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VOL. 57. No. 96
Lion
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Matmen Upset
Lea Shines
On H-Bar
In Victory
By MATT PODBESEK
PITTSI3URGH, March 2
Coach Gene Wettstone's
gym
nasts returned to for - fri tonight
walloping Pitt, 58-38, and
handing the Olympic Coach
his seventh undefeated sea
son and undisputed possession
of the Eastern Gymnastic
Title.
The Lion gymnasts slammed the
sidehorse and parallel bars (13-3)
and conceded the flying rings by
a like score to tlh! Panthers. For
the second straight meet Gil Leu
outscored his more famous Olym
pic counterpart Armando Vega,
13-11, in the entire meet.
Leu and Vega Pesch took a
first and third, but the Swiss
engineer finished second on the
side horse, while Vega was
fourth when the Panther trio
finished one-two-three on the
rings.-
.ack Biesterfeldt won his first
sitiehorse competition since the
Temple meet early in the season_
"Mullen took his specialty—the
rope climb—in 3.7 seconds on the
slow rope in the Pitt Field House.
From the start it was evident
that Wettstone & Co. would main
tain Wettstone's personal streak
of never losing to a protege; hi
this case Panther coach Warren
Neiger.
ane Panthers were expected to'
slam the tumbling, but Captain
Dion Weissend, Dave DTTl2rtpy,
and Adie Stevens made the Pitt,
tumblers go all out to take the
event by only two points, 9-7. Du
laney racked up a tow score from
the judges of 254 on one of his
best routines of the season as did
Stevens, who was credited with
only a 247.
junior John Hammond took
the event with a 257, while
sophomore Dave Hirst disap
pointed the crowd by! scoring
241. Don Nelle took the decid
ing point on a fiith piece fin
ish to give the Panteers their
only lead of the night.
Biesterfeldt, Leu, aria Walt Heil
er then rode the Lions into a
never-to-be-relinquished lead by
finishing 1-2-3 on the sidehorse
as expected_ Biesterfeldt had a
disappointing 242; Leu only had
a 221, and Heiler had a 215. But'
the Panthers—Jim Mulvihill,
Chuck Kerber, and Joe Lamar
tine—had scores of 163, 145, 65
respectively.
The 2225 fans saw the Lions,
sweep their second straight event,,
the horizontal bar. Leu, Weis
send, and,Vega made up the win
ning combination in this event.
Leu • hit for his second highest
score of the year-172—followed
by Weissend's 255, and Vega's
252.
Aftei the intermission the
Lions simply widened the al
ready huge gap by takß:"243 the
rope climb 11-5.
Tied for second behind Mul
len was senior Dick Aaiun, and
Pitt's Dave Ruber at 4.0. And
tied for fourth was John Hid
inger and Pit± John. .acolice
at 4.4.
All three Lions improm l
i
time on the second. ohm •1
from 33 to 33, Rehm .1
4.0, and Hidinger froth
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Regain EIGL
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Pittsburgh Claws-
Nittanies, 80-65
By VINCE CAROCCI
Pittsbprgh's aggressive bas
ketball team finished like an
,angry panther to claw the
'Penn State Lions into submis
sion, 8(1-65, before 6000 fans
; last night at Recreation Hall.
Trailing 33-32 at halftime, the
'anthers staged a 16-point scoring
drive with approximately three
minutes gone in the second per
iod to take a lead which they
never relinquished.
Before the Pitt drive, the game
was as close as could be with
neither team `aklng more than
a three-point lead.
Here's the way the scoring went
in that victory surge:
With the score 41-33. Penn
State. Barry Brautigan and
John Riser Mt with two con
secutive jump shots and the
spurt was on.
A layup by Chuch Hursh, a foul
by Riser, and two more fouls and
another goal by Hursh gave the
Panthers a 50-41 lead_ •
Riser's drive on a fast break,
with an assist from Don Hermon,
and another fast-breaking two
pointer by Hermon ended the Pitt
drive, but the damage was done_
Pitt led, 54-41,. and Penn State
was never able to get back in the
game.
Pitts clear superiority on the
back boards was'dermitely the
most imoartant factor in the
surge. With Harsh. Riser and
Brautigan controlling the re
bounding...the Panthers were off
on one fast break after another
—they seldom missed.
So completely did Pitt domi
nate the action in the second half
that the Lions could not break
into the scoring column for four
and one-half minutes. Bob Ram-leach hit twice from the foul lineideficit, 77-65, with only seconds
say's foul conversion ended the
Nittany scoring-drought, but by to give the Panthers a 26-paint! remaining Hurs-'s three point
then the Panthers were well in bu1ge , . 541-42 - play on another Panther break
control of the game. From then on, Pitt so connvlled completed the scoring.
After Ramsay's foul made the the action that the closest the The Lion offense. hitting for
score. 54.-42, Hursh and Brautigan Lions could get was a 12-point (Continued on page four)
led their
1 Mullen
4.4 to
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lour). .
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 3. 1957
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LES WALTEAS (above) scored
the key win in the Lions 14-11
upset victory over the pre
viously unbeaten Pant her s.
Walters topped Bob Richardson.
GIL LEU (left) for the socond
time this season outscored Ar
manda Vega and led the gym
nasts to a 58-38 triumph over
Pitt.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
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—Daily Collegian Photo by George Harri-nn
THE NITTANY Lion's Tom Hancock (20) and Bob Edwards (21)
grimace as they strain far a rebound off the Pitt backboard in last
night's Rec Hall tussle. Lion guard Sieve Baidy (6) is at the left.
rgiatt
Title, 58-38
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Pitt, 14-11
Walters'
Clinches
PITTSBURGH, March 3—Coach Charley Speidel main
tained his well deserved title as "master of strategy" here
at the Pitt Field House last night, and it cost defending
Eastern Champion Pittsburgh a 27 dual meet winning streak.
Using the tactics of a full admiral during a decisive bat
tle, the Lion coach maneuvered his team into a 14-11 victory
that stunned the 2500 semi-partisan fans.
The deciding match was at 177 pounds where Lion foot
baller Les Walters won his first match of the season with a
4-1 decision over Bob Richardson. But, the turning point
came in the 147 and 157 pound'
bouts,
It was here that Speidel crossed
up Pitt Coach Rex Peery by mov
ing co-captain Dave Adams up
one weight to meet Bob Bubb at
157 and injecting Earl Poust
against undefeated Ed Bienkow
ski at 147.
The change came after it had
been announced that Adams
,would meet Bienkowski at 147
and George Gray would face
Bubb at 157.
Speiders tactics almost work-
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Win
'Big
By LOU PRATO
ed to its fullest when Roust
surprised his opponent with a
1-I deadlock and Adams came
through with his third straight
victory. over Bubb. 7-5.
Peery then tried his hand at
strategy but he found out that
it was not on par with Speidel's.
Defending Eastern Champion
Dave Johnson was moved down
from his scheduled 177 position
to meet Bruce Gilmore and the
Pitt junior scored a 6-1 decision
over the Nittany matman.
But in compensating for this
shift Perry was forced to go
with Richardson—a usual 157
. or 167 pound entry—al 177. But.
Richardson could not handle
the - heavy" opponent put he
fore him.
The victory made up for what
had been thought of as a Poor sea
son for the Lions and gave them
a final 6-2-1 dual mark.
Only losses to Navy and Le
high and draw with Cornell mars
the record. The win also gave
eastern wrestling fans something
to think about before the East
ern Wrestling Association Tourna
ment at University Park_ '!arch
15-16.
Pitt was considered a shoo-in
for their third straight EIWA
title, but the Nittany rnalmen
changed that situation tonight.
In winning, the Lions broke a
three-year losing streak at the
hands of Pitt. They also extended
"home town jinx." The Panthers
have never beaten the Lions at
Pittsburgh. tonight being th e
fourth time that this occurred.
Only one of the six men who
entered tonittht's contest unbeat
en saw his streak come to an end.
That was the Lion's Johnny
Johnston who lost his first match
in nine encounters to Pitts Cap
tain, Ed Peery, at 130 pounds. It
was Peery's 10th win without a
loss.
Sid Nodland extended his
streak to nine while Adams
stretched his skein to seven.
Ron Schist. the Penther heavy
weight, copped his ninth win to
remain undefeated in eight out
ings. However, hoth'Adants and
Sthirt have been tied.
Nodland put the Lions in a
winning mood at the outset of
the meet when he decisioned an
old nemesis, Bill Rulings. 5-1. It
was the 123-pound Nodland's sec
ond victory against Hulings in six
meetings. He has lost only once
to the Pitt ace, the other three
mataies ending in draws.
Johnston almost handed Peery
his second loss in a 24-match
career before falling 5-4 on the
strength of a minute and 25 sec
onds riding time. John Pepe toyed
with Pitt's Vic DeFelice but could
not work the 137 pounder into a
pin. The final score was 6-i. This
made the running score 6-3 in
favor of the Lions_
Then came the series of man
euvers that decided the meet.
Poust held Rierkon ,l l to a tie
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