WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 29. 1956 Scanning SPORTS By FRAN FANUCCL Asst. Sports Editor Penn State sport fans will be in for a rare treat this weekend. Pittsburgh—the Lions' most dreaded rival—invades the Nittany campus for a tripleheader, beginning Saturday afternoon with gymnastics and ending with wrestling and basketball that evening. The meet which will undoubtedly draw the most attention from the spectator point of view will be wrestling. Both Penn State and the Panthers will enter the meet unbeaten with three of their wins coming over common opponents. Another interesting sidelight will be the fact that eight wrest lers will be trying to extend each of their unbeaten streaks. And if pre-game lineups remain the same two of these unbeatens will have a blemish on his record at the meet's end. Unbeatens for Pitt are Bill Hulings, 123 pounds; Ed Perry, 130 pounds; and Ed DeWitt at 167 pounds. Unbeatens for the Nittany Lions are Sid Nodland, 123 pounds; Johnny Johnston, 130 pounds; John Pepe, 137 pounds; and Joe Krufka and Bill Oberly at 177 and the heavyweight divisions respectively. Nodland-Hulings and Johnston-Perry, if matched this way, will be the unbeatens facing each other. To the Lion matmen, winning this meet means more than probably winning any other on the schedule. In fact I don't think it would surprise anybody if the Lions would rather lose every meet on their schedule and just beat Pitt. An old axiom by former Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini would probably express the Lions' feelings more than a thousand words from this typewriter would be able to do. It goes something like this: It is better to live one day as a LION Than, a hundred years as a sheep. I don't think Mussolini had Penn State in Inind when writing this but it fits the situation perfectly. Getting back to the more serious vein of wrestling, Lion Coach Charley Speidel is undecided (as usual) to his starting lineup. But one thing is sure his five unbeatens will be included when he does decide. His trouble centers on the middleweights-147, 157, and 167. And to add to his woes these three weights are considered ex tremely strong in the Pitt lineup. Speidel .can start either Earl Poust or Dave Adams at 147 pounds. Adams can also wrestle at the 157 slot if Joe Humphreys is shifted to the 167 division. Humphreys, who owns a 3-2 record this year, is regarded as a good takedown man. And although his record shows two losses it is due to the fact that he has prob ably faced the opponent's toughest men in every meet he has wrestled. His opponents were all rated highly by their coaches and opposing teams. Speidel can call on either Humphreys, Ernie Young, or Ray Pottios to man the IG7 division. Pitt at these three weights has Bob Bubb, 147 pound sophomore who has won 6 and lost only one; Dave Johnson, another sophomore, who has eight wins and only one loss will wrestle at 157 pounds; and Ed DeWitt, third in the NCAA finals and runnerup in the EIWA last year, will wrestle at 167 pounds. DeWitt wrestled in the 157 division in the NCAA and in the 167 division in EIWA. So, it is easy to see that he can wrestle at both weights without too much difficulty. Incidentally both Bubb and Johnson hail from Lock Haven, where they were outstanding high school mat stars. Johnson won the State championship and Bubb was runnerup. The Lions' principal hopeS ride on the 123 and 130 pound divis ions, where Nodland and Johnston wrestle. Wins here would give the Lions an invaluable lead. But both teams are so closely matched that to predict a win ner seems an unsurmountable task, so to see who will win this - little world series" of wrestling get to Recreation Hall Saturday. And you better be early. Dorml4, East 5 Continue To Lead Indie Keglers By CARLTON TUCKER Rods rolled up 2312 points over Dorm 14 continued to set the Jordan II giving them a 12-4 sea pace in League A Independent son mark. bowling Monday night, beating Watts Rollers eked out a de- Benyo's• Boys 3-1. Dorm 14 col- cision over the Engineers, 3-1, by lected 2212 pins to the losers' a margin of only 34 points, and 2161. The victory gave Dorm 14 the Choppers beat Dorm 23, 3-1. an 11-1 record while dropping In League B bowling, th e Benyo's Boys to third place with Hawks remained in second place an 11-5 slate. beating the Erieites 4-0. The Holding its lead in the B Lea gue, the East Five shutout the No-Threats, 4-0, scoring -2071 points over the No-Threats 1770. The East Five now owns a 15-1 record with its one defeat corn ing at the hands of the Pin-Split ters. The only shutout in League A competition saw the Alley Cats beat the Weathermen, 4-0, It was the second win of the season for the Alley Cats, while the Weathermen are still in search of its first win. The Alley Cats pick ed up 1992 pins to 1813 for the Weathermen. In other League A action, the Rot Rods moved into second place defeating Jordan 11, 3-1. The Hot Hawks registered 2376 points while the Erieites could only col lect 2188. The victory for the Hawks gives them a 13-3 record. The Newman Club blanked RAR, 4-0, to take over undisputed possession of third place. RAR scored only 2002 points as the Newman Club registered 2213. In the other two matches, the Screwbowlers beat the Dark Horses, 3-1, and the Pin-Splitters beat the Flying Dutchmen, 4-0. The Screwbowlers rallied to take the match from the Dark Horses by 150 pins. giving them a 10-6 slate. The Flying Dutcbmen were outscored by the Pin-Splitters, 2117-1938. The Flying Dutchmen have yet to win a league match. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Time: 3.7 SEQUENCE PHOTOS show winning form of Lion gymnast Phil Mullen as he scaled the rope in 3.7 seConds against Navy Saturday for first place. His best time this year is 3.6 against Syracuse. RELLEFONTR Adults 55e . Cana. Sic PLAZATODAY & THURS. Jeanne Craia - Gee. Nader 1 "Second n ei G ne r m e s a s t e e e s pe I Greatest Sex"! Last Times TODAY STATE "BATTLE CRY" • Ciatingavepe nun. - "Peri at • Ginewleht Pam" APA, Jordan I Cop IM Cage Victories Alpha Phi Alpha of Fraternity League B, and Jordan One of Independent Loop F. swept to convincing triumphs Monday night to move another step closer to their league championship and play off berth. Behind the phenomenal 31-point scoring performance of Buster Thomas, Alpha Phi Alpha waltLed to an easy 48-31 win over Sigma Alpha E p s i 1 o n—eliminating it from title consideration. Thomas' scoring output was scored in only 24 minutes of play. The win, sixth in seven games for APA, has left it momentarily in first place. Alpha Sigma Phi. with a 5-1 record, is the only oth er quintet in the running for the title. Alpha Sig needs a win over Phi Sigma Kappa in its final game to gain a playoff with SAE for the circuit title. Meet Fighting Frosh Jordan One clinched at least a tie for the Indic loop F crown, topping the Red Raiders. 25-17. Jordan, with a 7-0 mark, meets the highly regarded Fighting Freshmen, 6-1, Monday in its final game. A win by the Frosh would necessitate a playoff for the loop crown. Boast Potent Offense Displaying a potent offensive attack, the Fighting Fresh elim inated the Colossal Five from the League F title race, 39-19. Before the game the teams had been deadlocked for th e runner-up spot. The Frosh hit on more than 50 per cent of thAr field goal shots with Jack Barbieri leading the way with 11. An excellent scor- ••• " • I - o' l ' • , • • 11 , . • •••• s • •• • Mechanical Engineering Gararnks Enginwing Citernieel Engineering Civil Enginatiing Vecirkal Engineering Engimmuing Physicists Physkists Fwitl Tedmologists bulwarks! grufrkwurriwv Metallurgical Engin' tering Mekodvrg;sis Sligifitill Administration and triginetring Chemists tivd•ar Engiiwarittg BELLEFONTII DON'T FORGET TO .. for INTERVIEW BABCOCK & WILCOX on MARCH 1,2, 1956 °CORIUM All you need is background in one of the fields listed in the left-hand column above and a pencil to check the activities you want to talk about when the B&W representative appears on your campus. He'll be there on the date shown above, He wants to see you. BABCOCK WILCOX 161 East 42nd St., N.Y. 17, N.Y. ing punch and a fine defensive effort which limited the Colossal Five to 18 points, marked the seventh time the winners have held their foes under 20 points. In another Loop F attraction, Kennan's Kats romped to their second win in seven starts, trip ping the Eunuchs. 37-19. Bill Scott, 14. Joe Roberts. 10, and Bob Lloyd, 10, sparked the Kats. Warriors Win Forfeit The other League F game end ed in a forfeit win for the War riors over the 69ers The Groove°logy Five also cop ped a forfeit victory from the Baby Sans. Other games were in Lea tile J. where the Tribe reigns as the circuit champion. The Knr•;ks romped to their fifth win with a 45-11 win over the Filthy Five. The Knicks have dropped two Despite Larry Mecan's 16 tal lies, Dorm 44 dropped a 42-28 en counter to Susios. Don Web rip ped the cords for 15 for the win ners. Dorm 31 threw Dorm 40 deep er in the league cellar, 41-13. It was the seventh loss for the Doi m 40 cagers, and the second strai'4ht win after five successive losses for the men from Dorm 31. •. a • • •• with PAGE SEVEN • . • 0., • ^. e • • • I, •. • •• •• G-730
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