SPORTS EXTRA! VOL. 54, No. 100 Pitt Dethrones Lion Maimen Nittanies Place Second; Lemyre, Maurey Champs ITHACA, N.Y., March 13 —The University of Pittsburgh reigned as 1954 EIWA team champ tonight here at Barton Hall on the Cornell Campus. The Panthers dethroned three-time winner Penn State as Pitt Coach Rex Peery's matmen captured three individual championships and two runners-up slots for a total of 37 points. Penn state, which was rated fourth in the tourney, took second place with 25 points. Pitt, which trailed Penn State until the finals, came to life in the middle weights, where they picked up 14 points to go ahead. Penn State's two defending champs, Dick Lemyre and Gerry Maurey, were the only repeaters in the 50th renewal of the EIWA tournament, Hugh Peery of Pitt scored a takedown in the opening period of the title bout in the 123--pound class. In, the second period he es caped from the referee's position, but Bob McCreary of Temple took the two-time NCAA champ down to pull within one point of Peery. Peery, who found his opponent not very easy to handle, came back with a reversal in the third period. McCreary gained on e point on an escape, but Peery pre served hi.. win with two minutes time advantage. Lemyre Tops Mahony Top-seeded Lemyre won his de cision over Lehigh's Jim Mahony, 6-2, to become the first triple EIWA winner in Penn State's his tory. Lemyre wasted no time in the first period as he took Mahony down and rode him throughout the period. Lemyre, wrestling from the ref eree's position, rode Mahony the entire second period. Lemyre was at the disadvantage position in the third period and reversed Mahony. Near the end of the period Mahony reversed Lemyre and rode him out. Lemyre got two minutes time advantage. Maurey wo n his 137-pound crown by decisioning Ken Faust of Lehigh, 6-3. The match was one' of the two overtime battles in the tournament. (In Eastern collegiate wrestling champion ships two two-minute overtime periods are used when a match ends in a draw. Points scored in the regular match are not count ed in the final score.) Overtime Bout During the first period Maurey had a takedown and Faust follow ed with a reversal. In the second period Maurey escaped and had a sure takedown when the buzzer rang—the takedown did . n o t count. Faust escaped in the third Boxers Place 3d in By ROY WILLIAMS Penn State's boxing team battled to a third place tie with Army last night with 25 points in the 31st Intercollegiate Boxing Association tourney at Charlottesville, Va. Adam Kois and Jack Stokes won Eastern individual titles. Maryland won 36 points to dethrone the tourna ment-favorite, Syracuse, and win the Eastern crown to finally snap the Orange's boxing domi nance with a five-year victory string in the East. Stokes, Penn State's sophomore sensation, was awarded the Outstanding Boxing Trophy after the tourney. Maryland's coach Frank Cronin said after his team won the Eastern title, "Stokes is the, best prospect I've seen in years." Andy Maloney, Army's defending champ, gave Stokes a tough battle, .but the clever Lion hurt the Cadet with solid left hooks to the body. Stokes, at 144 pounds, gave no -indication of tiring al though it was his second fight of the day. Kois met his familiar foe, Bruce Yancey of Syracuse, and successfully defended his 178-pound Eastern title. Yancey rallied briefly in the second 11 , % :4- :' •r:Nil- - ,...<\ O r t* ." ~ e • 1- , • 149.55 ' By SAM PROCOPIO '•••••••-•:. ' • Dick Lemyre Three-Time Champ period. This made the score 3-3 and sent the match into overtime. In the overtime period Maurey l'was at the position of disadvan tage. With half a minute 'gone in the first overtime he escaped quickly and took Faust down and secured a reverse nelson. Maurey was awarded a near fall. In the second overtime Faust escaped and took Maurey down and rode him out. Maurey had one minute time advantage to win, 6-3. Ed Eichelberger of Lehigh was decisioned by Charley Uram of Pitt for the 147-pound title. In the second period Eichelberger had a reversal and rode Uram the rest of the period. Uram escaped in the third frame and took Eichel berger down. From the time of (Continued on page two) STATE COLLEGE, PA., SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1954 * * * ',~,lw~' yY~. round, but Kois bounced back and showed the hard rights that won him both the first and third rounds. Virginia copped second place honors with 26 points and two champs. Syracuse was fourth with 21 points, four behind Penn State and Army tied for third with 25 tallies. Maryland took the 125-pound and heavyweight titles. Last year's runner-up Terrapin Gerry Gar ber rocked Bill Banerdt, Virginia, with a second round knockdown in the lightweight slugfest. Leo Coyne, Maryland, decisioned his. taller and heavier opponent from Penn State, Joe Goleman, for the heavyweight title. Both lefthanders battled in one of the evening's closest fights. The 132-pound title went to Gerald Jaffee of Syracuse .over Vince ,Palumbo of Maryland in a close split-decision verdict. Army's Bob Hansell ‘dropped one of Maryland's five finalists, Bill Hentze to win the 139-pound Eastern crown. After Stokes took the 147-pound spotlight, Pete Potter won the first of Virginia's two successive titles. Potter, last year's runner-up, defeated Don Rundle, Army, in the evening's 156-pounder fight. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Wrestling Finals 123-Pound Perry (Pitt) decisioned Mc- Creary (Temple), 7-3. 130-Pound LEMYRE (PS) decisioned Maloney (Lehigh), 6-2. 137-Pound MAUREY (PS) decisioned Faust (Lehigh) in over time, 6-3. 147-Pound Uram (Pitt) decisioned Ei chelberger (Lehigh), 7-2. 157-Pound 'Rooney (Syracuse) deci sioned DeWitt (Pitt), 9-4. 167-Pound Gattuso (Navy) won on. ref eree's decision in over time over Solomen (Pitt). 177-Pound Beresford (Pitt) decisioned M a c Donald (Princeton). 4-2. Heavyweight Blair (Navy) decisioned Seel (Lehigh), '7-0. Tournament's Outstand ing Wrestler. Ed Rooney (Syracuse). Adam Kois Retains Crown Easterns rgiatt * * * Cagers Advance On 71=63 Win The phenominal Penn State basketball team, an underdog for the second night in a row, blasted powerful Notre Dame last night, 71-63, to win the Eastern Regional playoffs at lowa City and move into the semi-finals of the NCAA basketball tournament. It was the second leg in one of the most sensational basketball uprisings ever to occur in the national cage sweepstakes. Friday night, it was highly-ranked Louisiana State that fell before the white-hot Nittanies, and then last night the Irish, a lopsided favorite, succumbed to the fervent Lion attack. This was a team win. Jesse Arnelle, a great college star, led the Lion scorers with 24 points, but it took more than that. Three other Lions hit the double figures. Captain Jack Sherry, Jim Blocker, and Ed Haag, all reached the magic mark and Jim Brewer and Ron Weidenhammer each carried their share of the scoring burden. In all, Penn State connected on 24 field goal attempts and hit on Jesse Arnelle 23 of 29 free throws. Notre Dame, Paces Lions led by Guard Jack Stephens, with 20 points, tallied 21 field goals, and 21 of 31 charity tosses. The Lions employing both a pressing man-for-man and zone defense, were able to hold the Irish's big gun, Dick Rosenthal to 14 points, but Stephens' outside set shots gave them plenty of trouble throughout the game. The turning point in the contest probably came mid-way in the third period. After hanging on to a slim lead for the first five minutes, Penn State suddenly exploded. Leading 38-33 after the Irish's Dick Bertrand stole the ball and scored on a Tapir), the Nit tanies poured in five straight points increasing the margin to 43-33, their biggest lead up to that point. Before the period had ended, however, Notre Dame narrowed the count to, 45-42. The Lions came right back in the opening seconds of the final frame with Sherry's foul point and two straight corner set shots by Ed Haag. Arnelle added a free throw and the Lions had padded their lead to 51-42. From there in it was give and take basketball, until, with three minutes remaining,' Arnelie, Blocker, and Brewer, began to find the (Continued on page three) Kois, Stokes T itlists Sonnie Nichols defeated Maryland's Bill Mc- Innis, despite a third-round counter-punching rally by Mclnnis. Nichols had the 165-pound fight all the way, although it was tagged a pre-match toss-up. Individual round scores were not available from Virginia. In yesterday's semi-final bouts, Penn State with ten points moved three men into last night's finals competition. Stokes, 147-pounds, Kois, 178-pounds, and Goleman carried the Blue and White hopes of capturing a possible second place standing. Stokes moved into the finals against Army's Maloney with a semi-final victory over Art Nel son, Syracuse. Stokes trounced his Orange op ponent with the judges giving him every round, 30-27, 30-25, and 30-25. A surprise showing by heavyweight Goleman over Frank Hicks, Army, gained him the finals competition. Goleman took the first round 29-28, but Hicks rallied to - win the second by the same score. Then in the third round, the judges scored the round 29-29. IRISH By DICK McDOWELL points in the two games at lowa City, was named to most valu able player in the tournament following the game with Notre Dame. Arnelle was also named to the All-Tournament team. Once again, it was a terrific fourth quarter drive that brought victory to the Lions. Leading 45-42 as the final period began, the Lions opened their bombays and ripped the nets with 26 big points while they held the ever-threat ening Irish to 21. ' (Continued ou page two) GYMNASTICS PAGE 2 FIVE CENTS Jesse Arnelle, who scored 46
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