IRBDAY. MARCH 3. 1955
Wrestlers Seek Whirlwind Finish at Pitt
By BOY WILLIAMS
' Penn State’s wrestlers, deter
mined to finish their 1956 cam
paign .in a whirlwind finish that
will include knocking off two of
the Blast's top teams—Lehigh-and
Pitt—-are out to serve warning
this weekend.
The Lions travel to Pitt Satur
day for the. annual finale at the
Panther’s spacious field house—a
place where wrestling gets about
as much attention as geeche bird
hunting in the Andes.
Although the Panthers took the
Eastern title last year as the as
sociation’s greenhorn team, they
don’t get the student backing the
Lions are accustomed to. Penn
State knows the boys from Sky
scraper tT. know their way on the
mats.
Coach Rex Peery has piloted
his Panthers to an 8-2 record and
Relay Squad, Youkers,
Pollard in K of C Meet
Bill Youkers, Art Pollard, and a mile relay team will represent Penn State in the final
indoor track meet of the season at Madison Square Garden. Saturday's Knights of Co
lumbus meet will bring together some of the nation’s top track and field stars for the final
competition on the banked boards.
Last weekend in the intercollegiate championships Youkers, rated as one of the most im
proved hurdlers in the country* finished third in the finals. Rod Perry, the Lions’ No. 1 hurd
ler, had been slated to run this
weekend, but a painful heel in
jury has forced him to be dropped
in favor of Youkers. At the IC4A
title meet Saturday Youkers won
his preliminary and quarter-final
heats and came in a close second
to Manhattan’s Charlie Pratt in
the semi-finals. Youkers placed
third in the finals, with Pratt in
first, and Perry second.
Youkers Impressive
Youkers has seen action only
twice this season, and both times
has been impressive. In his only
other competition Youkers placed
third in the 70-yard highs at East
Lansing, Mich., in a quadrangular
meet with Michigan State, Mis
souri, and Ohio State. He did not
place in the low hurdles event
during this affair. Youkers has
been overshadowed this season by
Perry, but has displayed .fine
talent and ranks with the best
collegiate timber-toppers.
Pollard, the IC4A outdoor 100-
yard dash king, has divided his
efforts betweep the dashes and
the mile relay and will probably
run in both events this weekend.
In last year’s outdoor title meet
Pollard tied the century mark at
9.6 sec. and lowered the standard
in the 220 before being injured in
the finals of the latter race.
Haines Edges Pollard
Johnny Haines of Penn barely
edged Pollard in the fight for
the 60-yard laurels Saturday. Pol
lard won his first three heats in
this event, but was consistently
getting off to bad starts. “The
Coatesville Comet” did not get off
to a start in the finals, and
although he gained on Haines, he
missed upsetting the defending
tijlist by inches.
The lineup for the mile relay
quartet is not set. However, it
appears as though John Morin
and Harry Mitchell will run two
of the quarter-mile laps. Among
the top prospects to fill the other
two slots are Pollard, Skip Slo
cum, Dave Leathern, Bob Matz,
and Bruce Austin./
has a triumverate of undefeated i
grapplers includihg his son, Ed, I
at 130 pounds, 167-pounder Ed De-
Witt, and Joe Solomon at 177
pounds. Four of Peery’s five re
maining matmen have cornered
records that are well above the
.600 margin. . _ ,
DeWltt was second in the East
ern last year at 157 pounds and
has seen action this year in both
the 157 and 167 classes. One of
DeWitt’s most impressive wins
was against Ed Rooney of Syra
cuse in the 167-pound tussle when
he dropped the Orange Eastern
champ, 8-7.
. At 157 pound Don Huff—one
of the six men Peery has had
to rely on to help rebuild his
team—has seen action in nine
contests and has a 6-2-1 record.
Huff and DeWitt can, and do,
switch weight when the need
arises.
Injuries Dim Gym Team's
Hopes for E IGA Victory
The chances of the Penn State gymnasts taking the Eastern
Intercollegiate Gymnastics Association title for the third straight;
year by virtue of a win over Syracuse Saturday were made quite a
bit dimmer when the Lions conquered their fourth consecutive EIGA
foe, Temple, last weekend.
Dion Weissend, promising Lion sophomore all-around performer,
suffered an ankle injury while
going through his tumbling rou
tine and as a result is very un
likely to accompany the Lions
when they visit the Orange.
Weissend’s injury only added
to a man-sized headache Nittany
mentor Gene Wettstone possessed
even before the Temple duel.
Tony Cline, side horse and hor
izontal bar, suffered a shoulder
injury during practice last week
and didn’t appear' against the
Owls. And it is also doubtful if
he’ll make the Syracuse trip.
Two Major Obstacles
So, Wettstone is confronted
with two major obstacles as he
goes for his third unbeaten EIGA
season—how to replace Weissend
and Cline
Although Lion Captain Karl
Schwenzfeier has been the big
gun in the Nittpnies’ attack in
each of their six previous outings,
to fill in for both of the injured
Lions and at the same time per
form to his capacity in the posi
tions he’s taken so far would be
an impossibility. Also, an EIGA
rule prevents an individual from
entering more than three differ
ent events in any one meet.
All that remains is to juggle
the lineup hoping to gain valu
able second and third place points
from a group consisting of mostly
sophomores—some of whom have
had considerable experience, but
the majority of whom can’t be
considered seasoned veterans.
Consistent performers all sea
son Skeets Haag, Bill Paxton,
and Skip Heim—should be able
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Dan Wisniewski, one of three t
sophomores who have carried
much of the winning brunt for
the Pittsburghers has tagged a
winning 7-1-1 slate against medi
ocre opposition. He lost to Cor
nell’s Tom Brady, 4-2, and drew
with George Finck. Syracuse, 1-1.
In the pre-season Wilkes tourney
Wisniewski was decisioned by
Werner Seel on a referee’s de
cision.
The Lions’ heavy. Bill Oberly,
in comparison, defeated Finck,
6-4, and tied with Seel last week,
5-6, in a nine-minute thriller,
Working one weight below Wis
niewski is Joe Solomon, the Pan
thers’ National 167-pound champ.
Wisniewski has CBrded an impres
sive 10-0 record. Solomon has
been the second part of the Pan
ther’s solid one-two punch from
•the 167-pound weight to 177.
to hold their own with "the Orange
acrobats.
Have Big Bearing
But in the performances of sev
eral Nittanies, including Leroy
Fritch, Dud Potter, Don Rehm,
Bill and Chuck Marshall, A 1 Poy
dock, and Chuck Fegley will have
a huge bearing on the final out
come of the duel.
Most of these have contributed
their share of second, third and
fourth piece points over the sea
son, and if they can keep pace
with the Syracuse performers, the
Nittanies have an even chance of
rolling to their third league title
in as many years.
Stella Walsh has won the Na
tional AAU Senior Women’s Pen
tathlon championship five con
secutive years.
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Undefeated DeWitt has been fol
lowed by Solomon at 177 pounds
ip eight of the Panthers ten
matches. Solomon has also shown
he can slide into the 167 pound
weight and win—he has done it
twice this year.
Ed Peel*y and Bob Cook have
been Coach Peery’s two most
proipisinglightweights, with 123-
pounoer TBlll Hulings taking the
third seat. Peery is 8-0 at 130
pounds and Cook has an 8-2 card
at 147 pounds. Hulings has han
dled most bf the work at 123 and
has tome out with a 6-3-1 record.
At 137 pounds Peery has one
of the weakest links in his team
with Nick Swentosky, who has
jufit hit the .500 mark with a 5-5
score. Swentosky has wrestled
every meet thus far, indicating
that Peery does not have a sub
stitute he can use to help strength
en the weak spot.
Spring Grid Clinic
A clinic for high school coaches
once again will climax spring
football practice at Penn State,
where coach Rip Engle will bring
Ids 20 days of drills to a close
April 29-30.
Third Title Shot
Roaey Grier, Penn State’s giant
football tackle, will be shooting
for his third and last IC-4A
shot put title this spring. The Lin
den,'N.J., senior Won Indoor and
outdoor honors in his last two
tries.
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Eight Gain
In Fraternity
Handball Play
Eight fraternity men advanced
into the second round of the intra
mural handball singles tourna
ment Monday night.
Three of the contests resulted
in forfeit victories or Stan Dore,
Alpha Tau Omega, James Cald
well, Theta Chi, r.nd Arthur
Crum, Sigma Nu, over Herb Hol
lowell, Delta Tau Delta, Russ
Mandeville, Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
and Lloyd Mengel, Delta Sigma
Phi, respectively. One other con
test resulted in a double forfeit
as neither Doug Henderson, Phi
Gamma Delta, nor Sanford Burke,
Sigma Alpha Mu, appeared for
their match. In the other match
es, Al Hinkle, Lambda Chi Alpha,
humbled Harry Lesher,
21-0, 21-1; Dave Adams, Delta Up
silon, trounced Jerry Rosenberg;
Phi Epsilon PL 21-5, 21-4; Paul
Dierks, Phi Delta Theta, stopped
Don Schwartz, Zeta Beta Tau, 21-
6, 21-16; and Norton Freedman,
Alpha Epsilon Pi, easily defeated
Columbus Cascio, Alpha Chi Rho,
21-1, 21-2.
Blagetti Leads Golfers
BATON ROUGE, La., March 2
U P) —Leo Biagetti of Sandusky,
Chio, fired an eight under par 64
today to lead the qualifiers in the
fourth annual $12,500 Baton
Rouge Open golf tournament.