p'ACr-r SIX
Wrestlers Capture 28th at Pitt, 16-12
By SAM PROCOPIO
A champion wins like a champion! Coach Charlie
Speidel’s Eastern Intercollegiate wrestling cham
pionship team has done just that in three suc
cessive dual meets. Saturday’s performance was
at the expense of previously unbeaten Pittsburgh,
where the Nittany Lions’ “pressure boys,” Joe
Lemyre and Hud Samson, clinched a 16-12 victory.
Going into the 177-pound class, the Panthers
were carrying a 12-10 lead. Coach Rex Peery’s
matmen became the only team this season that
passed the 130 division with any kind of a lead.
Lemyre and Samson, however, dampened the
lead. Lemyre’s decision gave the Lions a slim edge,
13-12, but State’s talented heavyweight outplayed
his opposition for the third straight dual meet to
enhance Penn State’s lead three more points and
its triumph.--
The victory at Pitt’s Field House not only ex
tended State’s consecutive dual meet victories to
, 28, but snapped the Panthers’ 16 win skein.
Like Doc Carlson’s basketball- “freezing quintet,”
Cagers/ Gym Team Post Wins
Lions Romp
Over Pitt
By 20 Points
By TED SOENS
A revengeful Penn State
five successfully -. closed its
home season Saturday night
with a 73-53 walloping of the
Pitt Panthers. This was the
25th consecutive victory at Rec
Hall for the cagers who haven’t
lost on home territory since the
Colgate game in 1951.
The Panthers stubbornly clung
to the tail of the Lions during the
first half—which ended 26-24
but the country cousins, hitting on
60% of their shots, broke loose
in the third quarter for 27 points
which sewed up the game.
Four State starters hit in the
double figures to pull the Lions
to their 15th win in 23 starts. ■
As the result of such an im
pressive win, the Pittsburgh
Press put the Blue and White in
second place for the Tri-State
college championship with only
the NIT-bound Duquesne Dukes
(18-7) in front. This waS the
second year in a row the Lions
were runners-up.
Behind the cagers came West
Virginia (whom the Lions also
swamped by 20 points) with a
18-B record. In fourth place was
Pitt, who ended their season
against the Lions and now own
a 12-11 log.
The game started off slow and it
wasn’t until two minutes' 1 had
elapsed before Jack Sherry sank
a foul to put the Lions ahead. Dick
Deitrick, who made four of the
five points the Panthers had the
first quarter, put in his first foul
shot for the only tie in the game.
Excellent Zone
But Ronnie Weidenhammer
quickly countered with a long set
shot for the first goal of the eve
ning. The blonde-haired forward,
playing one of his best games all
season, had 15 points at the end
of the game. 1
Excellent zone defense prevent
ed the Panthers from putting in
a field goal the first quarter and
it wasn’t until two minutes into
the second quarter that they man
aged a two-pointer by substitute
Chester Palesko.
Thirty seconds later, Dutch
Burch drove in for a lay-up to put
Pitt only four points behind at
15-11. The two teams exchanged
goal for goal, till the end of the
half at which time the score read
26-24. State was hitting on 26%
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JACK SHERRY, Lion forward, cuts in front of Pitt's Dutcl
in third quarter of Saturday's game to layup two more points for
; :he romping State cagers. The country cousins poured in 27 points
n the third period to take their 15th win of the season, 73-53.
This was the cagers' last appearance at Rec Hall. They will close
out the season next Saturday with Temple.
.vhile the visitors had 20%
Three of State’s players had
three fouls each and it looked
like a duplication of January’s
loss especially when Dietrick put
the Panthers one point behind at
26-25 at the beginning of the third
quarter.
But from there on the .rampag
ing Staters caught fire and paced
by Weidenhammer, who had four
for six in the third quarter, and
Jesse Arnelle, with six for six,
dropped in 27 points to put them
15 points ahead at the end of the
third period.
Arnelle, on 47 percent shoot
ing, was high man with 22 points.
He made eight for 17 field goal
attempts. Captain Herm Sledzik,
playing his last home game, Sher
ry (50 %), and Weidenhammer
(43%) had 15 apiece. High man for
Pitt was Don Virostek with 14.
The Lions made 41 percent of
their shots on 27 for 66 attempts
while Pitt was hitting on 17 for
56 tries for a 31 percentage.
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Pitt’s Coach Peery employs what Speidel calls a
“running-away winning-plan.”
“Our boys had to tackle a different style of
wrestling than most schools use,” the Libn mentor
explained. “Their running-away plan changed our
strategy and made our boys chase them.”
Dick Remains Unbeaten
The Panthers’ plan had its effects shown during
the opening encounter when State’s EIWA cham
pion lost to Hugh Peery, 18-8. Bob Homan got four
points behind by chasing Pitt’s ace. Seeing that
his only chance to win was to continue his in
itiative, Homan did just that but -was continually
taken down by Peery. Perry, however who won his
23d consecutive victory, was unable to hold Spei
del’s sensational sophomore down for long. Of the
five takedowns, two near falls, and two reverses,
Homan escaped from Peery’s holds six times.
Dick Lemyre, as in previous matches against
Cornell and Maryland, put the Lions at even
terms, 3-3. Lemyre, the only /unbeaten starting
wrestler, also put on a scoring exhibition, decision
ing his 130-pound opponent, John George, 15-5.
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The summary:
Pitt FG F Ttl. Penn State FG F Ttl.
Burch.f 3 4-8 10 Sledzik.f 2 11-14 15
Zernich.f ‘ 2 1-4 5 Sherry.f 7 1-4 15
Virostek.c i 6-12 14 Arnelle.c 8 6-9 22
Boyd.gr 0 0-0 0 Wei'ha’r.g 7 * 1-2 15
Deitrick,g 2 5-11 9 Haapr.gr 2 o=*o 4
Palesko I 2-2 10 Phillips 0 0-0 0
Deussel 2 1-1 5 Brewer . 0 0-0 0
Ruschel 0 0-0 0 Blocker 0 0-0 0
A rtin an 0 0-0 0 Edwards 1 0-0 2
Totals 17 19-38 53 Totals 27 19-29 73
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Engage Army Saturday
The weekend gymnastics activity in Rec Hall went ex
actly as Penn State gym Coach Gene Wettstone had figured,
but the weekend gymnastics 'activity in West Point, N.Y.,
home of the Army, pompletely upset the dope in EIGA circles.
The Red Hall result was Penn
State 65 Temple 31; at Wes'
Point, Army 53—Navy 43.
The Lion gymnasts' will meet
the surging Cadets Saturday at
•Rec Hall in the match that will
decide where the 1953 Eastern
crown ■ will go. A win Saturday
by the Lions, and the first EIGA
gym title since 1948 will make
its way into Rec Hall; with a ioss
t- Army, co-ownership of the
crown will go into effect for a
season.
The West Point result thrown
the possibility of a Lion-Cadet
tie right into the middle of this
year’s Eastern race for team hon
ors. The Cadets, the three-time
defending champs,. weren’t sup
posed to whip this year’s Middies
—at least on paper. But they did,
setting ' their Eastern ' seasonal
mark at 3-1.
Owls Salvage 2 Firsts
Against Temple Saturday, Wett
stone and his crew picked up, in
order: (1), their third straight
Eastern win this season; (2), their
fifth straight over the entire sea
son: (3), their eighth straight over
two seasons; and (4), their third
win in three years over Temple.
It was all the Lions. Temple
did manage to salvage, two firsts
one in the rope-climb and the
other on the rings, but outside of
that the meet just served as a
Lion tuneup for the rejuvenated
Cadets, who will come to town
with all ideas of taking back half
of their EIGA crown Saturday.
Lion first-placers in the first
Rec Hall showing this season
were Captain Bob Kenyon in the
tumbling. Bobby Lawrence in the
13 13 27 20—73
5 19 14 -
Maurey gave the Lions their first lead, 6-3,
when he decisioned George Matthews, 6-5. Mau
rey’s escape in the third period gave him a 5-3
lead, but Matthews was awarded two points for
Maurey’s alleged body slam. Jerry’s one-minute
time advantage, .however, spelled the difference.
Frey's Switch Weights
With only two seconds needed for a win, Doug
Frey," moving down to the 147 spot, had to settle for
a draw with Pitt’s Bob Cook. His brother, Don, who
moved up to meet Pitt’s fine 157-pounder, Charlie
Uram, also battled to a draw: This put the score
in State’s favor, 10-7.
The tide changed, however, when Joe Solomon,
the Panthers’ unbeaten 167-pounder, scored a.faH
with a body press in 2:20 over George'Dvorozniak.
The score then read in'Pitt’s favor, 12-10.
Co-captain Joe Lemyre and Samson then fol
lowed with their excellent performances, Lemyre
winning, 4-0, over Dave ..Davis, and Samson over
Pitt’s grid star, Eldred Kraemer, 2-0. In the latter
match Penn State witnessed more of Pitt’s “run
ning away.”
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By GEORGE BAIREY
TUMBLING—, (1), Bob Kenyon, Penn
Gtate, 256; (2), Bob Kreidler, Penn State,
234; (3), Ben Paul. Temple, 227; (4), Bill
Coco, Temple, 217; (5), Warren Hommas,
Penn State, .215.
' SIDEHORSE— (1), Bobby Lawrence,
Penn State, 273; (2), Frank Wick, Penn
State, 271; (3), Bob Darnerjian. Temple,
243; (4), Tony Procopio, Penn State, 233;
(5), Bill Coco, Temple/231.
HORIZONTAL BAR— (1), Jan Cron
utodt, Penn State, 282; (2), John Jengo»
Temple, 249; (3), Mario Todaro, Penn
State, 244; (4), Tony Procopio, Pehn State,
233; (5), Bob. McCarthey, Temple, 225.
ROPECLIMB— (1), Gene Scholl, Tem
ple, 3.7; (2), Dave Schultz, Penn State,
3.8; (3), Bob Boudreau, Penn State, 4.2;
(4) Norman Yu, Penn State; 4.4; (5), Bill
Coco, Temple, 5.2.
PARALLEL BARS—(I), Ai Wick,
Penn State, 271; (2), Bob Zelinsky,.Temple,
254; (3), Karl Schwenzfeier, Penn State,'
and Bob McCarthey, Temple, 251 <tie);
(5) Jan Cronstedt, Penn State, and John
Jengro, Temple, 240 (tie).
FLYING RINGS— (1), John Jengo,
Temple, 266; (2), Tony Procopio, Penn
State, 261; (3), Jim Hazen,.Penn State,
255; (4), Karl Schwenzfeier, Penn State,
246; (5), Gene Scholl, Temple, 240.
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