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Gymnasts Take Eastern
Cadets Fall, 59Vi-36Vi
As Lions Cop 9th Straight
There was just no stopping the Lion gymnasts Saturday
afternoon, and the poor, three-time defending Eastern Inter
collegiate Gymnastic Association champs from West Point
couldn’t stay out of their way.'
Army ‘ got dethroned royally, 59^-3 6%, in the EIGA
seasonal wrapup for both clubs.
The win, the first in six years
over the Cadets, crowned Coach
Gene Wettstone’s young outfit as
the brand-new Eastern champs.
It was the first Eastern gym
crown for the Lions in five years
A win over the Cadets was a
definite must, for a loss would
have meant a two-way deadlock
for the 1953 kingship. Army went
into the meet with two wins and
one loss in Eastern play.
The new champions, finishing
up the dual meet season with a
perfect record of 6-0, also stretched
their consecutive win skein to
nine. The 1952 Army club was
the last to turn back the Nittany
gym crew.
Shultz Does Phenomenal 3.6
The Lions, in clinching .their
first perfect season since 1948.
could do no wrong and Army no
right. Army’s Black Knights, with
all their assumed balance, wound
up the afternoon with one first
place. That came in the first
event, the tumbling, when the
number-two Cadet, Bill Charles,
piled up a 261 total.
That’s all there was from the
Army standpoint. Wettstone’s
charges swept the next five firsts,
including Dave Shultz’s surprise
win in the ropeclimb.
Shultz, in his last Rec Hall
showing, turned in a record-break
ing 3.6 effort good for first. Army’s
highly-touted John Ballantyne
was clocked in 3.7.
4 Seniors in Last Meet
The other Nittany first-placers
were Bobby Lawrence on the side
horse, Jan Cronstedt on the hori
zontal bar, A 1 Wick on the par
allel bars, and Jim Hazen on the
flying rings.
Four seniors completed their
college dual meet gymnastic car
eers. They are Captain Bob Ken
yon and Bill Sopper in the tumb
ling, ropeman Shultz, and ring
man Haaen.
The summaries:
TUMBLING—(I), Jack Charles, • Army,
261; (2), George Haas, Army, 260; (3), Bob
Kenyon, Penn State, 249; (4), Neal Creigh
ton, Army, 235;, (5), Warren Hommas,
Penn State, 214.
SIDEHORSE—(I), Bobby Lawrence,
Penn State, 280; (2), Frank Wick, Penn
State, 271; (3), Jim Sibley, Army 262;
<4), Tony Procopio, Penn State, 236; (5),
Bill Axup, Army, 213.
HORIZONTAL BAR—(1), Jan Cronstedt,
Penn State, 285; (2), Mario Todaro, Penn
State, 252; (3), Tony Procopio, Penn State,
241; (4), Dick Laurence, Army, 231; (5),
Cecil Jellison, Army, 199.
ROPE CLIMB—(1), Dare Shultz, Penn
State, 3.6; <2), John B&H&ntyne, Army 3.7;
(3), Bill Renner, Army, 3.8; (4), Johnny
Baffa, Penn State, 4.0; (5), Bob Boudreau,
Penn State, and John Funkhonser, Army,
4.1 <tie>.
PARALLEL BARS—<I), AI Wick* Penn
State* and Ray Colven* 269 (tie); (3), Jan
Cronstedt, Penn State* 267; (4), Karl
Schwenzfeier, Penn State* 259; (5), Jay
Edwards* Army* 241.
FLYING RINGS—(I), Jim Hazen, Penn
State* 274; (2)* Erhart Demand, Army*
264; (3), Karl Schwenzfeier, Penn State*
260; (4), Tony Procopio* Penn State, and
Bob Carpenter, Army* 242 (tie).
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By GEORGE BAIREY
22 Fraternity
Matmen Win
First Bouts
By MOOCH WILLIAMS
Don Fields of Phi Sigma Kappa
and Norm Naylor of Phi Kappa
Tau, in the 145-pound class, threw
their opponents to gain their first
IM wrestling wins and kick off
the lid of the IM wrestling card
last night.
Other winners in the 145-pound
class were Ed Smith from Phi
Delta Theta and Dick Lindfors
from Phi Kappa Sigma.
Dave Rimple of Phi Sigma Kap
pa was the only winner in the
128-pound class as he pinned his
opponent in the third period.
Harry Wendel of Theta Chi took
his time in pinning 135-pound
Doug Schorke of Phi Kappa Al
pha. Wendel was ahead when he
copped the bout late in the third
period.
The 155-pound class saw the
most action with six bouts. Theta
Chi’s Whitehouse pinned his op
position late in the second period.
Jim Mayes of Delta Upsilon cop
ped his victory at .1:50 of the first
period. Jim Diehl of Sigma Nu
did the winning stunt in a short
er time of 1:45 over Alpha Tau
Omega’s Muckinhaupt. Sidney
Ziff of Phi Sigma Delta also pin
ned his opponent. Bob McFadden
won Phi Kappa Tau’s second
match of the night by pinning
Paul Pawloski of Kappa Sigma.
Tony Vendetti of Tau Kappa Phi
and Seymour Lazarus of Beta
Sigma Rho were even in the first
period until Vendetti took the
match with a pin at 1:27.
In the 175-pound class, Andy
Krassowski of Pi Kappa Phi took
Zeta Beta Tau’s Berger at 1:46
of the first period. Winfred Doe
derlein’s early two-point lead was
no advantage as Don Brainerd of
Triangle won the match with a
first period pin.
Heavyweight Phil Weaver of
Delta Chi defeated Slyvan Taub
of Phi Epsilon Pi in' the second
period. Yellow-s hir t e d Tom
Schmalzreid of Alpha Zeta took
Delta Upsilon’s Schaffer late in
the third period after a bitter
battle.
Winners by forfeit were: Don
Barney of Sigma Nu, Buzz Pierce
of Pi Kappa Phi, Walt Laska of
Sigma Phi Sigma, Bill Ziegler of
Phi Kappa Psi, Theopilos Bala
banis of Phi Kappa Psi, and Bill
Walker of Sigma Pi.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Matmen Defeat Army to Remain
Unbeaten for 3d Year,Win 29th
—Photo by Rosenberg
HEAVYWEIGHT HUD SAMSON makes one of his many pin at
tempts on West Point's Jerry Lodge. Samson's easy 13-4 win gave
the Lions an added three points and a 23-3 triumph over Army
in Rec Hall Saturday. ' *
Mittmen Await EISA's
After 5-3 Army loss
You would hardly expect a team which has just lost its
sixth straight match and which has been victory-starved
all season to be optimistic about impending intercollegiate
championships
Yet, Penn State’s boxing team, despite a 5-3 loss to Army
Saturday night in Ree Hall, is eagerly awaiting the EIBA
title matches this Friday and Saturday in Syracuse, N.Y.
The reason for the optimism
stems from the three victories the
Lions did wrest from the Cadets
thanks to Sam Marino, Tony
Flore, and Adam Kois. By con
tinuing their season long pattern
of impressive victories, these Nit
fanies establish themselves as
strong contenders for individual
titles.
And as a further consequence,
any team which has the possibility
of gaining three individual titles
not only has the right to be opti
mistic but must be considered as
threats.
As far as the match with Army
was concerned, it was the same
season-long story of eager and
willing but inexperienced Nittany
boxers. The Cadets took the edge
by sweeping successively the 147,
* *
By JAKE HIGHTON
156, and 165 pound classes and
then clinched matters with a win
in' the heavyweight division.
Marino (125) started the Lions
properly with a 30-25 decision
over Stan Beck. Using a sharp
left jab. Captain Sam took an
early lead and continued to pile
up "points. In the third, Sammy
iced the decision with a staggering
right cross followed by a swift
flurry of lefts and rights.
Army’s EIBA runnerup Jim Mc-
Gee was stunned for two rounds
by 132 pounder Sam Butler’s stub
born counterpunching but finally
assured himself of the verdict
(30-26) by canvassing Butler with
a wicked right crosss.
Flore put the Lions ahead for
(Continued on page seven)
* * *
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1953
Title
By SAM PROCOPIO
It’s history, and before more
than 5500 Kec v Hall fans.
Coach Charlie Speidel’s
EIWA two-tiine champions.re
mained unbeaten for the third
straight season and extended
their winning streak to 29 when
they closed their final chaptejsof
dual meet competition with a
most convincing score - Saturday
over Army—a team- ; which / de
feated Lehigh and Cornell.
The final score—Penn State 23,
Army 3—which was certainly mis
leading, does not reveal, however,
much of the close. battles.vthai
confronted Bob Homan, :'iD o u,g
Frey,, and Jbe Lemyre. Then too,
missing from Coach Lloyd Apple
ton’s lineup was Jerry. Tebben,
his outstanding 167-pound mat-,
man.
Homan Wins, 4-2
Observing the brighter side of
the story," however, Speidel’s boys;
not only gave him an early lead;
that he claimed would be heeded,'
but the Lion matmenkept off win-’
ning until 177-p ou n d EIWA
champ, A 1 Paulekas, decisioned
State’s 167-pound. EIWA and
NCAA champ, Joe Lemyre, in the
177-pound class, 5-3. ; "',. ...
Getting the Lions offon the
right foot was Homan who he
cisioned Captain Bob Karns, 4-2:
The short but well-built Karns
had Speidel’s 123-pound - EIWA
champ in a riddle for more than
two minutes in the first roiind..
Nevertheless, just before thebiiz
zer ended the round, Homan took ;
Karps down. The Cadet had
something to "say for himself- in
the next round .with a reverse:
Quick as a streak of lightning;
however, Homan reversed him.
From there it was nip-and-tuck.
Unorthodox • Pin
Penn State’s only unbeaten
wrestler, Dick Lemyre, climaxed
his dual meet competition tins'
season with one for the-book
when the slick 130-pound EIWA
champ pinned John Eckhardt in
5:39, putting the Lions out in
front 8-0. .....
It all began when Lemyre took
Eckhart down late in the second
round.' Having control all the
time, the always turriiiig champ
made a fast twist arid found him
self underneath his 130-pound foe.
Alhiost from nowhere, Lemyre
was back on top with an un
orthodox hold and his pin. Both
Lemyre and Eckhardt were look
ing at Rec Hall’s lights at the same
time, but it was Eckhardt’s shoul
der blades which Were touching
flush with the mat.
(Continued on page seven)