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Lion 19-9 Defeat Is First Since 1950;
Lemyre Wins 18th Straight Match
Seven teams have given the Nittany Lion wrestlers a close shave through their
34-match winning streak, but it was only Navy which Was smart enough to sharpen
its razor. Although the cut was not as deep as it appears, 19-9, an inspired Navy team did
manage, to win the first two bouts and never relinquished its lead after that.
Coach Charlie Speidel's matmen, who dropped their first match since 1950, had an
opportunity to tie the fine Midshipman sauad, and it appeared as though the Lions would
But heavyweight Pete Blair altered matters. With'
Penn State's Bill Oberly shooting the works
the necessary pin—which would have knotted
score at 14-14--a capacity crowd of more than
fans saw Oberly quickly take down Blair and
the latter's shoulders to the mat, only to have
Middie slide off the canvas before the ref(
could call it. Oberly was awarded a predicam4
Then Midshipman Blair. who
evened the the score 3.-* with a re
versal and predicament, ended
Oberly's long and colorful win
ning streak with a body press in
4:28.
Open Wrestling
In the opening 123-pound en
counter Midshipman Bill Holtz
consistently dove for Homan's
legs and was successful in taking
him down three times. After the
first take down, Homan escaped
but was taken down again by
Holtz's two-legged tackle. Homan
reversed. In the second period
Homan had a "sure" pin slip.
Nevertheless, Homan rode him
throughout the period. Wrestling
from the disadvantage position in
the third period, Homan escaped.
Holtz, however, got a take down
to win out, 6-4, and to stop Ho
man's time advantage.
Lemyre Wins 18th
The more experienced Art Jes
ser gave Navy a 6-0 team lead
when he decisioned Hal Byers,
130-pounder, 6-1. However, Dick
Lemyre put the Lions in the scor
ing column as he easily won out
over Paul Feldler, 6-0. In winning
his 18th straight, Lemyre secured
a cradle hold which almost turned
into a pin, but he had to settle
with a take down, reversal, and
two minutes time advantage to
win.
In the 147-pound class Jerry
Maurey lost his first match of
the season to Sid King, 3-2. With
out time advantage Maurey led
2-1 going into the third period.
King escaped and had one minute
time advantage which told the
tale.
Doug Frey, who gave what was
undoubtedly his best performance
this year, kept the Lions within
three team points of Navy when
he defeated Phil Brainerd, 5-2.
Several times it appeared Frey
would score a fall, but didn't. In
fact, before the first period ended
he had a half nelson "sure" pin
but the buzzer saved Brainerd.
In the second period Frey re
versed Brainerd and, immediately
sought a half nelson hold. His at
tempt was short of the mark and
instead of being at the advantage
one of the finest matmen in the
position he was at the disadvan
tage position.
Despite the tall scored against
him, 167-pounder Bill Shawley
put up the most courageous battle
of the evening, Although he faced
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Mittmen . Battle
Virginia Next
Carrying a dismal record of three defeats and one tie, Penn
State's boxing squad will invade the home of the Virginia Cavaliers
Saturday night at Charlottesville, Va. The Lions' recent loss was at
the hands of Wisconsin Friday night, 6-2.
The Badgers had too many big guns for the Lions to counter
But in defeat, a few bright spots
did appear .or the Lions.
Two of the Lions' victories were
taken by sophomores Larry Stokes
and Frank Breidor.
Stokes pulled the upset of the
night when he pounded out a
29-28 win over Badger Captain
Bob Morgan. Just fighting enough
to win, Stokes used his deadly
left hook to defeei the Wisconsin
1952 147-pound national champ.
It was the Penn Stater's third vic
tory in four starts.
National 178-pound champ, Tony
Zale, finally took the edge over
Adam Kois, Lion captain and
Eastern crown winner last year.
Zale and Kois met three times
before the Wisconsin meet. Both
boxers had copped a . T7ictory,
while they battled to a tie in their
first meeting.
Zale decisioned Kois, 30-28.
When the score was announced,
It's Coming Soon
FORESTRY
The All-University Dance
FRIDAY, MARCH 12
with Johnny Nico►osi and his Band
REC HALL
SEMI-FORMAL
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
By ROY WILLIAMS
9000 Badger ring enthusiasts
greeted it with a five-minute bar
rage of booing.
Joe Golenian, 193-pound heavy
weight, was stopped by Badger
Bob Hinds at 1:21 of the first
round. Hinds had opened a cut
under Golernan's right eye.
Don DeMay. 156-pounder, lost
his third season bout 30-22 to Wis
consin's experienced captain, Bob
Meath.
In the first three weight classes,
the Lions didn't win .a match or
even a round. Hawaii University's
125-poune champ defeated Harry
Papacharalambous, 30- 2 7 The
first round was scored 10-10.
Sophomore Bob McMath was
dumped 30-25 by Wisconsin's Ty
an. Don Martin lost his second
match, 30-28, co Chuck Magestro,
Wisconsin's 139-pound semi-final
ist. in the NCAA's last year.
Dancing 9 to 12
Matnnen's Streak
BALL
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Handball, Volleyball
Entry Deadline Today
The deadline for Intramural
volleyball and handball singles
entries is 4:30 p.m. today. Two
volleyball teams and no more
than three men in handball
may be entered by one organi
zation. Handball competition
will get underway March 1
with volleyball scheduled to
start the following week. The
entry fee is $l.OO per volleyball
team and 25 cents per handball
entry.
Trackmen
Find NAAU
Meet Tough
Although Penn State's only two
representatives in the NAAU meet
found, the going rough Saturday,
former Lion ace Horace Ashenfel
ter once again set another track
standard.
Long-legged Ashenfelter set a
new mark for the 4000-meter run
in running the three-mile event.
Last week the special FBI agent
collaborated with fellow sleuth
Fred Wilt to break the latter's
two-mile record.
In the 600-yard run 011ie Sax
placed fifth in the finals. The
Clarks Summit flash took an early
lead. After being passed he re
gained the front slot and then was
left behind in the stretch drive.
Reggie Pearrnan copped the vic
tory in the 600. Manhattan's Lou
Jones was second and Joe Gaff
ney of Villanova was thi r d.
George Rhoden of the Grand
Street Boys Club finished fourth.
Art Pollard, the other Nittany
runner in the meet, was• eliminat
ed in the quarter-finals of the
60-yard dash. Ken Kave of Mor
gan State and Lindy Remigino,
former Manhattan star and Olym
pic 100-meter Gold Medal win
ner, beat the "Coatesville Comet"
to the wire.
Penn's sophomore speedster
Johnny Haines, retained his crown
in this event with a clocking of
0:06.2.
A new world's indoor record in
the 16-pound shot was established
by Parry O'Brien of the Los An
geles Athletic Club with a heave
of 59' 4". His mark eclipsed the
old record set by Jim Fuchs in
1951 by I'll/2". Bob Backus re
wrote the books in the 35-pound
weight throw with a 63' 5" heave.
Delicious Full Course Meal!
A Three-Fourth Pound
T-BONE STEAK
grilled in butter with vegetable
potatoes, and salad for
PENN STATE DINEF
Stop at the Sign of the Lion
TUESDAY. FEBIUARY 23, 1954
Cronstedt,
Haag Play
Major Role
G e n e Wettstone's Nittany
gymnasts upheld the Lions'
prestige over the weekend by
trouncing Army 's formerly
undefeated cohorts, 58 1 / 2 -37 1 / 2
at West Point.
It was the 13th straight in
tercollegiate win for the Lions
and, fourth this season. The
Cadets stood as the big stumbling
block in the Staters' quest to re-
Peat as Eastern champions for the
second straight year.
Skeets Haag took the hero's role
in his specialty, the rope climb, to
cop first place and remain unde
feated. Army was right on the
heels of the defending National
Champs when Haag posted an
outstanding 3.7 seconds on the 20-
foot climb and put the Nittanies
out of reach.
Cronstedt Wins H,Bar
All-around stalwart, Jan Cron,-
stedt, continueci. in true form to
stay undefeated on the horizontal
bar, posting a respectable 266 out
of a possible 300 points for a first
place.
And it was Bob Lawrence,
Eastern' side horse champ, who
refused to settle for anything less
than the number one spot in his
event, and went on to register the
highest point total of the evening,
278.
In the first event, tumbling,
Cadet Captain Jack Charles re
mained undefeated and took first
place with a 261. Cronstedt and
Army's Stan Jones tied for sec
ond.
At this point the Cadets held
the upper hand, 101/2-51/2.
Lion Co-captain Frank Wick
came in second to Lawrence on
the side horse, and State's Skip
Heim took a fourth. The Lions
took a 17 1 / 2 -14% lead which they
never relinquished.
Hugh Cline made his second ap
pearance of the season and placed
second to Cronstedt on the H-bar.
The Lions took the event, 10-6,
and widened the gap, 27 1 / 2 -20 1 / 2 .
Despite Haag's superb showing
on the rope, Army's John Ballan
tyne and John Funkhouser tied
for second honors, and the Nit
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