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
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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. Fridley and; rec tive Physical Education Room
<at Recreation Hall.
Basketball Scores
Duke 59. North Carolina 45
Temple 76. Duquesne 40
Brown 81. Columbia 68
Kentucky Wesln 101. E. Tenn 68
Cornell 59, Yale 57
Union ?9, Norwich 65
Indiana. Pa. STC 103. Alliance 90
Indiana State 83, Western Mich 71
Miami Ohio 50, Kent State 48 •
Virginia 77. South Carolina 70
hilarious,
* •
_ exciting,
intimate,
psychological game
By DON CASCIATO
SPORTS SPECIAL SUNDAY
The Daily Collegian Sports
Staff will publish a special
4-page edition tomorrow. The
Sports Special will cover all
three meets with Pitt gym
nastics, wrestling, and basket
ball— the IC4-\'s. and the
WRA Sports Day.
for adults only
PAG? SEVEN!