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ByMATT’:J»*A.THEWS ■
. "naok God fwjtSeagpe climb
ers,” si£hed a'.tense- crowd wit
- nesring' whatjooiikl. tsree' been
one of Oe biggest lion
grmnasticsj»nnals-ye s-ter d a y
afternoon. WiththePantbersonly
two -film pointy; the"
intennisskm nttrlc,' 2S*%;j»d the
Uoiiathktesbreuihgimnearly
every - routine; 2 theV. crowd had,
plenty of reason an up-'
•set • *- J .
Buttiwropadunbais beaded
■9J SH9! BUBf JMW-; OuOljrOOOif
Phil Muumrccme through as
■ *ilwiwri^tfli»-|lModij^Mb,
IJ-t .tU Rd CoKh' Gone
:,WtttsJeoSV: charges fay * com- ■
iortsblt J&-36 lead, buLstill not
fompktehf oct of reach of the
determined Panther*
CaptainMJobl'oht .applied the
dindterimsthe-neact; event—the
parallel pressure was
reallyjon Foht with the your
boys ,were.: breaking,? commented
Pitt coach>Warreh Neiger. “And
I had . heard.: that,-he has broken
under pressure. before. But he
didn’t,” Neiger -sighed.
It the; experi--
enced senior.came through in the
dutch, .Pitt’s-Dbn Shima hadpre
ceded - hint ‘iyery. smooth
and picked
«P a 255 - score. although
rushing through-Jiis'dbuble Cross
lour pomts iftbove xiomerup Shi-
sophomore
sr§£4? * “^fe^Une^fora 228,
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: © m meet pictured above belongs to-flying ring champ/ Tom Darling ofßitt
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CAPTAIN 808 FOHT
vin the clutch
Pitt Comes From
On Hookshot At
By VINCE CAROCCI -
. Sports Editor • i •
• PITTSBURGH, Mar<;h 1
|A; hook shot by Dave Sawyer
at the buzzer sent the Pitt
Panthers; to a nafrow 61t59
victory over =a die-hard Penn
State, live last night;' here at
the Pitt Field House before a
[crowd of 3528 fans, i |
i SawYer'sshotgav«lhe Pan
thersth* leadforfhe first tune
in the ball .sum. and never did
they seed a lead so badly. The
[ buzzer went off before, the
Lions could get the balliback in '
j.--play*--.• •?-
And so, the Panthers enter the
‘second consecutive NCAA' Tour
FOR A BETTER PI
STATE COIIEGE. PA.; SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 2. 1958
Upset Pitt,
ney with:' their best record in 23
years— the-1934-35
Pitt mark. <>'- ,
If - noihing else. the game
proved otte thing: as goes Don ■:
Hennon. so go the Panthers. ■'
Holding . the dead-eye . wixzard
. to bnly/cighi poinisin the first
half, ut Lioitt. held as much as
a IS-poinl lead twice in the
; period. 1- ; .v:
; But „in the second half, Hennon
[came back-—h±s.'shooting eye bet
ter- than • everyth score 16 points
to break BobLazor’s! year-old
record' for total points in a career
(1175) by . one point . -
Down 40-31 at the end of the
half, the: Panthers bounced back
like Wounded, beasts of the jungle
to cut the Lion lead to one-point*
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HAY •POTTIOS
... Leads Mat Upset
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STATE
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By LOU PRATO
You can stop crucifying. Lion
heavyweight Ray Pottios for
his lack of desire. The oft- '
jeered .Nittany grappler* si
lenced all his critics last night
with a 4-2 decision oyer Pitt's
Tony Vuccolo. that gave Penn
JState its second- straight: upset
j victory over the highly-rated Pan
thers. 14-11. '. ' . '
| Maybe pottios wasn't the-only ;
■ hero - ( of the;, evening.-but the
jytfar-old matman su r e gme '
j through-- in -thef clutih. lie l
;ally stole the hgarts of the 5000
partisans who had gone to Reet'e
|ation Hall-".expecting to see an- - ;
.other. Penn Siate.k>ss to a heavily
[fhvored Steel City aggregation.
I It*was quite a surprising'! flight
jtq most of the Niitany : supporters;
perhaps even, shocking, for they - ;
had never expected a close score
:let alone a -Penrt State-victory. :
But Pottios and. company-proved ‘
[otherwise. ■.- ' -V ■ :
L": The victory, was almost identi- j
! ca.l to .the"orte [the Lions' gained . .'i
over the Panthers last season at -
the Pitt Fiefd House. There again, -
an underdog Penn State mat team .
sent a. powerful Pitt team down
.to defeat by.a 14-lt count. v
' 0 H-. A Ij- The . score was tied at 11-alt .
-- MM : :. when ■ Potlio* -[readied- for what
.' ["was to result Tin his supremo
: performance; Most fansfelf lilco
' heading lor the exits but hardly .
anyone, made a move. The con-'
. ‘ ~ iensus was that: Ihe-best Pottioe
dh ■<' { PPptd do would. be draw—Bad
*°rne fell.even that wssalmosl :
j out of the ‘question.-
— — ' I. Pottios giave ja brief signiof life i
jin ; the-' first' peried - when he l
[reached -Vuccolo for a takedown.
F.BUt the Pitt ijaatmari.>quibjdy re- :
versed Pottios and then hfegan &
[stretch of riding time which car
jried halfway into the second stan
*za. Pottios .escaped" then, but the r
real actioih' was to come in the.
final period. Itlwas here "that Pot
i ios. look ed l ike a . heavy weight of ,
State tradition, f ; \
He completely overwhelmed -
Vuccolo,. riding the'Pitt man out i
:— holding him on the : mat -V and i
counterihgevery possible escape ■;
jriove. .Tt. was ■ a? fitting tribute >i
when. Pottios’ teammates lifted
him bn their shoulders following
the 1 final buzzer. /V-V'.-V.
But even th« modest Pottios
. will admit that be wasn't-fully
responsible - jfor the Victory.
Credit is due to the other Lion i.
w inn «t;r s—CapiainJ o h nn y
Johnston. Dan Johnston, and v.
Sam Minor—and also to- soph
... oinore Guy. Gu ccioae, who .
Ronßamey :, ■ jaulled off the biggest' i
• . leading scorer with 18 ual surpriseoflheeveningby r
.r - - v i-o * '-V ' tying Piit'sexperiencednation—
-56-05, at the , b :48 mark. . . ;i- al contender Vic DeFelice/ 2-2. -1
And thera^-or : near .And you'can't forget Gordon ,
where the lead stayed the rest oft Danks. Dan Gray and. Georgy ‘
the way. Bub the story of the ..Gray—wbo; even in defeat
game was told in. the final miny heloed 'make the 'win possible.
utes:- : ‘Although ; the. Pottios -Vuccolo
Having three, or four o^porturf-fencounter,was- the decisive match l
i ties to tie the score, the pesky ° f the night,. Dan Johnston's 7-4 j
Sawyer finally did the. joh with; win- over Sherrn Moyer was per.- i
a rewound of a Hennon' shot,i' ha PS. the most crucial. A win by ;
59-59,, with 2:22 remaining. . (Moyer would have:; undoubtedly
Alter 'the Lions missed. thejf! em 9 ra *,', zec *'.*£ le outfit and
Panthers controlled the'ball, the Pottios. victory—
folloiing Coach Bob Timmons’
strategy, went .into a freeze n i™ e>€ p- 1
the last shot - | But Johnston, -who has been
c , ... , • , r .. . „ ithe most surprising wrestler this
Substitute \uard Lloyd Samp-{season most observers (but not
son. took the jhot witlv his teammates), came through
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