FRIDAY. JANUARY 13. 1956
Lehigh May
Shift Starters
Penn State’s wrestlers will leave at noon today for Beth
lehem, home of Lehigh University, where they meet the
Engineer matmen tomorrow nignt in the second meet of the
still-young 1956 season.
Lehigh is 3-0 on the season while Coach Charlie Speidel’s
outfit has a single win over Cornell. Lehigh has five letter
men to back up its lineup for tomorrow’s match, and an added
advantage with three meets already in its pocket.
Since its first meet with Cornell,
Lehigh has used a varied lineup—
and reportedly, one that is strong
er than that which trounced the
Big Red, 26-7.
Although its strictly speculation
as to who Coach Gerry Leeman
will use where against ;the Lions,
the maze of “if’s” arid “but’s”
goes something like this:
4 Available at 1231, 130
Leeman has lettermani Tom Dep
pe, Frank Eck, Ralph Sclazo, and
Bob Myers to shift in and out of
the 123 and 130-pound brackets.
Deppe—losing only to the
Lions’ Sid Nodland last year—
wrestled at long Islandfs Mepham
High School—where '55 Captain
Bob Homan and Dick and Joe
Lemyre, former Lion mat greats,
did their pre-college wrestling.
He’s 3-0 on the ’56 season.
Scalzo is a N.J. High School
state champ from Newton —where
two more former Lion matmen,
Don and Doug Fry wrestled—and
has a 1-0 slate this year. He pin
ned Cornell’s 130-pounder Carl
Schwartz while Deppe whipped
123-pounder Carman Molino, 5-2.
Nodland stopped Molino last
week, 3-2.
Was High School Champ
Bob Myers, 0-T this year losing
at Frankiin and Marshall Satur
day, was Indiana State high
school champ. Frank Eck, a new
comer, can wrestle either 130 or
137.
Leeman has Joe Gratto and
Dave Bates for 137 and 147-pound
work. With Gratto, Bates and Eck
capable of handling any two of
the weights, Leeman has his pick.
Bates, a veteran, is 2-0 this year.
Gratto is undefeated in three
bouts, and was a standout high
school wrestler—hailing from
IthciCci
Ed “Ike” Eichelberger, Lehigh’s
captain and 1955 Eastern and Na
tional 147-pound champ, is Lee
man’s strongest link. He can work
either 147 or 157. He was un
defeated last year, and advanced
in the NCAA’s by pinning all of
his opponents to win the crown.
May be Weak at 167. 177
If . Lehigh has a weak spot, it’s
the 167 and 177-pound divisions.
Bob Lynch of Cornell—who de
feated the Lions’ Joe Humphreys
7-2—lost to Lehigh’s 167-pounder
Dick Whited, 2-1.
• At 177 Leeman can call on new
comer Dave Walton or Larry
Sheridan who lost to Cornell’s
Steve Smethurst by a pin in 8:10.
In comparing scores—which does
not often hold true—the Lions’
177-pounder Joe Krufka stopped
Smethurst, 8-2.
Dave Gallaher, who wrestled
177 last year and lost to Krufka
on a decision, has moved up to
heavyweight where Leeman lost
standout Werner Seel by gradu
ation. Bill Oberly and Gallaher
each faced Cornell’s persistent but
unexperienced sophomore George
■Fillius who was undefeated as a
irosh. Gallaher, now undefeated,
noticed his first 1956 “heavy” win
with an 8-2 score. Oberly did it
with an 8-0 whitewashing.
12 Lions Make Trip
Speidel left with a 12-man
traveling squad. This will be the
Lions first of two trips to Lehigh
of. the ’56 season. The Eastern
Intercollegiate Athletic Associa
tion (EIGA) tourney will be held
there March 12-13. ■
• Speidel’s lineup may face con
siderable juggling from the 130
to 167-pound divisions, but Sid
Nodland, 123-pounder, and Co-
Captains Joe Krufka (177) ’and
heavyweight Bill Oberly are sure
’Starters.
Speidel Has Won 139
The 1956 season will mark
Charlie Speidel’s 30th year as
hqad coach of wrestling at Penn
State. His teams have been tra
ditionally strong, winning one
National Collegiate and three
Eastern championships. His dual
meet record shows 139 wins, 32
defeats, and 7 ties.
By HOY WILLIAMS
Altoona JCs
Plan Boxing
Tournament
Have you ever had the urge
to step into a boxing ring to
"mix it up’’ with a fellow oppon
ent? If so, your, chance is here.
The Altoona Junior Chamber of
Commerce has announced plans
for a three-day Novice Boxing
tournament to be held in Altoona
starting January 24.
Competition iS open to all box
ers, or would-be boxers over 16
years old. However, entrants un
der 21 must have their parent’s
consent before being permitted to
compete.
Open Class Hinted
Although only a Novice divi
sion is'planned, the JC’s are in
the stages of adding a open classi
fication to the card. This would
mean that any fighter with..more
than five amateur fights outside
of intercollegiate circles would
have to enter the open class.
St. Mary’s Hall in Altoona will
be the site for the tourney. Indi
vidual and team awards will be
given to the champions with
prizes also to be presented for
the outstanding fighter and out
standing heavyweight of the
meet.
Officials Visit Here
Students who are interested
may obtain more information
from Altoona officials tomorrow
afternoon at 214 Recreation Hall.
JC club members will be on hand
to answer any questions.
If you are not able to be pres
ent at Recreation Hall, entries
may be made by writing to the
JayCees, Post Office Box 509, Al
toona. Entries are due Jan. 22.
Furman's Floyd
On Top Again
By The Associated Press
Furman’s Darrell Floyd is back
on top of the college basketball
scoring list and if he can stay
there, he’ll join a small but dis
tinguished group of sharpshoot
ers.
Floyd, who passed Ohio State’s
Robin Freeman in mid-January a
year ago and went on to win, the
major college scoring title, moved
out in front of the Ohio State ace
last week when he scored 111
points in three games. Freeman,
leader for four straight weeks,
tallied 65 in two games.
The only two-time champions
since NCAA statistics have been
kept were George Mikan of De-
Paul, 1945-46, and Furman’s
Frank Selvy, 1953-54. ,
Floyd had an average of 33.5
points a game for eight games
through Jan. 9 and Freeman had
a 33.3 average for ten games.
fke May Comment
On N.H. Primary
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (IP)—
News that President Eisenhower’s
name will be entered by his sup
porters in the March 13 New
Hampshire primary brought word
from the White .House today that
the President may comment after
the formal action is taken. .
W'ord from New Hampshire was
that the President would say he
has rio objection—a report. that
stirred new second-term specula
tion. His-name will be entered
Monday.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Lion sprint Star . . .
FCC Attacks Six
Major Companies
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (fP)—
Illegal arrangements whereby fill
ing station operators and other
outlets were required to handle
only certain products were charg
ed by the Federal Trade Commis
sion today against six major oil
and tire companies.
The FTC said separate com
plaints were issued against the
following as "dual respondents”:
B. F. Goodrich Co., and the Texas
Co.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.,
and the- Atlantic Refining Co.,
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. and
Shell Oil Co.
Penn State’s captain-elect in soc
cer, Steve Flamporis, of Reading,
was born in Athens, Greece.
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Has a Good Record
The 1956 edition of the Penn State indoor track squad leaves
for West Point at noon today headed by its captain and number one
sprinter, Art Pollard.
When Pollard—a two-year veteran of varsity track compe
tition—gets set in his starting position Saturday, he will be trying
to improve on an already out
standing record in Penn State
track circles
For the past two seasons, the
speedy senior has been rated as
the number one sprinter on Coach
“Chick” Werner’s squad, besides
doubling as the top anchor man
on the Lions’ mile relay team.
Pollard has been improving as
the years pass. In his sophomore
year, his first in varsity track,
the Lion captain set two Penn
State records in outdoor track
when he ran the 100-yard dash in
9.6 seconds and the 220 in 20.5
seconds.
Although he was especially
tough on the outdoor cinders, Pol
lard proved his worth in indoor
competition when he shattered
two Michigan State field house
records in the Lions’ opening
meet last season, running the 60-
yard dash in 6.3 seconds and the
300-yard run in 30.6 seconds.
But it was not only in dual
meets that- the "Coalesville
Comet" shined. In the 1954 an
nual indoor IC4A meet, Pollard
finished second to Penn's star
sprinter. Jess Haines—one of
the toughest men for the Lion
ace to beat in his career.
Pollard returned to the IC4A’s
later that spring and when he left,
the fans were still talking about
his accomplishments.
The slender youth not only won
both the 100 and 220-yard dashes,
but also set the meet record in
the 220 with a time of 20.5 seconds
in the process.
In last season’s indoor IC4A’s,
Pollard finished second in the
60-yard dash, following Penn’s
Haines across the wire. That
spring, in the same meet only
on an outdoor track, he won the
220-yard dash after losing the 100-
yard sprint to Haines.
Last year the speedy trackman
was a consistent scorer for the
Lions both indoors and outdoors,
as he chalked up Nittany points
in each Penri State meet.
In the Knights of Columbus
annual indoor competition—one
which draws some of the top
stars in the country to its start
ing line—Pollard finished third
in the 60-yard dash.
In that same meet, he was an
chor man for the Lions’ third
place mile relay entry.
Pollard is also a member of the
By VINCE CAROCCI
De-Emphasizing
At Duquesne?
A Rumor-Moore
Pittsburgh, Jan. 12 {(P) —There's
talk of Duquesne University de
emphasizing basketball and coach
Dudey Moore heading for another
job with brighter prospects.
The rumor mart —particularly
in this steel city—has Moore leav
ing Duquesne within a year. One
of the schools mentioned is Notre
Dame, another Pitt.
"Utterly ridiculous," asserted
Moore today. "It’s just rumors,
nothing else. There's nothing to
it. It must be embarrassing to
coaches at the various schools.
Anyway I know of no job
open."
“It’s just talk, plain talk,” de
clared Lou (Doc) Skender, the ro
tund athletic director at Du
quesne. “Why would Dudey want
to leave? Didn't he sign a three
year contract in 1955?
“We have no intentions of de
emphasizing. In fact we never
over-emphasized, so why should
we de-emphasize. There’s been no
change in our policy.
"If we were de-emphasizing
don't you think the first place
it would show would be in our
schedule? And if you look at
our 1956-57 schedule you'll see
there's no de-emphasizing."
Penn State record-breaking mile
relay quartet which shattered the
school mark last season in 3:14.9.
Last season, Pollard was rated
the ninth ranking 200-meter man
in the world according to statis
tics released by the Track and
Field News. The performer’s rac
ing times were used as a basis
for the ratings.
And what does Coach Werner
think about his star protege? Ask
him, and he’ll tell you: “Pollard
is a great sprinter and, what’s
more, he’s an excellent team man.
He’s an inspiration to the other
boys on the squad. And you
know, after taking a look at his
record, everyone can see why
that’s so.
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