PAGE SIX
Johnston Wins Twice on Pins
Guccione Surprise Semifinalist
(Continued Jrom page one)
tered a lake-dou-11. Alberts made
a final and futile effort with 15
seconds left v. h<-;i he reversed—
but it was too late.
Danin pul up a great fight '
beiorf bowing to • much more '
experienced Ed Carlin of Syra
cuse. It was perhaps Danks’best
showing of the year in a losing •
effort. Carlin scored an easy
takedown in the first period and .
added a near-fall soon after. He
added an escape in the second,
a takedown in the third and
time ad rentage for the win.
Danks' lone tally came on a
third-period escape.
Johnston wrenled his usual ag
gressive match in flipping Navy's
‘•runaway” lightweight Ted Kh
lcr. The Liotis’ defending NCAA
king tore after the lifeless Middle,
but couldn't find the right pin
lung comi>inaiion until 53 seconds
remained in the bout. Then John
ston fiattned the Middle with a
half-nelson and inside crotch.
Guccione shocked the seeding’
committee (but not the Penn l
State following) with a 10-3 blast-,
ing of Grifa. Guccione. who is fin
ally starting to live up to his pre-!
season ratings, was in command!
the whole way, scoring two take- 1
dowms a reversal, an escape, a:
near-fall and riding time. The'
near-fall came in the first period; -—Daily CuiPgian photo by Matt m .
when the Lion sophomore caught NO YOU DON'T .. . Lion 147-pound contender Ear! Poust holds
C j’ku a .j eri Gr ‘* a w ' lb a bar- on tightly to Yale's Steve Eastor’s leg in his opening match at the
firm ant jj body , ° 1 °
Poust was eliminated in a heart- Elv ‘ A championships yesterday at Pittsburgh. Poust won this
breaking, 5-3, loss to the unbeaten bout, 6 ' ] > but wa '' eliminated in
aee*«innetf hhf no!ri««'nn Guccione scored a takedown in !
ace scored hts points on two take-' __ ...
downs and an escape, but he was ? criod ' lake
never in full contaiL In flSi j ( “V
Poust was tlu* aggressor for most! tiLl? d d added
of the match. But his failure toj 9 ,
handle the two leghold situations.' Wrestling in the first time in,
which eventually led to take- i more than a month, Poust looked
downs, proved his downfall j stronger than ever in handing)
Rutgers’ Dick Garretson. the , X ale ' s . steve a 5: 1 : !
third-seeded 177-pound competi-: The Llon veleran handled his Ehj
tor, took care of Barone with a adversary like a playful puppy,
5-2 decision. Garretson scored a m sconn f two takedowns, an es- :
lirst-period take-down arid a take cape and ndin S imie. And if:
down and an escape in the second 'f oust hadn’t been too eager for a
frame for his points against Ba- fall he Probably would have,
rone’s two escapes scored a whitewash job. Easter’s,
There could not have been a on, - v P° inl canie "'hen Poust let]
more convincing opener to the *** waning moments oft
tournament than the 123-pound secon ® P e nod.
bailie between too-seeded Dave Mlnor no match for John-
Auble of Cornell and Harvard's two-time EIWA titlist from;
Tom Myers. Auble. a xnbo- Pittsburgh. He was a game and:
more who rang up 10 straight trying wrest er but he could not
wins during the dual season. stO P the ntethodicaUy intelligent,
flattened the Crimson new- moves made b >' Johnson. Most of;
comer in 48 seconds of the first lhe done in the final!
periods stanza when Johnson registered
Si:r matches (and three falls) Uv ° takedowns, a predicament]
later. Danks gave Penn State fol- and an ““Pe against the tiring
lowers a shot of adrenalin with, 1001 * Johnson s ol “ er . v • , ii|« f
a surprising easv win over Co- !cam ?° n toe advantage rnclud- £/Ofl t?etS W ISfl
lumbia’s Dave Clark. 5-0. The m£ three full mmiites in the see- , V , -
combatants staved off each otherV ond penod. _ ‘How long, oh how long,"
advances earlv in the first period! Gray > Cined , Daa , ks m . * he moaned the MtUny LiOn this
but with one'minute left. Danks w m-by-shutout bracket with a morning, ‘will it be before spring
taught Clark’s leg for a two-point! i°, *?** iaa ° v f r .£ obn Koh f of co ™ es? ’’ . . . .
takedown i Yale in a match that was stop- The Lion was obviously upset
Clark chose top to start the sec- i P* 1 * wice because of minor in- over today's
ond frame and held that position* *° I=olll men - Gr ? ys ,°' d
until two minutes had Elapsed carn « ® reversal in Man Winter
when the Lions star reversed on : ““d* ll * He added lhe flv e m
quick rollover. The final stanza «lbei on a five-mmute time ad- ches of snow on
was just a matter of routine as’ T * nt *3 e - campus in a suc-
Danks rode his foe for the full i# . reached th « quarter-.cesriiß bid to
three minutes with a crushing 6-1 victory hold off spring
A short while later Johnston : over Columbia's Gene Appel. It as long as pos
scored one of his frequent toum-i?'“ the „ f,rst col!,> S iate victory,siWe. .
ament falls in beating Phil ( or , U,e Nittanysophomore, who TbeLionre
Schreffcr of Yale. In 10 £IWA> st ° ne and Ued on f du ™E th ? H
tournament - victories. Johnston resular season. Appel scored first. maj 6* some
itac twnrrfw! hv faiu *rh,jwith an escape in the opening time before he
unbeaten Lion "captain reached: minules of lhe secQnd P eriod but; makes his return. He has been
Schreffcr for a takedown in the' 1 * w ' as Barone’s match the rest of; staying away as a protest against
oneninv seconds nf the initiniithe wav. He scored a takedown mjthe weather.
frame and worked hfm mto a om-,' be seco , nd ' a and woblbiv mel°t
mark le combinat!on at ihc .minutes of riding time. The pn> a good deal of the snow and may
~Guccione tried everything dicament just as the fmal;brmg alwut a return of both the
from a bod v press io a half-net- ! buzzc . r sounded when he caught Lion and spring.
son and crotch on Princeton'* A PP eI Wlth a balf-nelson and ~ ~“ ——
rioni, tia* » B( „ M .Lin body press. He -picked tip an escape in the
to score ifa* b tolL Theterfhe Dun ’° p . dum Pfd f P° tlios “ «»e second frame and then rode put
could do was an 8-0 decision. same fastuQn that he won their the final penod for his 2-0 vic-
match during the dual campaign, tory.
Tourney Entries
Due Wednesday
All entries for the Intramural
handball-doubles and badminton
singles tournaments must be
turned in by 4:30 p.m. Wednesday
in the 1M office in Recreation
Hall.
There will be fraternity and
independent competition m both
tourneys. .An organization may
enter two teams in the doubles
play and two men in the badmin
ton play.
THE DAfIY COLIEG! AN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
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Johnny
ohnsion
... scores tico falls
These
Happy People
Use
Classifieds!
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—Daily r«llfcian photo far Matt Mathews
ALMOST. BUT NOT QUITE . . . Pitt's Dave Johnson (on top)
drives hard to push the Lions' Sam Minor into a pinning position
but he did not quite make it However, he won the bout easily,
eliminating Minor, 3-1, yesterday afternoon.
Top-Seeded Matmen
Still in Contention
j PITTSBURGH, March 14—The mediocre have fallen by
I the wayside—but the physically-fit champs are still in the
thick of it here at the Eastern wrestling tourney. Only two of
the first seeded grapplers have lost Both were wrestling with
injuries. They were 167-pounder Tom Alberts of Pitt, who
lost to Lion George Gray, and)' ; *
177-pounder Doug Volgenau of| Carroll, now at WCAE in Pitts-
Navy. burgh, picked Alberts to beat
The top seedings really proved! Gray. That's "gred-aiude" for
an oddity. Lehigh, Pitt and Navyj y° u *
dominate the last six weights. Le- i Johnny Pepe, ex-Lion 137-
high has Joe Gratto at 137 and ipound champion, had this to say:
Dick Santoro at 1-47, Pitt has Dave j“This is the first time I really
[Johnson at 157 and Alberts at; ‘saw’ the tournament. I don’t
167, and Navy has Volgenau at:think the wrestling was really
177 and Tony Stremic at heavy-jsharp—too much stalling.” Pepe
weight Of course, 'the Lions’;was also disappointed at Guy
Johnny Johnston draws the num-lGuccione’e record this year—but
I her one spot at 130 with Cornell’s\was high on Barone. “Of course,
Dave Auble at 123. jhe (Barone) was tough before he
Auble is fortunate in that he jleft (for the Marines).”
jT« n S r. Un * I Penn’s 295-pound wrestler John
defeated Paul Powell. The Pan- '7T aenc [;y is by far the biggest boy
ther 123-pounder is out of the ; in the meet And he needed
tourney with mononucleosis. ; every ounce of his weight to pin
Another top contender out of ,his first opponent in an overtime.
k* o ? j jOf course, nearly anyone would
a ‘ l3 * as 8 * !give in to 295 pounds after 12
case of boils on his leg. -minutes of wrestling.
Earlier today there was a heated I _ . . , ,
controversy over the seeding of j Penn - I ® Lr coach
Syracuse’s Les Austin. The unde- 1 has ,
feated 137-pounder is seeded: f of his former col
fourth. This afternoon he is sched ' iSu^ 0 ««ch, Charlie Speidel. .
uled to meet Gratto. Somebody J llBl *J? 8 1
goofed’ J ! * eam - Without a doubt, the two
Wrestling strategy usually Charlies are the most talkative,
calls for a strong contender to algetic coaches here at the
move down a class. But Syra- meet
cuse coach Joe Scandura pulled
a reversal of form. He moved
Bill While up lo 177 so he
wouldn't have to meet Alberts
at 167. But fate and Gray
dealt itself into the game to
night lo knock Alberts (and
Pill) out of contention. Inci-.
dentally. Penn Stale grad Harry '
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