tIDAY. MARCH IT. 1955
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By DICK McDOWELI*
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SPORTS POTPOURRI
A full slate of 128 wrestlers, representing 16-member
schools of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association,
converge on Recreation Hall today for the opening round of
tiie EIWA mat tournament—'-a two day affair that premises
do be ene of the most thrilling in the. Association’s long,
history.
i From all indications, this could be the tightest
in years. Four teams are all heavy contenders and
be a-full load of outstanding in
dividuals from several other en
tries.
Pitt, Penn State,, Lehigh, and
Navy figure to be in the thick
of the fight for the champion
ship when the final round gets
underway tomorrow riight. But
at this point its just about im
possible to name a real favorite.
The four teams really mixed
It up during the regular dual
meet campaign. Pitt, given the
pre-tournament favorite's role
—simply because there always
has to. be a favorite—dropped
the LlOps but lost io Lehigh
during the regular seasdn. Le
high In turn lost to Penn State
jbut whipped Navy^—which had
beaten Penn Stale. PUt didn't
4 meet Navy during the dual
meet season.
So these four teams, based on
their topsy-turvy records against
each other .this season, are run
ning almost abreast on the tour
nament' done sheet. Any one of
them could conceivably win the
championship.
An . EIWA ruling requires
member schools to enteif a full
eight-man team, enhancing the
possibilities of some early up
sets and a darkhorse contender.
• * *
Lion gymnastic coach Gene
Wettstone, who takes his squad
to the eastern championship meet
tomorrow, is marveling over his
captain Carl schwenzfeier.
“He has been simply tremen
dous for us this year. I never
t dreamed we could do so well
without Cronstedt, but Carl has
been great. He certainly made a
difference.”
Wettstone’s team, already the
eastern team champion by virtue
.of its record over EIGA oppon
ents, will be after individual
honors when it compete at Tem
ple University today and tomor
row, and Schwenzfeier is the
favorite to win the all-around
title, along ‘ with several individ
ual events.
* * *
The University of Kentucky
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basketball team has lost the
services of captain Tom Evans
for its try at-the NCAA basket
ball championship. Evans is a
graduate student and the NCAA
says no soap on tournament
play. The Wildcats refused to
enter the tournament last year
wheu several of the team mem
bers were rejected for the same
reason. Coach Adolph Rupp had
previously lost two other mem
bers of his original starting
five.
Overheard after the Penn State-
Memphis State game: “Memphis
State ought to have a pretty good
football team next yealr If any
of the basketball team plajrs.
They have beautiful downfield
blocking and know how to throw
a fore-arm shiwer.
3 More Fives
In IM Playoffs
Three more Independent bas
ketball teams clinched their lea
gue crowns Wednesday night.
Town Council met the Deltasigs
for the League H crown, both
sporting 6-1 records. Town Coun
cil, trailing through most of the
game, suddenly caught fire with
five minutes to go and stopped
the Deltasigs, 24-21. Harold Mc-
Allister netted 13 points for the
winners. '
Hamilton Six defeated the
Watts Warriors in their last game
of the regular season, and ran
off with the League G title. The
winners virtually clinched the
game in the first half when they
outscored the Warriors,, 13-4.
From then on, the losers matched
point for point, but the Six won,
27-18.
In the last major league score,
the Vikings came from a 12-11
halftime deficit to overcome the
Wenshobees’ attack, 24-21. Team
work played the top role in the
Vikings* win,
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Heavies/177 Pounders
Should Provide Thrills
(This is the last in a series of three stories r eviewing some of the top wrestlers in each weight
expected to compete in the EIWA tourney set to begin today at Rec Hall. Today the review cow
ers the 177-pound and heavyweight divisions.)
If the records of the 177-pound wrestlers from Pitt, Navy, Lehigh, and Penn State can
give any pre-toumey hint of the caliber of competition that will enter that division, wrestling
fans can expect some hotshot firework this weekend at Rec Hall.
Joe Solomon, defending 177-pound National Collegiate Athletic Association cham
pion from Pitt, will be out to retain his title after scoring an impressive undefeated season
with an 11-0 record. Joe Gattuso of Navy will be tabbed as a likely candidate to give Solo-
mon his toughest competition. •
Dave Gallaher, Lehigh’s prob
able choice for 177 pounds, scored
a 8-3 record, losing to Solomon,
8-3, Gattuso, 8-1, and Penn State’s
Joe Krufka, 3-0. Krufka regis
tered a 8-2 slate in losing to Gat
tuso, 7-3, and Solomon, 5-4.
team race
there will
Yale will also be vying for 177-
pound honors with John Kousi.
Wrestling eight bouts, Kousi
notched a 7-1 record, losing only
to Lehigh’s Gallaher by a fall.
Gattuso and Solomon, however,
may be involved in a switch that
will virtually clean out the 177-
pound division. In three meets
Solomon slid down one weight to
wrestle at 107 where he won in
each instance. Gattuso also was
conditioned well enough to drop
to that weight and win in- three
matches.
Because the Gattuso-Solomon
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rivalry has been so intense in
the past, Gattuso may weigh in
at 167 if Solomon selects that
weight instead of 177 pounds. If
Solomon and Gattuso drop to 167
pounds. Navy will probably in
sert Ed Zabrychl, holder of a 4-0
streak for the Middies at 177.
When the three men considered
the East’s best entries in the
heavyweight step up for their
wrestling action this weekend, it
will be like old home week for
them.
Navy sits in the driver’s seat
with defending NCAA and EIWA
champion, Pete Blair. Wrestling
seven of Navy’s eight matches,
Blair was undefeated. He de
feated Werner Seel of Lehigh,
4-3, and pinned Penn State’s
heavy, Bill Oberly. 1
Seel of Lehigh stacked up a
6-1-1 record. In addition to his
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loss to Blair, he was tied by
Oberly 5-5 when Lehigh had its
seven-match victory streak brok
en at Rec Hall. Oberly scored a
5-1-1 slate, losing to Blair and
tying Seel.
Princeton will have one of its
most outstanding grapplers, Jim
Macaleer in the heavyweight
scrap. Macaleer was 4-2 at heavy
weight, suffering one loss to Seel,
2-1. Macaleer defeated Dave Gal
laher of Lehigh, 3-2 in the 191-
pound class of the pre-season
Wilkes Tourney.
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