SATURDAY. MARCH 1. 1953 Nine Lion Harriers Frosh Cagers at Pitt; Seek Third Straight Enter IC4-A Meet Varsity track Coach Chick Werner will enter a nine-man squad against 47 other uni versities and colleges in tonight's ICI-A Indoor track and field meet at New York’s Madison 1 Square Garden. Last year the Lions placed third behind Villanova and Manhattan in the 1 meet. j Villanova has been rated a slight favorite over the Jaspers this year, with Penn State, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Har'-! vard and Army lighting it out' for third place. j Sophomore Dick Hambright! and co-captain Jim Norton will be the Lion entrants in the 600' and are expected Jto give tower-| ing Tom Murphy 6f Manhattan a| real battle for the title. Co-captain Ogier Norris, who! lias just missed 14 feet in the last two meets and holds the- Nittany indoor record of 13’ 6”,! will meet two top notch collegiate; vaulters in Penn’s John Gray and' Marquette's Ed Hoyle. Both" have' cleared 14' consistently this win-: ter. Cioss-countiy caplain Fred Kerr will be the lone Penn State entrant in the two-mile run. Kerr has had some trouble in the two-mile event this win ter. but may be able to garner a couple of points for the Nii tany cause. Top choice to gain individual honors for the Nittany thinclads Is miler Ed Moran. Among the standing performances by the junior from Kane are a 1000 in 2:12.2, setting a new Ohio State field house rec ord, a blazing 1:51.6 half mile leg on the two- mile relay, a 49.4 quarter on a re lay and a 3:01 three-quarters on the balcony in Recreation Hall. Moran’s times in the mile this ■winter have been around 4:25, but these give little Mona indication of his ability since the Nittany speedster was conserving his energy for the 1000 and either the mile or two-mile relay. Other leading challengers in the mile are . Pete Close of St. John's, Dick DiCamiUo of Notre Dame, Don Luisi of Fordham, Jose Iglesias of Columbia, soph omore Dick Engelbrink of Penn State and possibly defending champion Burr Grimm of Mary land. However, it appears that even if the Terripan does de fend his title, the 1958 version of Ed Moran will be just too hot for the Maryland miler to handle. Werner will enter sophomore John Fareira in the 60-yard high hurdles and the high jump. Far eira has shown promise in the hurdles this winter and has clear ed 6’ iW in the high jump. Villa nova’s Phil Reavis and Charlie Stead shared the high jump title with 6’ 9 !i" leaps last year, how ever Stead has not cleared 6’ 3” this winter. Cornell’s 6’ 8” high jumper John King has been scratched because of an injury as has the Big Red’s 24’ 7%” broad jumper Bo Rober son. The Lions' Bill Schwab is ex pected to give Villanova's Ron Delany and Manhattan's Joe Soprano a workout in the 1000. Werner also plans to enter sophomore George Jones in the 1000 or use the Philadelphia speedster in the two-mile relay. The Nittany trackmen will probably enter the two mile relay if no trial heats are held for the event. SPE Cops Le Sigma Phi Epsilon became the third fraternity team to win its league title in intramural basket ball Thursday evening at Recrea tion Hal 1. They became Fraternity League D champions when they ■won a 2-0 forfeit win over Phi Kappa PsL Phi Psi was forced to default the game due to the recent University ruling on social status for this semester. Nittany 25 became the first in dependent quintet to yin its loop crown. They also turned the trick when Nittany 41 failed to show up for its game, giving Nittany 25 their seventh win of jthe year. In other fraternity games, Sig ma Nu whalloped Sigma Alpha Pitt’s power-packed wrestling team can be beaten. This statement may be contrary to the feelings of most Penn State mat fans but it is not beyond reality. We’ll be the first to agree that on paper, the Steel City warriors look like a 1958 Cadillac in comparison to the run-down Model T Lion vehicle. But that “paper” can be very misleading—especial ly when two arch-rivals like Penn State and Pitt are concerned. - Take last year’s wrestling meet, for example. That’s when an un derdog Lion aggregation broke | the impressive 26-match winning streak of the Panthers at the Pitt jField House, 14-11. The Pitt glad iators had been the EIWA cham pion for the three previous years and had been touted once again as the “Best in the East.” As is the case this year, the Panthers also looked better on paper. But the results proved different. This could also be the case this season. Once again. Rex Perry is blessed with a strong, well-knit organization. His mat men share the East's number one rating, with unbeaten Le high whom they lied last week, 14-14. And they are ranked among the lop five teams In the nation. They have only been beaten once this year and.that was by the nation's co-leader lowa Stale. 25-5. Included among their nine vic tories are wins over Syracuse, 20-5, and Illinois, 14-12 two conqurers of the Lion contingent They also thumped Navy and Mapdand and the best the Nit tanies could do with those two teams was draw. Three of Perry’s men are rated among the nation's best in their weight classes. This includes 123-pound sophomore Paul .Powell and veterans Vic DeFeiice and Dave Johnson. De- Felice is at 137 and Johnson at 167 during the dual season but both drop down a weight for the Eastern and national tourn aments. Between them, this trio has won 25 matches this year, lost only ihree and tied two — quite a record. And the rest of the Pitt crew hasn’t done too bad either. Sherm Moyer, 130: Bob Richardson, 157; and Alex Skirpan, 177, may not be in the class of the aforemen tioned three but they can always make trouble. Moyer proved that last Saturday when he decisioned highly-regarded Leon Harbold of Lehigh 4-3. Bob Senter, 147, and Tony Vuccolo or Tom Hall, hea vyweight, makeup the rest of the Pitt lineup. There's no doubt that Pitt is ( handicapped, somewhat, tonight gue D Crown Mu, 50-4; Theta Kappa Phi de feated Triangle, 37-25; Lambda Chi Alpha edged Tau Phi Delta, 30-23; and Beta Sigma Rho won over Delta Theta Sigma, 29-27. In the only independent game played, the Shieks edged Nit lany 22, 31-30. Stan's Men de feated Dorm 21. Nittany 34 won over the Panthers, and Nittany 44 beat the Fortinsky Lions, by forfeit. 2-0. The top point producer of the night was La Rue C Kresger, Nit tany 22. with 18 points. Shieks, Jon Jacobelli’s 17 points was enough for second place honors. Third place honors went to Roy Sinclair, Sigma Nu, with 14 markers. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA The Sportseer By LOU PRATO Asst. Sports Editor because of the absence of two regulars 177-pound Tom Al berts, the defending 167-pound NCAA litlist, and 147-pound Ted BienkowskL Both are out because of injuries. But that's besides the point for as the Lion boss Charlie Speidel says: “The team that is on the mat is the best team representative of the schooL" Enough said. ' According to Pitt sources, the Panthers should have a relatively easy time in handling the Lions tonight. Maybe they ■will but don’t bet on it In fact as long as Charlie Speidel heads the Penn State wrestling machine, it would be safer to invest your money in the .“ponies” rather than betting against the Lions. We won’t pre dict a victory' either way and won’t even predict a close score. All we'll say is: Pitt can be beat en. Let’s look at the individual! matches. The Lions will send ei ther Jack Maher or Danks up against the unbeaten Powell in the lidlifter. But un less the Lion entrant makes an overnight improvement, Powell should have no trouble in win ning. However, a decision loss by the Lion entry could be a key to the outcome. The Nittanies' captain and de fending 130-pound NCAA champ, Johnny Johnston looks like a sure winner at 130. He has never won against Pitt in a dual meet losing twice to three-lime NCAA champ *Ed Perry—and thus has an extra incentive tonight. Sherm Moyer is . his probable opponent but we feel that Johnston has too class for Moyer—or for anyone else in the East, for that matter. The 137-pound match tvill prob ably feature the Lions’ Dan John ston against DeFeiice. However. DeFeiice could move up to 147 where he would probably take on Guy Guccione. If so then Bob Irwin will go at 137. If not, then Bob Senter will go against Guc-j cione. We’re not discounting the! ability of DeFeiice but we feel that both Johnston and Guccione are capable of beating the Pan ther matmen. ] Sophomore Sam Minor and Richardson will probably tangle at 157. Despite Richardson’s ex (Continued on page eight) Phi Deft, Beta Sig Win in Handball Paul Schonbachler of Phi Delta Theta and Joe Fenkel of Beta Sigma Rho slammed out lopsided victories in Thursday night’s fra-j ternity handball singles competi tion. Schonbachler scored his winj over Ray Tuleya, Phi Sigma Up silon, 21-4, 21-5. j Other wins were recorded by Ric Eldredge, Phi Delta Theta; Bob TeetseU, Sigma Nu; Charlie Kunkel, Lambda Chi Alpha; Dave Jones, Theta Chi; Ralph Houp, Acacia; Bob Lackey, Pi Lambda Phi: • Bud Kohlhaas, Delta Tau Delta and Carroll McDonnell, Al pha Chi Sigma. Penn State's freshman basketball team seeks its third straight victory when it plays the University of Pittsburgh’s frosh tonight prior to the varsity tilt. The Nittany Cubs have a 3-2 record for the season. One of the two losses was suffered at the hands of the little Panthers. Pitt defeated the Lions-’ ■ on January 25. 60-52. The other; Dumars both plaved with each toss was a 67-51 verdict at the other at Sharon—last Years Penn hands of the Navy Plebes. Jsylvania Class A champions. On the credit side, the Nittanies Fridley i* an excellent re gained 87-54 and 75-48 wins over; bounder and scored 14 points the Altoona Center and beat in the last contest between the Buckneu, 71-46. ( two toes. Sulyalc led the scoring In the first Lion-Panther en- I in the last encounter, with IS counter, the Nillany Cubs fal- j points. The former stands at fared after being tied at the j 6*5“ and the latter is' §'4'\ half. 28-28. Frosh Coach Don ; After tonights game, the Nit- Swegan said. "If we play like 'tany Cub l ! have one remaining we did against BuckneU. we hit with the Buckr.ell Frosh a*t should be able to defeat Pitt, (Lewisburg. We hare improved defensively . ——• and Dumars moves the team ; E!GL Chdmpionshibs well offensively. We still lack ' , *” depth, however. and much de- ;“ere; Tickets on Sale pends on our big men if we are • Tickets for the Eastern Inter to win tonight.” collegiate Gymnastics Individual Swegan’s problem of an ade- Championships are on sale in the auate bench will be aggravated Uu et ofllce - 249 Recreation Hall, further bv the absence of John’ The events will be held March 7-3 Stanford. Stanford had made previous committment before to-! , CSe T Veci seats cost and gen night’s contest was scheduled. jcrai admission will be 50 cents. The starting line-up for thej f U?e Nittany frosh will be Jon Musser,;championship events Mark Dumars. Bill Funk, Dick Dibert and either Biff Naylor or Barbell Club Hosts Maryland B °PiuL°expected to counter with! £ lub , h “! s Nick Sutyak, Wr.yne Lockhart. WeiehUl ftine uK “ ar „ y! ™ d i Allen Smith. Harvey Phaienski.’at thK afternrin and John_Fndley. 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