TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1953
'Cage
Owls
Sports Thru
The Lion’s Eye
By JAKE HIGHTON
Collegian Sports Editor
It was Army Day in Rec Hall Saturday. Much of the
athletic creapa of the Corps came like world-seeking Caesars
from, their West Point stronghold along the banks of the
Hudson; they saw, one Eastern championship team and quite
probably another one; but they conquered no one except the
Nittany boxing team a hollow cqnqiiest since five other
opponents had done the same. 1
★ ★ ★ *
■ The Cadets began their offensive in the afternoon gymnastic
meet. They held the EIGA title for the last three years and they
had a jinx factor in their favor—State hadn't defeated them since
1948. Gene Wellslone's Lions were unbeaten and although the
Soldiers had lost once, they were coming on strong in recent bat
tles!'Sensing the pitched struggle that was to take place, 3000
appreciative spectators peered down on the Rec Hall plain. „
The Cadets quickly established a bridgehead by taking strategical
positions.one and two in the tumbling.'But from that point on the
battle went poorly for them as the sharpest part of the Army routine
the strut, and “Brace .Up Dumb-John” approach to the ap
paratus!. Bobby Lawrence’s near-flawless sidehorse maneuvers and
Frank "Wick’s dazzling leg-scissoring evened the score.
Suddenly the Cadet line broke as the Lions' counterattack
continued with a three-place slam of the horizontal bar. Jan Cron
stedt, a magnificent piece of sculploring from Finland, flew aroUnd
the bar with effortless ease, fabulous grace, and straighter than
the straightest arrow. Mario Todaro and Tony Procopio/ shori
statured G-men who typified the team's' "rising to the occasion,"
took second and third on the' even though they* needed the
help of a fireman's ladder and the grunts of the crowd to reach
the bar.
. . however, Army still had a massed concentration of Big Bertha
strength—the rope climb, always an Army fortification. But State’s
Dutch .Schultz hand-over-handed the 20-foot Yogi rope in 3.6 seconds
—a Penn State record—to win arid open the flood gates of a rout.
A 1 Wick , tied for first in the parallel bars and the Army was-chased
from ; the battlesite minus an EIGA medal. Jim Hazen’s fluid-power
triumph on the flying rings only added insult to the Army debacle
★★ _ ★
Undaunted, the Cadets returned to the field of battle in the
evening. In the opening boding skirmish, Sam Marino won but
Army's Captain Jim McGee—a rugged individual of the Old Guard
who stands up -between' the - score.- Tony Flore
advanced one kilometer for State but Army counterattacked with
three' straight victories. In one. Stale's Steve Melmeck's nose bled
like Cyrano's and his face was "the Red Sea." However, Hammer
ing Adam Kois took revenge by dealing Army's lighlheavy a
thorough saturation bombing..:
★ ★
This mitt win could hardly cheer the Cadets. State next wheeled
in its elite Panzer divisions—the unbeaten, unbloodied, and unbowed
wrestlers. The Nittany blitzkrieg trio, Bob Homan, Dick Lemyre,
and Jerry Maurey quickly dealt crippling blows. After Homan won,
Dandy Dick—who nas more tricks than most of his foes heard of—
pulled as fantastic a pinning movement as is likely to ever be seen.
With the Army foe fighting Dick’s rear-guard, Lemyre flashed an
encircling attack from :a lying-on-his-back position and the Soldier
was licked. Next Jerry overcame an Army “retrograde movement”
a strategical retreat—to put State ahead irretrievably.
Only Army's iank-sized and armor-plated A 1 Paulekas could
save West Point prestige from a complete whitewash annihilation.
But the day was already lost. After the gymnastics setback, mar
tial-air organist George Ceiga struck up with "Fight On Old Army
Team”—he didn't have the heart after the wrestling match.
224 E< College Ave., State
Season Ends as
fop Lions, 56-54
★ ★ ★
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
★ « ★
★ ★
By TED SOENS
Five quick points in the last
minutes of play' Saturday
night cost the Lions their final
game of the season to the Tem
ple Owls, 56-54. The Staters
held a three-point advantage
with 90 seconds-to go, but the
hard-pressing Owls slipped in two
field goals by Harry Silcox and
A 1 Didriksen to put them ahead
and a foul shot as added, insur
ance. !
The Lions finished their season
with a 15-9 record and a total/of
1613 points (which sets a new
team scoring record by 17 points).
The previous record was made
last year at a total of 1596.
Slow Start
The Staters lost their nine
games on the road while the home
mark showed a record of 25
straight wins. For their opponents,
the season final gave them a 16-10
mark.
Only a total of 19 points was
scored the first period as the two
teams got off to a slow start. State
held the, lead with 12 points going
into the second quarter, but the
Templers, paced by Didriksen,
who was high scorer of the eve
ning with 21, quickly found the
hoop in the second frame for 22
points. They led at half-time,
29-24.
Arnelle Scores 18
The Lions took the lead away
from the Owls in the third frame
by scoring 18 points and holding
their opponents to 12. But effec
tive fading defensive work by
the Owls and double-triple team
ing of Jesse Arnelle, held down
the visitors in the fourth and im
portant final frame. The Lions
only managed 12 points while
Temple had 15.
Arnelle was high for the Lions
with 18 points. This gave him a
total of 408 for the season, the
second year he reached the 400
mark. He had 492 in 26 games last
year. Captain Herm Sledzik, play
ing in his last game, upped his
total to 351 and second place scor
ing position. ■
Penn State Temple
PG F Ttl. FG F Ttl*
Sherry,f 3- 2-2 8 Sylvester,f 2, 2-5 6
Sledzik,f 2 1.-1.5 Silcox.f 5 1-1 11
Amelle,c 5 8-1.2 18 Kane.c 3 4-5 10
5 0-0 10 Miller, g 3 1-1 7
Haag,sr 3 2-3 8 Didriksen.g 5 11-19 21
Edwards 0 0-0 0 Kittredge 0 1-2 1
Blocker 2 1-2 5
Brewer 0 0-0 0
Totals 20 14-20 54| Totals 18 20-33 56.
Score by periods—
Temple 7 22 12 15—56
Penn State 12 12 18 • 12—54-
Officials—Collins, Shirley.
inwit
>he ou f stcmrfi ng ':*&<ss&, *>>.
ochievement and fwtwrapfonsof
-> ’ ' x.'*', V'' « *-, : s <r ’ M
; :;;-:r ! :itielp«iiV-, J
v,„< "' s ! ,"' ■?” >, VV; ; v <*'*<>*/ -s*
' of
Matmen Victors --
(Continued from page six)
•The puzzling question of the fall was: What hold did Lemyre
use? Referee Dick Dißattista was called to the reporter’s table
to explain the hold.
“Do you expect me to call that hold?”
, After everyone noded their heads, he exclaimed: “Call it a
body press.”
Speidel called it a “back-lying cradle” when questioned
after the dual meet. *
Maurey followed the Lemyre
pin with a 9-2 decision over Pete
Fikaris. With little action in the
first and second rounds, State’s
137-pound matman had to wrestle
from the referee’s position to
start the action. Maurey escaped
and then had little trouble taking
him down and scoring a near fall.
Fikaris tried to avoid Maurey but
couldn’t. Maurey let him escape
in order to get him to wrestle.
As soon as he was free, the Cadet
found himself two points behind
with take downs.
The Frey brothers, Don and
Doug, found similar situations.
Don, however, had to give his foe
a horse back ride when Jim
Karns, 147-pounder, became tired.
Don shutout Karns, 3-0, while
Doug squeezed by on time ad
vantage, 3-2, over Dale Ward. At
this time the Lions led, 17-0.
Dvorozniak and Samson scored
convincing wins over their 167
and heavyweight opponents, Bob
Mentillo and Jerry Lodge. Dvoroz
niak, who gave one of his finest
winning performances, 6-1, had
his man pinned many times but
to no avail. Mentillo was off the
mat each time. Lodge was no
match for State’s talented heavy
weight, too. In fact, Samson al
most secured a pin on every turn
in his 13-4 win, but Hud let them
slip from under him.
All-Winning Season
An unbeaten campaigner on
the current Penn State boxing
team is 178-pound Adam Kois, of
Uniontown.
Boxers Lose -
(Continued from page six)
the last time with a workmanlike
TKO victory over Army’s Woo die
Hansell at 139 pounds. Hansell,
holding his hands high, managed
to stay even with the easily-coast
ing Flore for two founds. But in
the third, Flore flashed a pre
viously silent right and after scor
ing repeatedly and with rapidity
the ref called a halt at 1:58.
Nittany Stan Engle was vir
tually helpless before Andy Ma
loney in the 147 division and
wound up on the very short end
of a 30-19 decision.
Steve Melmeck (156) dropped
his fourth decision at the hands of
Army’s Harrv Ruhf, 30-28, but
he-'did far better than his blood
covered face led most to believe.
Moving up a weight as did Mel
meck, Hank Arnold found the
heavy, solidly-built Skip Massey
too tough as the Cadet scored a
wide 30-23 decision in the 165
pound bracket.
State’s last. chance for cheers
were provided by the sledgeham
mer fists of Adam Kois, 176
pounder. From the opening belL
Kois tore into the towering Ed
Mendell and with cyclonic fury
hammered the Soldier steadily for
1:45 minutes until a merciful ref
eree stopped it.
Heavyweight Bill Andresevic
ran into his toughest Eastern foe
all season and went down before
Army’s Frank Hicks, 30-26.
PAGE SEVEN