FACE Tat Undefeated Sophomore Grapple Story That Tops Fishermen's T By DEAN MUCK Fishermen like to tell their stories of the "big one" that got away, but State's unbeaten sophomore grappler Bob Ha ney has a tale that could match any of them. And like the fisher; men, it's the story of the big one that he just missed "landing." It runs something like this. As a freshman at Canonsburg (Pa.) High School, Haney surprised everyone by making the varsity team. Coach Andy Puchany didn't expect. much .of his aggressive little 112 , -pounder, but the in experienced Haney muscled Ihis way through to a victorious sea son. ICE ENTERED the post-eason tournaments and fought into the sectional finals where he lost a referee's decision in overtime, The next year Haney swept through.settions, districts and re gionals. The sophomore flash, who had moved up,to 120. wres tled his way into the state semi finals where he met State Col lege's iwo-time State champ, Dick Tressler, With five seconds to go in their bout Haney got called for stalling and lost a heartbreaking 4-3 decision. As a junior Haney again grap pled his way into the state tour nament held at Rec Hall. Again the opponent was Tressler and this time the prize was the state championship. The two fought to a 0-0 draw in regular time, but Tressler managed a point in over- * * * time to again-deny Haney the,home during one of the tourna championship. I ments and he sold me on State." - The next year Pverycne was! As a freshman last year Haney expecting a rematch . of the Haney- swept-over everything that got Tressler bout. Haney did his,in his way. He won the - eastern part but Tressler had trouble i ,n 1130-pound frosh title at the West the semi-finals and lost to reli- Point tournamentby heatine four Lively unknown Carl Fraley. lof the top eastern fieshmen. And WITH TRESSLER out of the he won all four of his dual meets way, 'Haney was at last expected ito give him an 8-0 record. to,land a title. Lady Luck, how 4 THIS YEAR HANEY came out ever, wouldn't co-operate and, or the varsity with the task of again Haney lost a one-point de-(beating out the regular 130- vison. This time. Fraley escapedipounder, Tony Scordo. The Lion in. the final minutes to win the!sophomore won th;s. battle and 127-pound crown, 3-2. !then set about to win six more, 0 The • big wrestling schools,'all coming at the expense of State across the country weren't fooled opponents, by Haney's misfortunes and offersl The Lions have fou rmore bouts -poured• in for his services He:, ~.....maining_ with VPI, Syracuse, narrowed the li't down to Pitt.iPitt and Rutrs a then once Michigan - and Penn State hefore.„„re Haney w ill g ofishing' for he made the choice to wrestlel -- - !the big one. This - time- he'll be here. 'after the J3O-pound Eastern Col " Michigan was too far away , 1 legiate champiorhip. Pitt was too-elcKe. and' State had: Haney isn't makin an the campus," is the way Haney i g y predic explains his decision. "Ridge Ri- ' eons, but be' has his fingers Icy ( s tat e s alumni secretary) a y so icrossed. "It'j the attitude • that had a lot to do with me cominglcounts and! I'm going in there here because 1- had stayed at his! with the idea that I can win." Surely, sometime the law of 1 . averages will catch up with Ha- IM Results ney, and Lion fans are hoping this Will be the year. BOWLING FRATERNITY LEAGUE A TatemAay Mu Delaa >< Odra 11pa.Mm 0 Acaasa A alpha kappa Lam. II Sigma Nu a Beta Theta Pi 11 Delta Theta Siam' a rill Delta Theta 0 &API* Slams RPI lAmlxin Phi 2 Ninth Game-- ERN LINA. Staam Nu, :::4 Nigh Seri.,--KEN LINT Farms N. Irr Nish Came t tea na Swam t` THE DAILY COLLEGIAN UNIVEM, New College Diner Dov, , • r 808 WANEY Newman Club Presents ! ' Monsignor Leonard J. Vick ,: !UN, FEB. 11 ' . 1 7:00 P.M. r • • - ;Topic: The Index--Good Bad? ' i , ;Open To Public 11 l Boucke 1 , PARK. PENNSYL Theta Xi Has Win Opener, 27-13 By K DENLINGER Theta Xi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, ;and Phi Epsilon Pi recorded' 'opening meet victories as ' swimming l got underway last eve ;ming at Glennland•PooL - Led .by Bill ohnston and liver Dave Gay. Theta Xi swept all five events lenroute• to a 27- 113 victory over iPi Kappa Alpha. I Johnston won ,:he 60-yard free style in, 39.3 sec- Inds, aid spark ed the winning 120-yard relay team, while Gay won the 60-yard - • Dave Ca) breaststroke in' 48.7 seconds, and led all divers with a 20.9 count Mike Miller placed first in the backstroke to round out thel scoring for Theta Xi. Mike Sharp and Nick Gedney paced Sigma Phi Epsilon to a , £l'24-17 win over Sigma, Alpha Epsilon. Gedney took the Jree style in 36.0 seconds, and led SPE's relay team to a 1:08.5 victory. Sharp, won the hreatistroke and ,placed second in diving. SAE's first place tallies came in the reaststroke and diving, `with Al ien Porter winning the former in divers With a 14.1 score. The Phi Epsilon Pi—Tau Ph lelta match was the closest o 1 :the evening. Going into the relay THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 8. '1962 Swimmers the final event of the cont, Tau Phi Delta held a 20-is lead. However the Phi r.p. relay team of Garry Brooks, Alan Selbst, Ed Pachtman, • and tee Robins breezed to a 1:07.4 win to provide the necessary margin for a 21-20 victory. Brooks also won the breast stroke in 46.7. Bill Berkowitz scored Phi Ep's other.•first by copping the backstroke in 46.0. Dave Bauers' 35.4 win in'the free style and George Leavesley's , victory in diving paced Tau Phi ;Delta. "While there .were some good times' recorded last night, the boys still need extra practice and conditioning to develop top form," Dutch Sykes, Director of IM's, said after the meet. MUM YOU VOTE FOR A MAN WHO DiDN'rBELI EIH - • . Religion shouldn't be a political issue, says Richard Nixon unless is a candidate:."has 4 - religious hx. - this week's Post, -Robert 13endiner challenges this :attitude; In "The Voice of Dis sent," be claims that agnostics can be more - moral than church goers. And points out that some of our greatest patriots didn't believe in God. 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