!PAGE SIX Aggressive Tactics Hurt Lion Matmen What happened at Army? That seemed to be the big ques-1 'lion Penn State wrestling fans were asking after the Lions I got thumped by the Cadets last week, 21-6. Although State coach Charlie Speidel- isn't one to alibi,; the veteran mentor did have several possible explanations; 'for the surprising score. .. "Our boys were just too eager to make a good showing,' Speidel explained. - * ,* * "We tried to outwrestle them and they didn't want_ to wrestle. I'd compare them to a football team That punts all the time on third down to kei p ' the other team on the offense -"I think they would have set tled for the draw, but our boys were 'over-eager and made some mistakes which Army took ad vantage of." THE BEST EXAMPLE of this lack of •cautiousness was the Zion's 191-pounder. Ed Pohiand. The. previously unbeaten sopho more twice suffered reversals when he lost his balance going for a pin.s "I never should hare lost. but it was a matter of my slipping when I was attempting a pin," Pohland said after the match. Bob Haney, one of the two Lions who managed to win at Army. agreed - with Speidel. **They seemed to stall and go for those one-point wins," the unbeaten PHIL MYER sophomore said. "But they sure did win those close bouts.' * * * FOR THE RECORD. the Cadets'and Phil Myer dropped the two won two bouts by one point and point decision_ Haney, however, wasn't fooled another by two. -Ron Pifer and the stalling tactics. He beat Pohland lost the one-point bittles• b Y _ . hi.: Cadet opponent, 2-1. ' Speidel said he felt the Lions Hockey Tournament learned much from the defeat , "I - think our , boys now realize Set for March 7 lthat they have to protect them iselVes on the mat and not just By l i ke Associated p ress ;go out there and try to get their man," he said.. American and Canadian hockey. Speidel eicppained the strategy officials said yesterday that the he used at West Point in making word ice hockey championships five changes in the lineup.-" The will go on at Colorado : Springs, score was only 9-6 after George Colo.; March 7-18 even if some Edwards won at 157 and we were teams withdraw from the tourna- counting on a : win from Pifer at meet. 167. That would have tied the 'lt is my personal opinion that score at 9-9. Instead it NN, as 12-6. the championships will be held in' "Then we could have used Bill Colorado Springs no matter how Polacek at 177 and saved Phil many teams drop out." said Wal-,Myer and Pohland for the• last ier Brown, a vice president of the:two bouts. It probably would have Amateur Hockey Association of:gone down to the wire like our the United States. , meet at Lehigh." - Brown, in New York. added:, The - victory for Army was its; "However, the final decision' wil i I first over a , State team since the i be made at a meeting ~of the !war years. .. North "American Executive Com mittee of the International Ice hockey Federation next Monday Seats Yanks in Tune-up in Colorado Springs." " AUCKLAND. New Zealand (A' There were indications Russia.-New Zealand's Peter Snell, who Czechoslovakia. Sweden and the broke the - world mile run record Netherlands might withdraw from ,last Saturday and plans an assaultsthe tournament because of the nn the half-mile mark this Satur-1 general NATO ban on travel y:d ay. beat two Americans easily, in East Germans. la warmup half-mile race yester ... East Germany is entered in the;day. • 1 tourney but the players can's gett He won by five yards over; the necessary travel permits and ,Ernie Cunliffe, former Stanford visas. Allied sources in Berlinistar, in the, slow time of 1:522.' said they won't get them. This4Jim Dupree.ll.AUllBo-yard Cham-; is part of the reprisal for the wall:pion from Southern Illinois Uni erected in Berlin. iversity, was third. • . • Camp Takajo for Boys On Long Lake • Naples, Maine . Openings on waterfront for 114 Cross in. sailing, canoeing. Specialists in 'baseball, basketball, tennis, preferably with coaching ex perience. Also openings for head dramatics, 1 110010 1PraPhY• Further information available . from the Office of Student Aid, .218 Willard- 4 • . , Interviews on • • Monday. Februery day i • By DEAN BILUCK THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA Basketball Spirit Makes Comeback There was another indication yesterday that Penn State bas ketball is on its' way back to where it belongs. Head cheerleader John Glass burn said that the cheerleaders will be on hand for Penn State's three remaining home games Tuesday against Get tysburg; Feb. l 7 against Army and Feb. 24 against Pitt, Despite injuries to key per sonal and the loss of sophomore sensation Wayne Lundy, the ;cage= are on their way to a winning season this year with a 9-7 record. And there are indications that next year Egli may get some additional grant-in-aids to offer to talented high school athletes. This isn't the first time cheer leaders have appeared at Lion games. Up until a year ago cheerleaders were present at most home games, but a lark of enthusiasm on the part.:of fans discouraged the practice. Let's make sore it doesn't happen again. Cheer!' BASKETBALL SCORES Comm, Flofetra 81. Manhattan 82 Army 60, Albright 85 Nast. 119, Calcite CI Duquesne St. Villa:urea SI VIII SO, George Washington 72 Went Vlerinia 101, Wake Forest 99 lows State 85, Missouri 73 • William k Mary 711, Furman 67 Ohio Wesleyan Its. Wittenber g 21 Q •. ~ O -.. ; 1 skating Championships ..,.. Open Today in Boston , BOSTON (AP)—Monty Hoyt, ;four days. The compulsory . fig -17, from Denver, Colo.,per cent, will be counti ng _o 6 s o t Skating Club of and Lnr ci :l l l= ahe while the free raine Hanlon, 16, a Boston hi tigoston rink, skat school student who gets - up at ing, counting 40 per cent, will be 4:30 every morning to practic e, held at the Boston College Arena were the favorites for the men'sl Hoyt won the national junior and women's senior titles in thechampionship last year and in the national figure skating champion-;process defeated two of his chiif ships •opening today. rivals, Scott Allen, 13, of New This is the first national event since the entire U.S. team was 'wiped out in an airplane crash •in Brussels, Belgium, last Feb. 15 en route to the world champion ships in Prague. Fifteen skaters, representing the cream of the 'crop in the United States, were killed, Now the long road back begins .with less than two years to de velop skaters capable of follow .ing, in the footsteps' of such Olympic winners = now retired-- as Dick Button, Hayes Alan Jen kins, David Jenkins, Tenley Al bright and Carol He,iss. • The championships will run DOLLAR DAY SPECIALS For Community. Dollar you will find many, in fine men ' s wear at KALIN'S DRESS, and SPORT , SHIRTS Large amount of both siires:S and sport shirts —.solids and ; regufar 3.95 to .7.95 now Daly 1.99 ! _ ~ New College Diner SWEATERS One largeliroup of over 300 sweaters —pullover and coat styles. regular 7.95 .to 29.50 .',7.- . , MEN'S STORE STATE COLLEGE TRORSDAY. , FEBRUARY L 1962 York, and David Edwards, 17, of Haverford, Pa. Both will have an other crack at-him. There is one unknown quantity in the men's division in the per ;son of James Short, 23, an Army ;Private_from Pasadena, Calif. He won the national juniors in 1956 ; and finished seventh in the 1960 seniors. He didn't compete last 'year because he was -waiting to be called into the Army. But he's been practicing for the last two months to get back in shape. I 1 • : . . - 1 IS FINLAND ' Iai RUSSIA'S m NEXT . . 9. For years, Finlandhas been under Ruso a , s a thumb. But it may soon be under Russia's boot, as well. in this week's Saturday Evening Post, you'll learn how Khru shchev has put the squeeze on Finnish leaders. How he't even handpicked their next presi dent. And what it will mean to us if K. takes over completely. • Vie Sairnisy tuning . - POST. ---) 3 , , 311 VA fterr oft smit . Days, many bargains now only 3.99 ;a.
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