WEDNESDAY, JANt Engell For '5 By GEORGE Dick Engelbrin elected captain ( Ni 11 an y Lion c: team succeeding 1 Against Manhal year-old junior fr< ran a 26:03 over Penn State cross-ct the third fastes turned in by a Nitt; The only faster against Michigan 25:42.3 against were recorded by i Ed Moran. In the IC4-A meet at Van Cortl New York City, Ei the first Lion fin: eighth in the 140-m: Besides running < Engelbrink has bee asset to the indooi track teams, runnini mile, mile and two In last year’s IC4-A he placed fifth in run. cross-country, m a valuable and outdoor g in the half >-mile events, outdoor meet, the two-mile In 1957, Engelbr half-second off t records in the mi Lehigh to Be 'Real Test' For Undefeated Matmen Despite the lft-10 victory over Colgate in the season's opener three weeks ago, the quality of this year’s Penn State wrestling team is still unknown. But that “mystery” will be cleared up by Saturday night when the Lions host perennially-strong Lehigh at Recreation Building. Even the Niilany grapplers themselves will admit to lha Inferior standing of Colgate's wrestling team in comparison to Penn Stale's. But not so with Lehigh. For the Engineers, like the Lions, are ranked among the top wrestling powers in the country. Add this to the long-standing rivalry between Lehigh and Penn State—4l meets— and one can see why Saturday’s clash is so crucial. It’s too early for Coach Charlie Speidel to pinpoint a starting line up—and even if he did have one he probably wouldn’t reveal it. However, the crafty Lion men tor has indicated that he will probably go along with the one that preformed against Colgate except for a few minor changes. That starting array against Colgate included Joa Cramp at 123, Don Wilson at 138 k. Dan Johnston at 137, Neil Turner at 147, Sam Minor at 157, George Gray at IS7, Hank Barone at 177 and Johnston Oherly at heavyweight: If any changes are made they will probably be done at 137, 157 and heavyweight. Veteran Guy Guccione, who failed to make weight for the Colgate affair, is battling Johnston and sophomore Jerry Seckler, who was eliminated in a pre-meet practice session, is going against Minor. if tha hottest :he campus in a dislocated i :a tilt and may Oberly, one o prospects to hit : years, suffered knee in the Coign JACK w: Start? Hard to Complete only $5.95 v new points, clean spar! timing. tune up ilh parts, condenser, and WIMMHT 502 E. College I ARY 7. 1959 rink Elected Captain Cross-Country Team ‘RENCH s has been .f the 1959 ■oss-country 'red Kerr. tan, the 20- >m Glenside the five-mile >untry course t time ever my harrier. limes—2s:39 Stale and Manhattan— rack captain championship andt Park in igelbrink was sher, placing m field. ink slashed a tie freshman te (4:18) and the half-mile (1:55), which ware set in 1956 by Moran. in other cross-country awards, not be ready for Lehigh, His status is still unknown. How , aver, sophomore Bob GBmour will be available in bis place. Speidel is leaving room for changes in the other weights, too —although they are long shots movements depending on what happens at this week’s practice sessions. These possibilities in clude Bill Hardham at 123, Gor don Danks at 130, Don Barber at 147, Far is at 167, and Ed Haines at 177. However, with Speidel any thing can happen—and it usually does. Graham Shows Interest NEW LONDON, Conn. (JP)—Ot to Graham, a football great, is coming here over the weekend to look over the Coast Guard Aca demy. Since the academy is looking for a head football coach and Graham is available, there’s no secret about the purpose of his visit. If ihe proof reader doesn't ritange this ad if won't make much sense hut I'll write it anyhow. While walking in the moonlight one may become moonstruck, but this is not as bad as becoming lightening struck. There are those who claim that the worst thing to be struck with & pop final. (If you haven't sobered up and looked at tha final schedule yet you may be in this cate gory.) But to throw a little Ught into your dark day of forebodding (that word isn't in the dictionary but it sounds good all the same) the Centre County Film. Lab is offering 20 copies of a photograph for only one dollar. You bring us a pic ture of you and we'll give you 20 copies of it in return for only one copy of I-cannoi-tell a-lia Washington. ;r saysi Hie Caitie County t FikUfc f SUNOCO AD 8-5141 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA + * * Dick Engelbrink ... succeeds Fred Kerr Bob’! Read This IQS W. Beaver Ave. State College Moran was nominated as the most outstanding athlete on the team and Steve Moorhead was elected honorary captain of the freshman harrier squad. Moran was the team’s most con sistant winner during the season. He holds the Penn State records for the mile (4:09.7) and the half mile (1:50.2). In track meets last summer, Moran ran a 4:01.7 mile and a 3:43.7 1500-meters (roughly equivalent to a 4:00.2 mile.) Moorhead—fhe 1958 Pennsyl vania Class "A" schoolboy mile champion missed setting a new freshman cross- country record by just a second in the Gettysburg meet. Walter Cottom was elected head manager for the 1959 team and John Springer was named first assistant. Varsity letter winners includ ed Kerr, Moran, Engelbrink, George Jones, Ernie Noll, Herm Weber. Chick King. Denny Johnson and head manager Dean Rossi. Freshman numeral winners were Mike Miller, Fred Larson, Dave LaHoff, George Machlan, Larry Millhouse, Fred Thorwart, i Denny Dinsmore and Moorhead. Md. Selects Nugent Coach For Football COLLEGE PARK, Md. (JP) The University of Maryland, ap parently seeking to become once again a ranking football power, yesterday chose promising Tom Nugent of Florida State as its new head coach. Nugent, who led FSU to marked success during his six years as head coach and athletic director, takes over from Tommy Mont, who was forced to quit Dec. 8 after three dismal seasons. Nugent was given a four-year! conrtact. The salary was not dis closed. Nugent, 45, took over in 1953 at Florida State, He brought foot ball there from a pickup sport in 1947 to a 1958 record of seven wins and three losses. He is credited with the develop ment of the “I” formation, the so called “typewriter huddle” and the double quarterback forma tion. Before going to Florida he coached four years at VMI. His 10-year coaching record includes 53 wins, 45 losses and 3 ties. His team played Oklahoma State in the Blue Grass bowl Dec. 13. JANUARY GRADS! Drop us a tins or give us a calL We will arrange a prompt interview for you with our Professional Rep resentative Ad dress or ask for MR. RAY SEL LER. Flie Sportseer Rafer Johnson’s selection as the sporting world’s "Man of the Year for 1953 by the nation’s two leading athletic journals—Sports Illustrated and Sport—came as expected to most of the sports popu lus. Johnson, the president of the student body at UCLA, made quite an impression. last summer with his Decathlon performance against the Russians during the State Department-sponsored Euro pean Track and Field tour. - But what is tha towering Negro athlete really like? For the answer to this question we contacted Penn State's talented track man Ed Moran, who made the good-will sojourn along with John son and 58 other American athletes. “Rafer was one of the finest men on the team,” Moran said. “He was very well-liked and seemed very educated. And he took everything in stride. Gaining all that fame didn’t phase him. He didn’t have a swelled head at all and he acted the same after the trip as he did before. “He was one of the most reserved persons I have ever met .. . very quiet and never boisterous. And he only spoke when he had something to say. "Rafo was real nice to the kids, too. He took a couple cartons of Tootsie Rolls" with him and everyplace we went tha kids flocked to him. They loved him." “Did he get involved in any amusing experiences?” we asked. “It’s funny you’d ask that,” Moran laughed, “for he did. He bought a guitar in Moscow and played it throughout the rest Of tha trip—Poland, Hungary and Greece. He had a very nice voice and he could really play that guitar. He kept us laughing all the time with his funny remarks.” “Did the fact that he was a Negro affect the Russians in any- way?” "Not in the least," Moran answered. "In fact, our interpreter told us that the Russian* treat the Negroes better than the Whites because they hear that the Negroes are being persecuted over here. The Russians were surprised we had so many Negroes on our team. Over a third of the men's team was made up of Negroes and there were only three or four whites out of 20’ on the women's team." - “How did you enjoy the trip yourself?" was our next question. (Continued on page eight) Pitt Football Game Changed to Nov. 21 The 1959 Penn State-Pitt foot ball game will be played in Pitts burgh on Saturday, Nov. 21, in stead of Thanksgiving Day as pre viously announced. In making the joint announce ment last month,-Penn State ath letic director, Ernest B. McCoy, and Pitt athletic director, Thomas J. 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