Lehigh in town and Lions ready
Wrestling showdown set at Rec
By GEORGE WEIGEL
Collegian Sports Writer
The Lion wrestlers have
'■'been waiting for over two
months to settle a score with
fiflfti-ranked national power
Lehigh.
After all, how could the
grapplers and State wrestling
fans forget that day in early
December when Lehigh stole
the Penn State Invitational as
Mike Brown beat Bill Ber
trand in the last nine seconds?
Since then, it’s been “just
\kwait until the dual meet” for
" Penn State.
That time will come
Cagers hope to cure
l offensive problems
The Penn State basketball team, fresh from an 86-66 loss to
Temple at the Palestra oh Wednesday night, which dropped its
to 7-14, entertain the Midshipmen of Navy tomorrow
night at Rec Hall at 7:30
The reason for Wednesday night’s loss is one that is pain-
I fully simple. The Lion cagers just couldn’t get the ball in the
basket.
Despite a tough 2-3 zone indicative of the Temple Owl teams
under Harry Litwack in the 60’s, the Lion cagers were getting
their shots 78 of them as a matter of fact. However, people
ft like Jeff Miller, Walt Young, and Steve Kuhn Penn State’s
best shooters had shooting nights that bordered on horrible.
The team shooting percentage was a miserable 34.6 per cent.
“We didn’t have any trouble getting shots,” coach John
Bach said yesterday. “We had trouble with the ball going in.”
We were getting 15 footers and they’re the kind of shots that
you just have to make.” ,
L Bach was encouraged by the play of senior forward Chris
'“Erichsen, who had 12 points in his first appearance in over* a
month, and freshman guard Tom Wilkinson, who ran the of-
Ifense and bombed in 14 points over Temple zone. Bach was
not pleased, however, with the overall play of his front line.
“We didn’t get any kind of scoring from our front line,”
Bach said. “Young and Kuhn had trouble scoring,” Bach
| added pointing to Kuhn’s 3 for 14 from the floor and Young’s 1
I 'for 8 from the floor.
“Erichsen played much longer than we had hoped he would
have to,” Bach said,” but he gives us flexibility in the front
. line. Erichsen shows us a little of that poise that you often miss
y with a young team.”
/ As for Navy, the Midshipmen bring in a tougher team than
they have had in recent years. Their 11-8 record includes wins
over Penn and Georgetown and an eight point loss to in
trastate rival Maryland.
* “They’re deeper than they were last year,” Bach said.
“Their front line is good and they’re more open and more
aggressive.”
Kevin Sinnett, a 6-5 sophomore forward, leads the Mid-
shipmen in scoring and rebounding with 15 points and nine
(* rebounds a game. Right behind Sinnett is 6-6 junior forward,
*,\Hank Kuzma, who is averaging 14 points and seven rebounds
I per game. Rounding out the starting five for Navy are 6-5
senior forward Barry. Wilbur, 6-1 junior guard Bob Scott, and
6-0 senior guard Leo Latonick.
And while you’re spacing out studying for finals, think of the
„ cagers whose last four games, including three league games,
will be coming in the last two weeks of Winter Term,
k “Our terms used to fit in perfectly with our season,” Bach
said yesterday. “It bothers a young team but that’s one of the
problems that a student athlete has.”
t Fencing meet starts
“Take A Booster Break” is the theme for Lady
Lion Week, which kicks off tomorrow with a
» women’s fencing meet against Jersey City State,
' Madison, and William Paterson at 10 a.m. in White
* Building and a women’s bowling match against
American University at 1 p.m. at the Rec Hall
lanes.
The week long booster drive includes an open
house for participants of women’s winter varsity
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Beech House captain and forward Mark Parris snatches a
rebound from Carbon’s Allen Ashton in last night’s dormi
tory basketball final, won by Beech, 53-42.
tomorrow at 2, p.m. and you
can bet that plenty of vocal
Lehigh mat fans will be on
hand to cheer every time
Sloand or Scully or Lieber-
By TOM McNICHOL
Assistant Sports Editor
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man blinks an eyelash,
Penn State assistant coach
Andy Matter is hoping for a
big turnout of Lion rooters
because the Lehigh rivalry is
always an emotional meet.
Lehigh coach Thad Turner
feels the same way, but even
if he is at a disadvantage
crowd-wise, he will . have a
strategic edge which could
decide the outcome.
Who wrestles whom is a big
factor, Matter said, and since
Penn State is the home team,
it must send its wrestler to the
mat first.
Then Lehigh can match
whoever it wants against
particular Lion wrestlers.
Bernie Fritz, a 134 pounder
who is recovering from a knee
injury, said, “It all depends
where Lehigh puts their men.
Last minute try to change fencing site failed ...
Penn State fencing coach Mac Garret had
it all figured out.
The last home fencing meet of the year
would also be the biggest one —prestige-wise
of the year. With the North Atlantic
Fencing Championships (to be held at Rec
Hall main floor) right around the corner, why
not change the location of the final home
meet from the obscure fencing room to the
main gym?
After all, people in this area lack a fencing
education and would be dumbfounded when
the North Atlantics do come to State College.
With the final meet being held in the main
gym, the people would get a chance to see
what fencing was all about.
And let us consider the value of the product
the people will be watching. The Penn, State
men fencers are currently undefeated,
possibly the number one team in the nation
and certainly the best team in Penn State
fencing history. Their opponent for the final
Lady Lion "Take A Booster Break"week
sports, their parents, and visiting teams from 4-6
p.m. tomorrow at White Building as well as Lady
Lion T-shirt day next Wednesday and a week filled
with women’s sports.
Dues for the Lady Lion Boosters are $2 and can be
sent to Jean Gotolski, 623 W. Hillcrest Ave. The
Lady Lion T-shirts will go for $3.
Other events in Lady Lion week include:
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By BILL KLINE
Collegian Sports Writer
It was close for about a
minute. That’s how long it took
Beech to assert itself last night
1 before outclassing Carbon in the
IM dormitory finals in a not-as
close-as-it-sounds 53-42 romp.
Behind the scoring of Mike
Guman and Mark Parris, and
the ferocious rebounding of
Mickey Shuler, the Beech Boys
raced to a 27-18 halftime lead.
And with Guman scoring at will,
Beech stretched its lead to 53-32
with 3:47 left in the game.
The 6-2 Guman drove, bombed,
and floated to 22 points before
leaving the game, with most of
the other Beech starters, wi,th
three-and-a-half minutes
remaining. That allowed Carbon
to salvage some measure of
respectability and it scored the
game’s last 10 points.
Guman scored ten first-half
points, some on the receiving end
of teammate Eddie Guarascio’s
slick passes. But in general,
Guman was not shooting well the
first half, and Parris’ eight
tallies were important.
“We were all nervous,” Parris
said. “That’s why we had a cold
shooting first half.”
“Definitely,” added Guman.
“I got sick today. I threw up.
This is the finals.”
But Guman came out firing in.
the second half, scoring on a 20-
foot baseline jumper. After
Carbon center Brian Buss
banked in an 8-footer, Guman
popped in a 23-footer.
Two minutes later, Guman
scored five straight points on a
free throw, a 15-foot double
pump jumper, and a fast break
layup.
After Shuler added two more
on another fast break, Beech led
40-24. That was the ball game.
If they put their strength
against our strength, then I
think we’ll win.”
Lehigh is strong at 126,134,
150,177,190 and heavyweight.
Turner just may decide to
juggle his lineup and move
three or four of his top
wrestlers down a weight.
Penn State coach Bill Koll
may have a few tricks up his
sleevfe too though in the
heavier weight classes. Sam
Sallitt may move down to 190
and Bertrand could possibly
wrestle heavyweight.
Also, Irv Pankey will be on
hand should he be needed in
the heavyweight bout.
Bertrand, however, is
hoping to get another shot at
Brown in the 190 bout.
“I’ve been watching him all
year,” Bertrand said at last
night’s practice. “I’ve been
waiting for him and I know I
can beat him.
“Everybody was telling me
they thought I outwrestled
him in the tournament expect
for that last move. I don’t
think Turner’s going to. be
stupid enough to put Brown
against me this time.”
Bertrand added that if
everything goes right and he
doesn’t get hurt, he should be
able to beat Don McCorkel
Mike
Missanelli
basketball against Edinboro at 5:45 p.m. Wed
nesday before the men’s game against West
Virginia in Rec Hall; A rescheduled women’s
basketball game against Indiana (Pa.) at 4 p.m. on
Thursday in Rec Hall; a showdown in gymnastics
against Clarion at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at Rec
Hall; and a full slate of bowling, swimming,
basketball and gymnastics next Saturday.
In its struggle under the
boards with the taller Beech
squad, Carbon was plagued with
foul trouble.
Forward John Campbell
picked up three early fouls and
Carbon went to its bench with
Allen Ashton. Buss was also in
foul trouble, and he garnered his
fifth with more than seven
minutes remaining in the game.
Guard Walt Madaljs led
Carbon’s balanced scoring with
10. Campbell and Russell
Rosenberg scored eight apiece
for the East Halls’ team, who
finished at 12-1.
Guard Joe Hager of Beech,
who finished 12-0, cited team
work and good hustle on the
boards as reasons for the West
Halls squad’s success.
“But they (Carbon) played a
helluva game,” Hager said.
However, with tongue-in-cheek,
Hager soon added, “Isn’t that
what I’m supposed to say? ’ ’
Phi Delta Theta overcame
some atrocious free throw
shooting but completely
dominated all other aspects of
last night’s IM .fraternity
championship contest en route to
a 32-22 thrashing of Kappa Delta
Rho in Rec Hall.
Although Phi Delt managed to
connect on only four of 21 flings
from the charity strip, many
missed fouls were followed up
for baskets by the big and bulky
duo of Andy Onkotz and Jay
Radolec. The two combined for
27 of the winner’s points.
KDR jumped out to a 2-0 lead
but Onkotz quickly bullied his
way for three straight fielders
and led a first quarter surge
which ended with Phi Delt
leading, 10-4.
too. McCorkel is Lehigh’s
tough heavyweight who could
be moving down to 190.
“It’s going to be in
teresting,” Coach Matter
said. “We’ve ruined Lehigh's
record many years and
they’ve ruined ours many
years too.”
The Engineers have some
impressive records in their
lineup.
Lance Leonhardt, the 126
pounder, has won 14 matches
in a row now and he’s 15-1 on
the year. Bob Sloand at 134
lbs. is 11-2-1 and 150 pounder
Pat Scully is 7-1.
Mark Lieberman, who
normally wrestles 177 lbs., is
10-0, freshman Brown is 14-1
and McCorkel is 13-1. Not bad
stats, but Penn State’s are
almost as impressive.
Lehigh is 11-2,'having lost
only to defending NCAA
champion lowa and
nationally-ranked lowa State.-
The Lions are 7-1 and were
ranked ninth in the nation this
week by Amateur Wrestling
News.
Penn State’s Com
monwealth Campus wrestling
championships will be held as
a preliminary to the varsity
meet tomorrow. Finals at Rec
Hall will start at 11:30 a.m.
home meet is Navy, a squad the Lions
haven’t beaten in 18 straight years.
Thus, the ingredients are certainly present
for a move to Rec’s main floor. Right?
Wrong.
The request to have the Navy meet moved
to the main floor has been denied for
probably a combination of reasons:
A) There is a very big problem in
scheduling events for that particular
Saturday, leaving no room for the fencing
meet,
B) The athletic department doesn’t regard
fencing that important a sport to juggle the
other sports scheduled for that day, or
C) Both of the above.
But whatever the reasons, Penn State
hosts Navy at 1 p.m. in Room 69 Recreation
Building, the small fencing room.
“This is going to be the most exciting meet
of the season,” Garret said, “and it should be
the most critical as far as the attitude of the
team goes. I' got these great vibrations that
have hit me in the past week that we’re going
to have a problem in seating the people that
are coming to this meet.
“Most of the fencers’ parents will be here, x
plus people.from all over the area. Even if we
squeeze everyone in the bleachers, I don’t
think we’ll have enough room.”
But besides the fact that Garret would like
to have people educated on fencing due to the
North Atlantics, the coach has another im
portant reason for wanting the meet changed
to the main gym.
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Collegian Sports Writer
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“I wanted to introduce the seniors to the
crowd over the public address system,” he
said. “That seems like the least I could do for
them.”
The situation is this: at noon the Com
monwealth Campus wrestling cham
pionships will take place as a preliminary to
the varsity meet with Lehigh. All of this
should end at approximately 4 p.m. or 4:30.
At 7:30 that evening, the Lion cagers take the
floor against Navy. Simple calculations leave
the fencers about two hours to complete their
meet; feasible, but not likely.
But, if the starting time of the basketball
game is moved up, then it is highly possible
tlje fencers could get the meet in.
“When we juggle times of already
scheduled athletic events,” said Herb Sch
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By MIKE MISSANELLI
Collegian Sports Writer
If you think tomorrow’s'
meet with Navy is not im
portant in the eyes of the Penn
State fencers, then you better
do some very serious soul
searching.
For the first time this
season, posters have been
displayed around campus,
advertising this one: SEE
THE UNDEFEATED
FENCERS IN ACTION
AGAINST NAVY, the posters
say.
You can sense the feeling in
the air at practice as well, the
fencers want to put on one
final show in their final home
dual meet of the season.
Navy has countered by
bringing in their squad one
day in advance, where they
plan to find an empty building
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thers win crowns
A swarming man to man
defense prevented KDR from
getting anything near what most
would call good percentage
shots. It’s number of air balls
were countless.
The intimidation of Phi Delt
caused clusters of turnovers by
the losers, who were outmanned
and obviously undersized.
Phi Delt held KDR to a
measley two points in the second
quarter and led 16-6 at halftime.
The Onkotz led Phi Delt team
didn’t let up in the second half as
the burly center’s sweeping hook
shot opened the scoring. Then
Radolec took charge. The
smooth forward tallied his club’s
next ten points with a twisting
layup, a nifty hook, a pair of tip
ins and a couple of free throws.
Meanwhile, KDR’s offense
arose from ifs doldrums midway
through the third stanza as
buckets by Greg Berkebile, Tom
Brown and two by Jeff Bowen
cut it’s deficit to 25-14 after three
periods.
KDR could pull no closer as the
winners slowed the ball down
and forced them to foul. On the
night KDR committed 21 per
sonal fouls to Phi Delt’s 13.
Phi Delt had a bunch of
bruising brontos impressive
enought to pass for a studio
wrestling unit. Unfortunately,
for KDR, they were smoother
and more agile than most
overbulked wrestlers.
Onkotz led all scorers with 15.
He got good support from
Radolec, who bagged 12. Brown
and Berkebile each notched six
for KDR.
“The bubble burst,” a dejected
Berkebile said. “We needed
someone to go to and that
someone just wasn’t there,"
Brown said.
“We played all around good
.vikr. f .
Penn State wrestling coach Bill Roll is pondering line-up strategy for tomorrow’s
match with nationally-ranked Lehigh.
defense,” Onkotz said. “A little
hustle, that’s all it took.”
It was a good inside game that
was the key to our win,” decided
Phi Delt coach George Sebetic.
Phi Delt: big, broad, smooth
and agile but they couldn’t shoot
fouls. Last night they didn’t have
to.
By GEORGE BERMAN
Collegian Sports Writer
Ed (E.Z.) Zimmerman slipped
in four clutch free throws down
the stretch as thej Pundava
Brothers shot down Bugs Bunny
40-35 to capture the independent
IM basketball title.
With the score Bugs 33 Pun
dava 32, Zimmerlink took to the
line for two crucial foul shots.
What was going through his
head?
“A big hunk of (Mike)
'Auciello’s mom’s pizza,” said
Zimmerlink.
At the outset, it appeared that
Pundava might turn the game
into a rout as they-rolled to a 13-6
first quarter lead.
The second period, though,
belonged entirely to Bugs. Their
tough man-to-man defense
forced numerous turnovers and
bad shots by Pundava. By
halftime Bugs had cut Pun
dava’slead to 21-17.
“We have to set up for the good
shot,” Bugs Bunny’s Mike
Kinkead said during halftime.
“We’ll have to work for the
better shots.”
The Bunny’s heeded Kinkead’s
advice and rolled to a 32-28 third
quarter lead.
Going into the final quarter,
Bugs had the momentum in their
favor, but also foul problems.
“We’ll stick with our five
starters,” injured Mark Carr
said of Bugs prior to the game.
“I’ll only go in if someone fouls
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midt, in charge of athletic event scheduling,
“it doesn’t make us look good in the eyes of
the public and we have to consider public
relations. We’ve already gotten ourselves in a
position of making it very difficult on non-
Penn State people to ,witness an event with
the addition of all these new athletic events
we’ve scheduled.”
Schmidt said that there is no way of
predicting when these afternoon events
would conclude and that the athletic
department cannot take a chance on not
getting the gym cleared out by 6 p.m. for the
basketball game
“It (denying the fencing request) has
nothing to do with the importance of the
sport,” S.chmidt said. “Time, scheduling and
cost are the main reasons. ”
somewhere on campus, work
out, and get used to the
University Park air. You see,
Middies have beaten a Penn
State fencing squad 18 con
secutive times and see no
reason to get out of Happy
Valley without number 19.
Yet alas, Garret has one
more plan. Most of you have
heard of Kate Smith, the voice
mountain who sings before
Philadelphia Flyer games to
bring them good luck right?
Well, try this on for size:
Before tomorrow’s 1 p.m.
meet against Navy, a vocal
singing group called “Re-
Creation” will entertain with
songs Penn State coach Mac
Garret says “will rock that
room in dynamic fashion.”
“The word is out that we’re
undefeated,” Garret said.
“I’ve been getting calls from
all over New York and New
Jersey congratulating us.
This verbal communication
that has gone so far is almost
earth shaking.”
Navy, last year nationally
ranked, is not having that
good of a season with but a 2-3
log so far this year. But with
the hoopla involved in this
one, anything can happen.
“Navy will be psyched for
this meet,” Garret said.
“They’re coming in here with
that 18-0 record on their
minds. I believe that it’s the
first time in fencing history
that a team has asked for a
practice area the night before
a dual meet.”
Navy is led by outstanding
foiler Lasalle Booker, from
Cleveland who has lost to Lion
All-American John Corona in
a previous encounter.
With five minutes and 20
seconds left in the final period,
Jerry Bradley of Bugs' Bunny
committed his fifth foul. Carr
was forced to hobble (this is no
exaggeration) onto the court as
Bradley’s replacement. With the
one-footed Carr in the lineup,
Bugs Bunny’s offense went sour.
Zimmerlink’s four straight
free throws vaulted Pundava
into a 36-33 lead with less than a
minute to go-
“The keys to the game were
the good D we played towards
the end and the couple of good
fast breaks at the end,” team
leader Zimmerlink said.
Meanwhile the always humble
Marc Maser of Pundava made
his presence known. “Put me in
the newspaper,” Maser shouted,
“I was great tonight.”
“Did you see my super D and
offense,” the team oriented
Maser said, “and all those
blocked shots?” In a one man
poll, Maser characteristically
voted himself the most valuable
player of the game. Everyone
contended this nomination.
As Pundava members Zim
merlink, Doug Dunn, Mike
Auciello, Rich Grazel, Don
Wroblewski, Rob “Yow” Cote,
and Rick Fondryk were leaving
Rec Hall, Mike Smith said, “We
are going to get higher than
Doug Dunn rebounds.” Amen.
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