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Wrestlers Win Opener, 2.3-8
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Cagers Beat
—Daily Collegian Photo ti) Joe Patton
SENIOR GEORGE SMITH, making only his second start of his
college wrestling career, applies the pressure to Colgate's Bob
Skripak seconds before he pinned the 130-pounder Saturday night
at Recreation Hall. Smith's fall was the third for the Lions in
a 23-8 victory.
Nodland, Smith, Pepe Gain
Falls; Two Others Win
Strength in the upper weight classes has been typical of the
Penn State wrestling team for the last three seasons but the strength
was missing Saturday night when Coach Charley Speidel's matmen
opened the 1956-57 campaign with a 23-8 victory over Colgate at
Recreation Hall.
The Lions, . who for the first time since the 1954 season are
without the services of 177-pound Joe Krufka and heavyweight Bill
Oberly, displayed the expected
power in the lower weight divi- all the way and won an easy 8-2
sions by sweeping the first five i decision.
matches from the Red Raiders-d It took 147-pound John Pepe a
three by falls. little time to fake cautious Ted
But the tide turned in the next Tobias into a wrong move but the
three events as Coach Harvey wait paid off when Pepe pinned
Potter's grapplers won the 167 his Colgate foe with a bar and
and 377 pound matches on deci- chancery at 0:41 of the third per
sions and picked up a split in the l lod•
unlimited class. Co-captain Dave Adams had
I"another tough nut
. to crack" in
Inexperience was actually the the presence of Paul D'Esterre.
downfall of the three upper ,
The Lion ace tried hard but he
weight men—Dick Phelan. 167:!
could not work a pinning corn-
Bruce Gilmore, 177; and Satl
binatior. onto D'Esterre as he
Markle, heavyweight for they i
'picked up a 5-0 decision.
were wrestling in their first var-
Phelan battled Fred Shult on
city match.
even terms for most of their 167-
Sid Nodland, last year's 1_23- ipound match and it looked like
pound Eastern titlist , brought the it would end in a draw. But Shult
6000 partisan fans to their feet be-'pulled a reversal on Phelan with
fore they even had time to get 30 seconds remaining in the third
settled when he pinned Paul Mar- period to win a close 2-1 decision.
tin in 45 seconds of the first per- Gilmore was up against the
iod with a cradle. toughest of the Colgate crew, cap-
State College's George Smith.tain Pete Newell. Newell. who
making his first varsity start be-Ihas only lost one match in his
fore' hometown fans. followedll3-bout career—a 4-3 decision to
Nodland's example and pinned !Syracuse's Dick Lasse in last
Bob •Skripak with a body pressiyear's Eastern heavyweight semi
at 1:27 of the final period. Smithifinals—had too much experience
was leading 10-3 at the time of hislfor the Lion sophomore, winning
fall. ,a 6-2 decision.
Letterman Johnny Johnston' Markle fought Colgate's Doug
moved from the 130-pound spot, Werner to a 1-1 standstill in a
where he won the Eastern cham- battle of 200-pounders. Neither of
pionship last year, to the 137- the two men could score take
pound berth and found Colgate'skowns as an escape by Markle in
Frank McCarthy a little toolthe second period and an escape
strong to pin. However, theiby Werner in the third produced
Clearfield junior was in control all the scoring.
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THE DAILY COtLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Lions Play
Best Game
Defensively
Home courts are handy,
especially on off nights. The
Nittany cagers, playing their
worst offensive game of the
year before the home fans,
defeated a scrappy Colgate
quintet. 51-44, Saturday night at
Recreation Hall.
Fortunately. for the Lions, their
defense was at its best, holding
Colgate to its lowest point total
in 14 years.
Offensively, however. both
teams had poor nights. The Lions
had only a 28.1 shooting average'
—their lowest on the Rec Hall
court this year—while the Red
Raiders had a mere 24.5 percent
age.
- Colgate jumped info an early
13-8 lead in the first half only
to have the Lions tie it 13-13 on
Captain Bob Leisher's set shot
with 11 minutes gone. Steve
Baidy's one-handed push and
another Leisher set put the
Lions into a 17-13 lead, a lead
which they never lost.
Both clubs traded baskets in
the early minutes of the second
half before the Lions finally
surged to a 39-30 lead midway
through the period.
Two baskets each by center Bob
Ramsay and forward Ron Rainey
were the big tallies in the drive.
Colgate's Russ Brummer's drive
cut the lead to seven before two
foul shots by Leisher and a Carm
Palmiero tap-in gave the Nit
tanies a 43-32 lead.
Colgate's Jack Nichols, prob
ably the best all-round player
on the court, then led a belated.
but unsuccessful last effort
comeback to cut the Lion mar
gin. 48-42. with six minutes
left.
From that point on, the Lions
began to play possession ball with
Colgate pressing to gain control.
The strategy worked with the
Lions scoring only three points
and Colgate two in the time re
maining.
Defense, an oft forgotten art in
the modern court game, was the
only bright spot in both club's
play. The Lions, using its stand
ard 3-2 sliding zone, never gave
Colgate the opening it was look
ing for—even on the Raider fast
break. its most potent offensive
weapon.
Colgate, on the other hand,
played a %tight man to man de
fense which prevented the Nit
tanies from setting up their of
fen<ive patterns.
The Red Raider defense was
especially tough on Ramsay,
holding the big center to only
three shots in the first half.
The visitors collapsed on Ram
say whenever he took his post
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Colgate, 51-44
at the foul line, preventing the
Lions from unleashing the pivot
plays which Coach John Egli
had emphasized in pre-game
practices.
After the game, Egli said that
it seemed as though Colgate knew
exactly what his team was going
to do to stop all plays off the
pivot.
With no games scheduled this
week, Egli will drill his squad in
preparation for the Christmas
Tourney at Richmond. After the
Colgate game, he certainly found
enough mistakes to eliminate be
fore the tourney opener.
—Daily Collegian Photo by Marty &there.
FORWARD RON RAINEY gets his jump shot off despite the
vain efforts of Colgate's Tom Giordano. Bill Allen (25) watches
the ball in its flight. Rainey led the Lion scorers for the third con
secutive game with 15 points.
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 18.1956
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