PAGE SIX Wrestlers Upset Lehigh, 15-13 Lions Clinch Match in Final Bout Penn State’s once - beaten wrestling team left its spirited followers limp in their seats and mopping their brows Sat urday night at Rec Hall when it pulled a hairline finish to edge undefeated Lehigh, 15-13. The L i o ns’ winning-point margin came in the heavy weight finale when Bill Ober ly tied Lehigh’s undefeated Werner Seel, 5-5. The Lions held a slim 13-11 lead at the start of the heavyweight tussle, but Ober iy climbed off the bench and clinched the minimum task of ty ing Seel, owner of a 10-0 slate. The outcome in three other bouts, however, figured as an in tegral part of the Lions’ upset victory. Sid Nodland’s pinning win at 123 pounds for five points, Dan Grey’s spirited fight to avoid Le high’s Ken Faust who worked fev erishly and fruitlessly for a pin, and the questionable decision in the Joe Humphreys-Dick Whited bout each added to the tension that mounted and finally broke with the heavyweight decision. Oberly lost his early two-point margin to Seel in the first and second periods to enter the third Gymnasts Approach Peim State’s EIGA title-hungry gymnasts, looking for their third Eastern championship in as many years, took another big step towards capturing the 1955 crown when they outmanned Tem ple University Saturday at Rec Hall, 52-43. K was the fourth consecutive Eastern win for Gene Wettstone’s performers, and fifth of the season against one loss. Earlier Wettstone had fortcaat Army and Navy as the Nittanies two man-sized stumbling blocks hi their quaat at retaining the BIGA title. But the home forces brushed aside the two service academies only to realize an unforeseen haz ard against Max Younger's Owl In the opening event, tuntbling, all-around Lion sophomore, Dion Weissend, suffered an ankle in jury which eliminated him from further action and brought about a major change in the Penn State lineup. In addition to tumbling Weis send was to be entered on the horizontal bar and parallels. Wettstone, forced to juggle the lineup to fill the wide gaps made by Weissend’s injury, called on Nittany captain, Karl Schwenz feier, to step into the driver’s seat and erase the threat of a Temple win. The 5’ 7” Lion sparkplug oer formed awe-demanding routines on two of his regular events, twin bars and flying rings, and on the H-bar, which he substituted for his originally scheduled side horse routine. And the crowd-pleasing per formances he turned in gave the versatile Nittany a triple kill— a first in each of the three events DAVE ADAMS, Penn State 147 lb. wrestler, gets a leg hold on Lehigh's Ed Elohelberger trying for a takedown in Saturday's Rec Hall duel. Eichelberger, who had previously pinned Syracuse's Eastern 157 lb. champ Ed Rooney, won a 14-11 decision over the Lion entry. The Nittanies won the thriller, 15-13, to give the Engineers their first duel meet loss against seven wins. Top Temple; EIGA Crown By BON GATEHOUSE to bring the Lions 18 team points. Only because of his triple-win did Schwenzfeier’s appearance overshadow the record-smashing perfohnance of rope- climbing Skeets Haag who eclipsed his own Rec Hall record by scaling the 20- foot hemp in a speedy 3.4 seconds. Leroy Fritch and Bill Marshall scored a second and fourth in the vertlcle climb to give the Lions the biggest single event edge of the meet, 12-4. Nittany tumbler Bill Paxton flipped into his fifth win of the season to bring the Lion first place total to five out of six. Although Dud Potter combined with Paxton to give the Lions seven points on the mats, they showed a two point deficit in the opening event and Temple held a 9-7 lead. Skip Heim, only Nittany entry on the horse, scored a second and the Owls boosted their lead to 20-11. A 1 Poydock was good for a sec- '. . . you don't have to be a rPATEPNFPP MAN to eat Spudnuts, you know . . . I get mine in restaurants % all over town . . .** Autopert Restaurant * Chuck'Wagon Dutch Pantry * Katherine's Coffee Shop Sam's Grille * Mike's Lunch THE QAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA ond behind Schwenzfeier on the H-bar, and Don Rehm and Heim took a third and fifth in that order behind the Nittany captain on the P-bars to put the Lions in the lead, 43-36, going into the final event. It was Heim’s first appear ance on the twin bars. In the rings Chuck Marshall fin ished fourth and Haag, fifth, be hind Schwenzfeier to give Penn State a 9-7 edge and its fifth win of the season. TUMBLING—I. Paxton (PS), 261! 2. Rocco (T), 237; 8. Johnston (T), 211; 4. Innurato (T). 201; 6. Potter (PS), 186. SIDE HORSE—I. Damerjian (T). 261; 2. Helm (PS), 246; 8. Neely (T), 218; 4. Johnston (T), 120. i HIGH BAR—I. Schwenzfeier (PS), 207; 2. Poydock (PS). 227; 8. Neely (T), 228; 4. Innurato (T), 186; 5. Santoro (T), 146. ROPE—I. Haas (PS). 8.4; 2. Fritch (P5)..4.0; 3. Minyard (T), 4.4; 4. Marsh all (PS), 6.1; 6. Brown (T), 6.0. PARALLEL BARS 1. Schwenzfeier (PS), 272; 2. Zelinsky (T), 201; 8. Rehm (PS). 219; 4. Neely (T), 207: 6. Helm (PS). 188. FLYING RINGS—I. Schwenzfeier (PS), 273 ; 2. Lieberman (T), 217; 8. Innurato (T). 196; 4. Marshall (PS). 192. 6. Haag (PS), 150. • Penn Sandwich Shop Spudnut Shop period in the bottom position and one point behind. Oberly reversed to gain a slim and brief 4-3 lead that was snuffed out when Seel reversed to regain the lead, 5-4. Oberly's riding time earned in the second period, however, gave him another point that knotted the score. . Sophomore Nodland gave the Lions a well-needed shot in the opening 123-pound bout* when he pinned Tom Deppe for five points. Plan to soo Roy H. Smith, chief production engineer for Stanollnd Oil and Gas Company, Who will be on the Penn State campus Thursday, March 3. Smith will interview petroleum engineering ma jors for jobs with Stanollnd's producing depart ment. Smith will also interview juniors majoring in petroleum engineering for summer employment at one of the company's field production areas. Stanollnd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of tSah dard Oil Company (Indiana), is one of the five leading producers of crude oil, natural gas and natural gaa liquids in the United States. The com pany operatas over 12,600 producing oil and gaa wells and' 15 natural gasoline and cycling plants. It has 8,500 employees. Appointments to see Smith may be made through George N. P. Leetch, Director, Placement Bureau. Van Heueen Oxford Button-Down Van Heusen lets the classic button-down run free . . . with new colors and new collar varia tions that add spice to the white of your ward robe. We’ve got ’em all—whites and colon. Look for the Van Heusen label All S4JU VAN HEUSEN TUESDAY. MARCH 1. 1955 Nodland’s pin came at 5:50 after he had picked up a 2-0 first-period lead. .Grey, chosen unexpectedly to fill in for bed-ridden Larry Forni cola at 137 pounds, called on every resource to stay Out of the pinning holds of crafty Faust, Lehigh’s unbeatable captain. Although he dropped the bout to Faust, Grey did an outstanding job of warding (Continued on page seven) ,
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