TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1947 Wrestlers Defeat Army For Upset Victory, 15:13 Outcome of Meet Undecided Until Red Moore Decisions CadefMCDaniels in Unlimited 'Class An underdog Lion wrestling learn upset Army in a hotly con tested meet in flee Hall Saturday, Outcome of the meet was not decided until the . , heavyweight match, when "Red" Mopre decis ioned Cadet Mclleniels. George Schantz, with his lath er looking on, started. things off with a clean 112-1 decision over Army's Cunningham. Cadet Fern. tied '{he scarp. at 3 all by 'defeating Vigilante - of State, 9-4. Jim Mohney was impressive in decisioning , Cadet Lush, 3-2'. It 'was the second win of the season for Mohney in, as ,many starts. 'Ernie Closser remained unde feated in the N5-pound weight by taking Captain Mock, 4-1. This match, one of the highlights of the meet, firmly ,esttralbolis.hed Mountaineers Win 55-51; Biery Ties Scoring Mark Boxers. Bow, 1-1, To Wisconsin Leo Houck's Lion boxers began workouts yesterday , preliara .,tioii.fOr final - dual - iveet ne*t. Saturday at Michigan State atter 441bSirig:., to a . strong Wisconsin_ Itearif, - 7-1,..in Bee }Tall Saturday ' -11;sWthorne resumed his Winning foivn in taking a close ciecision from Badger Di* bliya .-gawa in the 134 -pound class. The '.llawailan boxer was 1 . 27.-Lootmd Nlaktli. champ in 1942. ~.Liori, caaitain Jack Tighe sulf- .7 -I'.red his first reverse Of the sea , Read tongarrow's Collegian for •- omplete summaries of results' of tall -Perm Stale teams over the weekend. .1:)13 when he lost to John Len- densik: in the 165-pound bout. " SMITH LOSES FIRST Fred Smith replaced Red Cra iner, in the 1.2.15 1 .p0und 'slot for the Lions 'mid IoM to a larger Steve Oremhan. The • 30-year_old former Carl s.pn .Raider broke Cramer's ear drum in a sparring match Friday night and will fight the remaining Bouts at the featherweight posi tion. • John Sheehe gave two-time NI:1;A champ Cliff Lutz a battle before losing the decision. Lions Joe Bondi, Pat Conlon, and Dave Nemeth lost via the TKO route Willie newcomer Al i?ottast.ch was knoCked out in the second round. Badger coach John Walsh pre sented Leo Houck with a medal in honor of his 25 years as Lion boxing coach in a ceremony be fore the fights. Closser as a contender for the ,145-po4act intercollegiate cham pionship, Coach Spiedel said. Army's Thevenet threw Lion Mellvaino in the 105-pound class with a crotch and half nelson in 5:30. Mcllvaine wrestled in place of the injured Grant Dixon. Earl Long won his second match of the season by decision ing Cadet Sharp 0-4 in the 165- pound weight. Army's Finley displayed good form in pinning Concord , in• 1:55 with a half nelson and body Drew, "Red" Moore. ex:football cap tain, shut out Cadet McDaniel in the unlimited class, 6-0. • With Army leading going into the final contest, Moore scored a takedown in the first minute and kept his opponent down for sev en minutes and 56 seconds to give the Lions a 1543 victory. By ARTHUR MILLER History . repeated itself Satur day night as Coach Lawther's hard-fighting basketball team cane within a hales breath of Winning over once-beaten West Virginia before 6,•000 fans. Just as in the first game at Morrgan•town in mid,Deperniber,...it: was the closing hat told . the 'tale. • • ;',.; • - SEE-SAW BATTLE Climaxing what had been a see saw Nattle all the way, Penn State went ahead with two minute's re moaning on t‘vo-pointers by Jack Biery and Johnny Rusinko • to make the - score 49-46. But Ed Beach hit for the Moun taineers ,and Fred &haus fol lowed up with a beautiful set shot from mid-court to put West Vir ginia in the lead once moreso-49. Beach padded the adv;aritage with a lay-up for 52-49 ,and the vis_ hors froze the ball.-- Dietterick was able to break away for a lay-up-452J51--but the Lions were• unable to regain possession of the ball as the final minutes ticked off. Beach counted on a foul throw and SehauS added another basket to complete the scoring. • BIERY TIES RECORD Notwithstanding the loss, it was probably Penn State's best sustained basketball di the season as the LE.wther-style play enabled the Lions to keep pace with. the 'high_scoring visitors. Star for the Nittany Lions was Jack Biery _who tied the modern .Rec Hall single game record with 22 points. Biery himself set the record in the final game of the 1943 season agai n.s t Carnegie Tech. A basket by Rusinko and an other by Kulp' on a pretty fast passing play under the basket put the Lions ahead 29_28 mid THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Slone Edges Efaw In 3-Mile Event Nittany dititance-ace Curt Stone took another step toward a berth on the 194 1 8 Olympic squad Sat urday night by his surprise vic tory over ForestiEfaw in the three mile event at the NAAU games in New York's Madison Square gar den. Stone . inished in 14:27.6, twelve yardg ahead of the see ondaplaee winner. Gerry Kaawer, running just a step behind Sweden's Gustafgson, managed to grab off fifth place in the tough mile event, won by Gil Dodds in 4:112.7. Swimmers Lose to Pitt in Season's final Meet The Nittany swimmers ended their first season schedule under the tutelage of Coach Len Diehl with a record of one win and four defeats when they lost to Pitt 46-Z9 at Glennlond Pool, Satur day. Strong in the freestyle depart ment, the Panthers swept five of the nine first places. Rocky Young, Lions' ace diver who is undefeated this season, made 109:1 points while team mate Mike Kutsenkow took sec ond with 78.1 points. Other Penn State firsts went to Captain Clyde Bell in the 200- yard breaststroke event and the 300_yiard medley relay team com posed of Bell, Kaithern and Mus sebnan. • Don Knoll, Lion star freestyler, ibecame ill after the 220-yard event and was unable to compete in his specialty; the 440-yard freestyle. Bill Christy, pre-war Li on speedster, took third place iir the 50 and 100-yard dashes while Pitt wo•n in the slow. .time df :25.9 and :57.5. Penn State's final meet with Wayne was cancelled but the Lions will Compete in the Eastern Intercollegiate.s at, Rutgers lint. versty, March 15. way, through the second halif. • From there, the lead ohanged hands no - less than nine times until the Mountaineers finally ral_. lied for the winning margin. 01111"..O ~Otit. ;.) Sn 0 A'S tA. s oto- tc ,ooo , \ l / 46. opt vott ,tvoki o _moo I „It. .:..:,..... fril v • 4,-:i,%1, ,c 7 •-t,,:. . , a„.),,,fe,, on.• .:..:..., . :i: ' l 5O. . n ' •Va WC l•';', t. 0 ‘Ol ::,.. ti, totAlkoo3 Sl , .." s . is t o cet 9.0 0 tc.'-'::'::' ‘.';‘`,% • PAL HOLLOW GROUND BLADES ARE MADE IN U.S.A., CANADA. BRITAIN AND SO. AMERICA. SOLD THE WORLD OVER Wettstonemen Sweep All Firsts; Defeat Syracuse Gymnasts, 66-30 Cciach Wettstone's gymnalsts took their Fourth straight meet by clown!ng a first-season Syra cuse squad, in the Lincoln Audi torium Saturday night., 66-30. Besides taking firSt place in each event, th,, Lions swept the side horse and rope matches. to remain undefeated. Next Saturday the gyLiValst play host to a powerful Temple squad in a contest that will de termine the eastern league chain pionship. Charles Warrington, in his first competition since the 19'412 season, captured first place on the side horse as teammates Sorren sen and Clark placed second and third. Sweep Rope Climb Joe Rossi's 3.9 rope climb led the Lions to a clean sweep in. that event as WirtsChafter and Eddy placed right behind the Penn State rope star. Sorensen again took first place in. the high bar an parallel bars matches. 'Romall was second and Orangeman Cummings was third as Rossi placed fourth, for the horizontal bar event. s almost curtain time! for A Doll's House Players Show Feb: 27, 28, Mar. 1 - Schwab Aud. Tickets on Sale Nowat. SU . 50c plus tax PAGE THREE Cornell Edges Lions; Epee Team Wins Match Penn State's fencing team lost to Cornell 15-I'2 in Rec Hall Sat urday afternoon, but the Nittany epee team continued their win ling streak with a 5-4 decision. Captain Bob S\vope won all three of his epee bouts to give the Lions the lead going into , the salter bouts. Dave Ozarow lost his foul bouts to a former classmate, Stuart Paltrow, foil champion of New York City. Syracuse's Bean Was runner up to Captain Sorensen in the p bars, with Meade third, Orange Bickel fourth and Emery in the last position. Bonsall again took the flying ring event, with Easter and Bick el, Orangemen, next and Sorot sen fourth, followed by Kielce. Billy Meade took the tumbling event but was pressed by Syra cuse's Matthews with Petroff third and Bean edging Bonsa9l by one point for the fourth spot. •
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