FRIDAY. MARCH 8. 1957 Nodlan 'Refug John Pepe Sid Nodland Two 'foreigners' who have made the Lion mats their home top matmen. Nodland—the defending East ern Intercollegiate Wrestling As sociation's 123-pound champion— hails from Bay Shore, Long Is land, a hotbed for schoolboy wrestling. Pepe---third in the Nation last year at 137—resides in Plainfield. N.J., home of one of the world's greatest all-round athletes, Milt Campbell. Between them, Nodland and Pepe have won 52 matches while wrestling for the Blue and White, losing .only six and tying three. Individually, Nodland— who has never lost a dual meet in his college career—has a 27-3-3 career record and Pepe—runner up in the 1956 EDAM 137-pound tournament—has a 25-4-0 all time mark. Both Nodland and Pepe were of championship caliber during their high school wrestling days —Nodland at Mephem High School and Pepe at Plainfield. Nodland started out as a 103- pounder in his sophomore year, 1952, and won the Long Islan• championship that year. The fol lowing year as a 112-pound entry, Nodland won titles in the all Long Island tournament; South Shore tourney; Junior Metropolitan tournament; Senior Metropolitan tournament; and the National AAU tournament. He moved up to 123 in his sen ior year and came through with championships in the Long Lsland. South Shore, and Senior Metro politan tournaments. In his whole high school career. Nodland only had one draw in "about" 45 mat ches. He later avenged that tie in the finals of the 1952 Long Is land championships. `Sugar ?' Hart 4-1 Over Byars NEW YORK, March 7(W)—Gar- The two unranked but highly nett (Sugar) Hart, Philadelphia's regarded 147-pounders will be slick, young welterweight., is a 4-1 making their Madison Square choice to stretch his winning Garden debuts. The bout will be streak to 13 tomorrow night when broadcast and telecast 'NBC, 10 he faces Walt Byars, 25, another p.m., EST coast to coast. eager newcomer from Boston, in Hart, 21, has a record of 20-1, a television ten-rounder. including 18 kayos. a a COED COUNSELING Camp Woodlands, Bridgeton, Maine will interview women for counselor positions Thursday, March 14, 1957. Sign up in advance at the Student Employment Service ....112 Old Main Pepe—Out-of-State at Home With Lions LOU PRATO not a common occurrence in the Penn State, igners" happens to come along, he is usually team, this "foreign" occurrence happened John Pepe—two of Coach Charlie Speidel's * * * Pepe's record was almost as outstanding as Nodland's. He was never pinned in three years of schoolboy competition (ha has been pinned only once in his whole wrestling career) and lost only once in 35 outings. Pepe was State champion in his junior year at 112 pounds, after l finishing third at 103 the year be fore. He lost out in his senior year,at the District Elimination Tourey, losing to the eventual 127-pound State titlist. Pepe entered Prep school in 1952 and after winning IO straight dual meets, he capped the season with the 1953 137-pound Prep School championship. In addition, the Lion grappler won the New Jersey AAU 128-pound crown in 1952. Nodland and Pep. enrolled at Penn State in September of 1953 for the. same reason— good wrestling school and good coach: - Nodltiad, however. con fesses that he almost went to Syracuse. The Lion co-captain had "ev erything set" at the New York school including a room and had I given up hope of coming to Mount Nittany. But a visit from Coach Charley Speidel and two . of his ace wrestlers—Bob Homan and Dick Lernyre, who had done their high school wrestling at Mephem —brought Nodland to State. Pepe had better luck than Nod land in their freshman year. Pepe won both of his matches but Nod land lost his only encounter, a 5-0 decision to Pitt's fabulous Ed [ Peery. The next year they moved into starting berths for the varsity matmen and have been there ever since, although Pepe was ineli- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. P gible for part of his sophomore year. Nodland considers Bill Jemison, last year's Cornell captain, the toughest man •he - has ever faced. He beat the Big Red grappler— a normal 130-pounder—in the 195_6 Eastern tournament. Nodland • also thinks rather highly of Pitt's Bill Hulings and Cornell's Carmen Molina both of whom he beat this year. "I guess I would say Hangs is the toughest (for me) to beat" Nodland explains. "hut he's not I tough in a wrestling sense. felt most uncomfortable with Molina," Pepe, on the other hand, thinks that all of his foes were tough. "I couldn't say (which is tough est), they're all hard," Pee says. "There are no easy ones." "The best match I've ever wres tled in was at Pitt last week," Pepe said, "It was also the best wrestling meet I've ever seen." With the Eastern and National tournaments coming up in the next few weeks. both Nodland and Pepe are looking forward to avenge a couple of defeats. Nod land was beaten by Bob Royce of Michigan State in the 1956 Na tionals and he is eager to meet the Wyoming grappler again. Pepe lost to Lehigh's Joe Gratto in the of last year's Eastern tournament and although he beat the Engineer captain in a return match at the National tourney. he is looking forward to the "rubber match." When they graduate in the spring, Nodland and Pepe plan to continue in the wrestling field as coaches. Both have a date with the Armed Forces first, but after that its clear sailing ahead. Vega a Cinch Penn State's Armando Vega is regarded as a shoo-in for all. round honors in the 1957 renewal of the F.IGL championships. at Syracuse Saturday. M/V FAIRSEA 52114 from Quebec to GEZDOXK. Scalanci J. V% July 5 and - regular* thereafter WS CASTFIL FELICE Sails from N. Y. idlitUllatlt4YlN via Plymouth imtl Lc Havre iely 19, Avg. 13 and fertdarlY thereafter OVERSEAS CHARTER & SH 250 West 57th Street, New Yorl Cenerat Passenger agents for U.S. ..S . II : TMAR :.'LINE. I=l Citrus Schedule Tomorrow With Team Rundown Major league baseball's spring exhibition schedule opens tomorrow with all clubs booked for action, four new man agers on the sidelines and lots of problems remaining to be solved before the start of the regular season next month. The opening games' lineup pits Brooklyn against Mil waukee at Miami. at night. the; Cincinnati Redlegs against the Boston Left side of infield Chicago White Sox at Tampa.! shortstop and third base needs Philadelphia against Pittsburgh at; strengthening. Clearwater, the St. Louis Cards' Detroit—Generally be 1 i eve d against the New York Yankees at' most improved club in circuit. St. Petersburg. Detroit versus Bos-; R ay Boone figured to make switch ton at Sarasota and Kansas City! from third base to first with Jim against Washington at Orlando. !Finigazio obtained from Kansas In two Cactus League (Arizona) city replacing him. Also picked games, the Chicago Cubs take oni up good bench in Eddie Robinson the Baltimore Orioles at Mesa and, from the As and Jack Dittmar the New York Giants meet thei frum Mil wau k ee. Cleveland Indians at Tucson. i NATIONAL LEAGUE Here is how the top clubs shape' i Brookly n —Pitcher Johnny Pod up with "play ball" only hours tres is back. Jackie Robinson's away. A24IE:RICAN LEAGUE I gone. Roy Campanella's hands a New York—Third base and left_ problem. field only vacancies. Bill Skowronl Milwaukee—Weak at sec o n d tabbed to replace light-hitting An-lbase and leftfield. Pitching ex dy Carey at third with five play_:cellent and may be bolstered even ers battling for unfilled outfieldi more by Juan Pizzaro, a minor job. !league sensation. Cleveland Needs more power Cincinnati—Looks for pitching I which they may get from Roger improvement from Warren Rack- Maris, highly-touted outfielder.l er, obtained from Cubs and Russ Fine pitching. Has to come up!llever, a sore-armed hurler in with third baseman to replace Al; 1956. - Gave up powerful hitter in Rosen and get more solid hitting Ray Jablonski. from Bobby Avila and Chico Car-' St. Louis—Pitching looks im rasquel, the second base duo. !proved by addition of Sam Jones, Chicago—Virtually same club as:Jim Davis, Hoyt Wilhelm and last year. Norm Larker (.309 at; Lynn Lovenguth (24-game winner St. Paul) has good chance to win' at Toronto). Del Ennis should add first base berth. t more power. _ .~'f -~' -i Kucks to Open for Yanks; Indian Rookies Slumping ST. PETERS BURG, Fla., March 7 (/P)—Johnny Kucksl will open the exhibition sched-; ule for the New York Yan-' . • • trees. Manager Casey Stengel' out a triple and two singles today ORLANDO, Fla., March 7 (p)— today named the tall right- Shortstop Jose Valdivielso rapped hander and rookies Al Cicotte an d out the Jurgen Billies defeated the Jim Coates to pitch against the St ILavagetto Cookies 4-3 _in the Louis Cardinals here Saturday. !Washington Senators' second in but will n ot Micke play either Saturday! Mantle will pinch hit itra-squad game. or Sunday, when the Cards againll provide the opposition, Stengel,) said. II Fred Hutchinson, Redbirds'; skipper, will pitch Herm Weh-1 meier and a pair of youngsters,! Lindy McDaniel and 1 e f ty Bob Smith. Manila pinch hit and drew a ! walk in today's six-inning in ning inkta-squad contest in which Bill Dickey's Hound Dogs beat Frank Crosettrs Crows 4-2. SARASOTA, Fla., March 7 VP): —Rookie Haywood Sullivan rnadei an impressive bid for the starting catching assignment for the Bos-I ton Red Sox today by gathering; a pair of hits, one a line triple off ; the left-wall, in a 6-inning intra-; squad game that ended in a 3-3 tie. Sullivan. promoted from the; San Francisco farm club, was i handed a $5llOOO bonus by the; Sox while still a student at the; U. of Florida.' a • • TUCSON, Ariz., March 7 (21:1--; I The Cleveland Indians' two top; rookies aren't performing up to• expectations. but Manager Kerby Farrell says he isn't alarmed. Outfielder Roger Maris and infielder Larry Raines haven! been hitting in the early train- By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ing workouts, and Raines has a sore throwing arm. Both were with Farrell at Indianapolis last year. daps ekt•amsditiessod SEE YOUR TRAVEL AGENT or writer IPPING CO., INC. k 19 • 11.klsan 6-2505 Canada and Neoax PAGE SEVEN Opens 8 Tilts; Listed
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