The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, March 10, 1956, Image 6

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Lions, Panthers Tied at 70-20
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Vega Wins 3 lets
6 Nittanies, 7 Pitt Men Enter
Semi-finals; Humphreys Out
BETHLEHEM, Pa,— Penn State's wrestling team sends six men
into the semi-finals of the EIWA tourney today, while arch rival
Pitt sends seven. They are tied at 20.20, and unless one of Pitt's
men is upset today, the Lions' chances of catching them will prac
tically be
In last night's action, which saw the defeat of Joe Humhreys
by Navy's Larry Marr, the Lions took two of six wins by pins.
Humphreys was the second Lion to lose. Ernie Young was defeated
in the preliminaries yesterday'
afternoon.
John Johnston notched his sec
ond straight win, pinning Otis
Graham. Yale, in 2:3?. Johnston
meets Dean Oliver, undefeated!
Rutgers matrnan today,
Dave Adams got his second ! !
fall when he pinned Bob Bubb,'
Pitt, using split scissors at 7:58.1
Adams, behind in the first period, ,
escaped for his first point and
then scored a takedown. He es
caped and scored another two-I
point takedown in the second
period. He meets Bill Simmons,
Temple, today.
Sad Nodlend decisioned Gerry
Yoder. 'Franklin and Marshall,
6-3. Nodiand gave Yoder a
physical beating in route to the
win. He meets Gene D'Allesan
dro, Rutgers, undefeated and
runnerup lut year at 129. Pitt's
BIU Hulings meets George Crea
son. Syracuse, in the other 123-
pound semi-final bout.
Pepe bulled his way to a 4-0
win over Chuck Gratto, Cornell,
with takedown, escape, and time.
Pepe meets Pitt's Dick DeFelice
this afternoon, whom he defeated
last week. Lehigh's Joe Gratto
will meet unbeaten Bill Simmons
of 'rumple.
At 17? Joe Kurfka scored a 3-0
win and earned right to meet Ed
Zabryci, Navy, today. Krufka de
feated Clinton Blume, Colgate, on
a reverse and time
National Champ Bill Oberly
beat Loran Reid, Army. 4.0, on
a takedown, escape and time.
He meets Syracuse's Dick Lasse.
In other top matches George
Cresson pinned Lehigh's Tom
Deppe; Pitt's Bill Rulings stopped
Carmen Molino, 3-1; Ed Peery,
Pitt,pinned Harold Powell, Col
umbia; and Phil Bralner, Navy,
177-pounder, beat Jay Golden-!
berg, Penn, 7-4; Ed DeWitt beat
Dale Granger, Columbia, 5-0; Ron
Schirf, Pitt, beat John Hun t,
Princeton, 4-2; Ed Eichclberger,
Lehigh, stopped Tom King, Syra
cuse, 16-1; and heavyweight Pete.
Morrison, Harvard, upset Dave
Gallaher, Lehigh, on a referee's
decision in overtime.
In team score Pitt and . Penn
State are followed by Nay* and
Syracuse with 11 each, then
Lehigh and Temple with 10
each.
The seven Lion matinen who
entered last night's quarterfinals
qualified by scoring five pins and
two decisions in yesterday's after
noon preliminary action.
The only Lion wrestler to
lose was 167-pounder Ernie
Young who lost 5.0 by Bob
Lynch. Cornell. Nodland. John
ston. Adams. Krufka. and Ober
ly registered pins while Pepe
and Humphreys settled for de
cisions.
At the end of the first round
of action Penn State and Pitt
were tied 12-12, with Navy and
Lehigh next with eight each.
Other wrestlers who flashed
early championship form were
Eichelberger. Lehigh, and DeWitt,
Pitt.
Nodland. wrestling in the 11th
match of the day. pinned Dick
By FRAN FARUCCI
Nathan. Penn. with chancery
and crotch at 3:42 after 4.2.
It took Johnston only 2:53 to
dispose of John Winthrop, Har
vard, with a body press. John
ston took a takedown and pre
dicament early in the period to
lead 3-0 at time of pin.
Pepe handily defeated Art Teb
but, Princeton, 7-0. Pepe had two
takedowns in the first two
periods, and scored a predicament
in the third. With Tebbut up in
second period, he escaped and
added one point for time.
Adams pinned Dave Tinne,
Columbia. at 4:55 with body press.
He led 2-0 in first period but was
tied as Tinne reversed moments
later.
Humphreys shutout Army's
George Robertson. 5-0. Humph
reys started fast, taking a 2-0
takedown lead. In the second
stanza with Robertson up, he
reversed to take a 4-0 lead.
then added one point for time.
Cornell's Lynch displayed too
much experience for Young. He
scored a takedown in the early
minutes, added a reverse in the
final period, then one point for
time to whip the Lion Soph.
At 177 Krufka, after plodding
through dull and scoreless first
period, pinned his opponent Don
Mayer, Princeton, with cradle at
5:32. Krufka overpowered Mayer
with the bear hug most of the
match.
In the heavyweight battle, amid
the boos of Lehigh fans, Oberly
scored a takedown and near fall
within two minutes before he
overpowered Walker Fillius, Cor
nell, with chancery and crotch
at 2:40.
Lehigh fans, still remembering
the match that the Engineers lost
to the Lions this year, booed
Oberly throughout the period.
Other top matches were Hen
ry Hatch. Army, upset pre
viously unbeaten Frank Smith.
Brown, 12-8 in overtime. Tem
ple's Bill Simmons and his
brother Dick, won. Bill decis
lased Dave Kline, 8-0. and Dick
pinned George Lemmond. Col.
gate, at 3:40. Schirf. Hulings.
and DeWitt each scored pins for
Pitt.
D'Allesandro, 1955 runnerup,
and third seeded behind 123-
pounders Hulings and Nodland,
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
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DePauw Names
Former Lion As
Football Coach
Robert Hicks, former Lion grid
captain, has been appointed head
football coach at DePauw Univer
sity. Hicks has coached two un
defeated football seasons at Juni
ata College the past two years.
In 1955, the 28-year-old Hicks
took his team to the Tangerine
Bowl at Orlando, Florida, and tied
Missouri Valley, 6-6.
Before going to Juniata, Hicks
was assistant football and basket
ball coach and head baseball
coach at Muhlenberg College.
Hicks will also be head baseball
coach at DePauw.
4 Indies Reach
IM Handball
Semi-Finals
Thursday night four Independ
ent handball players entered the
IM handball semi-finals while
nine handballers advanced to the
fourth round in the Fraternity di
vision.
The four new threats to Dean
Mullen's Indie championship are
Don Harnett, Andy Bacik, Tom
Thomas, and Ken Todd.
Harnett won the only two
game match in the Indite sec
tion. downing Don Vinkovich,
while Andy Bacik defeated An
dy
Pytel in three. 21-14. 13-21.
24-14. Thomas defeated Tony
Flannery 21-13. 18-21, 21-3. In
the final match, Todd came
from behind to beat Charles
Simpson 15-21. 21-5. 21-18.
In the fraternity matches, Art
Crum, Sigma Nu, defeated Tom
Mulhern, Phi Sigma Upsilon, 21-
10, 21-19. Sigma Alpha Epsilon's
Jim Lysek stopped Will Thomp
son, Phi Sigma Upsilon, 21-5, 21-2.
In the two closest fraternity
n.atches of the night Delta Up
, silon's Cy Dubinsky edged Walt
Krauser. Sigma Pi. 21-16, 21-
17, and Con Lents, Delta Sig
ma Phi; beat Bill Hutchison.
Phi Kappa Sigma. 21-8, 21-17.
Beta Sigma Rho's Iry Zlatin de
feated Phi Kappa Tau's Andy
!Logan 21-7; 21-2; Bill McCann,
Beta Theta Pi, beat Jack Hart
man, Tau Kappa Epsilon, 21-8,
,21-14; and Don Himler. Alpha Chi
ISigma defeated Ken Hutchinson,
Alpha Gamma Rho, 21-9, 21-19.
defeated Navy's Clarence Master
son,l 9-5. Brainerd, Navy, top-
Iseeded in 167 pinned Tony Tos
leanos, Colgate, in 2:23.
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in El GA
Weissend Follows With 3 gds;
Vega Strains Injured Ankle
WEST POINT. N.Y.—Two Penn State gymnasts, sophomore
Armando Vega end junior Dion Weissend, put on a two-man stand
here last night that completely dominated first-round action for
individual all-round Eastern honors.
Vega took three firsts—the longhorse vaulting, calisthenics,
and still rings. Weissend was the second half of the Blue and White
double-barreled punch as he won second in each event.
This afternoon Vega and We
five other schools—Pitt, - Navy,
Army, Syracuse, and Temple—
will vie for the all-round Eastern
individual crown. No team title
is at stake. Army, on the basis of
its undefeated season, will be
awarded the EIGA team trophy
today
At the end of last night's ac
tion Vega was first with 814;
Weissend next with 734; Temple's I
Neeley third, 695; and Pitt's John
Hammond fourth, 650.
Vega's 261 score in calisthen
ics put him far in front of a
serious threat as he and Weis
send worked virtually alone
with Temple's Chuck Neeley
and Syracuse's Lowell Meier
offering only token pressure.
Vega was first with 261 fol- 1
lowed by Weissend 238; Neeley,,'
219, and Meier who was fourth'
with 218. Vega's performance was
expected, according to Lion Coach
Gene Wettstone, but Weissend's
second-place finish was more
than Wettstone had hoped for.
In the longhorse vaulting Vega
was first again registering a 281
on his second try; Weissend then
turned in a 268 score on his sec
ond try. Temple's Neeley tallied
only 85 on his first leap, but on
the second time around he vault
ed to third place with 249 ahead
of Paul- Barkel, Syracuse, who
netted a fourth-place 238 score.
Although Vega did a triple take
when he ran off with the strength
demanding still rings with a 272
score, his victory was nearly dis-
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asterous. As he dismounted, he
strained the same ankle he se
verely turned against Navy two
weeks ago. Wettstone said, hoW
ever, after the meet, that he
didn't think it would hurt Vega's
work today.
Weissend was again second
with 22$ despite the fact that
he had trouble with his hand
stand routine. He was followed
by Neeley again, with 227.-Pitt's
John Hammond was fourth with
287.
One-hall of this afternoon's
three-hour session will be devoted
to three events—horizontal bar,
flying rings, and parallel bar—
all of which are regular EIGA
events.
Eight other Lion gymnasts will
be aiming at individual crowns
in these three events plus rope
climb, sidehorse, and tumbling.
In addition to his bid for all
round honors Vega has an inside
edge for individual laurels on the
p-bars, while Wettstone's Weis
send is a threat on the h-bar. Tem
ple, on the basis of Neeley's work,
has put on a surprising threat,
but Syracuse has slipped. Jim
Mulvehill, Pitt sophomore, was
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