TUESDAY. MARCH 22. 1 NCAA Slated Charlie Speidel’s gra co-champions of the ! Intercollegiate Wr e s Association tournamei travel to the Univer Maryland this weekend ticipate in the Natior legiate Athletic Ass: tourney Thursday t h :■ Saturday. Penn State and co-tit] Pitt will be the top eastei sentatives in the national which has been domiri Big 8 teams for the years. Oklahoma Slate. Oi and lowa Slate have w| 1-2-3 in the NCAA's | straight years and wil east with powerful aggit again this spring. The Sooners just upset the Ag gies in the Big 8 Conference championships at Lincoln, Nebras ka. last week. lowa State re mained in its familiar third posi tion. The NCAA tournament will wrap up the season for the Nit tany Lion grapplers who com piled an 9-0-1 record during the dual meet campaign, then cap tured a share of the eastern crown at Princeton two weeks ago. There will be a couple changes in the upperweight divisions of the Nittany lineup. Hank Barone, who posted an 8-0-2 slate in the 177-pound class! this winter will drop down to 167 in place of Jerry Seckler, who finished second to Lehigh’s Thad Turner in the Easterns. Seckler battled Lion captain Sam Minor for the 147-pound slot in three of the tightest matches of the year. Minor retained his right to the 147 berth by winning two of the three matches, which were all decided by one point. 4at Tourney t Maryland pplers, Eastern tling it will JHHHk i f »ity of to par al Col jciation ough e holder rn repre tourney ated by last two klahoma ound up {for two jl storm egations r > HANK BARONE .. . drops to 167 for nationals Phi Sig, SPE Win In IM Basketball Two fraternities and four inde-j pendents advanced one step fur-' ther towards the IM cage crown 1 last night by gaining wins in the) “sudden death” championship! play-offs. The championship game for both loops will be played this! Friday evening. Footballer Stu Barber dumped l in 22 points for Sigma Phi Epsilon in a losing cause as a well bal anced Alpha Phi Alpha squad de feated SPE, 40-35. Phi Sigma Delta, with Larry Freedman a former varsity play er hitting for 15 points, downed Chi Phi, 34-20. Independent ac tion' saw Cambria defeat Nittany 32, 42-24; the Phakes down Maple House. 41-25; the Masters squeak by Nittany 25, 43-40; and Nittany 24 whip House of Davey, 31-27. EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND THE NEWMAN CLUB'S ANNUAL MARRIAGE FORUM SERIES 7 PM TONIGHT TOPIC- BIRTH CONTROL" SPEAKER - FATHER JOHN ZIEGLER THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Buc Hopes Hinge on Comebacks Associated Press Sports Writer FT. MYERS, Fla. (/P)—Too many Pittsburgh players had bad years in 1959. All, or near ly all of them must come back if the Pirates are to figure prominently in the National League pennant race in 1960. Manager Danny Murtaugh didn’t say it exactly that way but he gave every indication that is what he meant. Murtaugh said: "We’re not a fence busting club so it looks like we'll have to rely on our old formula—on defense and pitching." Pittsburgh’s pitching doesn’t shape up too good, either, unless such young moundsmen as Ben nie Dariiels, Jim Umbrecht and southpaw Joe Gibbon continue to impress as they have done so far! this spring. Red Witt and Curt Raydon, along with Don Gross, [who were victimized by sore larms last year, are still question ! marks. Murtaugh has three starters he [can rely upon—Vern Law, Har vey Haddix and Bob Friend. Dan jiels looks like his fourth starter The salvation of the staff may be little Elroy Face, just as he was! last year when he racked up 18 victories, 17 in a row, against 1 onlv one loss. Dick Stuart, the defense-less first. baseman, will have to carry the home run load again. I unless Skinner's bat comes to life. The big fellow hammered 27 homes runs last year and was the only Buc to hit more than 13. Only two others—Skin ner and catcher Smoky Burgess I —reached double figures in four-baggers. By JOE REICHLER HUB ASSEMBLY ROOM Lane, Harris Feud Over White Trade SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (/P) An increasingly bitter Boston- Cleveland feud ignited by the retirement of traded catcher Sammy White yesterday moved toward the baseball com missioner for settlement. Bucky Harris, Boston Red Sox general manager, angrily said Frank Lane, Cleveland In dians GM, had made accusations of fraud. i Harris, denouncing Lane as vi cious, insisted he acted in good faith in trading White and Jim [Marshall to Cleveland for catcher ißuss Nixon. White promptly devote full time to his investment in a new Boston bowling alley. Lane demand ed return of Nix on. Harris re fused. Lane protested in wires to Tom Yawkey, Boston owner, and to Ford Frick, base ball commission- „ er Soromy Whrt» Harris said Lane accused the Sox of trading White aware the veteran receiver planned retire ment. Harris conceded White was hopeful of not being traded. "But I told him he was subject to trade like any other ball play er although there was nothing doing at the time of contract signing." i “If,” Harris concluded, “the i commissioner decides against the Red Sox it could ruin the whole structure of baseball.” Skate Queen Engaged NEW YORK (/P) The en gagement of Carol Heiss, world and Olympic figure skating cham pion, to Hayes Alan Jenkins of Akron, Ohio, a former champion, was announced Monday by Ed ward Heiss of Ozone Park, Long [lsland, Carol’s father. No date for the wedding was set. PAGE ELEVEN Bayer Takes St. Pete Open On Clutch Shot ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (/P)— George Bayer sank a chip shot from four feet off the green yes terday for a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with Jack Fleck of Los Angeles, and won the $15,000 St. Peters burg Open Golf Tournament. The massive power shooter from Gleneagles, 111., and Fleck, play ing in the final threesome to come in, tied at the end of 72 holes at 282. Fleck put a long chip shot a foot from the pin for a cinch par four on the 290-yaid extra hole, and then it was up to Bayer. He came through for first money of $2OOO. A stroke behind the two lead ers at the end of 72 holes were Fred Hawkins of El Paso, Tex., and Ken Venturi of Palo Alto, Calif., and alone at 284 was Ar nold Palmer of Ligonier, Pa., who was trying for his fourth straight tournament tour victory. j Carson Will Play For Houston Oilers ATDANTA (fP) A former slat end for the University of Geor gia and the professional Washing ton Redskins is coming out of football retirement this fall. John Carson announced Sunday he has signed a contract to play I for the Houston Oilers of the new [American Football League. Car son said the Houston offer was more than he received for any of his six seasons with Washington.
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