The Daily Collegian Monday, December 15.1!75 7 Grapplersdump thlefs••2 daiys wins I By JACK PATON Collegian Sports Writer Penn Stati'i wrestlers went into Saturday afternoon's meet against Springfield with a big Match just behind them (Michigan) and an even bigger one just ahead (Clerics State on Saturday). As Springfield heavyweight Jeff Blatnick said, "You - would have thought they would have been a little relaxed." Unfortunately for the Chiefs, the first time the Lions relaxed all weekend was after Blatnick had salvaged his team's only points in the last bout of a 37-6 PSU rout. It was only the third win for the opposition in the 20 bouts over the weekend. If it's any consolation to losing coach Doug Parker, Lion coach Bill Koll though his team would have beaten anybody on that par ticular day. "If we had wrestled Michigan today," Koll said, "we really would have I walloped them." (The Lions had settled for al 28-5 win over the Wolverines the night before.) The Lions garnered a pin, three major decisions, and a superior decision in coasting to their third dual meet win 11l a row. Their combined team score from the three meets is now an incredible 106-11. Wayne Packer, as he has in every match thus far, put the Lions on the scoreboard first and ran his seasonal record to 6-0. The senior front State College pinned his man at 118, Leßoy Witherspoon, after building a 14-0 lead. The fall, Packer's second of the year, came mercifully at 3:45. The majors were picked up by Jimmy Earl at 126, Bill Vollrath at 150, and Bill Bertrand at 190, and were the first five-pointers gained by the Lions this season. The rejuvenated Earl, ()-for-11 last year but now 4-2 for this season, overwhelmed Jhn Boyd from the start of their match. The sophomore came close to pinning his man while racking up over five minutes of riding time, then settled for a 17-4 victory. Earl attributes his new-found success to the Lord, and his coach adds that much of the credit must go to the wrestler himself. "Jimmy puts out a lot of effort," Koll noted, "and if you work as hard as he does, you'll get better." Vollrath (4-2) also dominated his match, "It was rough all over out thire. He although he led by only 2-0 after the first was bumping me in the headwith his - period. The bout ended at 18-5, with Volltath head, and I was muscling back. "There's not any reason you can riding Ed Gibbons for the biggest part of the That's about all. make for hitting a guy 'after you beat match. Bertrand 'got his major easily, By JACK PATON "It was more of a fist fight then a. him." thrashing senior Bill Fiore, 22-1, in the year's Collegian Sports Writer most lopsided decision. The freshman is now When coach Bill Koll sent his Penn State wrestling match," the freshman King said he would' have hit Ber- 6-0. wrestlers out to face unbeaten Michigan at continued. "I don't deserve to I win trand again. "You know how a person . Sandwiched between the wins by Earl and Rec Hall on Friday night, he had the feeling 'cause he beat me by points. But I gets mad and does things they d on 't "Bertrand says the other guy hit Vollrath were a 9-6 decision by Rich Kepler that someone was about to get whipped, and should've had more points. really mean. That's the way, it hap- him and their kid says that Bertrand at 134 and a 13-4 superior for Denny Sciabica that he would not have to wait long to find out "I never hit a guy before," ;said pened. And I would have done it again hit him first." continued the Penn at 142. Kepler went into the 'Gnat period which team it would be. Bertrand. " 'First time for too in the same situation." State wrestling coach. ' leading Larry Termblay by just 6-5, but an "I thought beforehand that the match could everything,' they say." - "Regardless,. it's .a hist o n a really escape and near fall in the last three minutes go either way," Koll said after the Lions had Johanessen was desriondent over • fine wrestling ' meet and I won't Standing next to the locker room both the wrestlers' behavior. "It's tolerate this kind of actiop by anygave Kepler his third win in six bouts. coasted to a 28-5 victory. "We figured we'd scale eating an orange King gave his just unfortunate that anything like wrestler." Sciabica used his legs to keep Bob Walsh either kick the devil out of them or the wrapped up and nearly pinned him. The continued on page to 4**************** . **************************** 2 r**4************************************************************* . Wayne Packer (top) is well on his way to the first of two big wins this weend I 'Fisticuffs make Lions' Bertrand winner By KEVIN BACKSTROM Collegian Sports Writer It was Friday night at Rec Hall;anti the 190-pound wrestling match was ending. Michigan's Harold King was handing Penn State freshman (Bill Bertrand his first loss in ; in tercollegiate action. The wrestlers - were 'separating, when without %rning there was a flurry of punches. Then, after a slight delay. Bertrand was once again undefeated. In the final seconds of the match, with King leading Bertrand 3-2, the Penn State frosh landed an uppercut to the Michigan wrestler's jaw. The buzzer sounded and King retaliated, hitting Bertrand in the side of the head. Bertrand then connected with a second punch. Michigan Coach Bill Johanessen and Penn State coach Bill Koll darted on to the mat to contain their SOMEDAY YOU'LL WANT TO REMEMBER ORDER YOUR 1976 YEARBOOK THIS TUESDAY & THURSDAY UNDERCLASS EDITION $llO.OO r 1 S 11 r EM)DEC. 4..*********3.,,..*****************************.,***********3.g****,3,., wrestlers. Johanessen then asked Referee Tom Bailey if he saw Ber trand's first punch. Bailey saidrhe didn't and then disqualified Kintkand awarded Bertrand his fifth win ofithe season. Bertiand, walking around ;the locker room holding 'an ice bag against his ear, gave his explanation for the display of fisticuffs. 1,: • 1 . •'', --, ~, tiiS ~,,, id- , . • , I • .• 1471.43.7hi1'ai., nt.K:E SURE YOUR MEMORIES ARE FOR KEEPS. AT THE LA VIE explanation for the interplay: "It was building up because a couple of times he threw me off the mat, and it was uncalled for, I think," said King. "Brit right then when he hit me I lost all my cool," continued the Michigan junior. "I don't do things like that normally. • "I'm not a hot dog wrestler out there. And I don't do things like that unless somebody causes me to. He hit me in the face first. 'l‘, dk•- • -0- • '•• 4•.4.,„ . .4.. 014 r°4';`74" •••:0 .:4 • ',••••• • • ' I t . • f 1976 AT ki that had to happen in athletics. ."Athletics are supposed ti) teach poise and control under stressful situations," said Johinessen. "And it's just a disgrace." "I think it puts a tarnish on Bill's win," continued the Michigan wrestling coach. "His' team looked very good and they wrestled well." "I'm . emharassed," said Koll. "There's no place for this type of thing in wrestling. "Bertrand has a reputation3for doing crazy things, like that, (losing his composure)" concluded Johanessen. "And I hope that Bill changes them because he needs it. A: sop e• Photo by Torn Peters SENIOR EDITION . .. $12.00 7 ~ColLep g 4i p s victory was his fifth against one loss. After Vollrath's win at 150, Dave Becker used an escape and a riding point to ease past All-American Rich Munroe, 2-0, and put his mark at 5.1. At this point, the Lion lead was 26-0, and the meet's star attraction, the Jerry Villecco-Nick Porillo rematch at 167, had lost some of its appeal to the sparse Bee Hall crowd of 566. Villecco had beaten Porillo in 1973, but lost to the Chiefs' All-American last year while recovering from mononucleosis. Yesterday's "rubber match' between the two was taken easily byT the Lion caption, who got two takedowns, an escape, and riding time to win, 11-0. Villecco is unbeaten through six bouts. - Terry White shipped substitute Sean Bilodeau, 8-3, at 117 to snap a two-bout losing streak and raise his record to 4-2, and Ber trand followed with his major to end Penn States scoring. Denny St. Clair succumbed to heavyweight Blatnick's pin at 4:54 to finish the meet. St. Clair is 1-1. Koll was naturally pleased with the results of the weekend, and wanted it understood that Springfield was no patsy. "Springfield is pretty potent, and they're always among the top Division II teams," he pointed out. "They're the best in New England, so they're not totally incompetent. "They just ran into a great team that had more talent and was in better condition. We beat Michigan by going out and hitting them, but today was just a matter of us having all the guns." Lions corral Wolves 28=5 Remember .:Your La Vie Never Forgets. It I I I • *************
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