THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 'Waft Until Next Year' Lion Wrestling Fans Cry ; By LOU PRATO That age-old “Walt ’til next year” theme so often asso ciated with the now defunct Brooklyn Dodgers, is being heard quite regularly aroui .d the Recreation Hall wrestling mats these days. And no wonder. The Charlie Spei lel-coached grapplers haven’t fared too well this season (now there’s an understatement). They 1 have al ready “achieved” the first losing wrestling season in 11 years and with two tough meets remaining, the 1958 matmen could very well go down in the Penn State ar chives as the worst team in his tory. Even coach Speidel is echo ing the old Dodger chant "Sure I'm looking towards next year." Speidel said, "and why hot? We're at the bottom now and we can't go any other way but up. But we still have the rest of this season to complete and we could very well surprise a lot of people in the Easterns." Stepping out of his seripus character for a moment Speidel said: “There was a time I thought we • could never lose; now I'm wondering if we’ll ever win. But I’m glad we’re Jn State College. There’s no Empire State building to jump off of around here. And I even if I- did jump off of Old' Main,. I’d probably landrin a snow drift. “The guy I really feel sorry for,” Speidel said, resuming his serious tone, “is Johnny John ston. He’s never been on a team that was a loser and that includes high school. It hurts even more because he’s the captain.” Commenting on the reason for the Lions' sad performances this year, the philosophical coach said, "The boys didn't come along as expected. Tto air ways had boys who have lived up to their potential but not this year. That's the basic rea son behind our trouble. “We had been fortunate, up un til Saturday, not to have any in juries, and we still couldn’t hold up with those other teams. “We’ll have a tough time down at Maryland. (The lions visit Maryland Saturday.) They have a very strong team and will no doubt be pointing' toward us-' Salem refreshes your taste * men *rlcl 0. 1958 By MIKE MAXWELL j the tape gave the race to Strauss. . I But Schwab made a tremendous Thanks, to assistant track] comeback last year with an un coach Norm Gordon, disputed victory in the quarter Bill Schwab is now a regular! mile. This time he was clocked on this year’s indoor, track, 0:o2 - 8, j - | When Schwab reported to coach St * ’ j Chick Werner earlier this season. Gordon was Schwab’s instruc-, Werner found that Schwab was tor for a weightlifting class last! better at the half mile than his .year and the fast-talker succeed-'intramural speciality. Theta Xi Wins 3rd ■ed in convincing Schwab to come So, in Schwab's first varsity n ,ou * *? r team ’ I lest against Navy, he ran an By Blankinq SAE Per i> a P s e ?,?. ed . Gor !? n on! sso i eg for the two-mae relay. / was Schwab s brilliant perform- . Theta Xi blanked Sigma Alpha: ances on the intramural track’ iime was very impressive— Epsilon, 4-0, Tuesday night to es- scene for the past two years. | 1:57-5. Right after that he lurn tablish itself in firm hold of first As a freshman two years ago. ied in his best 880 lime yet— place m the intramural bowling Schwab ran an impressive 440 ’ » 1:54.3 timing at the Millrose Fraternity A league. in an intramural track meet, games in New York as part of It was Theta Xi’s third consecu- finishing a very close second in ■ the record-breaking Lion 2- tive shutout win in second half 0:54.4. The eslonishing part of mile relay team, competition. Ed Dempsey’s high the race was Schwab's brilliant Against Army last week Sch series of 538-was a major factor comeback in the last 110-yards ,wab won the 1000-yard run in in clinching the shutoilt. of the race. |2:14.8, two seconds ahead of team- Kappa Delta Rho shutout Al- He was trailing Phi Kappa Sig-i mat e Ed Moran. Again he was ai pha Zeta: Sigma Nu beat Kappa ma’s Elmer Strauss by six strides’°f the victorious two-mile] Sigma. Phi Delta Theta defeated approaching the final turn. but| re l a y team. j Phi Mu Delta and Theta Delta quickly closed the gap and ranj Against Ohio State this week- 1 Chi won over Delta Upsilon—-all stride for stride for the last ten;end, Schwab probably will again! [by 3-1 scores. steps. Only a final lunge toward go in the 1000 with Moran. Navy Kills Flash-Cards at Meet Navy’s gymnastic coach may throw a monkey-wrench into Lion Coach Gene Wettstone’s efficient program and also lose one of the audience’s biggest help in the scoring the flash-card svstem. The coach/Chet Phillip*, is not completely in favor of the open. scoring system used throughout most of the nation, including the NCAA cham pionships. In the Eastern Gym nastics League, both coaches must be willing to use the sys tem. The flash-card system (as used Saturday against Syracuse) shows the individual judges' scores, to the officials table and also to the fans at the same time. All three of the judges for this Saturday’s home meet have had plenty of experience with the ho! fresh tobacco taste dern filter. THE DAUY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Schwab Now Track open system. None of them are opposed to it The three judges are Frank Comiskey and Paul Keebler of Philadelphia and Harvey LeCol leier. Comiskey is a three-time Olympian and is rated as one of the best officials in the nation. He judged the Lion-Army meet two Saturdays "ago and worked the system there. Keebler, a coach and instructor at John Bartr-im High School, has considerable judging experience under the flash-card system. Le- Collier, an instructor and coach at Fifth Ave. High School, has used the system at Pitt, West Virginia and here. On* of the outstanding argu ments against the system is that there is particular pressure on the three judges to favor the. home team. Phillips apparently should have seen the crowd's "partiality" at the Syracuse. new idea in smoking! too 5 S'* : M ■* Think of a refreshing Spring day like this, if you want to know just how a Salem Cigarette refreshes your taste. Rich tobacco taste with new surprise softness... that’s Salem. Through its modem, pure-white filter flows the freshest taste in cigarettes. Smoke refreshed pack after pack smoke Salem. Take a puff...it’s Springtime meal last Saturday. Wettstone has contended all along that Penn State has "the most intellectual and rabid aud ience in the nation." And they proved it Saturday. For during a fair routine on the side horse. Syracuse’s Dick Novotny received a low M 3 score. The fans thought the judges underscored the oppo nent’s exercise and released a low. but ■well-heard, hissing noise. Alter the event, one of the judges admitted ihai they scored Novotny low. And in a way paid the crowd a high compliment. And. incidentally, Phillips used the flash-card at home last Saturday in his 53-43 tri umph over Pitt j Another argument sees the ■flash-card system as upsetting the weaker, inexperienced ath letes before they compete. This is a valid argument, but it affects iboth teams, not just one. Regular * * * > r"' BUI Schwab Acacia,McKeel I Beta Theta Pi Spark IM Cage Acacia defeated Delta Upsilon. 1 22-21 and McKee II won its sev enth game at the expense of Mc- Kee I. 24-17 in intramural basket ball at Recreation Hall Tuesday night. Beta Theta Pi won its fifth against Beta Sigma Rho. 30-28 and Alpha Zeta whalloped Bea ver House. 41-10 in other frat ernity tilts. Other games in the Indie loop saw the Rams defeat the AU Stars, 23-19; and Jordan II end its season by edging the Jordan Jaguars. 28-26. The J.O.'s defeated the Trav elers. the Skeller Rats won over the Hounds, and the HUB Boys beat the Zips. 2-0. by forfeit Richie Luce and Don Robinson were the leading scorers of the evening with 23 points each. There was a three way tie for second place as Willie Watson. Rams; Bob Shaw, Acacia; and At Jacks, Beta Theta Pi, scored 13 points. CRtATtO BY n J ftCYKO&DS fOBACCO CO . BMftSrON-SAItH. M C. PAGE SEVEN
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