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.
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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.
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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. •