PAGE SIX Pitt Matmen Yet to Lose Match by Pin Ed Peery Ile's undefeated but ... Pitt Quintet Risks Possible Tourney Bid Against Lions Pittsburgh's possible tour n a-'with West Virginia's Hot Rod' ment-bound Panther quintet goes Hundley. after all the blue chips in tomor-i Hennon has been the team's! 'leading individual scorer in most' row night's contest with the Nit-of its games and holds the indi tany Lions at Recreation Hall. of club scoring lead this year. Pitt Athletic Director Tom Hain-!He was the leading scorer on last ilton admitted last week that the year's frosh aggregation. Panthers had received a -feeler". In the first Lion game, the for a possible at-large NCAA little scoring wizard was held Tournament bid. However, he said scoreless in the first half. How that a definite decision would bet ever , he came back to tally 19 reached at the end of the season- I , counters in the second period— Well, the Lion contest marks! - proof of his great scoring abil the end of the season for both; ity. • clubs—the time of decision is, Juniors Julius Pegues and Chuck drawing near. A win over the 'Hursh round out Timmons' usual Lions would certainly euhance.starting five. Pegues, in the past, the Panther chances because Penn ! has been real tough on the Lions State beat three of the top teams'with his strong defensive game. in the East in Temple, West I-r ; fe does not stop at defense alone, ginia and Pitt. 'however. He scored 21 points to Taking into consideration the ? top the Panthers in the first Lion fact that the Lions beat West 'contest. Virginia and Pitt once during i Hursh is expected to man the the season, a Panther loss Bator- !other guard post with Hennon. day night would undoubiedly ;Not one noted for his scoring cross Pittsburgh off the list o f 'feats, Hursh can hurt you with his hopefuls. good rebounding skill. Coach Bob Timmons' club goes The game figures to be a ha-d -into the game with a 14-9 record,, fought, tight test all the way he fts latest win coming over Penn•cause of the stakes which lay Wednesday night, 94-76. Two of in the offing. After all, another the nine losses came at the hands Penn State win , could possibly of West Virginia-89-86 at Pitt catch the eyes of the post-season and 107-96 at Morgantown. tournament selectors. The Panthers boast one of the most prolific scoring teams in Four Shutouts `te East with Thomore D o n ,ennon and se- S irs Bob Lazort ri park Bowling Id John Riser Alpha Chi Sigma's Charles; the starting Burkhart and Jim Patterson cop neup. ped the siLgle and three-game Both Lazor and scoring titles in the Wednesday iser entered the night B bowling loop while pac )oo-point four-'ing AChi Sig to a 4-0 win over !ar scoring gate ,Phi Mu Delta. .is year. Theyl Burkhart rolled a fine 207 sin-; are cons t a n t gle frame game while Patterson threats to breakitallied a 515 series. Jim Agnone,i a ballgame wide open with theiriSigma Chi, bowled a 202-514 tremendous scoring potential. !series to grab second place honors. But, the real scoring story in! Other 4-0 shutout wins were Pittsburgh this year is Hermon—Sigma Chi over Alpha Sigma Phi; a 5-9 scoring demon who has the t Triangle over Kappa Sigma; and experts already comparing him (Continued on page seven) Paradise Cafe Jam Session Tonight 9:30 to 12:30 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Consensus has it that a fall this season including falls over, has been a terror since entering if George Willis of Cornell andlthe lineup against Maryland. will be be almost a necessity (Wayne Lambert of Army. His , cluded in his conquests are falls the Lion matmen expect to roughest victory was a 2-1 deci-:over Syracuse's Frank Musgrave stop the Univerity of Pitts-!sion over Syracuse's George Crea-:and Purdue's Jim Brodeske. burgh's 26-meet w Fri ni n &son. 1 Pitt is well represented at 123 streak tomorrow night at thei Senior letterman Ron Schirf,ipounds with 1955 Eastern Champ Pitt Field House. . who finished third in the 191-,Bill Hulings on the mat.-Hulings, But, if past records are any pound class at the 1956 nationalja senior letterman, finished sec indication, that fall will be asitournament, is also unbeaten thisjond hi the 1956 National tourna hard to earn as ;1 million dollars:Year; he was tied by Maryland's:ment's 115-pound division. because not one Panther has beenlMike Sandusky, 1-1, early in the: Syracuse's Ed Carlin has been pinned in 72 individual matches;seas ol / 1 the only man able to defeat this season. ) Outside of Sandusky. the 195- 1 Hulings this year, shutting out Three Pitt men are undefeal- 1 pound Schirf has handled all of i the Pitt ace 6-0. However, the ed—including two-time National 1 his opponents with relative Panther matman also has two 123-pound champion, Ed Peery ease. He won seven of his mat- draws to his record. He tied —and three others have lost ches by more than a four-point lowa's Frank Altman 2-2 and only one match. : margin and gained a fail over deadlocked Maryland's co-cap- Peery, son of Pitt Coach Rexl Wasiklo of Lock Haven in the lain John McHugh. 3-3. Peery, has been beaten only once' other. Last year's 157-pound Eastern in his 42-match career. That de-1 Newcomer Ted Bienkowski is.champion, Dave- Johnson, gives feat was administered by Spring-the third unbeaten Pitt standoutithe Panthers another veteran at field's Joe Alissi in last ye,ar's Bienowski has scored six victories,l67. Johnson, a junior from near- East e rn 130-pound semi-finals.' while wrestling at 147 and re-:by Lock Haven, lost his first The diminutive Peery is a regular,corded another when he moved tolmatch this year to Michigan's at 130 during Pittsburgh's regularjls7 against Lehigh two weekstJack Marchello, 5-3. However, he season but drops down a weightago. ;has rebounded from that loss to for the National tourney. ! Bienowski did not wrestle in!record seven straight wins. Peery, a senior, has a 9-0 record Pittsburgh's first two meets but) (Continued on page eight) WettstoneSeeks7thUndefeated Year Gym Coach Gene Wettstone will year in tumbling, the rings and be after his seventh undefeated; the parallel bars. season tomorrow night in thei Darling is the third highest gymnastic - wrestling twin bill!scorer on the team. The double with the traditional final meet'threat man, although troubled foe—Pitt. !with bursitis a times, is also a The Panthers, in only their; op competitor on the horizontal third year of varsity gymnastics,l bar. have come up with one of thei At 3:30 in the afternoon Coach hottest teams in the east. Although; Wettstone will get a second look they lost to Syracuse and Army at next year's material in com early in the season, they are rated; petition as the frosh tangle with a close third in the East behindithe Panther yearlings. the Lions and the Cadets. IWi • th only two athletes entered Pitt Coach Warren Neiger is a,in each of the five events, Wett- Wettstone protege. Neiger was runner-up in the 1946 EIGL All round competition, and the meet looks as a teacher-vs-pupil battle. Last Saturday Neiger and crew 'defeated his Georgia Tech coach during his apprenticeship years, 47-33. The win was also important in that the "Wreck" is usually ranked second in the South, be hind perennial National conten der Florida State Pitt only has one defending; Eastern champion, Tom Darling,l on the flying rings. But Darling! is also the runner-up in the NC-! AA's and combined with John! Hammond, they are expected to. sweep - the flying rings this year; as they did last year against the; Lions. Sophomore Dave Hirst may be come the Panthers' second EIGLi champion. Hirst's top event is tumbling where he is a consistent; 260 performer. Combined with frequent wins on the parallel bars; 'and even the rings, the. sensa-i 'tional sophomore already is they top scorer on the Skyscraper; squad with 107 points. Pitt's top scorer last year with' 187% marks, was John Hammond! Iwho plays a supporting role this. New Version of Arrow's University collar has campus hit parade right from I now this famous button down center button in back) is also w smart knit shirt! Traditional Ivy League styling throughout in a pullover ly model, offered in a choke of two placket lengths: 7" (2 buttons) 12" (3 buttons). Available in solid colors, checks, stripes and plaids. $5.00. ARROW CANAL WEAR 11111.1.1 M WRESTLING -- Slate College High School (10-1) vs. Bald Eagle Nil,any (25-0) SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1957 at 2:00 P.M. in Recreation Hall Penn State University Student Admission 5.50 Adult Admission $l.OO University Student Admission $.50 (Please Show Metric Card) a reco FRIDAY. MARCH 1. 1957 Dave Johnson .. He lost one stone will rely on Lee Cunning ham, Jay Werner, and Frank Don atelli to come through with firsts in order to defeat the• Pitt cubs. Cunningham and Werner ear nered five firsts in their only meet of the year with the Navy Plebes. Cunningham got three in tumb ling, the side horse, and the high bar. Werner won the rings and the parallel bars, and finished sec .ond to Cunningham in tumbling. Dave Adams, Penn State wrest.. ling co-captain, is married and Ifather of two children.
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