THURSDAY, APRIL 2, /959
Oberlyß
In NCA
Although the East in
NCAA wrestling tournan
State's matmen weren't at
Four Easterners won i
tourney, but the best an'
do was to reach the cham
ship semi-finals.
Heavyweight lohnston 0
ly reached the semi-final r
before losing to Oklah
State's Ted Ellis on a fal
2:23. The pin was somewhat
bious since Oberly injured
ribs seconds before it occu
and was unable to operat
his best!
Because of the injury, C.
had to forego the battle for
place. This meant elimii
from the consolation semi
and thus no place points
Earlier Oberly had beate
lahoma's Dale Lewis on
eree's decision' and had s
Northwest Missouri State'
Doyle. _ _
Sam Minor, the Lions 147-
pound entrant, got as far :s the
consolation semi-finals b ore
bowing out. He was whip; •d in
the preliminary round cy the
eventual 147-pound runn.r up
Jerry Frude of Wyoming. 9-3.
But he came back to eliminate
Big Ten champ Jim Innis of Wis
consin, 2-1, and Bill Peterson of
Cornell (Iowa), 4-0, before losing
to Oklahoma State's Bob Wilson,
5-4
Coach Charlie Speidel's mix
other entry, George Gray, was
stopped in the preliminary
round by Michigan State's 167-
pound Big Ten titlist. Jim Fer
guson, 8-2.
Three of the East's individual
national champs had copped El-
WA titles just two weeks ago and
the other new Eastern NCAA
kingpin had finished second in
the EIWAs to a fellow national
champ.
achesSem is 18 Lettermen
Tourney
general fared rather well at the
ent at lowa last weekend, Penn
le to share in the glory.
ndividual titles at the 29th annual
1 of the three Lion entries could
du
his
ed
at
berly
third
•ation
finals
It all.
1 Ok
ref-
- IPPed
Torn
JOHNSTON OBERLY
Cornell's Dave Au b 1 e, 123,
Lehigh's Ed Hamer, 167, and
Syracuse's Art Baker. 191, were
the champs who had previously
grabbed Eastern crowns—Ruble
at 123, Hamer at 177 and Baker
at heavyweight. Yale's Andy
Fitch, who had been beaten in
the EIWA finals by Auble, won
the 115-pound national title.
Incidentally, in the champion
ship final, Fitch beat Toledo's
Dick Wilson, a brother of the
Nittanies' 123-pound wrestler Don
Wilson.
In winning their national
crowns, Auble and Hamer were
forced to eliminate two other
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Return For
'59 Season
(Continued from page one)
depending on them for bench
strength.
Four experienced men will fight
for the two guard slots vacated
by Wehmer and Ruslavage.
All four—Bud Kohlhaas, Bill
Popp, Frank Korbini and Sam
Stellatella—saw action last year.
Center will be one of the tough
est spots to fill, according to En
gle. That's where All-East center
Garban played a year ago.
As of now, Engle has letterman
Wayne Berfield and Jim Graham
ready to battle for the slot along
with some promising freshmen.
The backfield is fairly strong.
with Richie Lucas returning at
quarterback and Captain Pat
Botula back at fullback. Both
are All-American possibilities.
Dick Hoak, a halfback last sea
son, but a quarterback as a frosh, l
may be switched to quarterback
to back up Lucas but Engle said
that move would be made only if
it is absolutely necessary. Other
wise he will stay at half.
In another experiment, Engle
plans to move fullback Sam Sob
czak to half. Sobczak played at
both spots last season.
The big "ir' in the backfield is
Eddie Caye. Caye, a sparkplug on
the 1957 team, was expected to
start at halfback last season but
a knee operation kept him out of
(the lineup all year.
Title Leader in East
. . . injured again
Penn State boasts more indi
vidual National Collegiate cham
pions than any other school in
the Middle Atlantic district.
Paced by track and gymnastics, ,
the Nittany Lions claim 42.
Princeton is the district team
leader with 12.
Harnett
To Win
Don Harnett of Tau Kappa each other in the THE showdown,
Epsilon became' the fraternity have teamed up to win the frat
handball champ just before the ernity handball doubles crown
Easter vacation when he whipped for the past two years. The inter
his "brother," Bob Campbell, fraternity clash became unavoid
-21-10, 21-14. (able when four Tekes came down
after iwo years of trying, Mr.: to the semi-finals.
nett finally captured the crown.l _Harnett, favorite to win the
The match was delayed four days, tourney, controlled his match
because Campbell was called outi with Campbell, but found Camp
of town over the weekend pre- bell as his toughest opponent,
ceeding the vacation. They fin- point-wise. ro the r" Charles
ally played Tuesday morning at Bibleheimer was the only other
11 o'clock. foe to get more than 20 points
Harnett and Campbell, facing! (Continued on page eight)
Capparrellis Tavern
"A Penn State tradition in fine Italian food"
Pizza
Ravioli
All Food Served from 11 a.m. to Closing
All legal beverages
at the best prices
Al the corner of Pugh and Beaver Sfs.
Coming
April 15-16
All-University
Career Day
More than 34 organizations
representing all phases of
Business, Industry and
Government will be present
discuss your future.
Everyone Is Invited!
Whips TKE Brother
1M Handball Crown
at the
HUB
All
Students
Invited
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Spaghetti
Cavetelli
take-out
service