PAGE SIX
Lion-Pitt Wrestlers
In Showdown Battle
The much anticipated showdown battle between the Nittany Lion wrestling team and
the Pittsburgh Panthers will finally take place when the two unbeatens collide at 7 tonight
in Recreation Hall. An expected 6000 fans will see the final appearance of the year for both
clubs.
Also making their final appearance of the regular season will be seniors Joe Krufka
and Bill Oberly— co-captains of the Lions—and Ed DeWitt and Don Huff for the Panthers,
Lion Coach Charley Speidel was uncertain over his starting lineup but said that it
would probably be the same as against Maryland with the exception of Sid Nodland who
win start tonight,
"We're not going to do any
shifting which will hurt us," he
said. "because we don't know
who Pitt Is going to ttart." Spet
del said that Pitt, who wrestled
Toledo at home last week, had an
oppoi 'unity to start SOMP of Its
second string wrestlers while the
Lions, who were at Maryland.
were limited in the number of
men they could
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•use
.
The pi obable
''' , r - •N i t tany lineup
• :::.- L ,;- , ;..<- .-,, has Nod land at
. pounds fac
i
,Arr,;l ';;;`,k ing Bill ltulings.
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Nodland and 11u
' 4••• •- 1 lings hold wins
4.44 e, y i .. - i over each other
-- - • , , with one contest
• -4, ,-7 ,
1.. e 1 / 4 , , , ending in a
:,!•'''' draw. Nodland's
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n i • n o scor e d in iitit pin
e
Don Huff Wilkes wrestling
tournament last December.
The match which has all the
earmarks of being a thriller will'
be in the 130-pound division
where national champion Ed
Peery meets Johnny Johnston,'
undefeated junior. Johnston, if he
can upset Peery, can give the
Lion matmen an invaluable lead,j
which may prove sufficient to
down the Panthers.
John Pepe, undefeated 137-
1
pounder, will meet once-beaten'
Vie DeFelice, a sophomore who,
has scored seven straight wins!
after dropping the season's open-'
er. Pepe has seven wins without
a loss this year and is one of
three undefeated juniors—Johns
ton and Nodland r . _
are the other ••,,
two.
Bo t h coaches ~.-
can shift capable ,', i . _
men into the 147-
pound class, but - .....,,
logical opponents C- , • 0 -
are Dave Adams
of the Lions, and •
l'itt's Bob Bubb
If Adams is mov
ed to the 157 spot F, '
then Earl Poust \ 1.
will get the call
at the 147 slot. Bob Bubb
Pitt can call on George Ulassin
or possibly letterman Nick Swen
tosky to replace Bubb. Swentos
ky can also be used at 130 pounds
if Peery is shifted to 123 pounds.
It's the same story in the 157
class; this time for the Lions only.
Joe Humphreys is slated to meet
Dave Johnson, but Speidel can
use Adams here and shift Hum
phreys to the 167 class.
Ernie Young, who has won the
only two matches he wrestled this
3 Fraternities Near IM Cage Titles
Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Phi Al
pha, Phi Kappa Tau, and Phi
Gamma Delta swept to Intra
mural cage victories Thursday
night on the Recreation Hall
hardwod to spark a nine game all
fraternity schedule.
Phi Delt eliminated Delta Sig-
ma Phi - from the League C title
race, 30-22, thus preparing the
way for its battle with SPA for
—the loop crown March 6. Both
PI" Delt and SPA own 5-1 rec
ords.
Bill Kutz and Jim Garrett led
the Phi Delt charges, splitting 16
points John Rusnak flipped in
eight for the losers.
SPA Tops Kappa Sig
SPA wound its way into the
league championship game with
Phi Delt by trimming Kappa
Sigma, 22-15. Lloyd Underhill,
SPA, topped all scorers with
seven markers.
Phi Kappa Tau moved to with
in one game of capturing the
League E championship trounc
ing Alpha Rho Chi, 29-17. Phi
Tau, unbeaten in seven encoun
ters, meets Beta Sigma Rho in
By FRAN FANUCCI
Vic DeFelice
137-pound Pitt sophomore
WRA Coeds to Hold
Sports Day Saturday
The coed annual winter sports
day will be held next Saturday
at White Ball with Bucknell, Ju
niata, Lycoming, and Penn State
participating.
The competing events will in
clude bowling, basketball, volley
ball, swimming, and badminton.
Creative group work in modern
dance will be featured as a non
!competitive event.
year, is the probable starter at
167 facing rugged DeWitt. De-
Witt edged Humphreys in the
'55 meeting between the two
teams, so there is a possibility
that Speidel might start Hum
phreys against DeWitt, because
of his experience. Ray Pottios
might also be called on to man
this position if Speidel decides to
use surprise strategy.
Speidel's "dependables," Kruf
ka and Oberly, will anchor the
Lion lineup. Krufka, at 177-
pounds, will face Don Huff, who
lost his only match to Toledo's
Dick Bonacci. Oberly might meet
either of two men—Don Schirf,
who is the likely opponent, or
Dan Wisniewski, who was Pitt's
regular heavyweight last year
until he was hurt in the Lehigh
meet.
Oberly beat Schirf, 6-4, last
year in a match which saw nine
points being scored in the final
three minutes.
its final game Wednesday night.
A Phi Tau defeat could possibly
mean a playoff to crown the cir
cuit champ. Phi Kappa Sigma,
6-1, and Phi Sigma Delta, 5-1, are
still in the running. Sam McKib
ben sparked the Phi Tau attack
with 18-noints.
Phi Gam Preserves Streak
Phi Gamma Delta—who cinch
ed its League D title last week
—preserved its undefeated streak
by walloping Pi Kappa Alpha,
42-16. Phi Gam has won eight.
Seven of the victors registered
points with Barry Hough's 10
leading the way.
Theta Xi broke a 13-13 half
time deadlock to defeat Alpha
Zeta, 30-27, in a loop C fracas.
Jim Yochim led the Theta Xi's
with eight points. The winners
ended the season with a 5-2 slate.
In the other League C match,
Theta Chi romped to a 36-8 win
over Sigma Alpha Mu. Jim Cald
well and Ed Rhoads paced the
Theta Chi offensive. Caldwell tal
lied 13 while Rhoads scored 12.
Wiser Tallies 15
Gordon Wiser's 15 points-13
in the second half—sparked Del
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its
Vs.
In Gym Tilt
By ROY WILLIAMS
Collegian Sports Editor
It'll be pupil versus teacher
this afternoon. For the second
time this season Coach Gene
Wettstone faces a team coached
by a former member of his gym
team. Today it is Coach Warren
Neiger of Pitt.
Wettstone, who has six former
pupils and team members coach
ing across the country, has never
been defeated by one of now
coaching pupils. He recently de
feated Coach Bill Bonsall at West
Virginia, 1948 gymnast here at
Penn State.
Neiger, a major in physical
education, competed for Fenn
State in 1945, 46, and 47. He was
second in the Eastern all-rounds
in his second year.
In addition to Neiger and Bon
sai], Notre Dame. the University
of Illinois in Chicago, North Car
olina, and Duke gymnastic
squads are headed by Lion alums.
Bonsall of West Virginia and
Bill Meade. North Carolina, were
teammates in 1948. Meade will
host Wettstone at Chapel Hill,
N.C., home of the 1956 Nationals.
"They're all out to beat one of
my teams," Wettstone smilingly
admitted, "but none have—yet?"
The hesitant "yet" prompted
the question—can Pitt do it?
"I doubt this year," Wettstone
said, "but in a few years they'll
be an Eastern powerhouse I'm
sure. They've only had the sport
there two years, but they'll soon
be the first team with the poten- ,
tial to beat us."
Neiger after graduating went
to Georgia Tech from 1948 until
'1952 where he served as assistant
gym coach. When Pitt's gym
coach Wally Hayes died that
same year, and Tom Hamilton
became Pitt's athletic director,
Neiger was brought in with the
intention of developing a more
powerful, well-rounded athletic
program.
"He was well-liked at Tech,"
Wettstone said, "and he's well
•liked at Pitt. He has patience,
takes time with his boys, is quiet,
and handles them with a fatherly
instinct."
to Theta Sigma to a 39-15 win
over Chi Phi. Jack Frey also
helped the winners attack with
12 points. Delta Theta Sig fin
ished its season with a 2-6 mark
while Chi Phi, with one game
remaining, owns a 0-7 record.
Pi Kappa Phi, losing at inter
mission 5-4, scored 18 points in
the second half to defeat Phi Mu
Delta; 22-19. Tommy Holmes was
the high scorer with 12 points.
Jack Harmon tallied 10 in a los
ing cause.
Beaver House gained its third
win of the season with a forfeit
over Alpha Tau Omega. Beaver
House has lost four.
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Sports Editor :
PITT, BOOS, AND STALLING-
Comparisons are odius, but if the past speaks as loudly as it
often does, tonight's wrestling match could be very unexciting. Why?
Pitt wrestlers operate in a unique cycle. Often they start it at
the opening thrust of the ref's hand to wrestle. Other times they wait
I until the waning moments of the period. Their idea is to get a lead,
not much, maybe one or two points. Then they ride, float, stall in
discriminately, grab a toe, a foot, or a carelessly flung arm. If they're
ahead and in standing positions they force the opponent to chase
them. They do it cleverly.
, Is this illegal, poor sportsman- I s ity work.
ship, lousy wrestling? No. It's Juggled lineups are always par
smart, but unexciting mat action. amount in such meets, and Schirf
Every wrestler tries it if he can. and Peery may _
Pitt has an uncanny ability of do- Ibe involved it
ing it without getting penalized. l this one. Peery
penalized.'
this
year Pitt may be shover
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did it against;r7 , to 123 and Schiff
the Lions in aV" • ' to 177 agains
r _ ,
Sk y scraper U. to
Krufka wit
dual meet; it did :Bill Oberl•
it again as many
..e'W... heavweigh
fans saw at Rec ' tipie , 'meeting P
it t '
Hall in the 1955 li: I Da n Wisniesk
;Eastern tourney -, nib,
'They did again y ti,,,....--- - I
O S b c e h rl i y r , Schi r f '
la;
whe n we saw . 4 • .. , year at Pitt, bt.
them in the Na- -
,„. ,
Oberly has wary
tionals at Cor- : eyes on the Pan
:, thereavyweight. He considers Wieniewski
inell. They prac- ~, . • !ili h
tice it, and have --- ~•.
I him in a class with Pete Blair,
gained a winning Coach Peery i
Navy, and Lehigh's Werner Seel
!adeptness for such tactics. A 2-1
—both troublesome, Oberly never
lor 9-8 decision looks as good in defeated Blair, two-time Eastern
{the win column as a 8-1 or 4-1 and National champ.
rout. It wins meets and champion- Perry and Schirf may have
( ships for Pitt's Coach Rex Peery. salt out Saturday's Tol e d o
What can an opposing coach match in an effort to concen
do? Fight fire with fire. If he irate on conditioning to drop
tells his boys to slow up, work weight and rea c h the lower
close, let him come to you, class: Such a move would
don't get behind in score and strengthen Pitt 'at 123 with
don't run after him, a stalemate Perry replacing Hulings who
easily develops. Thus the boo- was pinned by 123-pound Lion
ing, for the wrestlers aren't Sid Nodland in the Wilkes
wrestling for the fans, but for tourney. Don Huff, once-beaten
a win. 177-pounder, would be dropped
in this case with Schirf strength
ening 177.
Pitt would sacrifice strength
,at 130 and heavyweight with
such a move because Nick Swen
tosky, a letterman with a 4-7-1
two-year record who has been
used sparingly this year, would
replace Peery and Wisniewski—
bigger but not as strong as Schirf
—would handle a heavyweight.
With either lineup, however, we
say Pitt has to take two of the
first four weights, or the Lions
will win, 15-13.
In this merry-go-round, how
ever, anybody's guess is as good
as another. What's yours?
Yesterday, Ross Lehman, ex
lecutive secrettary of the alumni
'association, and former Collegian
'editor and wrestling reporter in
the early forties, and Coach
Charlie Speidel were talking over
tonight's outcome.
We were about
E-4-- ~.. ~,
r o ilk it
'' •A - 4toaskCharlie
t . ; what he'd do a
bout this when
''.
Ross said: "Let's
!.'
; t ~ ~. play some gin
rummy tonight,
, .
‘ : tomorrow morn
,
604 • ~,,.: , .,1 ing, and tomor
- - -g row afternoon.
. .
Charlie. That'll
- .give us some
' :,thing to think
_...., about till the
--- 4 '-' 4 '." match."
Schiff Charlie said as
he began walking away: "I'm go
ing to take a sleeping pill now,
so long." That answered our ques
tion.
Pitt has defeated nine teams
this year. running its string to
16 since it lost in early 1955 to
Michigan State. It has beaten
the Lions the last two years.
The Panthers' most recent win
was over Toledo, 31-3. Two men,
however, did not wrestle—Perry's
son, Ed, and heavyweight Ron
Schirf. Perry, 130-pound National
champ last year, owns a perfect
25-0 record for three years of var-
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