*nfURDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1959 By JOHNNY B The Nittany Lior grapplers open their 1959-60 wrestling campaign this afternoon at West Point when they take on the Cadets in the first test on their expanded 10-meet schedule. For veteran mat mehtor Charlie Speidel, the meet will marie the beginning of his 34th year at the helm of the Penn Stale grappling squad. Under Speidel’s command the Blue and White matmen have been one of the powers of the East as is verified by “Doc's” coaching record of 1! D victories, 42 defeats and 10 ties. The Lions are opening their schedule a week e; rlier than usual this winter and have added two new opponents to the slate. They meet Colgate and Michi gan, a Big 10 powerhouse, before Christmas vacation, then retne from the mat warfare till Jan. 9 when they renew action against Lehigh. Bob Gilmour’s heavyweight de cision in the final bout gave Spei del’s crew a 15-9 victory over Army last year on its way to a 5-3 season. The Lion lineup niriil be no ticeably rejuvenated this after noon as three sophomores stud the stalling array for the Nit tany nine. Tony Seordo at 123, Art Ravitz at 137 and Ron Pifer at 167 will Colts Battle Giants Seek SAN FRANCISCO (IP) —A seven-year jinx, a yearning for revenge and the National Football League’s Western Division title are on the line today in the Baltimore Colt-49er game. Coach Webb Ewbanks’ defending champion Colts have never won a game in San Francisco Coach Red Hickey’s uprising 49ers have never won a title and! they’re still burning from a hu-! miliating 45-14 trampling by the 1 Colts Nov. 22. i The winner of today’s national ly televised game will clinch at least a share of the division title The 49ers, who figured Jo go nowhere ibis season, now sport a 7-3 record—the same as Balti more's. “Our team is in good shape,” said Baltimore Coach Ewbank. “As for this jinx talk, I don’t think it will affect us. You win with blocking and tackling. The past doesn’t mean a thing.” How badly do the 49ers want to avenge their loss to Baltimore? "Oh, these fellows are grown men," said Hickey. "We don’t have to remind them of the past." Nevertheless, every hunk of wall space in the 49er training camp, every mirror, even the scales are decorated with signs: “Beat the Colts.” PITTSBURGH (JP) Once again the Pittsburgh Steelers are underdogs for their National Foot ball League game tomorrow, this time against the Bears at Chi cago. Steeler coach Buddy Park er couldn’t care less. Last Sunday Pittsburgh was picked to lose by four points to the Philadelphia Eagles. The score: Steelers 31, Eagles 0. Pittsburgh also was on the short end of the odds in previous games with the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants. The Steelers won both. While Pittsburgh bo; game winning streak, are doing even bettf Student Shopping Days in State C men Open af JOHNSTON OBERLY get their first taste of varsity com-i petition on the West Point mats.! Scordo, twice a schoolboy dis trict champ at Tyrone, drew the nod over Tom Canty, a transfer from Auburn, to start - for the Lions in the lightest weight clas sification. Raviiz, co-captain of last year’s freshman mat squad, will carry the Blue and White ban ner at 137. He had a good year Jinx; Title on a five-game streak. That’s probably the reason they’re sev en-point favorites. That and the fact the Steelers have never beat en the Bears in Chicago. NEW YORK (TP) A compari son of injury lists yesterday boost ed odds favoring the New York Giants to whip Cleveland in to morrow’s big game here and thus clinch the Eastern Division title of the National Football League. The Giants say they're in the best shape of the season—with only George Shaw, one of the quarterbacks, not ready to an swer the call. But the Browns are “hurting.” “We’re in the worst physical shape in a long time,” says Coach Paul Brown. Two key linemen—tackle Mike McCormick and guard Jim Ray Smith—are reported definitely lost. Halfback Ray Renfro has a pulled high muscle. Fullback Walt Michaels has a broken hand and Lou Groza, tackle and kick er, is bothered by back trouble. Lion Stickmen Successful While not considered by any means a powerhouse in lacrosse, Penn State opposes some of the toughest teams in the East. Last season the'Lion stickmen managed their first winning season since 1956 by posting a 5-4-1 record. TURKEY SHOOT SUNDAY Transportation leaves Water Tower at 12 Noon Program: RIFLE 2 Hours ARCHERY f Hour SHOT CUN 2 Hours PENN STATE OUTING CLUB jsts a four the Bears r. They're THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA ★ ★ ★ . junior heavyweight * ★ * ★ ★ * "DOC" SPEIDEL . . . starts 34th campaign ★ ★ ★ for fhe Lion Cubs, going through the dual meets undefeated and coming in second in the Wilkes Open Tourney over the Christ mas holidays. Pifer, a 157-pound sensation for the frosh last winter, and a former high school state title holder from nearby Bellefonte, will get the varsity test at 167. Phil Myer, the fourth sopho more in the lineup, will wrestle AL Will Ignore Frick's Ideas On Expansion MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (/P) The American League will ignore Commissioner Ford Frick’s sug gestion to take a definite stand on expansion, it was learned yester day. Instead the AL will merely an nounce that, upon the recommen dation of its three-man fact-find ing committee, it plans to “ex plore further” the poss : bility of expansion. This announcement, expected to be made Monday when the major leagues open their three-day con vention, undoubtedly will draw fire from Branch Rickey’s Contin ental League, which also will con vene here Tuesday. The National League is expected to announce that it has no plans to expand. “If the American League does make such an inconclusive an nouncement,” said a Continental League franchise holder who! asked not to be identified, “it will] prove once and for all that the] majors are determined to sabo tage our efforts to become a third] big league. “They merely are trying to keep us hanging on the ropes, and con-: fusing us, unfortunately, they are succeeding.” “The commissioner has ordered! the American and National Leagues to put up or shut up on! the subject of expansion. They’d! better listen to him or they’ll be in for a lot of trouble.” For CLASSIFIEDS Call UN 5-2531 Army for the Lions in the newly-in stalled 191-pound class. Myer was the 177-pounder for last year’s frosh, but earned his 191-pound varsity assignment by beating John Trojan in a thrilling, 2-overtime elimination match. Trailing 5-3, Myer scored a takedown on Trojan in the last 10 seconds of the regular time, then won the match in the sec ond overtime period. Gordie Danks, a senior letter man from Ithaca. N Y„ will go at 130 and Nittany captain Sam Mi nor, a Carmichaels senior, will hold down the 147-pound job. Junior Jerry Seckler, another New Yorker from the hamlet of Valley Steram, earned a varsity letter last season, and will be Penn State’s 157-pound represen tative. Senior veteran Hank Barone j will be back at his old familiar 177-pound post. The two-year lelterman won five times and drew once in eiqhl matches in his junior campaign. Johnston Oberiy, a 250-pound junior from Asbury, N. J„ rounds out the Nittanys lineup in the un limited-division. Oberiy reached the semi-finals of the national tourney after compiling a 2-3-1 record, in dual meet competition last year. Next weekend Speidel’s team travels to Colgate for another away meet before making ils first home appearance of the season Dec. 17 against the Wolverines ’from the University of Michigan. Penn Seniors Refuse Post-Season Bowi Bids PHILADELPHIA (JP) Two University of Pennsylvania sen iors yesterday passed up bids to post-season all-star games after they were told their participation might result in Penn’s forfeiting its Ivy League title. Fullback Jack Hanlon had ac cepted an invitation to ptay in the North-South Game. Halfback Fred Doelling had been asked to olay in the Copper Bowl game. Both are on Dec. 26. Dr. Arthur H. Scouten. chair man of the committee on eligibil ity, said the two would violate the Ivy League and the Eastern Col lege Athletic Conference agree ments if they played in an all-star game. IM Boxing-- (Continued from page 10} of Phi Delta Theta took the eve-| ning’s only split decision as he; solved a fine defense by Donald Dixon of Sigma Pi in the 142- pound class. ! . & WE’VE GONE Uulomalic! .» ■ m P: BRUNSWICK AUTOMATIC PINSETTERS FEATURING THE 'Bft/WV Fost, Accurate Pin Spotting, Plus Top Scoring Action ■ Against The Finest Automatic Yet Developed CENTRE LANES 1600 N. ATHERTON STATE COLLEGE NEXT TO J&L BAR-B-QUE Phi Gam iWins In IM Cage Phi Gamma Delta barely edged Sigma Pi bv a score of 19-18 in IM basketball as Scott had 7 points for the winners. Sigma Nu and Pi Kaopa Al oha battled to a ‘l5-21 final with Sii?ma Nu finally pulling it | out in the last few minutes Jim SuDli/io led all scorers with 8 points Atoha Phi Delta stomped Kap pa Sig, 49-13. The victors featured a three-pronecd attack as Joe | Smysor racked up 13 markers nd I Bob Zamboni and John H.vkes ieach tallied 12. In another game which Droved disastrous for the losers, Phi Siama HeUa' trounced Pi Kaopa Phi, 37-lfi, Larry Oreen bero paced Phi Sig with 13 points. Triangle forfeited to Lambda Chi Aloha in the other fraternity contest Ed Sieeue/ scored 20 points as Nittany 38 downed Watts I, 29-22. Nittanv 28 topped Nittany 31, 31-2°, with Lou Dix taking scor ing honors with 13. Nittany 22 rounded cut inde pendent action with a 34-27 concraest of Nittany 41. T v, “ big nun for th° winners was Roger Tolh wilh 12 ooinls. The indies also had one forfeit. Nittanv 34 dropoed that one to Nittanv 25. 3 Linksmen Lead Cora! O^en CORAL GABLES, Fla. f/Pi Don Bisolinghoff of Chattanooga. Tenn.; Bill Johnston of Provo. Utah, and Dow Finsterwald of Tequesta. Fla . reached the half wav point of the .V’t.OOO Coral Gables Ooen Golf Tournament veslerdav with a triple tie for the 'ead. each with a 4-under-pat 138 fcr 36 holes. Seventeen players were oar 14? or better for the distance, with three deadlocked one stroke be hind the leaders Jim Ferree of Crystal River. Fla.; Doug Sand ers of Miami Beach, and .Tav Hebei t of Sanford, F'a , each had 138 Julius Boros of Mid Pines N.C., the first-round leader with 67, could do no better than 73 Fri day. His total left him in a four wav tie, three strokes behind the leaders —A dead person may vote, le gally, if he mails an absentee bal lot and then dies before election day. OPEN 9 A.M. to 1 A.M. AD 8-1431 PAGE ELEVEN
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