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Matmen
Penn Stare's 130-pounder Johnny Johnston
threw evtrvthing in the book while Navy's
heavyweight Tony Stremic threw all the
power his body could muster in Saturday
night's Penn State-Navy wrestling match at
Recreation Hall. Both were going for the pin. Both
missed. The result: a tie at 12-12.
As it turned out, a pin either way would have
given tither team the victory. Wrestling before a
crowd of approximately 2500 partisan Lion fans,
both clubs traded wins in the first four bouts be
fore Penn State grabbed two straight victories.
only to have the Middies retaliate with wins in
the last two bouts for the tie. All victories were
by decision and therein lies the story of the match
Of the eight matches wrestled, only in the
Johnston-Jim McKinney 130-pound test and the
Stremic-flayPottios izearyweight test did the
much-desired pin seem unavoidable. Both Johns
ton and Stremic won quite handily. The only
question was whether either could pin his man.
The answer was no—but it was a shaky no.
Johnston. the Lion captain and Eastern and
National 130-pound king, lumped to an early 4-0
lead with a take down and a near fall in the first
period. McKinney was never close to stopping the
Lion master.
The match saw Johnston shoot for the pin sev
eral times. Each time, he just missed. McKinney
seemed content with losing. ifs main concern was
avoiding a pin. Only a stouthearted. determined
defensive effort saved him as the wiry Johnston
threw all his tricks for the pin. Johnston finally
vas forced to take an 11-0 decision.
The glove was on the other hand in the
Strernic-Pottios affair. This time Navy was on
the offense and only a courageous effort by
Patios saved him from the pin—and Penn State
Cagers Down
Rainey Tops Scorers with
Penn State fought its basket -,Wally Colender and Paul Sweet- surprised the hasketeers with a
ball version of the Battle of,land and junior Tom Hancock, 64-63 victory. The Lions blew
Gettysburg Saturday night at toe
Lions grabbed a strong lead' a 63-60 lead in the waning rain
plac!_ the issue out of doubt d u i t t es ch b s e h f o or t eSteve . Baidis last-
Gfaysburg an d, ii k e the nearto rolled in-and-out as
halftime.
North, came out the victor.' Rainey. playing the sharpest the final gun sounded.
117-61. offensive game in his three- Against Pitt. the Lions simply
Abe Lincoln wasn't around to year varsity career. hit on 14 couldn't contain the Panthers
deliver another of his famed vic- of 23 field-goal attempts and "mighty-mite" Don Hennon. Hen
tory addresses—but he wasn't five of seven fouls to finish non, who Egli said was the best
needed. Lion coach John Egli with a 33-point /*ILL shot he has seen, scored 34 points
filled the bill and did an ade- Colender. who Egli credited while teammate Julius Pegues
quate job. with showing steady and rapidf scored 20.
"It was a crucial ball gam* improvement every day played a! Navy, grabbing a solid 32-19
for us." he said in reference good floor game as the Nittaniesjialftime lead, withstood a last
to the fact that the Lions were playmaker while Sweetland was'half Lion rally to grab a 58-53
riding on the losing ebb of a tops in rebounding with 13. victory last Wednesday night.
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Three-game tide. "They were Hancock was a demon off the The Lions record is now "5-6.
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had improved . . . but. our rebounding missed Lion shots. His Rainey F I T : s F 7T31:: G F
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kids, were sharp and we won .' performance ' ventured Egli to say c.il l ender 30- 1 6 Wetter 4 8-10 16(
It certainly was a crucial ball- that he could hit for 10 points' L a n Mkd 4 3 2 1 : 2i 10
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game for the Lions. Since The in each of the Lions' remaining Fre e +ll nt - rs 00- 1 0 Melnik 2, ( 4 )- - 6 ,
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games--d 4-63 to Rutgers (at Rut- points from the foul line, the•aitu w : rd. : l ot ( l e
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gets), 71-64 to Pitt rat Recreation Lions were easily the better of En'erY 02- 2 2 Mueller 1 0- 0 2
Hall), - and 58-53 to Navy (at the two from the field. Penn' Traymore 3 0- 0 6
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Navy). It was a must game for State hit on 33 of ;6 field-goal ,
Penn State if the Lions were to attempts while Gettysburg hit on' Penn state •
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have any hope of salvaging a'2o of 53. Percentages read: Penn (.: ettysburs _ ___-
thus-far disappointing season. State 43, Gettysburg 38. t Penn State ranks among the
Thanks to the sharp-shooting All was not so bright in the nation's first 25 football teams in 'l
eye of co-captain Ron Rainey and Lions' three previous contests, games won and lost over a 25-1
the improving play of sophomores however. Rutgers amazingly ;year period.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Surprise Navy, 12-12
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—Daily Collegian photo by Joe Patton
PULL TM UP. POTTIOS 'Doc" Speidel trys to help his heavy
weight Ray Pottios keep his shoulders off the mat and hold Navy
to a tie. Pottios was nearly pinned by Navy's Tony Stremic, but
Doc sz:ved the day with his superhuman moral effort.
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Bullets
RON RAINEY . . . This Lion
co-captain pushed them up
and-in Saturday night at Get
tysburg when he scored 33
points.
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from a loss.
The score was 12-9, Penn State. as both heavy
weights began the final match on the card. Stremic,
as powerful as they come in eastern wrestling
circles, completely overwhelmed the game, but
out-manned Pottios•
Stremic. throwing caution and science to the
sidelines, tried to power his way to the pin. In fact,
he came probably as close as he could to getting it
without actually getting it when he caught Pottios
in a crushing cradle hold. Pottios, his shoulders
inches from the mat, fought the hold for what was
estimated to be approximately 45 seconds until the
buzzer sounded to end the match.
The tie could be considered a minor upset of
sorts since the Middies entered the match with
a 2-0-1 record while the Lions had only 1-2 mark.
Navy's tie was with Maryland—considered to be
a strong wrestling power this year.
Here's the way the other bouts went:
At 123 pounds, Navy's Paul Ilg decisioned the
Lions' Jack Maher, 3-0, on the basis of a second
period takedown and an escape.
After Johnston's 130-pound win, Navy's Joe
Longton, a AtEddie veteran, barely decisioned
sophomore Dan Johnston, 2-1. Johnston made his
varsity debut Saturday night.
At 147. the Lions' Guy Guccione scored an easy_
5-2 victory over Middle Wes Phenegar while
Earl Poust, Penn State, decisioned Dale Minard,
Navy, 7-3. at 157.
Sam Minor followed with a 5-3 victory over
Navy's George Brainard at 167 to push the Lions
into a 12-6 lead going into the final two touts.
But Doug Volgenau topped the Lions' George
Gray, 4-3, at 177 before Stremic tried to apply the
crusher to Pottios.
The tie was the Lions' first outing since losing
to Lehigh, 22-7, Jan. 11 at Bethlehem. Johnston's
pin and Minor's draw accounted for the only Lion
points in that match.
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Frosh Matmen
Score 28-4 Win
Over Engineers
Holding true to its expecta
tions, the Penn. State freshman
wrestling team scored a decisive
28-4 victory over the Lehigh frosh
Jan. 11 at Lehigh.
The Lions tallied three falls,
three decisions, and two draws
while holding the .Engineers to
the two draws.
Rodney Gibble scored. the first
Lion fall when he pinned Jim
Schomoyer at 2:20 in the 123
pound clash. At 177 pounds Tim
Stauffer pinned Bill Kugler at
5:59 with a body press and heavy
weight Johnston Oberly followed
with a fall over John Egdorf at
the 2:40 mark.
At 130 pounds Robin Smith
decisioned Curt Laughinghouse,
7-5, while at 147 pounds Neil
Turner defeated Barry Holmes,
9-4. The Lions other decision win
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