his belt,
while Tullar was the top
weightinan on last year’s frosh
squad.
Bob Findley, Clyde Thomas,
and either Herb Hollowell or
sophomore Ogier Norris will
enter the high jump for the
Lions.
Norris and veteran Harry
Fuehrer were chosen as the
Lion _ pole vaulting entries.
Fuehrer, a junior, was the top
varsity pole vaulter last sea
son while Norris was doing his
leaning for the freshman squad.
Werner selected Hollowell
and Thomas as his broad jump
entries to round out the Lion
team.
Speaking about the team as a
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
caught Turco with a body press
and chancery for the pin at 8:01.
Corne 1 l’s 167-pounder, Bob
Lynch, was outworked in the first
period against Joe Humphreys,
but escaped and then reversed
Humphreys in the second stanza
for a 3-0 lead. The Senior Lion
reversed in the second period to
narrow it to a 3-2 lead, but Lynch
went on to take a 7-2 decision
: with an escape, takedown, and
time.
Heavyweight Bill Oberly and
177-pounder Joe Krufka—-co
caplains—each won decisions to
gather six more points for Spei
del. Krufka. using his deliber
ate Rut sure form, gained a 5-0
third period lead, forfeited a re
verse, and then came back with
another reverse on Steve Smelh
urls plus riding time to win
easily, 8-2.
[ Oberly handily defeated a less
experienced but equally game
George Fillus at heavyweight, 8-0.
Oberly with a 4-0 first-period
lead, tried in vain for the Yale
lock, and then missed pinning his
man by a hair in the second per
iod. He picked up two more tal
lies on a third-period reverse plus
one for riding time.
Penn State, in 15 meetings since
1911, has yet to defeat Pennsyl
vania on the tennis courts.
Penn State .owns a perfect rec
ord of six out of six against Mary
land on the football field.
whole, Werner said, “We’ve
been working hard in the short
time we’ve had. Pollard and
Perry have looked exception
ally good while the rest have
shown some potential.”
“We have a fairly strong
lineup although most of the
boys are not in their best shape
yet,” he continued.
The Lions will leave State
College at noon Friday, to meet
a train in Lewistown which
1 will take them to West; Point.
They will return Sunday morn
ing.
CORNELL'S Chuck Gralto. 137-pouuder. puts Penn State's Hal
Byers in a rather unique—and uncomfortable—position in their
wrestling bout witnessed by 5300 Lion mat fans. Gratto look this
bout, 3-1, to narrow the Lions' margin to 6-3.
Intramural Cage Action
Reaches Halfway Mark
Intramural basketball is at the jed the scoring column with Chuck
halfway point of its regular lea- Sterrett and Dave Griffith lead
gue schedule. Of the 18 teams ing the way. Sterret threw in
which saw action Friday night'nine while his teammate sank
14 were playing *heir fourth game|seven.
while the other four reached their
fifth.
From seven to eight contests
are played by each team during
the regular season. Playoffs begin
the first week of March.
j Four independent and five fra
ternity games featured Friday
night’s action.
t Led by Don Gordon and Pete
Gano, the Marauding Lions re
bounded from *a loss in their last
outing to trip the Phantoms, 19-
14. Gordon, with eight, and Gano,
with seven; accounted for all'but
five of the winners’ points.
It was the'second straight loss
for the Phantoms. Both clubs now
own a 2-2 record in League D.
The other three independent
games were in League E. The
Toppers brought their winning
total to three by thumping the
Birds, 33-16. The Toppers have
lost one. Six of the victors dent-
ATHERTON SPORTCOATS
TUESDAY. JANUARY 10. 1956
The Gnarps gained undisputed
possession of first place with a
44-24 victory over the Hawks.
Before the fracas, both teams
were tied for .the lead with three
wins and no losses. McCartney,
12, and Walt Shanks, 10, led the
winners’ scoring output. John
Fridy scored 10 in a losing cause.
In the other Indie attraction,
the Eight Angels threw the Dick
ers for their fourth straight loss,
23-18. Show topped the Angel
dribblers with eight points.
Alpha Chi Sigma scored its
second win after two defeats in
League E, tripping Alpha Gamma
Rho, 40-24. Ken Christianson tal
lied 13 for the winners, hitting on
nine of eleven foul shots. Aaron
Denlinger flipped in 12 markers
in a losing cause.
Phi Gamma Delta came within
one-half game of Alpha Tau Ome
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