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Grapplers Surprise Lehigh—But Lose,
State Cops
4 Decisions
In Thriller
By DEAN BLLLICK
Assistant Sports Editor
A takedown plus time advan
tage was the margin that kept
Penn State's upset-minded
wrestlers from pulling-off the
biggest shock of the young
Beason Saturday night at Beth- the stage for Haney's last period:
escape.
lehern, Pa.. ,
Haney's win tied the meet score
Before 3,400 screaming fans, at 3-3, after the Lions MarkPiven
who were packed on bleachers, had suffered his first loss of 'the'
chairs and the floor of cow Grace season. Unbeaten Bill Merriam
Hall, the Lions came within a scored a takedown, reversal and
whisker of topping the nation's PHIL MYER time to stop Piveri, 5-0.
number one team, Lehigh, 15-12. • . wins third straight The other unbeaten sophomore,
That - takedown and time ad- * * * George Edwards, beat Engineer
vantage came in the final period the turning point of the match. Sterling Sowden, 7-4, on 'a take-I
of the critical match in the 367-1 Lion coach Charlie Speidel down ; two reversals and time. The,
pound class between State's Ronipulled quite a few stops in an at- win tied the meet at 6-6.
Pifer and Lehigh's Dave Angell.ltempt to bring home the victory, ,
but perhaps the biggest surprise PRIOR TO Edwards' win, the,
WHEN STATE'S 147-poundr. wasthe wrestling 61 191-pounder'Lims' Steve Erber dropped a 5-1 i
Eastern champion and 'Lehigh's:Ed Pohland decision to Curt Alexander.
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undefeated Angell danced onto the ! In the 157-pound class, Jo h n
mat, the Engineers led by just POHLAND MADE the first-start'' Barone lost an 8-1
,battle to Kiiit
8-6. Angell w o r k e d f or a ouick of his-varsity career at State and,Pendleton, last year's EIWA t i
takedown and then increased his -it was quite an auspicious debuCchamp. The loss gave Lehigh! a
lead to 4-0 with a second-period'All he did was to completely domi-', 9-6 lead whiCh upped to 15-6 with
i f 'Venal. ' ,nate Lehigh's previously unbeaten Angell's victory and Jim De-I
But Pifer came right back to. Chuck Moore. 11-4. Moore had trixhe's 6-0 win over the Lion's!
cut Angell's lead to a single point scored two falls in his four vii- Bill:Polacek.
with a second period escape and tories and last year was runner- _
/2 5 iltferrtalrf,e l hir: ' tee ß l Y Plren. if-d. •
takedown. The Lion co-captain,up to State's Johnston Oberly in 138—Haney. Tfll State. loc. Battlte.l
tied the score at 4-4 with an es-,the eastern heavyweight finals. 1-4.
cape, in the last period to-set the! 1 , 137—Alexander. Lehigh. die. Zrber. 1.-1.1
' 141—F.datards. Pena State. dee. Sealer.
stage foi the final minute and a- BUT SATURDAY he was no i .e,
half of wrestling. ,match for Pohland. "He handled, iv—Pendleton, Lehigh. dec. Rama*. 11-1.1
1 16"—Aa ell Leki h d Pifer 14
With time running out. Angell ;Moore like a baby and in fact , ..:, g. • g • • • .
t i•i—n ttttt he. Lehigh I.e. Polacek. 11-0. ,
managed a takedown and his rid- ; even had him pinned once, butt 191—Pabland. Testa State; dee. Mottee.l
ing time advantage gave the Eo-!the referee wasn't quick enough," 11-4.
gineer a 6-4 decision. The win , Speidel said.
'`,, Ifect.—Myer, 1.11111111 State. dee. Elarai.l
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gave Lehigh a 12-6 lead and was' Pohland wasn't the only Lion . Referee: Postal Perri., - 1 •
Froth
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Start
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till 8:30
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Off The New Year Right!
Circulation Meeting
TONIGHT
to knock off an - undefeated Engi-!
neer. Co-captain Phil My e r
polished off heavyweight John'Frosh
Burns, 5-3, to give the Engineer
his first defeat in four starts. It -
was Myer's third straight win and 19
-12
left him one of the three unbeat.
en regulars on the team. i , . . .
The other two are sophomore's' Penn State's freshman grapplers Last yeah Lehigh edged the
who came through with impres_isuffered a 19-12 defeat at the:Lions by one point to give Coach%
sive wins 'against Lehigh. Hhands of perennial powerhouse;Davey Ada'rns, crew its only loys
' Lehigh Saturday night in- . the'against three wins. /
Lions' first start of the season.' 1 r - MA
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• T SUMMARY • /
John Gladish pinned State's; 123— . Watinke, Lehigh, dee. Aebbanahr
Matt Dunne at 7:23, and heavy- is-s.
weight John Illengwarth pinned . t. lnti.udwic• Penn State, dee. Rippler.
Dwight 'Burd of State at 5:36 to, 1.17--Cataiaue. Peen Btate,,liee. Tate. 4-4.
account for the bulk of the scor-, 147--Gellie, Pena State./dec. 'Milittath
ing for the Engineers, who now 2-2. 1
157L-Lachenesayr. Lehtilt, dee. ideates.
sport a 2-0 record. ;- 74. ' , .z
Sandy Gellis, Dave Ludwig,, 167--Flentimat. LIMA. satinr. 4-1.
Rick Catalano, and Mike Gill won' 177—G111, Pens State, dr, 5-2.
decisions to account for the. Lions / ;.,,, i—G it. t i tt a L r i t t f , g tAt ell . p i i?,:l e ' l Ll::
12 points. sac, 1."
808 HANEY, State's 130-po'und
entry, edged-by Doug Baille with
a last period escape, 5-4: Haney
and Bailie battled on even terms
in the first period with an escape
and takedown each. Baille worked
for an escape in the second period
but the Lion soph tied the score
at 4-4 with a takedown. That set
Come to the
Grapplers Drop
Decision fo Engineers
Ranting Wins Games—Coach
ST. LOUIS (AP) St. Louis,l'micapable: of going out of char-
Coach John Benington, one of col-,acter and joining this gang, even
lege basketball's nice guys, said though I said I would after that
Drake defeat, the toughest one of
yesterday he is concerned by the my life." Zs;
growing ranks of coaches ~s;., h o'. Benington said most coaches
seem to be gaining an• advantage' make a real effort to contain
by ranting at officials. i Ithemselves, although it is proba-
The thin, mild-mannered Billi-,bly harder to do in basketball
ken coach said, "I .don't believe than in any college sport.
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