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VOL 54. No. 74
Swedes Victors, 49*-46Vr
Wrestlers Win 31st Match
Lions Beat
LeSiighl9-7;
Two Draw
By SAM PROCOPIO
It took three components—
speed, hustle, and guts—for
Penn State’s National ■ wrest
ling team to defeat a potential
Lehigh squad, 19-7, last night
in Taylor gym at Bethlehem
before a capacity crowd.
The impressive performance
made by Coach Charley Speidel’s
team marked the 31st consecutive
dual meet victory without a de
feat.
Bob Homan, 123-pounder, de
feated EIWA champion Alex Mc-
Cord, 9-2, to give the Lions a 3-0
team lead. Homan, who rode his
opponent beautifully throughout
the match, took down McCord
early in the first period.
However, later-in the period
State’s 123-pounder was reversed.
No sooner was Homan at the dis
advantage position than was he
back at the advantage position.
After riding. McCord throughout
the second period, Homan, re-
Summaries
123—Homan decisioned McCord,
9-2
130—Mahoney decisioned
Fornicola, 3-2 .
137—Lemyre decisioned Faust,
10-5
147—Maurey tied Eichelberger,
5-5
157—Frey decisioned Whited,
4-0
167—Krebs decisioned Taylor,
6-1
177—Dvorozniak decisioned
Gallagher, 4-1
Hwi.—Oberly tied Comly, 6-6
versed his foe again and received
one point for predicament. His
two minute riding time added the
final touch.
In the 130-pound battle, Joe
Mahoney halted Larry Fomicola’s
bid for six straight dual meet
•wins. Fornicola started off with a
take down, but couldn’t hold onto
his opponent as he escaped. Ma
honey also escaped in the second
period. Lehigh’s fine grappler
rode State’s 130-pounder in the
final period. In the last 15 seconds
Fornicola’s reversal attempt al
most won the match, but Mahoney
was not to be denied.
Co-captain Dick Lemyre em
ployed every trick in the book to
defeat one of the most brilliant
matmen in the East—Ken Faust.
Faust was a victim of colorful
Lemyre’s mat finesse, however.
Lemyre’s opponent was success
ful on a take down, but within a
split second Faust was at the dis
advantage position. He was able
to free- h im s elf from Lemyre
twice, but on each occasion, Faust
was taken down. Faust scored his
other two points on a 'reversal,
while Lemyre .had an escape and
two minutes, riding- time to win,
his 17th consecutive dual meet.
After Co-captain Jerry Maurey
piled up a commanding 3-0 lead
going into the final period, Le
high’s unbeaten: 147-pounder, Ed
Eichelberger, ' not only escaped,
took Maurey down, and earned a
near fall, but almost had-him-see
ing, the Taylor gym lights. How
ever, time ran out.
Maurey’s riding time in the sec
ond period was telling in bringing
the battle to a 5-5 stalemate. State
led, 8-5, at this point.
In the 157-pound class, Doug
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STATE COLLEGE., PA.. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1954
SWEDISH AND NITTANY gymnastic teams pic team and the Lions. 1953 National Collegiate
line up for their national anthems before the Athletic Association champions, in Recreation
meet between the Swedish National and Olym- Hall last night before a sell-out crowd of 6000.
Navy Nips
With Rally,
The Nittany Lion basketball team must have reached the peak of frustration yester
day afternoon when it battled Navy in Dalgren Hall at Annapolis, Md. The Lions, lead
ing by a. comfortable 11 points at the end of the first half, saw it dwindle to nothing in the
third quarter as the Middies put on a phenomenal scoring spree to pull ahead and win
the game in the final period, 62-58.
Led by dead-eyed John Clune, wbio ranks 21st among the nation’s scorers this week,
the Navy quintet came out of its scoring doldrums in the third frame and moved into a
43-43 tie after the Lions had apparently captured a safe lead and were on their way to
win number seven.
But Clune and the rest of his
teammates had different ideas.
Actually it may have been reserve
guard Doral Sandlin Who put
the life in the Middies, leading
their fast break parade that was
supplemented with an astronomi
cal shooting percentage in the
third period.
Despite a 27-point performance
by the Lions’ Jesse Arnelle, the
Nittanies found themselves on
the tail end of the score for the
second time this season. Arnelle
was definitely the big man in the
Nittany lineup as he cut the cords
with 10 field goals and seven foul
points to lead all scorers. Clune
took runner-up honors with 25.
The Lions held a slim 18-15 lead
at the end of the first quarter and
then pulled ahead in the second
frame, 32-21, holding the Middies
to only six markers in that frame.
Then in the fatal third period
Navy caught fire and scored 22
points while Elmer Gross’ five
could account for only 14 and led
by one, 44-43 at the buzzer. The
Middies kept up their relentless
scoring attack in the final period,
outscoring the Lions, 17to 14.
Clune opened the scoring with
a one-hand jump shot early in
the quarter and Arnelle came
right back with a swishing • hook
from six feet out. From then on
the Nittanies led until Navy
pushed ahead 14-13 late in the
period. Amelle’s foul and Jim
Brewer’s one hand push shot put
the Lions but in front, 16-14.
The Lions had command until
8:50 of the third period, when the
Midshipmen finally caught them.
Arnelle and Weidenhammer car
ried the brunt of the scoring bur
den in the second frame after
Jack Sherry injured his knee.'The
Lion captain, was unable to re
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By dick McDowell
Mittmen Await
Spartan Opener
The Nittany Lion boxing squad has just two weeks left to prepare
for its first test of the 1954 campaign.
For the season’s opener, Coach Eddie Sulkowski and his eight
man squad will be hosts to the Spartans of Michigan State. Last
year, the Spartans handed the Lions a' 514-2% defeat when they
won their third match in as many
starts
This year, the boys from East
Lansing, Michigan, are expected
to be carrying their usual array
of lethal ring weapons.
■ln the National Collegiate Ath
letic Association’s 16th tourney
last year at Idaho State College,
Pocatello, Ida., Michigan placed
three places above the Lions in
tournament team scores. -?he Spar
tans compiled ten points to tie
North Carolina A&T and San Jose
State for the fourth place posi
tion, while the Lions held seventh
place with eight points.
Three. of the mittmen who
helped scor e Michigan State’s
score—Jimmie Evans, Herb Odom,
and Tom Hickey—will be back to
try and start a new trail back to
the same tournament, which will
be held at Penn State, April 8-10.
Evans, 132-pounder, moved into
the semi-final round after defeat
ing his Wisconsin opponent in the
quarter finals. He lost, however,
to Paddy Garver, Idaho State, who
later went on to win' the division
title.
Odom was defeated by Pat
Sreenan of Wisconsin, who later
won the 147-pound division, in the
semi-finals.
Hickey .took two- bouts to enter
Cagers
62-58
I the" finals. He downed Bob Mor
gan, Wisconsin, in the quarter
finals, and then belted his way
through the semi-finals with a
win over Idaho’s Don Anderson.
He then took the 165-pounders
title with a victory over Fred
Shieman, California.
The Lions have only one vet
eran this year who helped score
eight points in the classic tour
ney. Adam Kois, who won the
Eastern title but lost the 178-
pound NCAA belt to Ray Zale,
Wisconsin, fought his way into
the finals, with wins over Fred
Bowen, Idaho, and San Jose
State’s Darrell Dukes.
Pro Bowl Gome
Set for Today
The end comes today to the
elongated National Professional
Football League season when two
all-star teams representing the
league’s two divisions meet in the
fourth annual Pro Bowl at Los
Angeles’ Memorial Coliseum.
The contest, expected to attract
35,000 fans, pits 31 selected play
ers of the Westren Conference
against a like squad of the East
ern Conference.
Stattin Nets
15 Points
in 6 Events
By RON GATEHOUSE
In what was perhaps one of
the most thrilling, precise, and
well-coordinated events that
has ever taken place in Ree
Hall during recent years, Swe
den’s National champs and
Olympic gymnastics stars de
feated Penn State’s National
Collegiate titleholders, 49%-
46%, last night.
It was co-captain A 1 Wick’s des
perate try to put the Nittanies in
the lead when he took first place
in the final event, the parallel
bars; Jan Cronstedt’s first place
in the long horse with 194 out of
a possible 200 points; Sweden’s
ace, William Thoresson scoring
197 points in calisthentics;' and
the Swedes’ Borje Stattin compet
ing in each of the six events that
highlighted the meet, the first in
ternational gym duel in the his
tory of the United States.
Following the Swedes' exhi
bition of synchronized calisthen
ics, lightning-f as i tumbling,
and high table vaulting, Henry
'Allard, member of the Swedish
Parliament and guide of the vis
iting team, presented Coach
Wetlstone the Ling Award-, a
symbolic medallion expressing
superiority in the field of gym
nastics. The royal Swedish
award has only ever been given
outside of Sweden three limes,
and this was the first time an
American ever received the
award.
The awed crowd of 6000 spec
tators that packed into Ree Hall
in every available space but the
shower rooms remained silent
throughout each performance, but
gave out with a tremendous ova
tion at the close of each event.
The European team, ranked as
one of the world’s best in the
field of gymnastics, performed in
their true world-famed fashion,
but the Nittany Lions demanded
respect in losing to them by a
mere three points.
Gene Wettstone’s Blue and
White stalwarts fell behind in the
opening event, the long horse, by
a nine to seven verdict, but fol
lowed through in the still rings
to score an 11%-4% point victory
and take a five point lead.
The side horse performances,
third event on the program, show
ed the Lions copping a 13-3 ver
dict and lifting their lead to fif
teen points, 31*6 to 16%. The
Swedes took the calisthenics and
H-bar events by similar 13-3 mar
gins. At this point the Lions were
behind, 42%-37%.
The Blue and White performers
showed a nine-seven lead in the
final event, the parallel bars, to
account for the final score.
Borje Stattin, undoubtedly the
finest all-around performer for
the Swedes, outscored the Nittany
stalwart, Jan Cronstedt, 15-13.
However, it was 1952 Olympic
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Last Collegian
This is the last edition of the
Daily Collegian for the fall se
mester. Collegian will resume
spring semester publication
Tuesday, Feb. 9.
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