PAGE SIX Teams Successful at Matmen Win To Remain Undefeated By SAM PROCOPIO It’s five down and three to go for Penn State’s undefeated wres tlers. And in registering their fifth dual meet victory of the season against Syracuse, 24-6, last Satur day in Rec Hall, the Nittany Lions presented the victory to their coach, Charlie Speidel, as a birth day gift. As Penn State’s National and Eastern champs took to the mat, it appeared as though the Lions would make a complete rout of the dual meet. In the first four inatches not one point was scored by the Big Orange grapplers. However, in the 157-pound bat tle Captain Ed Rooney of Syra cuse reversed the. situation, shut ting out Bill Krebs, 8-0. The Nittany Lions opened and closed the dual meet in the finest fashion as 123-pounder Bob Ho man and heavyweight Bill Oberly had their foes’ shoulders flush with the mat. Also following in the steps of the aforementioned Penn Staters was Co-captain and EIWA champion, Jerry Maurey. It took only 1:48 for Homan to secure a cradle hold on his Syra cuse opponent, John Husband. Husband was behind 2-0 in the scoring before the fall. Hal Byers won his third match of the season as' he easily defeated Ed Weisz in the 130-pound tussle. Weisz was taken down early m the first period and almost pin ned. Byers, however, let the hold slip from under him. He scored an escape takedown and time advantage to win, 7-0. In winning his 17th intercolleg iate wrestling match in'a row, Co captain and EIWA champ, Dick Lemyre, scored what was prob ably the quickest takedown seen at Rec Hall in some time. From then on, Tom King, Syracuse 137- pounder, wrestled in a shell. Le myre, however, was able to gain a 6-0 verdict. Maurey followed Lemyre with his pin to give the Lions a com manding 16-0 team lead. Before Speidel’s 147-pound standout had Garland Harris flush with the mat with a half nelson and body press, Maurey led 5-0 with two take downs and an escape. The time of the fall came in 4:45. Despite his 8-0 loss to Captain Ed Rooney, Krebs did a fine job. It appeared several times that Krebs would be pinned, but Roon ey failed to even score a near fall. .Hank Gobetz won his battle over Joe Humphrey, State 107- pounder, 4-2, by virtue of two minute time advantage. But Joe Kurfka put the Lions back on the winning side with an impres sive 8-1 triumph. It was only Murray Winer’s strength that saved him from observing Rec Hall’s lighting system, on several occasions. In the heavyweight class Ober ly handily outmaneuvered his heavier Syracuse opponent. He had George Finck’s shoulders touching the mat with a three juarter nelson hold, but before the referee, William Lee, could slap the mat, Finck got' loose. However, Oberly had the fans in cheers when he caught Finck with the same hold, this time for a fall. Tiihe was 3:57. The results: 123-Iba.—lToman (PS) pinned Husband, 1:48. 130-lbs.—Byers (PS) decisioned' Weisz, 7-0. 137-lbs.—Lemyre (PS) decisioned Kinjf, «-e. 147-lbs.—Maurey (PS) 4:45. 157-lbs.—Rooney (S) decisioned Krebs, 8-0. 167-lbs.—Gobetz (S) decisioned Hum phreys, 4-2. I 177-lbs.—Krufka (PS) decisioned Winer, 8-1. Hvwt.—Oberly (PS) pinned Finck. 3:37 - • " JOE KRUFKA, Penn Slate 177-pounder, grimaces as he attempts to place his Syracuse opponent, Murray Winer, flush with the mat. Although he failed to accomplish this, Krufka won his second start for the Lions, 8-1. The Nittany Lions defeated Syracuse, 24-6, last Saturday at Rec Hall. Ringmen Tie Syracuse, 4-4 As the Nittany boxing squad begins prepping for its next ring foe, the Badgers of Wisconsin, talk is still being heard about the Lions’ “moral victory” of tying Syracuse 4-4, and Frank Della Penna’s stunning defeat of Bruce Yancey in the final bout. The Big Orange, Eastern ring champs last year, moved into Rec Hall with a veteran squad only to see an early 3-0 lead vanish as an inexperienced Lion squad came off the ropes with a slugging attack. Orange Strategy Fails Orange Coach, Roy Simmons, saw his pre-match strategy blow up when Dell Penna decisioned the heavyweight 30-25. Yancey had been switched from the 178- pound class to the heavyweight slot to supposedly insure an Orange victory. With the first round scored at 10-10, Della Penna first knocked Yancey to the floor in the second, then gave him a beating on the ropes at the end of the round. In the third, Yancey again hit the canvas. As the two very tired boxers first clinched, then broke briefly to resume the attack in the third, fight fans rose to their feet screaming for Della Penna’s knockout blow. Two wins by sophomores Larry Stokes, 147-pounder, and Don De- May, 156-pounds, and Adam Kois’ expected victory staged the brunt of the Lions’ sensational stand against the Orange. First Win Stokes decisioned Larry O’Sul livan, 30-28. Stokes, who has been improving consistently, used a varied attack both in the head and mid-section of the Orange boxer. His 10-8 first round score was the first round that the Lions won after three bouts had been completed. DeMay battered Joe McCourt to the canvas twice in the first round. DeMay’s clobbering counter-assault stopped the fight at 1:40 of the first round to cut the Syracuse lead to one point, 3-2. Vince Rigolosi widened the point gap to 4-2 when he defeated Frank Breidor, a sophomore in his ring debut at 165, 30-26. Brei dor pushed the attack, but failed pinned Harris, THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA By hOf WILLIAMS by AL CAPP irs WQFtSE/.MT'S ttilurui frean-Qii is America's Uwrite bail; taek. It’s noa-alcafeelic. Contains swathing Lanolin. GreoasMr, rtlfeyc*dun**, r«ao*c«leose dandruff. Get Witdroot Cream-Oil, Cbariie! Uw a! 234. to use his reach advantage on the shorter, but experienced, IBA 165-pound champ and co-captain of the Orange. Sam Alexander fell to the ex plosive lefts and aggressive power of 178-pounder Adam Kois. Kois easily swamped the Syracuse jun ior, 30-24, with a strong second round attack to the head. While the Lions won four out of the last five events, the first three weight class victories went to the Orange. Dick Evanko stuck out the rug ged road to defeat as he dropped his first bout varsity 30-25. Frank Guelli had the reach on the Lion lightweight and staggered -him briefly in the third round. Pappy Papacharalambous drop ped the 132-pound tilt 30-27 to Gerald Jaffe, a sophomore. The Lion veteran tried his bob and weave style but couldn’t get past his opponent’s advantage in reach. Ring-wise John Granger handed 139-pourider Don Martin his first loss, 30-25, with two eight counts —one in the first and one in the third. The results: 125-lbs.—Guelli (S) decisioned Evanko (PS), 30-25. 132-lbs.—Jnfce (S) decisioned Papachara lambous (PS), 30-27. 139-lbs.—Granger (S) decisioned Martin (PS), 30-25. 147-lbs.—Stokes (PS) decisioned O’Sulli van (S), 1:40 first period. 165-lbs.—Rigolosi (S) decisioned Breidor (PS). 30-26. 178-lbs. —Kois (PS) decisioned Alexander (S), 30-24. Hvwt.—Della Penna (PS) decisioned Yan cey (S), 30-25. Vejar Hurt in Crash COLUMBUS, Ga., Feb. 15 (TP)— Chico Vejar, nationally known welterweight boxer, suffered multiple lacerations, a 'fractured lower jaw and loss of six teeth to day when, he was forced to crash land his private plane near here. I'M NOTVFACE JT I'M AN Gym Team Turns Ba^k Navy, 65-31 By RON GATEHOUSE Gene Wettstone’s gjannas tic .Nittany Lions rolled to their third straight intercolle giate win of the current cam paign at Rec Hall Saturday night, defeating the U.S. Naval Academy, 65^31. In taking their 12th straight in tercollegiate 'triumph, a string which began in 1950, the Nittanies displayed their widest winning margin so far this season. The win also opened the gates leading to the Eastern gymnastic crown _ since the Midshipmen loomed as the big hurdle for the Lions to clear in their quest for ;he Eastern title. Jan Cronstedt stood out before the packed house as the number one man for the Lions, .when he took two firsts and a fifth place to contribute 13 points to the win ning cause. Karl Schwenzfeier provided nine points on his first place on the flying rings and fifth on the parallel bars. Tony Proco pio followed with a second on the horizontal bar and a fourth on the rings to add six points to the Lions’ total. Skeets Haag also turned in a sterling performance, taking the rope climb with his 3.7 effort. The Middies’ Burton Munger captured a first place in the first event, tumbling, with the Lions’ Bill Paxton and Warren Hommas taking second and third. Cron stedt registered fifth place. The Nittanies took the side horse event in one-two-three fash ion, with Co-captain Frank Wick, Bob Lawrence, and Paul Heim finishing in that order. Horizontal bar action followed, with Cronstedt and Procopio tak (Continued on page seven) YOU CAN'T FOOL TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 1954 Home Rados Signs Pro Contract With Eagles Tony Rados, Penn State’s star quarterback for the past two years, signed a professional foot ball contract with the Philadel phia Eagles last Saturday. Rados, leading college passer in the East and fifth in the country, was signed by Vince McNally, Eagles’ general manager. The Eagles drafted the Steelton Slingshot a year ago. He was eligible then because he is a trans fer from Notre Dame where he spent one semester but played no varsity sports. Vic Lindskog, Eagles’ assistant coach, scouted Rados in the Penn State-West Virginia game and was quite impressed. “Rados can throw short and long, soft and hard,” says Lind skog. “What’s 'more important he stands the rush well .and never gets rattled. He maneuvers well in the pocket and is deadly with those short, hook passes.” Last year Rados spearheaded all East collegiate passers with 81 completions in 171 attempts for 1025 yards and eight touchdowns. In his three years of varsity com pletion for the Nittany Lions, he smashed all Penn State passing records. Lion JV Mafmen Down Lock Haven Penn State’s JV wrestlers turn ed back Lock Haven State Teach ers College JV’s, 23-11, last night on the losers’ mats. Four Lions scored pins during the match. Dave Adams won at 5:05 over Lock Haven’s 147- pounder Jim Gardner. John Pepe pinned 137-pounder Tom -Mus ser at 8:45, while Smith and Dan Gray also tallied falls for the Lions. I AT ANV TOILETRIES COUNTER. GET c W9I-DROOT CSEAM-OSL,CHARUE. r ? BUT, WHERE CAN A POOR, HELPLESS ' LION ) buv *— WILDROOT CREAM-OIL? os' but; ! THAT U WOULD BE ILLEGAL? MV NAME =. 1 FOMARD'I
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