PAGE SIX Nite Owl Adams Deserves Job When Sneidel Retires Speculation continues to grow as to who will be nam ed to succeed Penn State wrestling coach Charlie "Doc" Speidel when he retires in March after a 38-year coaching career. And the way things look now the man most de serving of the job may be left in the cold. Some observers feel the position has already been filled. In fact they contend that the man was was told he was hired for the job over two years ago and that he will be officially named when the season ends. However, Director of Athletics Dean Ernest B. Mc- Coy said "no decision has been reached on who will be named the new coach." McCoy said that a committee has been formel to study possible candidates and that they will screen ap plications in order to get the best possible coach avail able for the job. "We'll probably contact six or seven men who we feel are qualified for the position," McCoy said. "We have to ask the permission of the schools where these gentle men are now to allow us to talk with them, though." Then McCoy said the candidates will be narrowed to three or four before a final decision is reached. Listed prominently as likely successors for Speidel's job are Homer Barr. John Johnson, Jerry Maurey, Char lie Ridenour and Dave Adams, all graduates of Penn State. Barr Top Choice Barr, the popular coach of the State College High School Little Lions, appears to be the leading contender to get the job. That is if he hasn't been already picked as most people assume He Was an outstanding wrestler at Clearfield High School under Art Weiss and later a great heavyweight for Speidel. And since taking over at State High, he has molded the team into one of the most powerful aggrega tions in Pennsylvania. During Barr's coaching career the Little Lions went unbeaten in 64 dual meets that covered a five-year span. He was honored for the accomplishment in Sports Illus trated. Johnson was a NCAA champion while wrestling for the Lions. He is now coach of Stevens Trade in Lancast er. The former Clearfield High School star has going for him the fact that he as coached above a high school level. Maurey, the coach at perennial powerhouse Clear field High School, was a great crowd pleaser during his college days at State. He is one of the few persons ever to win four PIAA high school wrestling championships while attending Clearfield High School. Ridenour is prominently mentioned for the spot. He is a State College High School graduate and coached at Penn and Lock Haven State. He also served as an as sistant under Speidel. Then there is Adams. The Bellefonte High School graduate who also captained State appears to be lost in the shuffle for the spot despite the fact that he has served as Speidel's assistant for the past six years. McCoy just about counted Adams out of the picture when he recently said that State was "looking for a man who -had previous head coaching experience.' However, McCoy also said that Adams would be giv en the same consideration as anyone of the other appli cants when the decision is made in the near future. Situation Looks Bleak Yet, as things stand now, the situation looks mighty bleak for Adams. His fate may have been decided over a year ago. It was learned that he had been called in and told that a head coaching job was open in Ohio and that he would be given a top recommendation for the position. McCoy confirmed that Adams had been summoned in but said that anytime a position is open where it is felt that State has an assistant who can qualify, he is told a bout the matter. Thus it looks like Adams' name can be scratched from the list of hopefuls—the highest form of injustice. For if anyone is deserving of getting the position when Speidel retires it is Adams. He has labored as an' assistant under one of the great masters of wrestling. He has acquired not only the wrestling know-how but the psychological strategy from Speidel. And he has personally handled and trained many of the better wrestlers the Lions have had during the past few years. Adams can often be seen working out with members of the team, teaching them new holds and elim inating any bad habits that might have been picked up. And although the name of Speidel helps to lure tal ent to State, it is Adams who has gone out and actually recruited the wrestlers that represent the Lions. "He is one of the big reasons why I came to Penn State." wrestling captain George Edwards said. "He was sincere and honest about the school and laid the facts on the line. And I've found everything to be true that he told me. Coach Adams has also helped me immensely during my college career with his wrestling knowledge. I really gained in experience from listening to and wrest ling with him." In addition to working with the varsity, Adams also coaches the freshmen. He plays a big part in the future of Penn State wrestling by training the squad under Spei del's system. Maybe Speiclel's successor has already been decided upon. If so, and the person isn't Adams, a great miscarri age of justice has been done. If the coach is still to be se lected then Adams is deserving of the job. And to think that Speidel has not even been asked once for his recommendation as his successor. DU,come each Make A New Year's Resolution To Look Your Best This Term With The NEWEST STYLES in Permanents • Coloring and Frostings L- -- \ .) 10 - 20°,0' OFF ON ALL SERVICES Mr. ...Jan -flair Stylus 151 S. Allen Street 238-3201 By JIM BUKATA Sports Editor Lions Win Backcourt By JIM BUKATA Before the basketball season started, Penn State coach John Egli said the success of his team would depend on how it did during the first half of the season. "We play nine of our first 11 games on the road," Egli said. "If we can play .500 ball dur ing this time against some tough opposition then we could have a real good year." The Lions have played seven of the contests already and are sporting a 4-3 record. Included are four straight wins and a title in the Detroit Motor City, Classic. "The team has really come on strong lately," Egli con tinued. "Our club is young and two early defeats like we suf fered against Duke (92-62) and North Carolina State (64-60) could have been disasterous. But they really bounced back against Maryland, Syracuse, Western Michigan and Detroit. And I think we would have done much better against To ledo but the club was tired from playing its third game in four days." Pitt Next Foe Ahead for State are four tough road encounters begin ning with arch rival Pitt at Fitzgerald Field House Satur day evening. Then next Wednesday the Lions play at West Virginia where they haven't been able to win since 1955 and follow this up with games at Syracuse and Colgate, Jan. 17 and 18. The Lions were simply out classed by Duke in the season's opener early in December. The Blue Devils, paced by the great shooting of Jeff Mullins and n overpowering advantage in height, broke to a 20 point halftime lead and turned the game into a one-sided affair in the second half. Carver Clinton and Bob Weiss led State with 21 and 19 points respectively. "We just didn't play good ball in that Duke game," Egli said afterwards. "I think we have a much better club than we showed out there." Lions Lose Again Two nights later at Raleigh it looked like another resound ing defeat at the hands of North Carolina State. The Wolfpack pulled to a 17 point lead with 15 minutes remain ing before the Lions went into a full court press and al-cost pulled out the win. Sophomore TOURNAMENT BOXSCORES Penn State Western Michigan Fg F Tfl F 9 F ill Weiss 10 4.4 24 Street 7 4.6 18 Donato 11 9-12 31 Triplett 10 7-S 27 Saunders 2 0-0 4 Petroft 4 4-5 12 Mahnchak 2 0-1 4 Anderson 4 1.1 9 Avlllion 2 0-0 4 Newsome 12 2-2 26 Clinton 9 6-12 24 Best 0 0.0 0 Hoover 3 0.1 6 Buvsse 0 0-0 0 Thomas 0 0-0 0 Coole 0 0-1 0 Totals 39 19-30 97 Totals 37 18-22 92 Halftime score—Penn State 45, Western Michigan 41. Regulation—time score-84-84. Penn State Detroit Fe F It! Fe F Ttl Weiss 11 13-14 35 Dzik 15 8-9 38 Saunders 1 1-1 7 Murrey 3 2-3 8 Avillion 2 0-0 4 CeCh 3 0-1 6 Clinton 4 4-7 12 Schramm 1 2-2 Donato 6 3-3 15 Hyatt 4 2-2 10 Hoover 1 2.2 4 Watson 2 1-1 5 Malinchak 5 1-2 11 Page .5 2-4 12 Downs 0 0-0 0 Totals 32 24-29 98 Totals 33 17-22 83 Halftime scot e—Detroit 47, Penn State - . NEWIOLLEGE' DINER' Downtown:i3etweerittie.Movies• ALWAYS OPEN THE USED BOOK AGENCY Used Books will be accepted from 9:30 to 5:00 until January 10. Books will be sold from today— beginning at I:oo—until January 14. STORE HOURS Monday - Friday 9:30 - 5:00 Saturday 9:30-12:00 Non Profit THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA Ray Saunders threw in 20 points to pace State while Larry Lakins scored 26 for N.C. State. Yet despite the loss, Egli re mained optimistic about the chances of his team. "Our two backcourt men, Weiss and Bobby Donato had bad games against the Wolf pack," Egli said. "In fact Do nato didn't play well at all on the two game tour and I know he's a much better ballplayer than he showed." Egli Turns Prophet And how right Egli was. The Lions returned home to face a sophomore laden Maryland team in the home opener at Rec Hall and it was Donato and Weiss who sparked State to an easy 91-62 win. Donato had the best night of his college career as he con nected for 30 points. Weiss chipped in with an additional '" 20 while Tom Malinchak hit 15 markers. The Lions even their record at 2-2 with a 95-76 win over Syracuse, and again Donato sparkled. The senior captain tallied 22 points to lead a balanced scor ing attack against the Orange. Clinton had 21 points while Weiss connected for 17. Ron Avillion and Saunders were al so in double figures with 14 and 11 points respectively. Decided Underdogs After a two-week layoff the Nittany cagers headed to De troit to participate in the Mo tor City Classic. They_ were paired against tournament favorite Western Michigan in the opening round and were To get you home (or anywhere) between semesters (or anytime), the best chair lift is an air lift. Allegheny's. Our cabins are heated. Our routes slalom through the flight gates of 38 cities. Our fares do a fast downhill on Saturdays and Sundays and for groups of ten or more (the group organizer flies gratis). 'Sure beats driving in the snow ... and you'll have more skiing time when you get there. Bunnies, boomers, bookworms ... all are welcome aboard. Get your lift tickets early. Low Weekend fare, for example: Round-trip to New York (Newark) $24.40 plus tax. Call your travel agent or ADams 8.8414 MUMMY AMMIS YOUR AIR COMMUTER SERVICE IN 12 BUSY STATES Located on the Ground Floor of the HUB Representatives from Follet College Book Company will be buying books not used on this campus from January 8 to 10. Detroit Title; Duo Sparkles 808 WEISS decided underdogs. However, the Lions nipped the Broncos 97-92 in overtime and the next night upset De troit, 88-83, to become the first Eastern team to win the tour nament. The backcourt duo of Donato and Weiss led the Lions against Western Michigan. Dona to threw in 31 points including a bucket with 54 seconds re maining in regulation time that sent the game into overtime. Weiss had 24 points as did Clin ton. Ajac Triplett led the Broncos with 27 while hotshot Manny Newsome tallied 26. 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Game time is 7:30 p.m. The Nittany Lions will play; host to the Peru team on the third leg of an 11-game sched ule mapped out by the United State Basketball Federation. The Peruvian team lo',t its opener against Oglethorpe, 89- 66. Monday evening and last night lost 91-69 to Pitt. Because the game is being; Used to raise money for both the Peruvian and Arnerte•tn! Olympic teams, an admission` price of 50 cents will be charged to everyone attending) the game. The majority of the players participating against the Lime , represented Peru in the recent South American championship where they placed second be - 7,4477zier, , zzior - 4; ATTENTION CI FA ALL NEWCOMERS TO I PENN STATE ' O O 7O 0 , ALL SIX BARBERS AT DAVIDSON'S 0 0 , 0 BARBERSHOP ARE EXPERTS IN WHATEVER STYLE CUT YOU PREFER r A 741 0 r i r l 71 717 r A •Work in restaurants, hotels, youth hos tels, hospitals, farms • Receive German social security which covers all medical bills •dive with a German family—full room and board • Earn LBO-2.80 DM per hour This will support you during the summer. All you need is a plane ticket!!! Limited Openings Many Applicants 116 W. College Ave. School Supply Store WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1964 hind Brazil. The team finished fifth in the Pan American Games, thus gaining a berth in the Olympic Games in Tokyo nest October. Leading the Peru attack is Ricardo Duarte, one of three ; brothers in the starting lineup. 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