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Bob Homan,
Lemyres Win
Weight Crowns
By JAKE HIGHTON
Penn State's wrestling power
house sparkled throughout two
days of rugged Eastern Inter
collegiate competition to score a
smashing victory which gained
the Lions their second successive
EIWA championship Saturday in
Lehigh's Grace Hall, Bethlehem.
Bob Homan (123), Dick (130)
and Joe Lemyre (167) turned in
masterful mat performances to
capture individual championships
while pacing State's title defense.
This champion trio from Mepham
High, Long Island, personally
piled up 23 of the Lions' 33 point
total which overwhelmed the
field.
Syracuse Places 2d
Syracuse finished a distant sec
ond with 17 points, Rutgers was
third with 16, Lehigh fourth with
15, Army and Columbia tied for
fifth with 12, an d Princeton
wound up seventh with ten points.
Jerry Maurey (137) aided in the
Penn State rout by gaining a
runnerup berth, and Hud Sam
son (177) and Don Frey (147) con
tributed fourth places.
Lehigh's George Feuerbach
(137) and Rutger's Emil Perona
(157) came through with victories
to add the third jewel to a triple
crown, and thus became the 11th
and 12th men in the 48 years of
EIWA history to do so.
Retain Clowns
Frank Bettucci (147) and Brad
Glass (heavyweight) also retained
1951 crowns, while Yale's former
167 pound king, George Graveson,
was dethroned by new 177-pound
champ Al Paulekas, of Army. Bob
Gerbino's loss to Homan thwarted
the former's bid to retake his 123
pound title lost last year.
Although Feuerbach won the
coaches' trophy for the outstand
ing performance, Nittany soph
Dick Lemyre led in point scoring
with nine. Dick advanced to the
finals with a default and two
pins for three points, and earned
six more for the 130-p ound
championship.
D. Lemyre Narrowly Wins
But first-seeded Dick , narrowly
missed runnerup honors. Lehigh's
Ken Faust not only scored the
only takedown on Dick all sea
son, but maneuvered him into a
near fall dangerously close to a
pin in the second period.
With a champion's extra effort,
Dick rolled - out of the predica
ment, reversed and secured a
cradle which riveted Faust to the
mat. The ref banged the canvas
to signal a pin, but the scorers
said the bell had sounded.
Starting the third, Dick re
versed. Faust did also to tie at
8-8 only to have Dick come out
on top for a 10-8 lead. Faust had
a minute time advantage, but lost,
10-9.
Frosh Homan climaxed a sen
sational freshman year by aveng
ing his lone dual-meet loss to
Gerbino with a solid 10-4 champ
ionship effort.
Beats• Lee
To gain the finals Homan drop
ped Harvard John Lee, 5-1. With
.an escape and takedown, Bob
gained two more points by check
ing and countering beautifully
Lee's every move.
Always a good tournament
wrestler, Joe Lemyre pulled the
surprise of the meet by upsetting
both first and second seeded
Gerry Tebben, Army, and Ray
Vod Vohden, Rutgers, to win 167-
pound laurels, and complete the
first brother championship act in
One meet since Yale's Dole broth
ers in 1908.
Comes From Behind
State's an - lazing reverse artist
came from behind in both the
semi-finals and the finals in
championship-deserving efforts.
In the final, Joe, like brother
Dick, was nearly thrown, but
strong bridging saved him. After
the near fall Joe grabbed a leg
and forced out for a reverse, to
trail 4-6. Starting the third from
his favorite "down" position, Joe
switched to tie 6-6, and after fast
covering suddenly had a body
press at 7:20 for the only fall in
the finals.
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Lion Cagers Study Kentucky Lineup
JESSE ARNELLE, RON WEIDENHAMMER•
and JACK SHERRY, Penn State basketball
players; look over the lineup of the University
of Kentucky as they prepare for their forth
coming battle with the Wildcats in the NCAA
Cagers Leave Thursday
For NCAA Tournament
By DAVE COLTON
Coach Elmer Gross and a ten man traveling squad will leave Altoona by plane at
10:30 a.m. Thursday for Raleigh, N.C.; where they will battle mighty Kentucky, in the open
ing game of the Eastern NCAA tourney.
The Lions and Wildcats will tangle at 7:30 p.m. Friday n
Field House. St. Johns and North Carolina State will play in t
5 Men Advance
Into Handball
Quarter-Finals
Five men moved into the
quarter-final round of the 1952
TM handball singles tourney in
fraternity matches played last
night at Rec Hall. Three others
drew fourth-round byes to com
plete the round of eight.
Hoover, Phi Delta Theta, out
lasted Ed Davis, Phi Kappa Sig
ma, 20-21, 21-0, 21-6, while Art
Betts, also of Phi Delta Theta,
dropped Fred Leviri, Phi Sigma
Delta, 16-21, 21-7, 21-14.
John McDonough, Alpha Sigma
Phi, eased past Ken Minchin, Phi
Delta Theta, 21-18, 21-5. John
McCall, Alpha Tau Omega, took
three games to decision Bill Ber
notski, Phi Kappa Tau, 14-21, 21-
14, 21-14.
Sigma Nu's Dave Bischoff went
into the quarters on an abbrevi
ated one-game match, 21-19. John
Wylie, Phi Kappa Sigma, was
forced to default to Bischoff after
hurting his knee in the second
game.
WRA IM's
Will Make Up
Lost Week
The WRA Intramurals Board
decided at a meeting last night
that the week of intramurals lost
due to sorority rushing will be
made up next week, Mable Mar
ple, , intramural chairman, an
nounced. '
Three badminton teams re
mained in first place last night.
In League I McAllister won over
Thompson B to remain on the
top. Alpha Gamma Delta held
the fort in League II by way of a
forfeit from Simmons. Delta Gam
ma lost to Atherton East, the top
team in League 111.
playoffs in Raleigh, North Carolina. The tourna
ment gets under way Friday night. Kentucky
is rated No. 1 team in the country by the
Associated Press.
. Winners of the two games will
meet for the Eastern champion
ship at 9:15 p.m. Saturday. The
losers will participate in a con
solation game at 7:15 p.m. Satur
day.
Assistant Coach John Egli,
trainer Chuck Medlar, a graduate
manager, and a publicity man
will accompany the team. The
group is scheduled to arrive in
Raleigh' about• 1 p.m.
The winner of the tourney will
advance to the NCAA finals in
Seattle, Wash., March 24-25. Vic
tors from Chicago, Kansas City,
and Cowallia, Ore., will play in
the Seattle finals.
Kentucky Favored
A limited number of tickets for
the tournament are for sale at the
AA office, Old Main. The cost is
$2 per session, or $4 for the two
nights of play. Tomorrow is the
final day the tickets will be avail
able.
The Wildcats, defending NCAA
champion, will be top-heavy fav
orites over the Lions. Coach
Adolph Rupp's team -compiled a
28-2 record and were voted the
top quintet in the nation.
Hagan All-American
Winning national honors is an
old story to Rupp. The Wildcats
have been voted top collegiate
team three of the last four years
and have won the NCAA title
three of the past four seasons.
The Kentuckians are paced:by
All-American Clif f Hagan and
rank Ramsey. They led the country
in scoring this campaign, averag
ing about 88 points per game. The
Wildcats are also a great rebound
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Blue-Gray Movies
Will Be Shown Tonight
Color movies of last season's
annual Blue-Gray f o o.t b all
classic will be shown at 7 to
night in 121 Sparks.
Lion Coach Sip' Engle, who
directed the Blue-Gray forces,
will narrate the program.
Len Bartek and Ed Hoover
are two of State's gridders who
participated in the game.
The program is open to the
public.
ght in the William J. Reynolds
e nightcap starting at 9:15 p.m.
Thirteen Falls
Feature. IM
Wrestling Bo6ts
Falls were 'the rule rather than
the exception in the IM wrestling
tourney last night as Delta Up
silon, last year's. runnerups to Phi
Kappa Psi, advanced four men
in the second night of 'action at
Rec HalL
Mario Todaro and Bob Bru
baker won by forfeit for DU,
while heavyweight Cy Brown pin
ned Lloyd Eddings, Theta Xi, in
5:58, just two seconds• before the
final whistle. The other DU man'
to win was Bob Decker, 155, who
pinned Ralph DeVito, Alpha Phi
Delta, in 3:45. Decker led at the
time, 8-3.
Other 155 action last night saw
Jim Diehl, Sigma Nu, pin Bob
Scollin, Theta Kappa Phi, in 5:22.
Jim Fox, Phi Kappa Sigma, pin
ned John Miller, TKE, and Ed
Hill, Delta Chi, decisioned Stuart
Allen, Phi Sigma Delta, 6-0.
In the 165 class, Chet Noble,
SPE, pinned Walt Redel, Sigma
Chi; Joe Bonchonsky, Phi SK,
pinned Lou D'Angeli, Kappa Sig
ma in 3:30; and Steve Melmeck
won his second victory by pinning
Dick Johnson, Theta Chi.
At 175, Dick Hughes, Delta Chi,
defeated Jack BroWn, Beta Theta
Pi, 7-2, and Andy Krassowski, Pi
Kappa, Phi, pinned Morton Roth,
Phi Sigma Delta, in 4:55.
eClotheS and Boots
Vens' April - 15th. Are YOU Ready?
The Sportsmen% Shack
Calder Alley
SATURDAY, MARCH 102
Nittany Cheers
Give Support
To Wrestlers
By JAKE . HIGHTON
Although the majority of EIWA
spectators in Lehigh's Grace Hall
sentimentally wanted Penh State
to lose, the cheers of Nittany
rooters drowned out the Lehigh
catcalls.
The large State block was most
evident in the Saturday 'afternoon
semi-finals. Joe Lem y r e was
locked in a 3-3 struggle with Ar
my's' top-seeded Gerry Tebben
when the Staters let loose •with
the rallying chant, "Let's go, Joe."
After Joe did "go," his winning
efforts were rewarded with a loud
Ni-double-T cheer. Sti 11 more
gratifying was the same yell for
Hud Samson even though he lost
the evening ocnsolation match.
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The renewal of freshman eli
gibility enhanced wrestling this
year, as. it did other sports, with
three frosh making th e finals.
Aside from State's Bob Homan,
Syracuse had freshman Ed Roon
ey and Lehigh, frosh Ken Faust
quite conspicuous in final mat
ches. Only Homan made off with
the tremendous feat. of winning
an EIWA title as •a frosh, but
Faust ,and Rooney put up great
fights against champions D i c'k
Lemyre and Frank Bettucci, re
spectively.
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Three champions Was the
most Penn State has gotten in
a championship meet since 1937
the - Coach •Charlie Spei
del's- Lions gained jive. The
three swelled State's all-time
total to 62, just behipd Cornell
now with 65. The Lions also tied
the Ithacans for second in team
champions with their 11th. Le
high leads with 12.
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To be sure, Dick and Joe Vern
yre's Dad was a proud witness of
his sons' triumph, but Mepham
High Schools' Coach "Sprig"
Gardner had four boys win cham
pionships. In addition to the Lem
yre brothers and Homan, George
Feuerbach was the fourth Meph
am product to win a title.
Eeuerbach's and Emil Per.
ones' third successive cham
pionship places them in a select
group which previously had
only ten members.
Triple - crown winners include
G. and L. Dole, Yale, 1908; Boak,
Cornell, 1914; Dorizas, Penn, 1916;
Russel, Yale, 1926; "Doc" Light,
Penn State, 1937; Eberle, Prince
ton, 1941; EIWA ref Dick Dißa
tista, Penn, 1943; Penn Coach
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