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Pitt Hosts NCAA's Today
4 Vets Hold Key to Lion Chances
By LOU PRATO (Peery, Leslie, Muller—if he goes king. and Big Seven champ Johnv
PITTSBURGH, March 29 this weight —Nodland, Syra- ;Doy l e of Kansas State.
Three Eastern titlists and an'cuse's George Creason, and Big! Minter will move down into
1 :the 167-pound category to escape'
Eastern runner-up—a 11 vet-;Ten runner-up Don Duck. 'Hodge and, along with Okla-I
erans of the NCAA wrestling t Competition at 130 is expected homa's Rex Edgar, the Big Seven,
to be the keenest of the wholeiwinner and lowa State's Frank!
hopes
will carry the main; tourney with Lyons, Allen, John-i
'Powell will one of the favo-i
hopes for Penn State's East-Iston and possibly Muller in the'rites at that weight
ern champion wrestling team this;top seeded positions. Pitt's Viet
g Hodgis all alone at 17 - Some'
afternoon when the 27th annualDefelice, Michigan's Max Pear-
lof his e competition will comee from Naional Mat tourney opens here son, Indiana's Joe Shook, am ` A
iFranklin & Marshall's Ron Flern-1
at the Pitt Field House. Denver's• Wes Duchernin, the l _. .
Johnny Johnston, 130, john Skyling Conference champ, areilli.ligi the Eastern champ, lowa's,
Ten champ Gary Kurdelmier,l
Pepe. 137, and Dave Adams, 147 next in line. 'Minnesota's Bill Wright, and Wy-'
—all of whom won Eastern! The 137-pound division will:oming's Jesse Stokes.
crowns at Recreation Hall two find Pepe, Paul Weinhold of Col-1
Pitt's Ron Schirf, the Eastern;
weeks ago—and Sid Nodland,'orado A&M, W y omin g 's St— ,heavyweight winner, Minnesota's
123, the 1956 Eastern king, whoiWintermote, Lehigh's Joe Gratto,
Willis: Wood, Michigan State's
was licked by Pitt's defending Na- Colorado State's Les Kroeger,
'Ken Maidlow, Oregon State's
tional champ Ed Peery in this. Maryland's Rod Norris, and Pitt's
John Dustin, Colorado A & M's!
year's Eastern finals, are rated Ted Bienskowski among the'
Bob Marshall and Navy's Tony;
among the top contenders for; 'cream of the crop." Stremic are tops among the 191- 1
1957 National honors. I Wintermote , Kroeger, and Nor- roun d ers.
;
In addition, Coach Charley,ris all won the most valuable
Roesler is favored at heavy-
Speidel will enter Earl Poust at wrestler trophy in their respec
i
157, George Gray at 167, Les Wal-Itive conference tournaments—)weighti but Maryland's All-Amer-am footballer Mike Sandusky,'
tens at 177, and Sam Markle atlWintermote in the Skyline, Kroe-!
Southern Illinois Ed Hayes, and)
Radio Station WMAJ will :Norris in the Atlantic Coast. ;Oklahoma's Earl Lynn are ex-I
carry the NCAA mat finals di- ' ;Oklahoma's
to give him a "run for his.
; Adams, Lehigh's Dick Santorod mone
sect from the Pitt Field House , y
lowa State's Ron Gray—the Big!
Saturday night starting at 7:45. Oklahoma is favored to take
Seven titlist—and Werner Holzer,'
Periodic telephone reports will Big Ten king, head the out
,the ! the team title that has evaded
be carried by the station today .standing cast at 147. ;them since 1952, but defending)
and tomorrow until broadcast , [champ Oklahoma A&M—coached
; Michigan's Mike Rodriguez by time. last year's 130-pound National
'Blubaugh, and Pitt's Dave John- , champ Myron Roderic k—lowa
heavyweight. Poust finished third'son are the leaders for the 157 State, Penn State, Pitt and Le
and Walters second at the recent pound crown.
high are also given a chance to
Eastern Tourney, but they are not Toughest competition in this'win the high honor.
expected to go far in the Na- weight will come from Lehigh's Four ensolite mats will be used
tionals. Ed Hamer, the Eastern champ, for the preliminary and quarter-
However, they held the same, Colorado A&M's Ron Ericson, the ( Einal matches today and two mats
unenviable position before the Skyline winner. Colorado State's for the semi-finals and finals to-
Eastern tourney started but Ed Rath, the Rocky Mountainimorrow.
wound up es the big surprises of I—
the whole fiasco.
Three defending champions and
l
one man who won a title in 1953
, are among the 250 matmen en
tered from 64 of the top wrestling
colleges and universities in the
nation. The sixty-four schools, in
cidentally, is a new record, top
ping the old mark of 58 set last,
year at Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Two of the returning 1956
champions are members of Okla
homa University's unbeaten mat
men, the pre-tourney favorite.
'Homicide" Dan Hodge, the na
tion's outstanding wrestler last ,
year, will be shooting for his third)
straight 177-pound title and team-1
mate Gordon Roesler will be go
ing after his second heavyweight:
crown.
Pitt's Ed Peery will also be
seeking his third straight cham- i
pionship in the 123-pound class.,
Minnesota's Dick Mueller won the!
123-pound top spot in 1953 but!
went into the armed services the
-next year_ He may move into the;
130-pound division for the tour-'
Ziey.
Six runner-ups from last year's!
"world series of college wrestling"!
are also back. In addition to Penn
State's Adams, who was second!
at 147 in 1956, Pitt's Bill Hulings,
115, Oklahoma A&M's Harmon
Leslie, 123, Doug Blubaugh, 157.
Oklahoma's Bob Lyons, 130, and
Manakato States Roy Minter, 177.
are holdovers.
Another tough "nut" at either
123 or 130 wi:l be the 195 C 123-
pound Olympic entry, Oregon's
Lee Allen. Allen beat Peery in
last year's Olympic tryouts.
Hulings and Oklahoma's Dick
Delgado, a two-time 123-pound
Big Seven champ, rate the favo
rite roles in the 115-pound class.
Syracuse's Ed Carlin, Springfield's
Ed Aynierantes, Maryland's John
- McHugh, and lowa's Frank Alt
man are among the other top
prospects.
At 123, it will be a battle among
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Town House
Peopen4 today. with a
new dinin g - aitnoiphere!
.or the / P inept tool in
town the awn
„Attie tonight.
But don't forget our T.G.I.F. session
with the Jerry Miller Combo
4:30 to 6:00
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KJ I H s
Everybody meets
a del& Tit &00 CI .12
at the BILTMORE
With students everywhere, "Meet ' $
[e. Under the Clock" is a tradition! •
It means "that special weekend" at _
ew York's most convenient location ...
times in the famous Palm Court. •
'referred for its special services for
students. Write the College Department
for reservations. No cab fare
necessary—direct private elevator
'rom Grand Central Station.
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Main hope for 147 title
Spring Soccer Practice
Spring soccer practice will be
gin Monday. All students inter
ested in trying out for the squad
must procure a physical card from
either Dave Bischoff, Tony Puglisi
or Bob Lueft, at the equipment
room in the gym before tomorrow.
Enrico Fermi atomic power plant is under way near Detroit
through the joint efforts of 18 electric companies. A group
of equipment manufacturers and the Atomic Energy Com
mission are also associated in the project.
Dresden, Illinois, plant is Yankee atomic-electric plant,
being developed by 7 electric being developed by 12 New
light and power companies, England electric companies.
their equipment manufactur- Equipment manufacturers
ers, with AEC co-operation. and AEC are participating.
What will atomic-electric
power plants look like?
Among the - atomic-electric power plants now under
way, three- will look like the drawings- above.
Although they appear somewhat alike, each in
volves different metho d different materials, a different
type of atomic reactor or "furnace." That's because
the electric companies, the equipment manufacturers
and the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission who are
all participating in atomic development are search
ing for the best ways to produce electricity, using
atomic energy as fuel.
The development of atomic-powered electric plants
is the latest stage in bringing plentiful electricity to
America. You can be sure that electric company skills
and experience, acquired in 75 years of service, are
being applied to this great new job.
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FRIDAY. MARCH 29. 1957
Cramming
for Exams?
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