IfIURSDAY. NOYMBEit 30. 1961
1967-62 Wrestlin
Grapplers Lack Experience
PHIL MYER
Sophomores Must Come Through for Spidel
Penn State's rabid wrestling fans who've been accustomed
to seeing a powerhouse on the mats at Rec Hall may be in
for a let-down next Saturday when the Lions open at home
against Navy.
"We've been 1-2-3 in the East for the past 10 years, but
this season we may surprise a lot of people by falling down," Lion
coach Charlie Speidel said yesterday after watching his grapplers
work out.
The peppery little coach, who is beginning his 36th year here,
said that State will be relying heavily on sophomores to better last
year's 6-4 record. "We're young and will have to get our noses rubbed
into the mats a few times before we shape up," he said.
Speidel's big problem will be to find replacements for Eastern
champions Dan Johnston and Johnston Oberly. Johnston won the
137-pound title last year and Oberly won his second straight heavy-I
weight crown.
Speidel isn't sure who will replace the graduated stars, but he
does have an Eastern champion back and two seniors who finished
strong last year.
Ron Pifer is the Lions top wrestler and he'll return to defend
his 147-pound eastern title. Last year Pifer started slowly but
made a dazzling late-season comeback that carried him to a 7-3
record and a second place finish in the NCAA tournament.
Pifer will co-captain this year's team along with Phil Myer,
who wrestled his way to a 6-3 season in the 177-pound class last
year.
The third senior that Speidel is counting on is State College's,
John Barone. Barone only had a 2-4-1 record but wrestled well in
his late season matches last year in the 167-pound division. He'll
face stiff competition from teammate Bill Polacek, who lettered
last season.
In the
_lightweight classes the Lions will have two returning
lettermen plus a flock of sophomores.
Denny Slattery, 6-4 last year, will battle with sophomores
Mark Piven- and Ray Nunamaker for the starting nod in the 123
pound class. Piven was one of the best wrestlers on last year's
freshman team.
In the 130-pound division sophomore Bob Haney and senior
Tony Scordo will give State a strong entry. Scordo had a 4-6 mark
last season and Haney showed promise as a frosh.
The Lions will be inexperienced in the next two classes with
sophomores figuring to get the starting nod. Either Dick Campbell
or Steve Erber will start in the 1737-pound class and George Ed
wards seems to have the job at 147.
Pifer, Barone and Myer will ; - tandle the middleweight classes,
but two more sophomores will handle the heavyweight slots. Dick
Walker will start in the 191-pound class and Bill Anders has the
inside track in the heavyweight division.
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