PAGE SIX
Maryland, Rutgers Here Tonight
Matmen Face Terps
Seeking 4th Victory
(Continued from page one)
Spcidel. ns usual, is keeping
mum on (he question of a starting
lineup But he has promised a
few surpiises And —as just about
evei v Slate wrestling fan (and
opponent) knows—the way men
tor i« full of surprises.
S p e i d e 1 could go with the
starting team he used last week
against Cornell. That would
find Joe Cramp (0-3) at 123,
Gordie Danks (0-1-1) at 130,
Dan Johnston (5-0) at 137, Neil
Turner (2-1) at 147, Sam Minor
(4-1) at 157, George Gray (2-1-1)
at 167, Hank Barone (2-1-2) at
177 and Johnston Oberly (0-3)
at heavyweight.
However, he could also use Don
Wilson (3-1) at 123 or 130 and Guy
Gundone, whose only appearance
this season has been in a draw
with Lehigh’s Leon Harbold, at
137 or 147 If so, Speidel would
be forced to do a little shifting.
Maryland will countei with a
lineup that features six veterans
in the starting array. They in
clude Dick VanAuken (3-1) at
123, Ray Haney ((1-2) at 130, Don
Santo (2-2) at 137, Nick Biondi
(3-1) at 147, Dick Be.snier (2-0-1)
at 167 and Dick Dean (4-0) at 177.
Leroy Kennedy (1-2-1) at 157 and
either Tom Tucker (0-1) or Ed
Nickla (0-1) at heavyweight round
out the Teirapin alignment.
And last week they made their
best showing of the year when
they almost scored a major upset
against powerpacked Cornell
Volley Ball, Weightlifting Need More Athletes —-
Two Sports Seeking Varsity Status
By BILL BARBER
The possibilities of weighthft-j
ing and volleyball finding a place'
in intercollegiate sports lineups
has taken a turn for the better,
and if enough interest is shown,
it may not be too long before both
ol these sports are repiesented by
Lion varsity teams. '
With volleyball and weighthft-j venience.
ing now claiming distinctive spots; On the other hand, weighthft
in the Olympic Games repertoire:ing has long been a favorite sport
the interests in these two sportsjof many Nittanyites and their
on an intercollegiate basis is grow- enthusiasim has taken form main
mg by leaps and bounds through- lv in the Penn State Barbell
out the nation's universities 'Club. The Barbell Club has long
Two of the principle figures (been interested in promoting
involved in this effort are Dean j intercollegiate W'eightlifting and
Ernest B. McCoy and Tom past year they arranged meets
Hamilton, ahletic director of the [with Penn, Pitt and Bucknell on
University of Pittsburgh. Spear- {a club basis To further this inter
heading the drive for the Nit- |pst, 20 men are now working out
tany Lions in these two sports : in Roe Hall with the aspiration of
are McCoy and Nick Thiel, di- .forming an effective vveightlift
reclor of required physical edu- jmg team .
ealion. i Thiel is now’ attempting to ar-
Tluel claims that if enough in- ( range meets with Maryland and
teiest is shown m these sports,'PM °n an intercollegiate basis
they can be started on a tnak Before competing in the National
basis eaily this spring. Collegiate Weightlifting Cham-
Interest in volleyball at PenmP'onships to be held at Pitt, April
State has fluctuated through theiKk Fred Bellas, professor in the
years. Last year. Lion teams com-JNaval Ordinance Research Lab,
peted against clubs from Pitt,(is Me advisory coach of the
Penn, Maryland and various wcightlifters.
YMCA’s tlnoughout the state. To With weightlifting stars such
finish off the season, the Nittany as freshman Dick Pruger. Na-
tcam tiaveled to the National
Volleyball Tournament. Tom
Slaymaker
graduate assistant.
originally from the University of
Kansas, promoted the Penn State
club last year.
However, this year the inter
est has once again fallen off
Werner Pan-Am Coach
Charles (Chick) Werner, track
and field coach at the University,
has been named head coach of
the 1959 US. Pan-American
Games' men’s track ‘and field
team, Werner is in his 25th year
on the Penn State staff.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Gordie Danks
~. probable 130 starter
Guy Guccione
. . . may get the nod
and as to dale no one has come
forward with any plans for
forming a new learn. In an at
tempt to organize a team, Nick
Thiel has issued a call for any
one interested in volleyball to
contact him in his office at 214
Rec Hall anytime next week or
at their earliest possible con-
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iToChallenge For Previous Loss
Cou6tS! Riddled by injuries but with revenge in their minds the
; Nittany'Lion cagers play host to a pesky Rutgers University
when the Blue and White run-; f i ve after the wrestling meet tonight at Recreation Hall.
gate alongside the West Point! The Lions will be playing without the services of Ted
cadets this afternoon they will bejKubista who is sidelined for the rest of the season with a
racing one of the hottest teams mi
the East. broken ankle. Also on the injured
I The Army boardmen have.list is starting forward Bob Ed
trampled everything that has step-; wards who w ip see limited action
ped into their path this year and! , . ,
! have rung up a total of 400U,i a knee s P ra ‘ n SL ‘ ffered in
points to 151% for their opponents the Navy game Wednesday,
as they have waylaid five eastern | These two were in the starting
.and Ivy League squads. ilineup last month when Rutgers
1 f Th ,u sw i ft . movin « Black the Lions at New Brunswick,
of the Hudson have outjousted «V
MIT, 106-3; Princeton, 95%-13%;j° y "TV „
St. Johns, 08-41: Coinell, 671 a-; _ The Scarlet Knights bring a
48%: and Manhattan, 63%-45%. ; Y" 10 * e ?° rd |n to tonight s game.
Under the heading of out- i Coach Warren Harris hall club
standing individual performers, i h « been playing in streaks all
the Army rollcall accounts for ' *"is year.
such names as Gil Roessler, Bill : They started out the season los-
Hanne, Dick Healy, Dick Greene ing four straight to Penn, Buck
, and Keith Nance. nell, Army ana Navy. Then they
i Nance heads the Cadet field, won two in a row, beating Temple
corps with a 53’ 11%” shotputland Columbia, before losing two
heave that stands as the Army!more to Princeton and Bowdoin.
fieldhouse record. | Following their loss to Bow-
The other four are runners of doin, the Scarlet came back to
notable mention. Healy a n d‘take consecutive wins over Tufts,
Greene are fleet-footed distance Maine, Delaware and the Nittany
men who can both double in the Lions.
mile and two-mite. j Muhlenberg snapped their win
j Roessler is a 7.6 high hurdler i s t rea k an( j Princeton topped them
f. , anne rec ““Y E ®* ionce again. Their last win came
I f ie ldhouse mark in lhe_ 1000- .against CCNY. Since then they
! Yard_ run wifh a clocking of .have lost to Lafayette and Col
> 2:12.7. |
But these front-runners are not 6
the whole team for the West , Sophomore star Karol Sfra
: Pointers are blessed with able " **«• "»■»*» wrtcb on
backers-up and in some events
are three deep with clock-beaters. “ on the lea HJ
Three men have gone under 9:30 and “ ‘he fading scorer with
for the two-mile run and three an IB 'P OlR ‘ averagc *
of the grey-coated milers have He was named to this week’s
, eclipsed 4T9 ECAC All-East team along with
I With the best performers from Penn State’s Mark DuMars.
Army and State pitted against Joining Stralecki in the Scar
'each other, second and third let’s probable starting lineup are
places will have a great effect on captain Bruce Webster, Larry
the outcome of the meet. Kaufman, Fred Homer and Lars
Steensland.
Stralecki led Rutgers’ scoring
attack against the Lions at New
Brunswick with 25 points while
Homer came off the bench to hit
for 21.
Lion coach John Egli will have
to send a revamped starting line
up into tonight’s game due to the
injury to Edwards.
He plans to start Mark Du-
Mars and Wally Colender at
guard. Tom Hancock at center
and Paul Sweetland and soph
Don Wilson at forward.
Wilson hasn’t seen much action
this season but has impressed
with his hustle when he has been
in the lineup. “He's a real hustler
iional Interscholastic Weight
lifting champion last year in
the 165-pound weight class, the
Lion team could develop Olym
pic talent.
Self-development of the two
sports is Thiel’s atm. Weightlifting
clubs such as the York Barbell
I Club make Pennsylvania one of
the powers of the nation as far as
: weightlifting goes.
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Don Wilson
. . . starts tonight
and gives 100 per cent,” said as
sistant coach Stu Kane. “Against
Temple he really scrapped lor
that ball.”
Wilson’s only other start this
season came against Bucknell
when he scored eight points in 18
minutes of action.
The Lions now have a record of
7-6. In their last outing they lost
an overtime thriller to Navy at
Annapolis. Before the loss to the
Middies the Lions had a 3-game
win streak going.
BASKETBALL BANTER Egli
will dress Larry Freedman for to
night’s game . .. Freedman played
for the Lions last year but was
ineligible first semester . . . Du-
Mars had the crowd at the Naval
Academy going wild when he ex
ecuted a behind-the-back dribble
and hit for a two-pointer . . .
Navy is being mentioned as a
possible “at large” team for the
NCAA tournament . . .
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