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Lions Ball-Control Upsets Lions/ Engineers
Vaunted Owl Cagers, 62.53 Share Similar Woes In 4 Upperweights
By VINCE CAROCCI
Playing their -best baiJgame
of the year, the Lion cagers
scored one of the year's big
gest upsets in Eastern basket
ball when they defeated
Temple's vaunted Owls, 62-53,
last night at Recreation Hall.
Despite the crafty maneuvering
of Guy Rodgers, Temple's All-
America candidate, the Lions out
smarted the visitors with smooth
ball-handling and accurate pass
ing.
Playing a smart ball-control
same, the Lions waited patient
ly for an opening and then went
for the score—they hit when it
counted.
The opening minutes of the suit wasn't known at press
same saw the score see-saw back time.
and forth with the Lions finally Leeman's biggest loss from his
gaining control of the lean. 17-15. starting lineup was two-time
with 11:40 left. ,Eastern and National 147-pound
Ron Rainey, the club's leading ',champion Ed Eichelberger. Eich
scorer playing the full game elberger—who was selected as the
despite an ankle injury, pushed ,outstanding wrestler of the 1956
the Lions into a 5-0 advantage ;Eastern and National tournament
,on a foul and two deadly jump I—beat Lion co-captain Dave Ad
shots. ams in the finals of the Eastern
Rodgers. leading the Owls fast i 'and National tourney's last year.
break, scored three times from , Captain Joe Gratto heads the
the foul line and threw a key list of veterans. Gratto, a junior,
pass to Dan Fleming who hit on copped the 137-pound Eastern ti
a jump for a 5-5 deadlock. tie last season by stopping John
The Iwo teams then matched Pepe in the finals but he lost out
points until the score was tie to the Nittany grappler at the
at 11-11. A fast-breaking drive ,National tournament to finish
up the center by Rodgers pushed fourth.
Temple into its only lead of the Grafi°, who competes in the
night, 13-11. Two fouls by the 157-pound class this year, has
Lions' Steve Baidy tied it. —Daily Collegian Photo by Marty Srherr only lost one dual match in 15
13-13. CAPTAIN Bob Leisher drives in for two points in the first half encounters. He was decisioned
Bob Edwards hit for two more of last night's Lion-Temple game at Recreation Hall. The Lions by Cornell's Dick Vincent, 9-6,
fouls and Bob Ramsay on a jump scored a stunning upset, beating the Owls, 62-53. in the opening match of the
to give the Lions a 17-13 lead.
' Temple lied the score for the every bit the player publicity our ball control was the biggest come on to rack up wins over
last time on another drive by deemed him to be, valiantly tried: factor in the win." opponents from Pennsylvania.
Rodgers, 21-21. A layup by Bob to get the Owls back on an even. Of Rodgers Egli said, "He's one Syracuse. and Franklin and
Leisher and a tap by Edwards footing with his ball-handling,of the 10 best in the country ... Marshall.
gave the Lions a 25-21 lead. From wizardry and scoring talent. 'he does everything." Two weights behind Gratto is
then on. it was the Lions waiting, Credited with countless assists.' Temple coach Harry Litwack senior Dave Bates, a high school
pressing to get back int
for the opening . with Temple the Owl star scored eight points &a id : "We were licked by a goodlYroduct of nearby Philipsburg.
in the last half and was in corn - 4ball club. The officiatin didn't
!Bates
IBates compiled a good record for
o
game. plete charge of the visitor's of-; hurtus a bit." (The Lions
had 'the Engineers in his sophomore
Rainey scored on a layup, after fense all the way. But, the Lionsl on y eight fouls called againstiyear but fell off last year because
1 -
taking a beautiful pass from were not to be denied. ' ,of an injury. He's back to his old
Leisher, to send the Lions off the them.)
'Wasforcedto switc hPENN STATE
Temple 1 • • TEMPLE tricks this year posting an unde
fromfloor with a 35-27 lead at half- its zone defense into a FG FTP FG F TP',
time, amid a standing ovation byßainey 5 b-5 15 Rodirers 7 5-3 17 '
man-10-man defense with 13 '
approximately 4200 fans. .Edwards S 6-4 20 Norman 4 4-2 10
minutes left in an attempt to Ramsay 2 1-0 4 Brodtliy 4 0-9 5
Both learns opened slowly in . gain control of the ball. Raids 5 12-7 17 Fleming 3 2-2 5
the second half as the Lions , But the Lions refused to let the Leaner 1 itt, 6 Franklin G .. stein gLI ( 0 ,
played a possession game. forc- ' press bother them, and began' Goss 2 2-1
ing the Owls to press for the !scoring from their screen and cut! Smith 0 2-1 1
ball. Steve Baidy's foul, with offense—after pulling the defend-! coidenberg 1 0-0 2
Byrd 1 0-0 42
15.40 remaining, was the fisrt ' ers out of position. ' Totals 21 31-20 62 Totals 22 15-9 53
score of the period. ' Coach John Egli's team never;
With Rainey. Baidy, and Leish- fell below a six-point lead afters Penn State's ace passer, Milt
er leading the way, the Lions' nine minutes wer , gone, with Plum, was forced to "eat" the ball
went into their first 10-point lead. Edwards, Rainey, taid Baidy add-!only five times, twice intention
of the night, 44-34 with 11:15 ing the scoring punch. ally, during the 1956 campaign. .
remaining. Rainey scored four, After the game, Egli said that ; Charley Ruslavage, Penn State
Baidy two, and Leisher two in the ball-control was the turning point center who played 106 minutes in
Lion surge. in the upset. "Although slowing 1956, never played football in
Rodgers, proving that he was down their fast break hurt them, , high school.
Robby Offered
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final desperate effort to persuade
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The Associated Press learned
that Charles Feeney. vice presi
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son a one-year contract that, to
gether with his purchase price,
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Giants a cool hundred thousand;
dollars. In addition, Robinson was;
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signed to be of benefit to him af-'
ter his playing days are over.
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By LOU PRATO
Penn State's wrestling team isn't the only squad that is
having trouble in the upper-weight divisions this season.
Lehigh's grapplers, who invade the Recreation Hall mats
Saturday night, is in the same stivation although their prob
lem isn't as drastic as the Lions.
For while the Nittany upper-weight men have been un
able to register any victories in .
two meets, the Engineer heavies
have recorded sporadic conquests.
Lehigh coach Gerry Leeman
has only four lettermen return
ing from his 1955-56 team which
compiled an 8-3 season. One of
its losses was a 17-13 setback to
the Lions. In four meets this
year. the Engineers have won
three and lost one. They met
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feated record in his four matches.
Lehigh's other two lettermen,
senior Tom Deppe and junior Bob
Myers, compete for the same
weight this year, 123. Last year
Myers was at 130 but the apepar
ance of sophomore Leon Harbold
at that class forced Myers to re
treat one weight.
. Deppe and Myers have shared
starting duties in the four Engi
neer meets and either could get
the nod Saturday.
Harbold is the most valuable
sophomore among the starting
array. He is undefeated in com
petition this season and was
unbeaten as a frosh.
Sophomore Dick Santoro, a vet
eran of the Marine Corp., is the
starter at 147. He is also unde
feated this year although he was
held to a 8-8 draw against Frank
lin and Marshall last Saturday.
After Gratto, at 157, the Engi
neer lineup is almost as weak as
the Lions. Sophomore Ed Hamer
has been in the 167-pound berth
but he will probably miss Satur
day's meet because of an injury.
Hamer was defeated in the Cor
nell and Syracuse meets but he
came through with a win over
Penn co-captain Jay Goldenberg.
IHe missed the F & M match.
Bill Gustafson, another soph
omore, handles the 177-pound
starting position. Gustafson has
won only one match, decision
ing Penn's Frank Knipe.
Three men are battling for the
heavyweight spot but Pete David
son, a transfer from Ohio ,
Univer
sity has the edge. Davidson fin
ished second in the recent Wilkes
tournament, losing to ex-Lion Bill
Oberly.
Sophomore Francis Shaeffer
and junior Ormond Long are
right behind Davidson.