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3 Lions in NCAA Semifinals
Johnston,
Pepe, Adams
Hold Key
By LOU PRATO
PITTSBURGH, March 29
Johnny Johnston, John Pepe
and Dave Adams hold the key
to Penn State's chances of
winning the 1957 NCAA mat
crown as the tournament en
ters the semifinal round here at
the Pitt Fieldhouse tomorrow
,afternoon.
Coach Charlie Speidel's original
eight-man entry was cut down to
the Johnston-Pepe-Adams trio,
but not before Penn State had
shot into a third place tie in the,
team standings with Oklahoma
A&M with 13 points apiece.
Oklahoma leads the 64-team •
field at the halfway mark with
23points and has four men • - -
going into the semifinals. Pitt 130-POUND EASTERN titlist, Johnny Johnston is awarded a
trails the Sooners with 16 , point for an escape against Dick Chellevold. Wartburg, in the
points. but will send five men Lion's first encounter. Johnston won the match, 5-0.
into tomorrow afternoon's ac- '
lion, including the 167-pound
sophomore, Tom Alberts, who reversals, an escape and riding
had been ineligible for the ma- !time to stop lowa State's Dean
jar part of the school year. !Homer, second in the Big Seven!
Oklahoma A&M will also have!this year, 8-5.
three men in tomorrow's matches) Pepe gained revenge for his
Michigan, lowa, and lowa State only loss suffered in the regular ;
are tied for fifth place with 11 season when he shutout Mary-;
points apiece. Michigan and lowa!land's Atlantic Coast Conference'
State have two men left in the champion, Rod Norris, 4-0. It was,
tourney, while lowa has three re;Pepe's third bout of the day'
training. against a conference titlist. Earlier,
Sid Nodland and Les Walters he had beaten the Mid-American
were beaten in the quarterfinals,winner and the Big Seven champ. ,
while Earl Poust and Sam Markle Adams moved into the semi
were stopped in the second round.] final bracket when he took his
George Gray lost a first-round! second default win of the day
decision. against Oklahoma A&M's Clad
All three Lim semifinalists Wright. Adams was ahead. 7-2.
will have to be at their best to. when Wright dislocated his
morrow afternoon if they ex- shoulder.
pect to be around when the ! Walters lost a heartbreaker to'
finals start at 8 tomorrow night. Oregon State's undefeated John'
Johnston meets Oregon's Lee
.Dustin 2-1 on the basis of a 1:14!
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me advantage. Dustin, who has
and AAU Champ; Pepe runs in- ' von 18 matches in a row, got most'
to another conference champion
.of his time in the second period.l
in the presence of Big Ten titan, •
Ralph Ricks: Adams faces lowa I Five of the Nittany entries es-1
State's Big Seven champ. Ron caped r unscathed in the secondi
Gray. !round of the tourney, which did!
A lack of nine seconds riding ,
not end until 10 p.m. Only Foust,
time cost Nodland his chance for and Markle failed to advance a:
the 123-pound title when Okla-!notch.
homa's Harmon Leslie, last year's! Nodland gained his berth in
NCAA runnerup, edged the Lion! the quarter finals with a nar
grappler, 8-7. Nine more seconds, row 4-3 win over lowa State's
would have given Nodland enough Dave Harty. The Lion co-cap
time advantage to send the match! lain scored a takedown in the
into overtime. ! first and a reverse in the sec-
Johnston used a takedown, two' ond, while Harty could only
No You Don't
—Daily Collegian Photo by Ron Walker
CO-CAPTAIN Dave Adams counters an attempted escape by
Bernard Wood. CCNY, in a first round match. Adams won the
THE DAILY COLLEG,AN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
manage three escapes—one in
each period.
Wartburg's Dick Chellevold gave
Johnston little strain as the Lion
130-pounder rolled to an easy 5-0
win. Johnston completely out
classed Chellevold with a take
down, a reverse and riding time
included among his five markers.
Pepe tried vainly for a fall
against another conference cham
pion—this time it -was Colorado's
Lyle Neville, the Big Seven titlist
—but he could only come through
with a 9-3 conquest. Pepe, who
made Neville look lilte a begin
ner, had two takedowns, a near
fall, a reverse and riding time in
his favor.
Adams picked up a win via de
fault over Colorado's Will Derby—
the Rocky Mountain and AAU
champion when Derby aggra
vated a knee injury that has
plagued - him all year. The victory
came with 13 seconds remaining
in the second period with Adams
ahead by a 4-1 count.
Poust put everything he had in
to his second-round match with
Michigan's Mike Rodriguez, and
at times showed signs of pulling
a major upset.
But Rodriguez, the Big Ten win-
Hodge Focal Point at MA Tourney
By MIKE MOYLE
Daily Collegian Editor
PITTSBURGH, Pa., March
29—As expected. Oklahoma's
Dan Hodge was the center of
'attention at yesterday's open
ing action in the Pitt Field
house. In his first match,
Hodge drew a majority of the
sports crowd down from the
stands to gather around matside
to see him pin Rutger's Rich Gar
retson in 5:50. Garretson scored
one point on the Oklahoma power
house —it was only the second
point scored on Hodge in his
collegiate career.
In his evening match, Hodge
,met Pitt's Alex Skirpan, who
hasn't seen much action this sea
son. Skirpan was overheard tell
ing teammates before the match,
"I'm going to be on the offensive
I all the time. I'm going to show
him I'm not afraid of him."
Hodge disposed of Skirpan in
exactly 50 seconds.
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:Earl Luctoniski. Michigan, Ref
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LION COACH Charlie Speidel peers anxiously toward the mats
to watch John Pepe's narrow 1-0 overtime victory over Tom Nev
its, Ohio University, in the preliminary round yesterday afternoon.
ner who was second in the Na
tionals as a sophomore two years
ago, floored the game Poust with
a half-nelson and crotch at the
6:30 mark. The Michigan ace led
11-4 at the time.
One minute and 11 seconds
riding time brought Walters his
victory over Michigan's Carl
Leutomski, 3-2. Walters reached
Leutomski for a takedown mid
way through the first period
and rode hint out for the rest
of the frame. Leutomski scored
a near fall in the second period.
but Walters offset this with
three minutes of riding time in
the final quarter.
lowa's Gary Kurdelmeir scored
a comparatively easy 7-0 win over
Markle. Kurdelmeir's points came
on a takedown, reverse, near fall
and riding time.
Because of the heavy entries in,
the 137, 147, 157 and 167-pound
classes, Pepe, Poust and Gray
were among the 121 wrestlers that
saw first round action., Gray was
the only Lion to lose.
An escape with 15 seconds
,re
maining in the second period of a
double session overtime gave Pepe
a narrow 1-0 win over Ohio Uni
large number of well-wishers
which had crowded onto the mat
side, commented: "You brought
everybody but the athletic direc
tor down here."
In the strain of championship
competition, coaches have been
apt to do a great deal of grousing
to the referees. The Kansas Uni
versity coach, after his 123-pound
grappler, James Miller, lost a
close decision on a last-minute
takedown, screamed indignantly
at referee Godron Dupre of Okla
homa City.
Dupre calmly walked over to
the angry coach and countered
in a broad drawl: "He was 'on
his fanny, wasn't he?"
Sports Illustrated's Don Parker,
who wrote a feature article on
Hodge this week, was on hand. to
see his subject in action. Parker
Smart looking and distinctive styles
For arrangements with creative surprise—
Be Wise
WOODRING'S FLORAL GARDENS
SATURDAY. MARCH 30. 1957
versity's Tom Nevits, the Mid-
American Conference champion.
The regular bout ended in a 1-I.
deadlock.
Pepe rode out the Ohio battler
in the first . overtime period and
then made his escape in the wan
ing moments of the finale.
Adams had a much easier time
disposing of Bernie Wood,
CCNY. 7-2. Wood. who was un
defeated in dual competition
this season with an 8-0 mark,
was held scoreless by Adams
until the last few seconds of
the last period when he pulled
off a reverse.
Adams scored * his points on a
first period takedown, a second
period reverse and near fall and
time advantage.
Poust eliminated Baldwin-Wal
lace's only entry, George Assador
ian, 3-1. Poust had a reverse in
the second frame and time advan
tage, while his opponent's only
score was a third period escape.
Gray was soundly beaten by
Tim Fergueson, Michigan State,
4-0. The first period was scoreless,
but Fergueson had an escape and
a takedown and rode out the
rest of the match.
had the misfortune to wrestle
briefly (how else with "Homi
cide"?) during his interview, so
he probably knew just how Skir
pan felt for those agonizing 50
seconds.
The Indiana U. team . is made
up nearly completely of former
Pennsylvania schoolboy wrestlers.
Only one "Hoosier" - wrestler re
ceived his high school training
outside the Keystone state . . .
Famous Pittsburgh personalities
encountered yesterday were for
mer Pirate baseball star, Frank
Gustine, and Olympic track star
Arnie Sowell, who stopped long
enough to ask Pitt coach Rex
Peery how his boys were faring
. . . Oklahoma's Dick Delgado
racked up the most lopsided score
of the opening day when he
mauled Dave Moore of Illinois,
21-5.
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