TUESDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1957
Lions Lose Ist Tilt,
Play Titans Tonight
The Penn State basketeers Steve Baidy, Bob Edwards, in our performance—we're better
have no time to think about ? 01 ? Hancock and Ted Kubista than we showed. We were hust
thpir nnpnincr oamp sn fio i no ,' in b ? th 9 ames - This- was. his ling but we weren’t sharp.”
°P e " in S S am e OU b- loss ; starting team against the Woii- Egli pointed to a Wolfpack
to North Carolina State Satur- l pack, isurge with approximately eight
day night at Raleigh, N.C. The Tech Titans seem to have minutes left as the turning point
They play Winless Carnegie' troubles in store for them °f the contest. The score was only
Tech tonieht at Pittshiirah° i again this year—after a poor 8-15 58-53, NCS, at that point, but the
TnniuM’c ,! season last year. They lost their Wolfpack took advantage of three
„. I f >n ‘ s game marks the first, first two games of the vear to Lion misses for three quick goals
a f^° n , S K CU^T! 'lf two-game road'Duquesne, 72-58, and to DePauw/to clinch the win. VV'ith three min
topjor th e Nl tames. Tomorrow 63 .&. ’iutes left, Egli, realizing the Lions
vi?SLI, M n me f • he po ! e „ ! i t West However, Egli showed no over-'were beaten, substituted his sec
tottmnwwmuntaineers at Morgan- confidence when questioned about ond team and the Wolfpack con-
n > w. va. the_ game. He remembers only too tinued to score for the. romp.
—■ well how tough, especially against
Penn State, the Titans are on
their home court. Over the years,
the Lions have found the Titans to
be one of their toughest foes
when the clubs meet at Skibo
Gym.
The Lion performance against
the Wolfpack Saturday night wa3
disappointing, especially since it
extended a Lion jinx of never
having beaten an N.C. State bas
ketball team.
The Wolfpack shot a phenom
onal 51.8 percentage, hitting on
28 of 54 field goal attempts. The
Lions, on the other hand, hit
on only 24 of 70 attempts for a
34.3 average.
Egli pointed to the Lions’ faulty
shooting as the chief reason for
the loss. ‘'We didn’t play very
well,” he said. I was disappointed
We've never been one to put much faith in the pre-sea.->on ratings
of collegiate athletic teams—as evidenced by the past pre-season
pigskin ratings which picked such teams as Minnesota, Kentucky,
Baylor, Pitt, Oregon State and (Ugh) Penn State as national powers.
But being believers of that old axiom—" Don't do as I do, do as
I Say”—we find ourself coming out with a pre-season ranking of
the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association teams.
National magazines are always rating collegiate grid and cage
outfits but I have yet to see a magazine rank college mat squads.
That's the basis of our ratings. That is. we are playing the role
of an eastern wrestling expert writing for a national journal—
and not a partisan (Hail to the Lion) Penn State fanatic.
So without any further ad.eu . . .
Lehigh is undoubtedly the EIWA favorite this year—and every
body knows it, including Pitt’s veteran mat mentor Rex Perry. Says
the crafty Perry: “Lehigh is the team to beat in the east. And no
vonder with men like (Leon) Harbold. (Joe) Gratto, (Dick) Santoro,
(Bob) Gunst.” That’s from the man whose team has dominated the
EIWA tournament three of the last four years.
Harbold, Gratto and Santoro iorm the nucleus of Coach Jerry
Lachman's outfit. All are vets end all are rated at the top or near
| the lop of their respective weight classes. In fact, Gratto is the de
fending National champion at 137-pounds. Harbold is a 130-pounder
I and Santoro weighs-in at 147.
I Ungst is one of three promising Lehigh sophomores. He wrestles
1 at 157. Ed Slater, who goes at 123, and 167-pound Russ Tripony are
j the other two newcomers.
| Two other veterans, 177-pound Ed Hamer, the defending 157-
pound EIWA titlist, and heavyweight Pete Davidson give the En
penn state sc state | gineers an almost unbeatable outlook (pre-season, that is).
>„ ■ r GP TP t,; r TP ' Rnh phward* i ** tanked second in the pre-season ratings by this "ex-
Kubiata s #-7 is Puciiio s «-7 is, ... hits for 11 I P«i with Cornell. Penn State, and Syracuse.
Kd«- i \:\ 3 Kich*tar Vra * Itl w! T ed Kubista whom Eeli sakL Pitt lOSt ° nly three men from last * vear ’ 3 tcam which placed
Kreedman o£So &U I 5-5 S'he was pleased with, was the second in the National and Eastern tourneys And even though they
■Hancock s i-i s stepanVch « 2-i in, Lions' high scorer with 16. Rainey were bl § losses—Bill Huhngs, Ed Perry and Ron Schirf (all national
2 o-o 4 Engiehardt o m * or 12 while Edwards had Hi champs at one time or another)—Pitt is still the team to beat in the
jSweotiand o o-i o Gallagher 2 0-t complete the Lion double-; conference
I Totals: 24 11-17 42 Totals: 28 24-29 SO'figure SCOrerS. „ ~ , „ _ ... _ _
— Among the returnee* for Rex Perry j outfit are Vic DeFelice,
I 137; Ted Bienkowski, 147; Bob Bubb, 157; Dave Johnson, 167 and
7 f | Tom Alberts—five of the best wrestlers in the East last winter.
I j Alberts is ihe defending 177-pound NCAA champ.
; Cornell coach Jimmy Miller calls the current Big Red squad
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS lots, Kansas got 34 and Ken- ( Western and Indiana. j“the best” he’s had at Cornell—and it seems like many of the ErWA
North Carolina, the defend-} lucky Z3 ' . . I San Francisco rode over Chjco’coaches agree with him. Veterans Carmen Molino. 139, George
ing national basketball m h n e e t““e»R North ! voted Tnts ™ 3 ' 13 ?’ Di< * Vincent -1 57 - Steve Friedman. 167, and Dave Dunlop,
pion, is rated the No. 1 team; Carolina had 1018, Kansas 965 and'sixth position. Then came Michi- |hwt '» and s °phomore Dave Aubel—perhaps the Easts best i-3-
in tliA ntjfmn in tho firct n-oot !? ent , ucky 869 - The v °ting was : gan State, convincing winners’ pounder—make the Big Red a team to be reckoned with,
in tne nation m uie nrst ' veeK> | based on games through Saturdayover Butler and Detroit. Even though the outlook for Penn State is a bit gloomy, as a
ly Associated Press poll. Ini * j West Virginia ran up 100-plus J national "expert." we'd have to place the Lions fourth on the
fact, North Carolina, Kansas 1 tn ‘i, pn i n hart ?l e fi ai ?■ l ed . Kansas «?»* in r ° m P* ov«r Virginia ! basis of past performances (just like the football experts did in
and Kentucky, which finished l,j Oklahoma State, Canisius and eighth place. St. Louis, an easy \ 19 . 56 when they pul Notre Dame m the P r ®- season lop-ten). Null
2,3 in the final balloting, last!Northwestern. winner over New Mexico Ag- j *^id.
spring, again are ranked in that Kentucky took Duke by four in its opener, was ninth, i Syracuse is probably the dark horse of.the loop and could very
order. ' I po l n *?' Stale by seven, Temple, beaten in over- well be the ‘.‘spoiler.” Evervone returns from last season’s Orange
Coach Frank McGuire’s North overtime Temple by iStewar™ unit ’ Ed Carlin. 123 = Geor S e Creason ’ 13 °: Marty Lavan *
Carolina team ran its winning by two points Saturday. P j was 10th. har, 167; and Bill White, 177. And if Dick Lasse —the football star—
-79 r -sMn°iteopenfflf , and I nmv e tekes - Bradley was ranked fourth after The second 10: {returns,— watch out. He was a top heavyweight 2 years back,
the road to play at George Wash-i^ s romp over Illinois Nor-! Minnesota, North Carolina State,'
ington Tuesday. | ma l and Kansas State drew nine. UCLA, Seattle, Notre Dame, Rice.
A total of 121 snorts writer* first place vo . tes and a fifth place!Syracuse, Oklahoma City, Cincin- ; g£
and spoAscaslers ihl bating on victories over Texas'nati and Memphis State*? ijg
first AP poll of the season, re- I :|sf
leased Tuesday. It turned out '!§&
to be a three-way race. North
Carolina drew 41 first place bal- 1
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Ted Kublsla
. . . tops Lion scorers
Egli will lake the same 10-
man travelling squad that made
the N.C. Slate trip on this two
flame road venture. He will
probably go with his starting
five of co-captains Ron Rainey
AP Poll Ranks N. Carolina
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By .LOU PRATO
Asst. Sports Editor
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