WEDNESDAY. MARQa 9. 195 S
Lehigh 137 Pouncter
Seven Gdin
In IM Handball
Independent handballers re
turned to action Monday- night in
the intramural singles tourna
ment at Rec Hall.
George Schimmel trounced
Franklin Trenge 21-8, 21-2, in the
first match of tire night; George
Obradovich humbled Joe McHugh,
21-6, 21-7; John Burgan stopped
Jim Simpson, 21-6, 21-11; Dick
Pettit nudged Larry Berk, 21-10.
21-14; Dan Mullen easily defeated
Doit Vinkovich, 21-6, 21-3; Jim
Greeley defeated Joe -Muenzihay,
21-5, 21-4; and Gerry Werner tOok
two' out of .three matches from
Everett Weidner, 21-4, 16-21,
21-18. ’
Fraternity action Monday night
saw four contestants advance into
the third round of play. Sam Mc-
Kibben, Phi Kappa Tau, slipped
past Jim Park, Delta Chi, 21-16,
6-21, 21-9; Howie Levine, Phi Sig
ma Delta, rallied to win the last
two matches after losing the first
one to John Dirst, Sigma Pi, 17-
21, 21-7, 21-11.
Steve Meisel, Alpha Epsilon Pi,
gained a hard fought victory over
Bob Vanher, Sigiha Chi, 21-13,
17-21, ,21-15; and in the last match
of the evening. A 1 Schneider, Phi
Epsilon pi, eliminated Dick Hart
man, Alpha Rho Chi, 21-2, 21-10.
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equaled the world mark of 6.0
sec. for the 50-yard highs in trip
ping the “King of the Kangaroos.”
Morin, Dave Leathern, Bob
Mate, and Pollard combined to
tumble two records in the mile
relay in the quadrangular battle.
This foursome covered the dis
tance in 3:19.6—tw0-tenths of a
second better than the field house
and Penn State marks.
Another indoor season has
come to a close for the Lions, but
the “old gray record book ain’t
-what she used to be.”
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Trophies to Winner*
16 Teams Expected for MatTouraey
(This account is the first of a series of three that wilt give a breakdown of some of the top
wrestlers in each weight for the EIWA tourney set to begin Friday at Aec Hall. Today the review
covers the 123, 130, and 137-pound weights.)
Slxteeh eight-man teams—a total of 128 wrestlers plus at least one alternate for each
weight—are expected to begin invading State College Thursday in preparation for the 51st
Eastern intercollegiate Wrestling Association tourney. The preliminary session at Rec Hall
will open the -Friday afternoon two-day festivities.
Wrestlers from Brown, Yale, Penn, Pitt, Navy, Columb:
Syracuse, Army, Temple, Franklin and Marshall, Lehigh,
compete.
The 129 pound elan will sport
such outstanding lightweights
as Sid Nodland, undefeated
Pena State sophomore; Tom
Depp a> Lehigh’s lightweight
with a 3*2 card; Ernie Bod a*
Cornell's probable eater who
drew with Nodland in the Lions'
season openert. Bill Hullngp of
Pitt with a 6-2-1 record who
tied Nodlandi Don Clark, Syra
cuse} and Amt's Fox McCar
thy.
In dual meet action this past
season, Lehigh’s Deppe pinned
McCarthy, while Bpda edged
Clark 16-14. The scramble for v the
Easts’ top lightweight will also
include Gene De’Allessandro of
Rutgers and Franklin and. Mar
shall’s Gerry Yoder*
D’Allessandro carded a 6-0 rec
ord including a 9-5 win over Dep
pe of Lehigh. Yoder e&rped a 6-2
record working the lightweigAt
slot
Columbia also may have a
contending on try with John
Buchanan at 123 pounds. Bu
chanan defeated Boda 8-6. Tem
ple's Art McAU also may hie a
basis of his 8-0 card.
AP
San
By The Associated Press
The University of San Francisco, acclaimed the nation’s
No. 1 college team, in the final regular season
Associated Press poll, faced tough sledding today as the Dons
attempted to prove their rating in the NCAA basketball
championship tournament. .
The Dons took over the top spot in the weekly poll Feb. 7
after Kentucky’s second loss to
Georgia Tech, and the Californ
ians have remained No. 1 ever
since.
Kentucky, which held the top
ranking from the third week in
December until derailed by Geor
gia Tech, was close behind San
Francisco as ballots from 171 of
the nation’s sports writers and
sportscasters were tallied. A year
ago Kentucky ruled NO. 1 at the
regular season’s close.
LaSalle Third
San Francisco received 67 first
place votes, and on the basis of
10 points for first, nine for second,
and so forth, the Dohs. rolled up
1424 points. Kentucky, the (South
eastern Conference champion,
polled 58 firsts and 1?58 points.
Right behind with 1043 points is
LaSalle, the* defending NCAA
tournament champion. No other
team received as many as 1000
points,
There Was one major upheaval
in the top 10 this Week. mWa,
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Cage Poll Pates
Francisco First
Pwui, Navy, Princeton. Brown.
Yalo, and Harvard, however,
have had trouble with the light
weight division. All these
squads, except Penn—which
won four of seven bouts—have
had losing seasons at 123
pounds.
The race for the 130 pound
classic also will show such men
as Bob Homan, captain of the
I/ions; Parker Mangus of Lehigh
with a 5-2 record; Dean Oliver
of Rutgers who owns a 4-0 rec
ord; and Ed Peery who swept his
1954-55 opposition clean with a
victory slate of 9-0.
Harvard, Yale, and Syracuse
have rotated three men in and
out of the 130 division. Losing
seasons have been posted by Ar
my’s Stan Cass, Paul Fiedler of
Navy, Mundy Peale of Princeton,
and Harold Powell of Columbia.
Cornell has called on the services
of four men in 11 matches at 130
pounds. Temple has forfeited
130 bounds six times.
Franklin and Marshall's Dick
Samuels broke even at the same
weight with a 3-3 record.
In dual meet action Homan
.went the distance with Mangus
No. 62 a week ago, into
the No. 5 spot After capturing
the Big Ten Conference title.
Oregon Stale Moves Up
Oregon State, Pacific Coast
Conference champions, took over
No. 10 after being No. 14 last
week. *
North Carolina State, barred
from the NCAA tournament, is
No. 4. Others in the first 10 are
Duquesne (6), Utah (7), Marquette
<8), and Dayton (0).
Second ten: Minnesota, Alaba
ma, UCLA, George Washington,
Colorado, Tulsa, Vanderbilt, • Illi
nois, West Virginia, and St. Louis.
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la, Rutgers, Cornell, Harvard,
’rinceton, and Penn State will
ie drop tho rugged Lehigh met*
men. 8-4; Peery, however, de
feated Homan one week later,
5-3. Peery registered an 8-1 win
over Mangus.
- Larry Fomicola will be Penn
Staters No. 1 entry at 137 pounds.
Pitt’s Nick Swentosky carded a
5*6 record including a 5-1 loss to
Fomicola. Temple’s Simmqns was
undefeated in seven matches;
Smith of Brown scored a 6-1 rec
ord while Navy’s Fred Thomas
had 5-1-1 slate.
Princeton, Yale, Harvard,
Franklin and Marshall, and Penn
have had losing seasons at 137
pounds although Penn’s Len Shea
earned a 3-1 record. Chuck Gratto
of Cornell edged Shea, 14-13.
Syracuse. Rutgers, and Lehigh
will have the option of shuffling
two men in or out of the 137
pound diivsion. Dave Bates or
Captain Ken Faust may get the
nod for the Eastern work for Le
high. Either Syracuse’s Bill Tor
res (0-2) or Tom King (2-3) may
enter at 137 pounds. Rutgers has
had a 2-3 record with Den Oliver
and Paul Bedeel at 137 pounds.
Daye Kinne of Columbia has a
4-2 record.
Turpin Knocks Out
Spanish Champion
LONDON, March 8 (iT)—For
mer world middleweight cham
pion handy Turpin of Great Brit
ain tonight knocked out Spanish
heavyweight champion Jose Gon
zales in 2 minutes, 20 seconds of
the seventh round of their sched
uled 10-rSund bout.
Turpin, at 171%, took another
step on his comeback cainpaign.
It Was his first appearance in a
London ring in 12 months.
The fight, before 18,000 in Earls
Court, found Turpin ahead all the
way.
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Pasquel Dies
in Plane Crash
MEXICO CITY, March 8 (M
Jorge Pasquel, multi-millionaire
Mexican sportsman whose 1948
raids on the big leagues led to •
court battle over' baseball’s re
serve clause, was killed last night
when his private plane crashed in
the San Luis Potosi Mountains.
Five others, including the pilot,
co-pilot, two mechanics and Pas
quel’s personal barber, also died
in the crash about 225 miles
nothwest of Mexico City.
The Viking plane took off from
Pasquel’s ranch shortly before 9
p.m. Monday. Radio contact with
the craft was lost soon after
wards. Rescue parties reached the
wreckage today.
As president of the Mexican
league he moved north of the
border with pockets bulging and
lured some of the major leagued
biggest stars into the “outlaw"
Circuit.
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