The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, March 13, 1956, Image 6

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26 Matmen Notch
'55 Champ Webb
Intramural wrestling opened its that full week of action last night at Recreation Hall
With twenty six grapplers winning first round matches and five matmen scoring their second
victory in the tourney.
Only nineteen of the scheduled thirty-one matches actually reached the mats. The
cll4 , ;er twelve were forfeits.
Twenty-seven of the matches were in the fraternity class where Chi
the' defending champion. llow-1 * *
eVf I", (*hi Phi's hope of retaining
the title •oiffeled a :.etback last
night when Tom Webb the 128-
pound titleholder in lliss—was
Theta Cht' , 4 Dave Jones.
Webb, who was expected to help
f , xtend Chi Phi' , ; IM wrc.-. 1 / 2 11mg
rnaNtc y into 195(1, loz.t his 135-
pound bout On a tefeice's deet
ton Roth Wchh and Jones scored
seem with Webb also register
-I.n escape lint .10111'S picked
tip one pmht on time advantage
to tie the match Referee Krufka
awaided the match to .hmt.-;
Two matches were wrestled
in the 121-pound fraternity di
vision. Theta Delta Chi's Joe
Cheddar, on top of his opponent
almost all of the match, scored
a 5-0 decision over Jerome My
ers. of Delta Chi. Cheddar tal
lied an early first period take
down, added a reversal in the
opening moments of the sec
ond period, and rode his foe for
the rest of the match for a one
point time advantage.
Sigma Pi's Don Gordon was the
other 121-pounder to win when
he pinned Jim Hamilton. of Bea
ver House, in 3.37. Gordon owned
a 4.0 lead at the time of his fall.
Beta Theta Pi's Bill Paxton
proved ton much for Kappa Sig
ma's Billy Gosnell. Paxton, the
ciandont vars.ity gymnast who
was a wrestler in his high school
days at Latrobe. pinned the hust
ling Gocncll in 1.03 of the first
period
Phi Kappa's Bill Mello needed
a little more time to pin Dick
Yoder, of Delta Upsilon.
on the short end of a 2.0 score
at the end of the first stanza,
pinned his opponent in 3:56.
Phil Litow, Phi Epsilon Pi's
145-pound entry, pinned Delta
Tau Delta's Bob McMillan in
2:?3 with a body press.
Jack Williams, Lambda Chi
Alpha, also chalked up five
points for his House when he
pinned Delta Chi's Jack Transue
in 4:16. Williams was in control
most of the time and led 6-1 at
the time of his fall.
Thueta Deli. pushed another man
into the i;econd round when Fritz
Condon flath•ned Phi Kappa Psi's
John Wmteinottom in 3:46. Con
don was never in trouble, using
brute strength and wrestling say
vy to ;in Winterbottom.
Varsity gridder Walt Mazur
registered the quickest fall of the
evening. The Phi Kappa Tau
heavyweight pinned Ed Redfield.
of Sigma Pi, in 88 seconds.
Another fall was scored by Al
pha (anima Rho's Danny Van
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LAMBDA CHI ALPHA'S John Williams applies the pressure to
Delta Chi's Jack Transue in a 155-pound IM wrestling match last
night at Recreation Hall. Williams received two points for a near
fall when picture was taken but he went on to pin his foe in 4:16.
Duyne when he pinned Don Mc-
Williams of Phi Sigma Kappa at
3:51. Van Duyne was ahead 4-0
before the fall.
Three decisions were scored
in the 145-pound class. Al Dav
ies. Phi Sigma Kappa. won his
second match of the tourney
when he completely outclassed
Tay Ulrich, Phi Kappa. 9-0.
In another 145-pound match
Phi Kappa Sig's Bob McMath
had a little trouble before deci
sioning Larry Metzger, Alpha
Chi Rho, 9-4.
Jim Benford, Alpha Sigma Phi,
squeezed out a 2-0 decision over
Sam Harvey. Beaver House. Ben
ford scored his points on a third
period escape and time advan
tage.
John Frey was the second Beta
House entry to win, completely
outclassing Sigma Chi's Sam
Rodgers, 7-0.
Beta Sigmo Rho's Tom Bran
(Continued on page seven)
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Mac Hall Notches Victory
Only one game was played in:minutes.
the Women's Recreation Associa - ' The high point-producer for the
tion's Intramural volleyball lea
gue at White Hall last night
when Mac Hall beat Thompson I
43-36.
The Thompson team started off
in high speed and held a 25-19
lead at halftime. But in the final
canto the two teams battled neck
and neck until Mac Hall pulled
ahead to stay in the last three
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winning Mac Hall team was Bon
nie Keys who posted 10 points.
Caroline Knecht was second high
est scorer with nine points. Betsy
Buckhout had six points in the
winning cause.
Margaret Conrad was the high
individual scorer of the night
when she banged 12 big points
(Continued on page seuen)
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