PAGE TEN Seckler, Turner Puzzled By Sub-Par Performances Overall, Penn State’s wrestling team.has had a fairly successful year, but for Neil Turner and co-captain Jejrry Seckler, the season seems like a bad dream. Both wrestlers hope the nightmare ends soon. Turner and Seckler—both 147-pounders—are two reasons why Penn State was ranked seventh in pre-season polls Seckler was 9-0-1 lasi year and was runner-up in Ihe EIWA tournament. Turner didn'l wres tle lasl year bul he was 3-2 as a sophomore in 1958-59. With two, wrestlers of such tal ent in one weight class, strategists felt that Lion Coach Charlie Spei dol could safely use either one at 147 or, if necessary, juggle his lineup and still feel confident of victory. But with 60 per cent of the sea son gone, Penn State has won only one match in the 147-pound division in six outings. Turner has yet to win in three tries. Seckler is 1-2, wrestling once at 167. Ray Connell, a sub for Turner and Seckler in the Michigan meet, is 0-1. Turner started in the opener against Army and lost a 4-3 deci sion- to A 1 McElhofe. Seckler went against West Virginia and pinned Howard Lester. Connell stepped in againsi Michigan when inpeligo side lined hoih Turner and Seckler. He put up a good fiqhi against Jim Blaker, one of the lop 147- ponnders in the nation, losing 6-0. Highly touted Bob Gun s t stopped Seckler in Lehigh’s] smashing 24-8 victory over the] Lions, outscoring him, 6-1. licj moved to 167 against Cornell and; lost 4-0 to A 1 Marion, the 157-j pound EIWA charnn. j Turner started the Lions’ last; two meets and lost both times —... 4-3 to Denny Makarainen of Cor-! have ?one either way nell and 8-4‘to Pat Varre of Mary-! Neither Turner nor Seckler land Saturday night. | can explain I the unforseen turn "I iust couldn’t get my moves; events, but both are look Saturday night.” Turner said yes- »«g forward to better things in terday. “I was in my best shape of nex * * our matches, the year but he was fast.” Turner Seckler is confident that the was soundly beaten by Varre. a Lions will raise some eyebrows former Bald Eagle Nittsny star, in the remaining meets. “I think but his other two losses could we can go all the way,” he said. Johnson Favored to Win Title MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (/I 5 ) —on the title long before Bowdry, Harold Johnson of Philadelphia 23, had any ideas cf a pro fight zoomed to a solid .1-1 yes ca r The Philadelphian had one delay as he and Jesse Bowdiy shot at the crown , ]osing by a took (hen tinal wotkouts for their kllockout (o Archie in the a.)-ronnd battle for the Ndlional 14th round j n Madison Square Boxing Associalicm ve son of the, d New York, Aug. 11, 1954. world light heavyweight chain- ’ . . ..... ~ . „ , pionship at Miami Beach Convcn- ff was f meeting, and tion Hall tonight. Moore had won three of the pre- Promotcr Chris Dundee con-iy lo os four, none .itle matches. It tinned to predict a crowd of B,oooj is f° r ancient Arelne s vacant and a $50,000 gate, both of which!throne Johnson and Bowdry will would be records for the big he fighting tonighL The NBA an na. The previous high marks ejected Archie for lsiluie to put were 4,500 and $28,000, set in thejthe crown on the line in a rca opening fight show in 1958 beC sona hle time, tween Johnny Butso and Joe ! Johnson hasn’t fought in nine Brown. j months and Bowdry has had only The main event is scheduled for two fights in the last year. He 10 p.m. and will not be on tele-!was knocked out twice by a mid vision or radio. Scoring will be onjdleweight, Henry Hank, in his two the 10-point must system. preceding fights, prompting him Johnson is 32 and had his eye.to go into temporary retirement. PHOTO STAFF MEETING ** c I Tuesday - 6:15 p.m. Attendance Compulsory! THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA By JIM KARL —Collegian Photo bv John Heauee FRIENDLY ENEMIES —Jerry Seckler (top) andXeil Turner (bot tom) are fraternity brothers and good friends but they have battled each other for starting berths at 147 all year. Both have had bad luck, with a lone win between them in six outings, but they look hopefully to State’s remaining four matches. [“Potentially, we’re the bejst team in the East, and I think we’re go ing to prove it.” ! As for his own chances, “the season isn’t over yet,” he said. “I’m optimistic, I have hopes of getting back in there.” Fraternity brothers and the best of friends, Seckler and Turner have been battling each other all year for starting berths. Their matches in tryouts are usually decided by one point or referee's decisions. 1 Both grapplers are hungry com petitors and hate to sit on the S bench. But Ron Piter is firmly en trenched at 157 and the jump to ! 167 is too much, especially for Turner. Have a real The best tobacco makes the best smoke! i ri, ™ v % t L %s% lg * hc ■ t’O Aftt ri>b U. J. lusaelit Tobiccc Co.. Winilop-Sileio, JN. C. Scheffing Says Have Excellent (Another in a series of major league team prospects written under the managers’ own bylines.) Detroit Tigers By 808 SCHEFFING SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (IP) Because this is my first sea son as an American League manager, it will take at least a good part of spring training before I’m able to evaluate the Tigers much less the nine other clubs in our league. The one spot I’m not concerned about is our outfield. We have one of the best in the business with Rocky Colavito, A 1 Kaline, Billy Bruton and Charley Maxwell. Bruton, whom we got from the Braves, will add a lot of speed to to the club and with him in center we’ll be able to move Kaline back to right field where he has always been a standout. The infield is another thing. We may go with rookies ai both second and third. Steve Boros will probably be the third base man. He had a fine year at Den ver last season, hitting .317. Jake Wood, another Denver graduate, and Chuck Collier will battle it out for the second base job. Cottier came to us in the Bru ton deal. He’s an exceptional field er and will stick if he shows us he can hit big league pitching. Chico Fernandez, _ another fine glove man, is the probable short stop. I|j«j% , HERFF-JONES CO. offers you the SGA approved Official Penn State Class Ring at NEW Price Savings Weight 12 dwi 14 dwf* 16 dwa* PRICE INCLUDES: ★Stone setting of your choice, either buff top or faceted ★Pearmaseal backing behind stone selling* ★ 10k. Gold in either Yellow Gold or Green Gold Your choice of finish ★Personal initials and degree engraved inside band Orders taken every Monday evening and AH day Saturday at Mark Butler Jewelry 111 E. Beaver -- opposite Post Office cigarette-have a CAMEL TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1961 ' At first base, it’ll be between Larry Osborne and Norm Cash. Osborne won the American Asso ciation batting championship. Cash is a good hitter who’ll have to sharpen up his fielding. He can also play the outfield and we’ll play him there if necessary. The pitching and catching de partments are also unsettled at this time. Last year, Don Mossi, Ray Narleski and Paul Foytacfc all came down with injuries and were lost to the club for con siderable periods. If they’re back in shape, we’ll have no trouble. Jim Bunning and Frank Lary are two experienced right-handers. Bunning can do considerable better than his 11-14 record of last season. Harry Chiti, Dick Brown and Mike Roarke are the catchers. Brown has a lot of power, but doesn’t hit for a high average. Chiti is the most experienced of the three. Base Fed. Tax State Tax Total $31.00 3.10 1.24 $35.34 $33.00 3.30 1.32 $37.62 $35.00 3.50 1.40 $39.90 iftllSg^llßpSii ■yyyy‘/Av:->-yv-\^ \ * / > V / s'//* • *V>//.:.:>/v:v:vy/xv:<r:V^^ I immmmMmmm Tigers Outfield f ' Wi r ' 5
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