PAGE SIX Boyle 35-year Era Ends For Rutherfords For the first time in 35 years a Rutherford will not be at the coaching helm of a Nittany Lion golf team. Joe Boyle, a former Lion star, was named head coach of the sport yesterday, succeeding Bob Rutherford, Jr. Rutherford gave up the coach ing post to devote full time to his duties as superintendent of the golf course and ice rink. Took Over in '49 He took over the head coaching position when his father, Bob, Sr., retired in 1949. The senior Ruth erford had coached since 1922. the first year golf was launched at the University_ In his 27 years as coach, Top' Rutherford produced some of the finest golf teams in the nation. His son continued that tradition in his tenure as coach and a look at the all-time golf record, under the two Rutherfords, shows 153 wins, 57 defeats, and six ties. Bob, Sr., who designed the course upon which the Nittany Lions first played, still resides in State College. The new coach, a native of Ali quippa and a Navy veteran, played under the senior Ruther ford on the Nittany Lions' crack post-war teams, including the all -winning Eastern championship team of 1941. joir 'd the Uni versity staff upon his graduation in 1950 and has been an assistant in golf ever since. Played the Finest That 1948 team won the Eastern Intercollegiate Golf Association championship ix competition with some of the finest teams in the country. The Lions were runners up in 1942, 1953, and again in 1956. In the last four years the Nit lany golfers have won 32 of 34 dual meets and have a winning streak going of net having dropped a home encounter in the last three years. Of those 153 wins recorded in the past 35 years, Bob, Jr., has won 49 and dropped 11. His teams have finished, in the Medal play tournament, seventh in 1951, tenth in 1952, second in 1953, tenth in 1954, fourth in 1955, and second in 1956. Only Had 7 Losing Years The Lion golfers have never suffered a losing season under the junior Rutherford and have only lost more than they won seven times in 35 years. Rutherford said that he was still going to get out on the golf course during the coming season. "I'm going to miss being coach," be said. but I know that Joe (Boyle) will do a terrific job with the boys and will undoubtedly have a great season." FOLLOW THE THRIFTY CROWD TO MARSHALL SELF-SERVICE LAUNDRY (Rear) 454 E. College .......V S lbs. Clothes 1 zk' ae Washed and Dried fr: tl $.65 COLLEGE AVE. NEW DORMS 1 ATHERTON THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Named Golf Coach AN ERA ENDS! Joe Boyle (center) of Aliquippa and a former Lion star assumes command of the the Nitta:ly Golf team, which was never without a Rutherford at the helm. Bob Rutherford. Sr., (left) now lives in retirement. His son, Bob, Jr., takes over new responsibilities at the University. Lion Matmen Elated Over Pitt Win By LOU PRATO "You didn't come here to lost," Lion wrestling coach' Charley Speidel jokingly ex !claimed to his matmen amidst' !the cheers in the dressing 'room at the Pitt Field House Saturday night, minutes after the Nittanies had stopped Pittsburgh's three-year v.•inning streak at 26. This statement by the unpre dictable Lion mentor is actually a well used phrase of a Speidel coaching counterpart in the Lion athletic department but it reflects the atmosphere that prevailed Saturday night. For mighty Pittsburgh—tout ed to be the best wrestling team in the East this year, if not in the nation—had fallen to its an cient arch rival from Mount Nittany, Les Walters provided the clinch er to the fiasco when he deci sioned Bob Richardson, 4-1, in the 177-pound match but the issue was decided a couple of matches earlier when Speidel outfoxed Pitt coach Rex Peery by inserting Earl Poust in against undefeated Ted Bienkowski at 147 and mov ing co-captain Dave Adams up a weight to meet Bob Bubb, whom he had beaten twice before. The move which caught almost everyone at the Field House off 'balance including Peery, proved successful when Poust drew with Bienkowski, 1-1, and Adams topped Bubb, 7-5. • To the 2500 fans who wit nessed the skirmish, it was a stroke of brilliant strategy on the part of Speidel. But to Spei del it was just a matter of luck. "You didn't come to lost" - There is no strategy to this game, it's all guess," the wiry lit tle coach said. "You can either be a champ or a bum." "This is a good thing" (the vic- Be plump or slim or in-between. Redhead, brunette, or blonde" "I won't complain if she's a she." MORAL: Dreaming's fine—but you want to smoke for real. So get behind a Chesterfield. That's flavor, man! That's aroma! Speak up and say Chesterfield—and take your pleasure BIG. Packed more smoothly by ACCU•RAY, it's the smoothest tasting smoke today! Smoke for real ... smoke Chesterfield) $5O for every philarophicaf Dew excepted for publica tion. 03esterfuld, P.O. Box 21. NW York 46. N.Y. 0 LkspOS & at,.. aim... Oa. tory), Speidel went on, "because toe many other teams have been dropping Pitt (from their sched ule) because they are too tough. Nobody wants to go up against a killer." Adams and John Pepe were among the first Lion wrestlers to know about Speidel's strategic maneuver. Adams said in the I dressing room that Speidel had decided on the move in the after 'noon, "and you can see the re sults." Maybe we should have done it before." Co-captain Sid Nodland, who finished his dual meet career un defeated by beating his arch-rival Bill Hullings, said, "our win sure makes up for a few defeats." Nod land jokingly said he really had the incentive to win after a long distance call from State College late Saturday afternoon told him that his pet bulldog had been found. He had been worrying about the missing dog all week. Johnny Johnston was real pleased with the team victory but was disappointed about his per sonal loss to Pitt's undefeated National champion Ed Peery. (Continued on page seven) TUESDAY. MARCH 5_ 1957 Vega Picked East's Best By Coaches Armando Vega, Gene Wett stone's Olympic star has been rated the top gymnast in the East, if not the nation. A mid-season poll of Eastern coaches overwhelmingly chose the 21-year old Californian to repeat in the parallel bars and all-round event in the upcoming Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League Championships .at Syracuse. The versatile Vega also figures to be a first-line threat to take the all-round title in the National Collegiate championships at the U.S. Naval Academy, March 22-23. Last year Vega dominated the Easterns and went on to capture the parallel bars crown at the Nationals. The Eastern coaches chose Ar my's Willis Thompson, 1956 hori zontol bar champion, to repeat in his specialty. The Nittanies' Gil Leu, star of the blue chips win over Army last week in Rec Hall, is expected to give Thompson his toughest competition. A wealth of talent in the tumb ling event led to a toss-up be tween the highly-regarded Dave Hirst of Pitt and the Syracuse ace, Lowell Meier. The coaches were in the same quandary when it came to a choice between Army's Paul Dean and Phil Mullen of the Lions. Last year, Mullen, as a sopho more, gained both Eastern and National honors. However, this season he was beaten by Dean who had a time of 3.4 seconds, best in the current Eastern cam paign. Mullen's best time for the year was a 3.5, although he set the Penn State record last year with a 3.4. Gar O'Quinn is favored to take the side horse while Pitt's Torn Darling is the choice in the flying rings. Vegs and Army's William Clark will provide a strong chal lenge in the latter event. IM Entries Due Entries for the 1957 intramural volleyball and wrestling tourna ments are due at 4:30 p.m. tomor row in the IM office in Recrea tion Haii. Organizations may enter the volleyball tournament as one team in leagues made up of six or seven teams. mac Sez • "WATCH" your BAND! Spring is almost here? And now's the time to start plan ning your spring wardrobe. What could be more essen tial to your wardrobe than your watchband? An old worn watchband could mar another wise flawless outfit. We have all types of watch bands made to suit your indi vidual tastes. These stunning bands are fashioned from ny lon, dacron, Madras, and im ported fabrics. 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