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LAST MINUTE ADVICE—Lion wrestling coach Charlie Speidel
gives his caplain George Edwards a few pointers before his
match against unbeaten Carl 'Capra. Stale will meet Cornell
today at Ithaca, N.Y., on the first leg of a three>meet road tour.
Lightweights May
Cornell-State Mat
By Jl'M BUKATA
Assistant Sports Editor
A rugged battle is shaping
up in the lightweight divisions
today when Penn State wres
tles Cornell at Ithaca, N.Y.
Cornell wrestlers have yet to
lose a bout at 130, 137, or 147
pounds, posting 7-0 records at
each division.
The Lions’ overall strength also
lies in the lower weight classes.
Bob Haney at 130 pounds and
captain George Edwards at 147
pounds are both unbeaten in four
bouts while Dave Thiel has re
corded two wins against a loss
and a draw at 137 pounds.
HANEY WILL face Jim Mel
drim in their 130-pound bout. The
two met last year at Rec Hall
when the Lions beat the Big Red,
22-8, and Haney scored a -4-3 de
cision.
In his bid to remain unbeaten,
Edwards will face Carl Capra,
who has taken over this year for
letterwinner Denny Makarainen.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
Thiel will face one of the out
standing sophomores in the East
when he wrestles Joe DeMeo.
The 137-pound sophomore has
not only ( won seven straight
bouts, but has also beaten out
Tom Jones, a letterman who won
10 matches last year against a
single defeat.
Denny Slattery, the other Lion
lightweight, will take a 2-2 record
into his 123-pound bout against
Neal Orr. Orr has won four and
lost two this year.
LION COACH Charlie Speidel
will make one change in his line
up today, -substituting Art Weiss
at 157 pounds for Chuck Beatty.
Weiss earned the position in a
wrestle-off earlier in the week.
He will meet Glenn Grenn, who
has a 1-4 record.
Another top battle shapes up at
167 pounds when the Lions’ Marty
Strayer will meet undefeated Pete
Cummings, a fourth place fin
isher in ' the Easterns last year.
Strayer. is 3-1 for the season, his
only loss coming in -the Lehigh
meet. ‘ ~
Mike Gill will face the Big Red’s
EYES WIN Denny Slattery,
State's 123-pound senior, hopes
to end a two bout losing streak
tonight .when he meets , Cor
nell's Neal Orr. After winning
his first two. Slattery has run .
into rough, going, losing two.
Decide
Match
Mike Wittenberg in the 177-pound
class. Gill, although just sopho
more, put on a great show" in a
losing, effort last week at Rec
Hall against'Maryland.
Big Ed Pohland-dropped'down
from the unlimited class-to 191
today to wrestle Keith Oli'n (0-2),
while Dick Walker moves into the
unlimited weight class.against Joe
Bruchac.
Coach Jimmy. Miller’s ; squad
has a fine 5-2 record this season.
CARVER CLINTON
i Frosh Gagers, Grappiers
| Shoot for Read Victories
j§ Both the Penn State freshman basketball and wrestling
§? squads will be on, the road today in an effort to up their season
|1 marks. ■ -
|| • The wrestling team faces unbeaten Cornell at Ithaca, N.Y
| in a preliminary to the Lion-Big Red contest, while Snowy
|| Simpson’s cagers are at Erie for an engagement against Behrend
B Center. .
SIMPSON'S CAGERS will be seeking their thir consecutive
-win 'of the season against Behrend. ||
| The Lions have already polished off Bucknell and the
|j Altoona Ctynpus. . ‘ ||
• ' Starting for the Lions will be Carver Clinton, Ray Saunders, ||
|| Jerry Roseboro and Jim Reed. '
Clinton leads the team in scoring with a 22-point average
in addition to 19 rebounds a contest. Saunders has hit for 17.5
-fsj points a game while Reed has averaged 17.
| DAVE ADAMS' WRESTLERS, 2-1 fop the season, meet f|
|| what the Lion coach calls “the best freshmen squad I have ever -|j
|| seen.” Adams saw the Cornell frosh trounce Lehigh, 37-0, earlier
this season. . ' ~ '- ■ p
In their six meets thus far, the Cornell frosh have given up
ji only 20 points while scoring 204 points. _ B
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On Campus
The Lutheran Service of Worship
Sunday 10 A.M.
Eisenhower Chapel
Sermon: "The New Testament View of Sex"
Lutheran Student Association hears the Rev. Armando Divas
from Guatemala speak on "The eWorld” 6:30 p.m. Sunday
at the Student Center
SATURDAY,. JANUARY 19. 1963
RAY SAUNDERS