WEDNESDAY, IVIARpri 12, 1952
The Lion's Lair
While Penn State's basketball team was finishing its most sue s
eessful season in history over the past weekend and the Lion box
ing team played host to the EISA tournament, many people over
looked the fact that Coach Charlie Speidel's wrestling team con
cluded its second straight undefeated season.
By swamping Princeton Saturday, the Lion matmen captured
their 20th straight dual meet—a
Penn State record. Congratula
tion's are in order for one of the
top wrestling coaches in th e
country; Charlie Speidel, and for
a Penn State wrestling team which
should reach its peak in the
forthcoming Eastern and national
tournaments.
-This weekend at Lehigh, the
Lion grapplers .will go after their
second straight Eastern wrestling
crown. By virtue of their perfect
dual meet record the. Speidelmen
will be favorites to continue their
Eastern mat supremacy.
Two Penn State grapplers will
go into the tour
nament wit
perfect dual rec.
ords while thrr
more have 'bi
one loss again:
them.
Dick - Lemyn
has won nine
straight match•
es and will un
doubtedly g e
No. 1 seeding 1:
t h 130-pound .
class. Jerry , Maurey has five
straight wins to his credit, and
should get a seeded berth in the
137 pound bracket.
Lemyre's toughest oppOsition
would normally come from Lou
Tschirhart of Syracuse but
there is a strong possibility
that the Syracusan won't com
pete in the tourament. We un
derstand that Tschirhart hasn't
wrestled since the Penn State
match when he was decisioned
by Lemyre. Jim Mahoney of,
Lehigh,, whom Dick beat 6-1,
should be the only hurdle.
Jerry Maurey has his work
cut out for him at 137 pounds,
where he will attempt to defend
brother Don's c r o w,n . If Jerry
can get by Lehigh's G e or g e
Feuerbach, defending 130 pound
champion, he can do it.
Lion 123 pounder, Bob Homan,
has but one loss, and the man
who defeated him, Bob Gerbino
of Syracuse, will be the boy he'll
have to beat to capture the 123-
pound title.
Don Frey, Nittany Lion 147
t. 27 Matches Open IM
vivid Tourney Tonight
Ten fraternities have entered full teams in the anilual IM
wrestling tournament which opens tonight at Rec Hall with 27
matches scheduled. The matches will begin at 8.
teams include defending cham-
;!), Those fraternities entering fu
pion Phi Kappa Psi runner-up
Delta Upsilon. Other houses with
;lfa complete list of eight men are
, ~
i t ' Alpha Chi! Sigma, Chi Phi, Delta
''Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Epsi :i
' lon Pi, Sigma .Nu, Phi Sigma Kap
pa, and Pi Kappa Phi. Only A1 : 1
Mk pha Phi Alpha and Sigma Phi
.4 Alpha failed to enter a single con
.l • testant.
a 1.! Heaviest opening night action
+l, ' will take place in the 155 pound
'division where 20 wrestlers will
'seek the title won last year by Phi
'Psi's Al Pancerev, who, in accor
dance with the rules, has moved
i up the 165 pound class.
Other defending champions
who are entered in tournament
are ' John Allison, Phi Psi, and
0 Bob Hamilton, DU. Allison has
bmoved up to' the 135 pound class
! while Hamilton has advanced to
the 145 pound. class. Hamilton is
scheduled to wrestle tonight
t -against Austin Marts, Theta Xi.
!I, In addition to the ten bouts
i l lslated tonight for the 155 class.
'there will be seven bouts in the
~,,, ,V 5 class; six for the 165 pound
I division; three in the unlimited
' division and one in the 135 pound
! glass.
The tournament will go a long
, way in deciding who wins the IM
1 : cup, which is based on all IM
!' morts. Five points will be awarded
r zjor a, fall, three for a decision,
and tree for a forfeit win. A
' wrestler, however, must wrestle
44! least once to receive credit for
any forfeit Wins.
By . ERNIE MOORE
Collegian Spans Editor
pounder, also has lost only
one. Don, runner-up in , both
the Eastern and national
tournaments last year, was de
feated by Ed Rooney of. Syra
cuse, but his toughest opposi: ,
lion should come from Frank
Bettucci of Cornell. /Frey • did
not wrestle Bettucci in the, dual
meet season , this year, but it
was Bettucci- who beat him in
the Eastern final last season.
Don had already beaten the
Cornell matrnan in a 1951 dual
meet ,and later defeated him in
the nationals.
Lynn Illingworth, Penn State
heavyweight, lost his only match
against Syracuse by default when
he reinjured his ribs. Lynn's big
test will be Eastern and 'national
champ, Brad Glass, who defeated
Dick Waters, Lynn's replacement,
8-0, in a dual meet Saturday.
Lion 157 pounder, Doug Frey,
after a slow start, has built up a
winning streak and might be con
sidered a dark horse in the East
ern tourney. However, Doug will
have to get by Don Swygert of
Army, who pinned him in a dual
meet this year and Emil Perona
of Rutgers. Swygert was a third
place finisher in the Easterns last
year. Perona won the Eastern ti
tle. There is also a possibility that
Gene Manfrini, Columbia's blind
wrestler and fourth place finisher
last year will also wrestle in that
class.
Joe Lemyre, 167 pounder, will
face tough opposition in Gerry
Tebben of Army and possibly
George Graveson of Yale. Teb
ben defeated Joe this season in
a dual meet. Graveson was 167
pound champ last year, but may
wrestle in the 177 bracket this
weekend. In last year's tourney,
the Yale grappler was named
outstanding wrestler of th e
tournament.
Hud Samson, Lion 177 pound
grappler, had a rough hurdle in
Army's Al Paulekas, who finished
third in the Eastern's last sea
son. Paulekas has already scored
a fall over Samson. Should Grave
son decide to wrestle at this
weight, the 177 pound 'class could
turn out to be a - real battle.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
High School Cagers Prepare
For District Playoff Contests
HARRISBURG, March 11—(!P)
—The 'Smaller schools take over Districts 2,3, 10 and 12 tomorrow
the PIAA. basketball playoffs to- night, leaving only the District 4
morrow night as the Class A quin- and 7 championships undecided.
tets prepare for the weekend dis- Inter-district play starts Saturday
trict championships. night.
Eight Class B teams seek dis
trict titles tomorrow night while
four regional finalists will be de
termined in Class B.
Only Class A activity before
Friday night is the Meadville.
Erie Tech clash Thursdaynight
for the District 10 title. Mead Ville
pulled a gunning upset last night
in knocking out defending champ
ion Sharpsville, 51-49, in over
time.
Class B titles will be decided in
Make a rote oFthis_. You Can
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Defending state champion Kutz
town has a big assignment ahead
tomorrow night as the Cougars
meet a strong Middletown team
in District 3 at Hershey.
Freeland and Shickshinny meet
at Kingston for District 2 honors.
Freeland downed Harter, 46-38,
and Duryea, 53-44, to gain the
finals while Shickshinny elimin
ated Wilkes-Barre Township, 73-
67 last night.
Cranberry. a 64-57 winner over
Conneaut Valley, takes on Harbor
, Creek, the Erie County champion,
I at Edinboro for the District 10
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LLEADING CIGARETTES!
title. Harbor Creek drew a bye
into the finals.
Saturday night's Class B inter-
. istricts send District 11 against
3, 2 against 12, 7 against 6, and 9
against 10. Districts 1, 4 and 5
drew byes.
Tomorrow night's Class C
schedule has Jenkintown (Dis
trict 1) vs East Berlin (3) at Lan
caster and Pringle (2) vs Free
burg (4) at Wilkes-Barre township
in the east. The west has McCon
nellsburg (5) vs Roaring Spring
(6) at Huntingdon and Couders
port <9) vs Stoneboro (10) at
Brookville.
Of all the persons mentioned
in the Bible, 80 per cent are men.
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