PAGE SIX 4 Grapplers Lose in NCAA's Oberly Upset;; Pepe, Adams, Nodland Win By FRAN FANUCCI BULLETIN Two Penn State wrestlers advanced into the semi finals of the NCAA wrest ling tournament in quarter final action last night. John Pepe and Dave Adams both copped victories lor the Lions while Sid. Nodland dropped a decision to Bob Boyce, of Wyoming, 6*l, Pope beat Bill Muthers, of Illinois, 7-1; and Adams beat Claudell Wright, of Okla homa A&M, 8-2. This leaves only two Lions left in the tournament. At the end of the first day of action the Oklahoma Sooners led in team score with 19 points and the Oklahoma Aggies were second with 18. Pitt, with 11. was in third place. The Nittany Lions are listed in 6lh place with 6 points. Other top matches saw Pitt's Vic DeFelice beat Joe Alissi, of Springfield. 10-6, in a 130-pound match. Alissi is the only man to ever beat Pitt's Ed Peery in the lat ter's college career. John ston beat Alissi for the EIWA title two weeks ago. Lehigh's Ed Eichelberger scored his third consecutive pin of the tourney, but his teammate. Joe Gratto, was handed his first defeat, 8-2. Other Pitt winners were Bill Hulings, Ed Peery, Ed De- W'tf, and Ron Rclvrf. Four Penn State wrestlers, including defending heavy weight champion Bill Oberly, were defeated in yesterday afternoon action in the NCAA wrestling tournament in Still water, Oklahoma. Kid Nodland advanced into sec ond round action while John Pepe and Dave Adams, who drew byes in the first round, advanced into the thiid round. \ Sui pi iso losers for the Lions Vv as 130-pound Johnny Johnston, Who was defeated in the first round by Michigan State’s Jerry Mokes, 5-3. Johnston, who won the EIWA title two weeks ago, had been beaten only once previously, that by Pittsburgh's Ed Peery here at Ree Hall. ' Oberly Upset, 8-6 Bill Oberly, who won the na tional crown last year when he beat Warner Seel of Lehigh in the finals, was upset by Gordon Rocsler, of Oklahoma, 8-6, in the fust round of action. Oberly drew a bye in the first round of com petition. Joe Krufka, runnerup in the ’55 1 tournament to Dan Hodge of Oklahoma, was defeated by Gary Haller, of Kansas State, on a referee’s decision. Krufka and Haller were tied. 4-4. when tile match ended. Other Lion to lose was Joe Humphreys in the 157 division.! He was derationed by Bob For- 1 numek, of lowa State, 5-2. Nodland Wins Nodland advanced when he de cisioned Bill Hayden of Colorado, 5-4. Pepe won on n referee’s de cision over Bob Majors, Cornell College, and Adams decisioned John Sforzo. of Ohio University. 7-4. Although four of the Lion en ti les were defeated they are still not eliminated from the tourna ment. According to the rules of the NCAA a wrestler, although he loses, can advance as far as third place in the final tabula tion. so long as the man who first (Continued on pope seven) ! THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA ★ ★ ★ Advances Into Quarterfinals; John Pepe 137-pound Winner Boxing Commission Fines Johnston $5OO NEW YORK, March 23 W— ! w ho hadn’t filed proper papers The state Athletic Commission to- do so immediately or face possi day handed a $5OO fine to Charley hie loss of their licenses. Johnston, manager of two world "Now' is the time for them to champions and president of the'?P me to *be CO!l imission and file International Boxing Guild, for I ‘ ht -‘ l necessary papers, 'said Hel failing to file assignee contracts fanf *- M" c out later that on three Italian fighters. '.anyone has an interest in a boxer At the same time Commission 1 ?? basil t disclosed that fact to Chairman Julius Helfand said he|‘ he commission, then he may lose I was serving notice on any others |" ls licenses. Weather, Infield Worry Bedenk Adverse weather conditions]' and an infield which will re-j quire complete rebuilding 1 have been giving Lion base ball Coach. Joe Bedenk. a few added headaches the past two' weeks. ! With the season opener only 14 days away the veteran coach and I his team have yet to step on the Beaver Field diamond. And unless] the next two weeks can bring] some "baseball'’ weather Bedenk! might be confronted with more than these two problems. | His infield problem—caused by! the graduation of Pat Kennedy. Captain Charlie Russo, and Ron Weidenhammer—can be allevi-] ated somewhat if the team were] able to practice, but as of the! past two weeks the only candi dates to practice are the pitchers and catchers The only returning infielder is shortstop Guy Tirabassi who, al i though only a sophomore covered ★ ★ * Dare Adams his position with apparent ease. Candidates for the other three positions are sophomore Gary Miller, juniors Maurice Peace and Paul Polumbo vieing for the first base spot; Lou Schneider, senior returnee who is considered a good glove man, and sophomore Len Michaels lead the competitors at second base. At third base sophomore Steve Baidy and senior Mert Springer are the leading candidates to fill Weidenhamnier’s shoes, who Be denk called “one of the greatest third basemen I ever coached." Bedenk's pitching corps is strong and well fortified with the presence of Ed Drapcho and Stan Larimer, who were the top '55 twirlers. Another vet Stan Szym anski will be a starting pitcher with Bill Burcin a possible start er, too. | Norm Van Ord and Lou D’Or sanneo combine to give the Lions a strong catching twosome. Other newcomers who may win starting berths at this position are Phil Mac Hall, Leonides Win In IM Bowling Leonides, Mac Hall, and three 'sororities outrolled their oppOn 'ents to gain victories in the coed .intramural bowling league Wed ‘ nesday and Thursday nights on. ■the White Hail alleys. The gold dual discovery of 'Carole Bradt and Lee Hart again 'paid off for the Leonides quintet I when they bowled 147 and 136 Jto lead the independents to a 1 587-427 victory over Thompson 111. Anita Rodriguez was high for 'the frosh team with 109. Mac Hall averaged the highest team total when it trampled Ath erton southeast and northeast 608- 498. Barb Smith scored 135 to head the Mac Hall quintet. Sally Davis hit for 118 for Atherton. Pi Beta Phi beat Co-op 520- 369 with Joyce Gardner scoring 125. Jody Hough had 109 for Pi Beta. Alpha Epsilon Phi edged Gam ma Phi Beta 575-553 when Fran ces Kramer rolled 148 Judy Arm strong had 133 for the losers. Chi Omega bowled 497 to slip over Sigma Sigma Sigma. Tri Sig scored 488 points. Joan Herbst was high scorer of the two nights when she rolled a 153 game for Chi Omega. Barbara Voysey [scored 114 and Barb Weber had 113 for the losing team. The following forfeits were reg istered: Delta Zeta over Thomp son 11, Theta Phi Alpha over Del ta Delta Delta, Thompson I over Sigma Delta Tau, and Alpha Xi Delta over Phi Sigma Sigma. VOLLEYBALL RESULTS: Seven sororities and one dormi tory team copped wins in the coed intramural valleyball league Wednesday and Thursday nights in White Hall. Gamma Phi Beta beat Phi Mu 44-25 after holding a six point lead at halftime. Betty Lou Seider was high scorer in the fray with 13 points for the winners. Behind Jet Kohl and Erda Hicks who netted 23 markers, Zeta Tau Alpha defeated Tri Sig 39-21. Jan et Stohl had six for the losers. Beta Sigma Omieron overcame a 21-16 halftime deficit to beat Kappa Kappa Gamma 39-28. Barb Cox led the winners with 12 points. Judy McFarland had sev en for KKG. Delta Gamma beat Kappa Al pha Theta 38-23 after leading at the half way mark 20-11. Jeanie Black and Joan Foster shared 18 points for DG. Alpha Gamma Delta trounced Alpha Omieron Pi 43-25 after they exploded with a 26 point first half scoring spree. Barbara Rich ards led the winners with nine points. Ann Greene had 10 count ers for AOPi. Kappa Delta, after grasping a slim 18-16 lead at halftime, slid on to hammer Thompson 111 40-28. Betty Wilton was high for KD with 12 points. Sally Jervis had six for the frosh team. I Thompson IV defeated Alpha I Epsilon Phi 38-29 when Pat Leh hit for 13 markers. Syl McNaugh- I ten scored eight for the frosh. Saunders, Don Stickler, and Walt Krauser. In the outfield Bedenk has two veterans back with three sopho mores battling for the only open position. Jim Lockerman and cap tain Bob McMullen are fixtures in the outfield and are considered good hustlei's and good field and hit men. Sophomores Ron Rainey. Dave Watkins and John McMullen, brother of Bob, are all bidding ifor the other outfield post. I The Lion’s 1956 home schedule follows; April 7, Western Mary land; April 10, Gettysburg; April 13, Lafayette; April 14, Syracuse (DH); April 18, West Virginia, (DH); April 27, Temple; April 28, Colgate; May 2, Bucknell; May 5, [Rutgers; and May 12, Navy, j The away games are; April 21, Penn; April 25, Army; May 8, [Bucknell; May 10, Georgetown (DH); May 16, Villanova; May 19, Pittsburgh (DH); and May 23, Lehigh. SATURDAY. MARCH 24. 1956 4 Gymnasts Advance In NCAA's After four afternoon prelimin ary events, four Penn State gym nasts qualified for today’s finals in the National Collegiate gym nastics at Chapel Hill, N-C. Dion Weissend led the way, taking a second place in the high bar with a score of 255. Phil Mul len got a third in the rope climb. Mullen’s time was 3.7, two-tenths of a second under his best in dual meets during the year. Another Lion, Dick Rehm, picked up a sixth place in the rope climb with a time of 4.0. Eastern All-around champion, Armando Vega, garnered a fifth place in the free exercise. Vega got 253 points. First 10 Qualify The first 10 finishers in yester day afternoon’s preliminaries qualify for the finals wjhich will be held tonight. The defending champion, Illi nois, set the pace yesterday as they sent 11 men to tonight’s fi nals. Always strong Florida State qualified six men. The host North Carolina team qualified three men during the afternoon preliminaries. Army Advances Three Army, who knocked the Lions from their third Eastern title with a stunning 58-38 tri umph, had three gymnasts quali fy from the four events run off in the afternoon. Paul Dean got a fourth place in the rope climb with a time of 3.8 while Dick Adams’ 242 got him a ninth place in the side horse. Bill Thomson also got a ninth place with a score of 236 in the high bar. The competition was keenest in this event with only 19 points separating the second and ninth place finishers, • Weissend and Thomson. Temple Wins, 90-81 Temple University defeated Southern Methodist University last night in the NCAA basketball tourney, according to the Asso ciated Press. The score was 90-81. Decision Reserved NEW YORK, March 23 (>P)— Justice Walter Lynch has reserv ed decision on an attempt by miler Wes Santee to reverse a lifetime ban ordered by the AAU. •••••••§••§§ ißzngii "BACKLASH" Starring Richard Widmark Sunday and Monday Alexander Dumas' "THE THREE MUSKETEERS" *CATHAUM SPECIAL PREVIEW Tonight - 8:34 p.m. 1 A new J. Arthur Rank thrilling hit! Come early as 6:53 and see 2 features Academy Award Nominee —Beat Actor—Spencer Tracy 'Bad Day at Black Rock' • Begins Sunday • Walt Disney's 'SONG OF THE SOUTH' with Uncle Remus *NITTANY LAST TIMES TODAY Walt Disney's "DAVY CROCKETT" Begins Sunday The Art -.Life - Mystery "Leonardo Da Vinci" in Magnificent Color —on same program— Alec Guinness 'Stratford Adventure*
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