FRIDAY. MARCH 24. 1961
Pifer, Johnston Triumph
In MA Mat Tourney
Special to the Collegian
CORVALLIS, Ore., March 23
—Ron Pifer scored a pin and
Dan Johnston won by a deci
sion in the opening round of
the NCAA wrestling tourna
ment here this afternoon.
Pifer wasted little time in pin-
I!ing Lynne Mathews of Oregon
in 2:01 in the 147-pound division.
Johnston outpointed Frank
Addleman of Long Beach State,
4-1, in a 137-pound battle.
(At press time no results were
available on Johnston Oberly's
match in the heavyweight divi
sion.)
In other early round action,
Pitt's John Zolikoff decisioned
Walter Parker of Cornell (Iowa),
5-2.
Larry Lauchle, another Pitt en
trant and two-time runner-up in
the nationals, scored an opening
round victory over Utah's Bob
Hubbard, 9-2. Panther Jim Har
rison was defeated by Harold
Thompson of Nebraska in a 157-
pound match.
Doug Baillie, - Lehigh's 130-
pounder, edged Al Johnston of
Minnesota, 4-3.
Another Lehigh grappler, Kirk
Pendleton, scored an 8-2 decision
over Western Colorado State's
Gene Bower at 157.
Coach Gerry Leeman's En
gineers have entered a nine-man
team in the tourney and repre
sent the East's top threat for
the team title. Pitt has five en
tries and Penn State and Lock
Haven State have three each.
Two Big 8 teams, Oklahoma and
Wettstone Drops Seward
For Disciplinary Reasons
Tommy Seward has beenlnan last year and impressed the
exrts with sho in the
dropped from the Penn StatelPan- pe Americanfine
games w and ings oiym
gym team for disciplinary rea-pic tryouts.
sons. "He was definitely considered
Olympic material," Wettstone
Coach Gene Wettstone saidisaid.
yesterday that he dropped the "Although this hurts our team
sophomore for training violations.
chances the boys are still work
ng
1 hard to make up for his
The loss of Seward practically i loss," he said.
eliminates the Lions from the 1 Weiss is a top contender for
running for their third straight ;the All-Around crown and junior
NCAA championship. The na- !Gerry Schaefer is a favorite on
lianal tourney will be held in ;the flying rings. ,
Champaign, 111., April 6-8.
! Wettstone indicated that there
"We're out of it now as far a siisn't much possibility of Seward
the NCAA title goes," Wettsto n elgetting back on the team.
said. "But I'm sure we'll make a'
i "Any consideration of his re
fine showing anyway."
!turn will depend if he can prove
Seward had been the Nittanies'
!hes worthy of a spot on the team."
second highest scorer all year ands
—John Morris
finished second to teammate Greg!
Weiss in the Eastern tourney ';'''. — :±:":"::'+'':**:**: — :" l ": 44 ÷: — :**:":±:"
earlier this month. 1-...
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Seward came to Penn State Ix
billed as the latest in a long 14-
line of gym greats but he was 1;i:
inconsistent in his performances
all year.
Seward scored well as a fresh-
Donovan Honored
NEW YORK (/P) Eddie Don
ovan of St. Bonaveture has been
named colI e g e basketball's
"Coach of the Year" by the Metro
politan Basketball Writers Asso
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DAN JOHNSTON
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Oklahoma State, are the pre
meet favorites.
Oklahoma State has won the
team title 21 times in the meet's
30-year history.
Last year they dropped to fifth
and Oklahoma took over as the
reigning champion. But .State beat
the Sooners for the Big 8 crown
this year, and must be considered
the team to beat.
Competition will continue to
night on the five mats at Oregon
State's 11,500 capacity Gill Coli
seum. The quarterfinals are sched
uled for tomorrow with the semi
finals and finals on tap for Sat
urday.
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THE DAILY COI.LEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
St. Louis,
Friars Post
NIT Wins
NEW YORK (/P) St. Louis
University smothered Dayton
with a superb defense last night
and gained a 67-60 victory in the
first semifinal of the National In
vitation Basketball Tournament.
Providence beat Holy Cross,
90-83, in overtime in the second
game before a near capacity
crowd of 18,000 in Madison Square
Garden. The Friars now meet St.
Louis in tomorrow's final.
St. Louis, a low-scoring team
which specializes in defense, led
from start to finish and piled up
its highest total in three games
of the tournament. Dayton, the
last surviving seeded team, could
not work its way in close for sure
shots and could not hit on its few
efforts from outside.
St. Louis jumped to an eight
point lead in the first few min
utes, survived a brief Dayton rally
and went on to lead 35-23 at half
time.
Torn Hatton was the high scor
er for Dayton with 16 points and
teammate Pat Allen had 14. For
St. Louis, Glen Mankowski was
the leader with 15. Gordon Hart
weger had 14.
Johnston Resigns
As Warrior Coach
PHILADELPHIA (A) Neil
Johnston resigned yesterday as
coach of the Philadelphia War
riors in the National Basketball
Association. He said it was best
for all concerned, but he didn't
say why.
Johnston submitted his res
ignation to Eddie Gottlieb, own
er of the team, at a brief meet
ing with Gottlieb.
Gottlieb said he did not try
to dissuade Johnston, who has
coached the Warriors to two
second-place finishes in the
NBA,
"I simply accepted his resig
nation," Gottlieb said.
Johnston ended an outstand
ing playing career as center for
the Warriors to become coach
of the team two years ago. Last
season the Warriors were elimin
ated by Boston in the Eastern
Division playoffs. Last wlek Sy
racuse defeated Phil. lelphia
3-0 in a best-of-five series to
determine which of the teams
would meet Boston for the East
ern division title.
Johnston steadfastly refused
to elaborate. He said h- did not
want to put any blame on any
one, adding that the decision
was entirely his own.
Repeat Champ
Penn State's Greg Weiss won
the Eastern Intercollegiate all
i around gymnastics championship
the past two years. He is a junior.
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Becienk Must Plug
Big Gaps in Infield
By JOHN MORRIS
(This is the first in a series on
the Penn State baseball tenni.
Tomorrow, the outfield.)
Joe Bedenk has to come up
with an infield in less than two
weeks and the veteran coach
hardly knows where to start.
The Lions lost three-fourths of
last year's starting quartet and
Bedenk is faced with he task of
filling the holes.
Captain Dick Landis, leading
hitter Larry Fegley and first base
'men Bill Benton and Larry
Beighey all graduated, leaving
only shortstop Bob Hrobak.
"We're starting all over," Be
denk said yesterday, "and with
this snow it's hard to tell how
things will work out.
"We have Hrobak" at short. He
played pretty much last year but
doesn't hit too well," Bedenk said.
Hrobak hit .131 last season as
the Nittanies' regular shortstop,
Junior Bill Burkhart, v ho is
getting a close look from Bedenk,
has been pressing Hrobak for a
starting position this spring. The
rangy infielder appeared in only
one game last year, hitting ; home
run in three trips.
Landis was the Lions third
sacker and leadoff man last sea
son he hit only .191, but drew
plenty of walks.
Junior Don Robinson. who ap
peared in several games last year,
is the leading candidate for Lan
dis' spot.
Second base presents the big
gest problem for Bedenk. Fegley
hit .375 last year and was an all-
District choice.
Bart Brodkin and Carl DeCas-
Flick Wins Second
IM Handball Title
Gene Flick of Tau Kappa Epsi
lon has won the fraternity IM
handball singles championship for
the second straight year.
This is the third year in a row
that TKE has won the champion
ship. Two years ago, Bob Camp
bell won the title.
Flick defeated Ed Bahl of Del
ta Upsilon in the semi-finals. 21-
7, 21-7, and then beat Jim Bush
of Triangle, 21-8, 21-7, for the
crown,
Bruce Blaming took the cham
pionship in the independent divi
sion. Blanning, who was runner
up last year, won the 1961 crown
by defeating Steve Popp; 21-19,
21-8.
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MAKE IDEAL GIFTS FOR EASTER!
pens are after Fegley's spot.
Brodkin, a stocky sophomore,
hit .287 for the freshman team
last year and has looked sharp
in practice. DeCaspers is a con
verted outfielder. A junior, he
was on the roster last year but
didn't see any action.
Beighey and Benton gave Be
denlc a strong duo at first last
season.
Benton started the season, but
the pair split the duties almost
equally in the second half of the
campaign. Beighey batted .348
with 7 RBI and Benton. hit .240
with 9 RBI.
Sophomore Bob Rodenhaver
and junior Eric Whorral are the
leading candidates for the gate
way position.
Rodenhaver didn't play last
year, but seems to be rounding
into shape despite the snow.
Whorral was carried on the ros
ter last season, but couldn't break
into the lineup.
"The whole team could use a
few days outside," Bedenk said.
"They're all new and we've got
a lot to do before we'll know
where we stand.
"Once we get outside, we'll
know better how we're doing.
Right now we're just guessing and
hoping," he said.
Buccos Sock 20 Hits
To Rip Philadelphia, 15-9
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Al The
Pittsburgh Pirates slugged Phila
delphia pitchers Ruben Gomez,
Paul Brown and Wight Siebler for
20 hits yesterday and won the
exhibition game 15-9.
Joe Christopher led the Pirates'
attack with a pair of singles. a
triple and a home run in four of
ficial trips to the plate.
The Phils hit the Pirates' pitch
ing freely, collecting a total of 13
hits. The Phils got seven of their
runs and 10 hits -off starter Ver
non Law.
Homering for the Phils were
Jim Coker, with two on; Bobby
Malkmus, Johnny Callison and
Bob Sadowski. Four of the hom
ers were off Law, a 20-game win
ner last season.
Basketball Scores
NBA
Eastern Division Playoffs
Boston 133 Syracuse 110 (Celtics lend
Lent of. seven series, 2-13
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Semi-I:411dg
St. Linda 67 Dayton 60
Providence 00 Holy CroHi BE
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