PAGE 51X Mat, Gym Teams Enter EIWA, EIGA Tourneys Eighteen member teams of the Eastern Inter- Gymnastic standouts from six Eastern schools collegiate Wrestling Association invade Lehigh gather iit West Point tomorrow and Saturday in University tomorrow for the opening rounds of the I quest of individual titles in the Annual Eastern EIWA tournament which starts at 1 p.m. Unbeaten Intercollegiate Gymnastic Association champion- PittAurgli is the pre-tourney favorite to win its I ship competition tiiii d consecutive title Each learn will enter eight men. Lion Coach Charley Speidel said that he will start hid Nodland, (123); Johnny Johnston, (130 i; John Pepe, (137); Dave Adams, (147); Joe Humph reys, (157); Ernie Young, (167); Joe )(Etna, (177); and Bill Ober (heavyweight), The 123-pound division will have defending champion, Bill Hubogs of Pitt battling his old neitusis, Nodland, Marshall Mas terson, Navy; - 'rom Deppe, Le high; Don Clark or Ed Carlin of Syiacuse are other top contend ers for the 123 title. Both Hulings and Nodland beat Syracuse's entry with Nod land also beating Masterson this season. Nodland and Hul ings drew in last week's Pitt- Penn State match. 1-1. Millings beat Nodland for the title in The '55 EIWA finals, but Nod land reversed this loss, register ing a pin in the Wilkes tourna ment last December, At 130 pounds, Ed Peery, un beaten Pitt wrestler and last year's eastern and national chant'-' and went on to win the national pion at that weight, will defendlchampionship at Cornell. Adams, his tit l e against a host of top': who has lost two matches this rated opponents, Contenders who'year, will be one of the top con will battle it out to meet top- tenders. In the Lehigh meet at seeded Peery are Jonhston, whoi the beginning of the season, Ad lost to him last week 3-2, Frankiams was shifted to 157 pounds Eck of Lehigh, with a possibility land did not meet Eichleberger. that Tom Deppe of Lehigh might) Eichleberger pinned Earl Poust wrestle at this weight. Dean Oli-.of the Lions in that meet. Gordon Ver of Rutgers and Ed Creasor - ---I 'C't b T of S racuse is another .1' el know o f of Syracuse will be other top- 1 ; well-known entry and should be notch wrestlers to watch. Probably the roughest division a troublemaker for the top boys. , and the one which will provide! Bob Bubb. who was pinned the most fireworks is the 137, by Adams: Bob Daughrenbaugh. where John Pepe, unbeaten in Navy: Dave _Kinne. Columbia: eig h t matches; Dill Simmons,! Bill Fortenbaugh, Princeton: Temple's outstanding matman;l and Dick Simmons of Temple and Joe Gratto, one of the spark-1 will be other top Eastern stars plugs of Lehigh's team, will vie' seeking to dethrone Eichleber for honors. I ger. Other wrestlers who are list ed as possible darkhorses for She title are Vic DeFelice of ' Pitt, who was beaten handily by Pope last week, and Bill Waples of Syracuse. Ed Eichleberger of Lehigh will; be seeing his second straight 147-i, pound title;- The unbeaten star , was chosen the outstanding wrest-;, ler of the tournament last year Barbell Club Hosts W.Chester Saturday The Penn State Barbell Club will seek to avenge an early season loss to the West Chester State Teachers College weigh lifting team 2 p.m. Saturday at Recreation Hall. The meet, third of the season for the Nittany strong men, will be an effort for their first win of the year. Besides the previous loss to West Chester, Shippensburg outlifted the Lion team 14-9. The last meet! with West Chester was a close! decision, decided by one place, 12-9. The slum margin is expected to be overcome this weekend. Lifting for Penn State at 123 pounds will be Tom Rathnell who outfitted his West Chester opponent in their last meeting. No definite choice has been made for the 132-pound spot. Chuck Givler is lifting at 148 pounds and Jim Birdsall will be the 165-pound lifter. Both thvler and Birdsall hold edges on their weekend oppo nents Bob Smith at 181 and either Ed Claycomb or Frank Stanonis at 198 pounds and heavyweight Claude Walliek round out the Penn State roster. March 16 the Barbell Club will travel to Shippensburg for a four-way meet with the Ship ertsburg Legion seam. Harris- burg YMCA, and the West Chester State Teachers College weight lifting teams. The West Chester lifting team BE WISE! It Pays to Advertise in it. Collegian Classifieds events on a dual meet program—tumbling, side; horse, horizontal bars, parallel bars, rope climb, and flying rings. l Army—the newly crowne di Eastern champion—Navy, Tern-; pie, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, and: Penn State will enter the compei.; ti tion. However, all scoring is based on an individual basis, with not team scoring involved. The flying ring activity prom- 1 ises to be one of the closest and: most interesting of the two-day : tests. _ 137-pound unbeaten Lacrosse Managers Any sophomore with a 2.0 All-University average inter ested in assistant Lac r o s s e manager should report to the water tower any afternoon after 4 p.m. which won by a single place in ,the last meeting has a full com plement of men including - Carl Marsden, 123 pounds; Harold :Gold, 132 pounds; Vincent Cam :ptinnars, 148 pounds; Zygmunt iPapciak, 165 pounds; Arthur Loe win,, 181 pounds; Bob Crecia, 198 ipounds; and Bob Bradley, un- I limited heavyweight. Jack Wimmer's Feb. TIRE SALE SAVE $l2 on a pair of guaranteed tires—all types and sizes —low whoelsale prices on pairs of high quality tires. .WINNER'S SUNOCO 502 E. College AD 8.6143 1 1 2 Block from Simmons THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA The Eastern hopefuls will compete in all Navy's Larry White will seek to defend his year-old title on the rings against such standouts as teammate Fred Hoerner, Army's Paul Hanford, and Temple's Tom Lieberman. White suffered somewhat of an off-day when the Lions hosted the Middies at Recreation Hall, finishing in a tie for third with the Lions' Ed Sidwell. Hoerner Hits 268 However, Hoerner gave strong indication that he is to be reckon ed with by taking first place in the meet with a 268 score—the highest he hit all season. Both Hanford and Lieberman grabbed first place when they faced the Lions earlier in the sea son. Navy is also expected to be strong in the side horse with de fending champion Steve Arnold, Pat Ford, and Jack Leonard listed as possible entries. Arnold sth Against Lions Arnold ran into difficulty in his Rec Hall appearance when he broke twice in the middle of his routine to finish fifth—the first time in five meets that he failed to finish in the number one spot. Ford won the event with Leonard finishing third. The Lions' Jack Beisterfeldt. and Army's Dick Adams are rated two dark horse entries in the side horse. In the Cadet-Lion meet, Adams finished first with Beisterfeldt, second. The Nittany sophomore, also finished second to Ford. However, he has won three' firsts—Syracuse, Pittsburgh, and, Temple—in the event to rate him. as the Lions' number one con-' tender for the title. Cows Enter Barns' As Horses Vacate Heavy work horses belonging .o the University are being sold lnd barns are being turned over o recently acquired beef cattle. The only horses remaining are two Percheron maref.., five mares, and a stallion of the Morgan breed which are being retained for class work. Most of the animals, including =,ome which had won numerous state and national awards, were purchased by horse breeders. `News and Views' Staff News and Views staff members; and candidates will meet at 6:45 tonight in 14 Home Economics.; Applications for staff positions! will be distributed and an ex-! planation of the duties will be White Defends Title Phi Delt Tops. SPA, Wins Loop F Title Phi Delta Theta fought off several scoring threats by Sigma Phi Alpha Tuesday night at Recreation Hall to defeat SPA, 29-26, and win the IM cage Fraternity League C championship. ter, the Twenty Niners—of Inde 'es of becoming circuit titleholder In another important encoun pendent Loop I—saw their chanc fade when Dirty Thirty five hand-I ed them a 28-21 setback. Phi Delt took an early lead from the SPA five and never trailed in the game although the score was tied several times late in the second half. Before the fracas, the teams had been dead locked for the league lead with 5-1 records. Lead by 10 The winners started like a ball of fire, leading at one stage by ten points. Phi Delt led at half time, 16-9, but SPA fought back until it deadlocked the score with four minutes left, 1 But the Phi Delts put on a brief scoring spurt in the final ;minute to clinch the league crown. ;Don Bailey. with nine, and Bill IStodart, with eight, paced the Phi iDelt offensive. Lloyd Underhill 'tallied seven in a losing effort. ' Dirty Thirty, needing a win ;against the Twenty-Niners to tie for the League I crown, came through in winning fashion. Dirty Thirty meets the Twenty Niners again tonight for the League I title. Both quintets own 7-1 slates. Toney Scores 10 Mike Kuhar topped the Dirty Thirty attack with eight points, but Bob Toney—of the Twenty Niners—led all scorers with ten markers. Dorm 31 copped its third straight game after five succes sive losses earlier in the cam paign, beating the Susies, 21-14. It was the final game of the sea son for both quintets. In three other League I attrac tions the Tigers stopped Dorm 25, 31-21; the Musketeers rallied to beat Nittany 41, 27-24; and Dorm 24 copped a forfeit from Dorm 26. Larry Seaman led the Tigers to victory with eight points. Fred Altman and Pat Parmelee paced the Musketeers' scoring barrage. Altman tallied 15 and Parmelee eight. Jim Harding and Mal Tra cy divided 20 for the losing Nit- SALE OF MEN'S SHOES REDUCTIONS FROM 25 % .to 50% Thursday - Friday - Saturday 1 -' 40) /1 0/ 0/, MEN'S STORE State Coll • e THURSDAY. MARCH 8. 1956 By LOUIE PRATO tany 41 floormen. In loop H results, the Gems de feated the Yum-Yums, 18-13; Dorm 43 tripped the Chiggers, 26-18; and the Titans squeezed past Dorm 39, 19-18. ' Bill Logan led the Titan attack with nine points. Joe Pekarek, 10, and Vern Van Order, nine, topped the Dorm 43 cagers. Muliens, Indie Champ, Moves To Third Round By MATT MATTHEWS Defending Independent Hand ball Champion Dean Mullen and another Indie handballer ad vanced to the third round of play Tuesday along with ten frater nity players. Alpha Rho Chi's Dick Hartman won the first game of the night from 'John Robinson, Kappa Al pha Psi, 21-3, 21-5. Sigma Alpha Mu's Martin Schmookler defeat ed Pi Kappa Phi's Tom Holmes 21-3, 21-1. Ed Lyman of Sigma Chi beat Theta Xi's Karl Kirk by 'dentical 21-19 scores. Kappa Delta Rho's Jim Malia edged Dave Moskowitz, Alpha Epsilon Pi, 21-20, 21-15. Zeta Beta Tau's high-ranked Don Schwartz had an easy time conquering Bob Martz of Phi Kappa Psi 21-0,21-1. In the Independent section, Joe McHugh had an easier lime defeating Jim Snyder 21-9. 21-6 than defending champ Dean Mullen had in his win over John Hetherington. Mullen beat Hetherington 21-11. 21-6. Dick Rivers, Phi Gamma Delta, defeated Ben Eby, Phi Mu Delta, 21-0, 21-2, and Delta Upsilon's (Continued on page seven)
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