ES Dallas Mountaineers won one and lost one in two exciting meets this past week—one at home and one away. Last Wednesday night, the. grapplers ca up against a powerful Valley West team at home. Going in as underdogs, the young Mounts set the Spartans on their heels as they nearly succeeded in pulling off the upset of the season. After losing the first three bouts to fall behind 12-0, the Mountaineers went into action and going into the last bout were tied 18-18. Konnick 95 gave the Spartans 3 points when he was decisioned by Streepy 3-0. The west-siders earned 6 more when Ermak turned 103 Pinter in 1:32. Spartans’ Kowalchik outwrestled 1/Q# Siegel 11-4 to put his team in front 12-0. Young D. Longmore pulled the first surprise of the evening as he stunned the Spartan fans by escaping Judge’s takedown in the first period and then proceeding to go into action working like a pro as he took the 120 1b. Spartan 10-4. Musto 127 looked good as he decisioned Bonnice (VW) to add 3 points to the score. Sophmore D. Pulchalsky 233, outwrestled M. Grove (V 1-7 to post a 12- 9 team score. 138 Kasper (D) as he put on an excellent showing to outpoint last year’s District 2 champ Manta 11-7 to tie the score. R. Johnson put Dallas in the lead 15-12 as he took a 2-0 decision from 145 P. Roberts (VW). The Spartans tied the score at 15 all when 154 Tomasella proved too much for Natitus and won a 6-2 count. Dallas went ahead in the 165 bout on J. Kaschenbach’s 5-3 win over F. Lohman, but not for long as Biga proved to be too much for sophomore Thrasher 180 (D) and gained a 10-2 count to make the score 18 each. Dallas fans rose to their feet for the heavyygeight bout but their hopes fo victory were dashed when B. Spears slipped in the last few seconds of the first period and fell into a 5 point takedown and near fall. He escaped in the second for 1 point and was pushing for a fall in the third period but Yakus stayed flat and took points for stalling, winning the bout 6-3 to give the Spartans a 3 point win margin. Official Francis Michaels. The Jayvees did not fare so was a bout against the Valley West grapplers. A 1-1 draw between 120 Boyes (D) and Moras (VW) were the only points they put up as the Spartan Jayvees won 44- 2. Dierolf gave up 6 points when Davis turned him over in two minutes and Wilson gave Valley West 6 more when Watlok took him in 1:20. Kopech (VW)posted a team score of 15-0 by outpointing Wyberski (112) 5- 2. Each team earned two points on the 120 1b. draw. Roper (VW) decisioned 127 Rattigan 5-1 and the Spartans’ G. Terpack turned over Bridle (133) in 4:22 to put the Spartans in the lead 26-2. Monk (138) lost 2-0 to J. Siegel (VW) and E. Boltz was clamped by D’Amico in 1:25 pushing the team total to 35-2. It took 54 seconds for Yarosz (145) to show Petraccini (D) the lights. Gramps lost the final bout in a well fought 7-5 decision to give the Spartans a 44-2 victory. Saturday the Mounts traveled to Clarks Summit where fans were treated to another thriller, Dallas coming out on the long end 24-17. The first three bouts went to the Comets as Konnick (95) lost a 6-0 bout to Roselle for 3 points and Pinter was out- wrestled 8-5 by 103 Gaugenbach (A). Siegel gave up a 9-2 decision to put the Comets in front 9-0. 120 1b. Longmore (D) showed his ability as he outmaneuvered Evans 13-1 to give his Moun- taineers 4 points. Musto (127) lost a close 3-2 to Jacoby (A) to give the Comets a 12-4 lead. Puchalsky (133) brought them back to life as he took an 8-2 bout from Bob Vail (A) and make the score 12-7. Kasper put forth a lot of effort and showed good form but lost a tough one that brought fans to their feet as the decision went to the Comets by one point to move them ahead 15-7. Johnson (D) and Zujkowski (A) wrestled the 145 Ib. bout to a 5-5 draw giving each team 2 points for a score of 17-9. From that point it was Dallas all the way as Natitus clamped Jacoby (154) in 2:29 for 6 points and" Kaschenbach (165) decisioned Hricenak 6-5. With the score 18-17, the Mounts in front,” Thrasher looked in fine form as he took 180 1b. Lavelle 7- 4 for 3 additional points. Heavyweight Spears made it a sure thing by earning 4 to match 24-17. B. Dierolf (95) and E. Monk (138) were the only Jayvees to score as the young Mounts went down to defeat to the Comets junior varsity 18-7. Dierolf took a.7-0 bout for 3 points and Monk outwrestled C. Smith 10-0 to post 4 points for his team. The rest of the bouts went to the Comets with 103 Wilson losing to Holowtch 4-1 -and Wyberski losing 6-8 to Guzzy. With no 120 1b. bout, Rattigan (127) lost 2-0 to Brittain and Abington was out in front 9-3. Huggler (133) made it 12-3 by taking Bridle 11-5. Monk’s win made it 12-7 but the Comets pulled farther ahead as 145 Basalyga took Boltz 6-3. Brit- tain (154) made the final score 18 as he outdrew Petraccini 4-0. In two exhibition bouts, Hannigan (D) lost to Heckman 2-0 and Race (D) was turned to the lights by the Comets 138 1b. Sutter. Official for the varsity meet was Al Sallitt. Dallas meets Central Catholic at home Saturday night. Both teams have 3-2 league records prior to this week. Dallas closed out the first half of its season with a 70-47 win over Crestwood at the Comets’ home floor last Friday night. The game was close through the first two periods when Dallas couldn’t manage to build any lead larger than 8 points. A press by the Comets and some accurate shooting by Mutarelli closed the margin to three at half time, 30 to 27. Dallas’ offense began to work and coupled with a press With the closing of the ex- tended small game season, most of Pennsylvania’s hunters have cleaned their firearms and put them away for a long rest. However, another group of Pennsylvania sportsmen is preparing to go into action in the near future. These are the hardy individuals who will brave the elements and derive censiderable recreation in altempting Loui the canny Course Topic Own a boat? Ever use a boat for fishing, water skiing, or just plain riding? If you are one of more than 120,000 persons who sylvania, or belong to the group of countless thousands who use or ride in a friend’s boat each vear on the streams, rivers or lakes of the state, the Pennsyl- vania Figla~Commission is urging yoW to take a free boating. pleasure course to be taught by waterways patrolmen and boating safety coordinators during the next several months. In announcing the start of the Fish Commission's safe boating classes, Capt. Charles E. Leising, USCG (Ret.), director of the commission's bureau of waterways, emphasized that the six-hour course is frée and is designed to be of interest to all age groups. Capt. Leising pointed out that information on the exact date and place of the boating schools can be obtained from fish commission field officers, regional offices, or Harrisburg headquarters. beaver during the upcoming beaver season. The beaver season will open al 7 a.m. Feb. 5, and close at 12 noon March 5, according to an announcement by N.J. Molski, Supervisor of the Game Commission's Northeast Division. Current regulations statewide sel a season limit of three beavers per trapper. Regula- tions prohibit the setting of any (rap closer than 25 feet from the water line on the structure of any beaver house or dam when rapping in the vicinity of beaver houses or dams. One person may not set, tend or operate more than a total of 10 (raps for beaver. Non- residents may not trap beaver. A resident hunting license is required for all residents trapping beaver. The use of man-made or manufactured fencing to direct the travel of beavers is illegal. The use of guide sticks is permitted. Beaver pelts must be presented for tagging within 10 days after the close of the season to the game protector in the district or county where taken. Deadline for tagging is noon, March 15, 1072. : * Supervisor Molski stated that the beaver population in the Northeast Division remains at an adequate level. In a number of counties, especially Wayne and Susquehanna, varying amounts of damage have been caused to landowners and it is suggested that trappers contact district game protectors who can then refer them to some of the problem areas where lan- downers will welcome, the trappers activities. Last year, area trappers took 1114 beavers out of a state-wide total of 2672. enabled the Mountaineers to pull out to a commanding 20 point lead at one point near the end of the third period. Greg Novroski did most of Dallas’ second half scoring by hitting 20 of his team’s 32 points. He ended up with 29 followed by Meskers with 13. It was the first start of the year for Meskers a 6’3”’ sophomore, who has spent most of his time with the JV team. .Mutarelli paced Crestwood with 22 but got little help from his teammates as he was the lone Comet to score in double figures. The JV’s lost for the first time in *'B’’ division competition, 57 to 62. The Mountaineers played without the services of their leading scorer and rebounder Steve Meskers. Mike Caffrey led Dallas in scoring with 17. Chris Sharpe was held score- less, but did some fine ball handling and passed for some dandy assists to the inside men. In the season’s second half, Dallas will host all three of the teams that gave the Mountain- eers some-trouble in the first half. Their first big game is tomorrow night against the Grenadier’s of G.A.R. Tuesday they travel to Wilkes-Barre the second half. Camelback A weekend of fun-oriented ski events is scheduled for Lin- coln’s Birthday at Camelback, Tannersville. Co-sponsored by Camelback and the F & M Schaefer Brewing Company, the Winterfest will open Feb. 11 with a blast’ in the Camelback cocktail lounge. Saturday morning, the first Pennsylvania ‘'Hot-Dog’’ championships start at 10:30 a.m. The contest will be held on “Marjie's Delight’ and is open lo skiers in two categories: re- creational skiers and paid ski professionals. Approximately at 1 p.m. Sat- urday’ afternoon the Northeast Pennsylvania Ski Council mem- ber clubs (18 in number) will vie for the Ski Club Team Trophy which is presented by ‘Schaefer and will rotate an- nually to the winning club team. » by Dave Kozemchak Novroski, No. 32, moves in. A basket by Chris Sharpe with 34 seconds remaining put Dallas over the century mark for the first time of the year as the Mountaineers romped to a 102- 47 victory over the Titans of West Side Tech. The game was never close as Greg Novroski, Bob Wallace and Tim Fannick dominated the rebounding at both ends of the court. The Mountaineers held a 52-17 halftime lead and expanded that to 67-17 by midway through the third period when both teams went to their bench and substituted freely. Steve Meskers came off the bench for the Mountaineers and in-just: over four minutes collected seven rebounds and tossed in 10 points. Hartman hit most of Tech’s 21 final period points as he totaled 25 of his team’s 47 points. Novroski paced the Dallas attack with 24 followed by Fan- nick with 19, Wallace with 12, and Meskers with 10. The JV game also went to Dallas by a score of 80-35. The starters saw little more than a quarter of action, thus enabling Bob Blase and Cliff Kozemchak* to come off the bench to lead the team with 12 and 11 points re- spectively. SCORING WST FG FS PTS. Padavan Y 3 1 7 Hartman 11 3+ :+25 Fink 3 0 6 Groboski 3 guy Worlinsky 000 Stash 0 0 0 Sikora 0 0 0 20 7 47 DALLAS FG FS PTS. Kostrobala 3 1 7 = Fannick 7 5 (19 Novroski 12 0 24 Wallace 6 0:12 LaBerge 1 0 2 Wolenski 2 1 5 Riefenstahl 3 1 7 Wilson 3 0 6 Biesel 3 0 6 Caffrey iu 2 Meskers 4 2.:10 Sharp I-02 45 12 102 By Score Dallas was all but knocked out of the first half as Wyoming Seminary had an unexpectedly easy time with the Moun- taineers in a 69-51 contest at Sem’s court. S Dallas trailed by four at the quarter as Sem’s inside men, Stettler and Pickett, allowed Dallas only one shot at the basket each time down the floor. Poor shooting percentage on the part of the Mountaineers in- creased Sem’s lead to nine at halftime, 21-30. The second half continued to go the way of the Blue Knights as they outscored Dallas 12-20 and 18-19 in the final two periods. Sem distributed their points evenly with Klein hitting for 17 followed by Pickett, Stettler and Friedman all in double figures. Dallas placed three players in double figures with Novroski high with 14, Riefenstahl and Fannick adding 13 and 12 res- pectively. In the JV game the Mountain- eers extended the Dallas JV win streak in the “*B’’ Division com- petition to 35 games over three years. Steve Meskers led the JV’s in their 78-60 victory with 34 points. Mike Caffrey added another 17 to the Mountaineer effort. SCORING DALLAS FG FS PTS. Fannick 5 2 12 Wallace 3 0 6 Wolenski 0 0 0 Riefenstahl 5 3 13 Novroski 6 2 14 Delaney 01 1 Kostrobala 1 0 2 LaBerge Qc 1 Meskers 1 0 2 Ah 21 9 51 & SEM FG FS PTS. Stettler 5 4 14 Seeley 2 0 4 Buckey 2 2 6 Pickett 8 0 16 Friedman 6 0 12 Klein 5 7 17 Phillips 0-10 0 28 13 69 Page 13 The junior high wrestlers of Lake-Lehman High School hold an impressive 4-1 record so far in their season. The grapplers, who are coached by Walter Sorber, have lost only to a strong Hanover team. The junior Knights started off their season by defeating the GAR Grenadiers, 56-14. The fact that the weak GAR team had to forfeit weights helped the victors, along with the two pins of Jerry Naugle and Rick Angelicola in :53 and 3:45 respectively. The Knights picked up seven decisions while the Grenadiers got their points from a pin, a draw, and two decisions. The junior high squad then travelled to Central Catholic where even more impressively they were victorious by a score of 66-12. The Knights managed this with eight pins, seven of which were under two minutes. They also earned four decisions to Central's two decisions ang one pin. Doing the pinning for the Knights were John Zaleskas (1:49), Jerry Naugle (:42), Jim Higgins (1:45), Doug Agnew (:53), Chuck Maye (2:55), Fred Weber (:19), Eric Weber (:42) and Tom Bonham (:52). The Knights then travelled to Hanover where they met their only defeat, 58-13. The only Fish Commission Major Concern of Water Polluters Field officers of the Penn- sylvania Fish Commission posted new records in their efforts to enforce water pollution laws last year. A summary report compiled by the commission's chief of law enforcement shows 390 cases of pollution were investigated by Pennsylvania waterways patrolman, with 264 of these investigations resulting in prosecutions. A total of $84,145.86 was collected for law violations—$52,125 in fines and the remainder in voluntary restitution for damages. Only five cases were lost last year in the courts, indicating the ac- curacy and competence of fish commission law enforcement officers in collecting evidence and preparing cases for prosecution. Industrial operations con- tinued to lead the list in types of pollution investigated by the fish commission with a total of 165 cases. Pipe-line breaks accounted for 105 in- vestigations, followed by 25 cases of sewage or organic matter, 12 cases from agri- cultural operations, 14 cases from mining, 12 cases from siltation, and 56 from natural causes of miscellaneous pollutants. Of the 390 pollution cases investigated, 215 (55 percent) were caused by petroleum products. i ————— Due to a tightened deadline schedule, no publicity informa- tion can be accepted later than 4 p.m. Monday unless the event takes place that day or night. = points for the Knights were: Steve Klemunes (90 1bs., draw) ; Jim Higgins (100 1bs.), decisioned. T. Nagle, 2-0; Skip Bonham drew J. Messimer; Tom Bonham (180) pinned C. Feldman (3:22). Lehman hosted the Meyers’ Mohawks and were again victorious, 41-27. The Knights walked away with five pins going to Klemunes (90 1bs.); Jim Higgins (100 1bs.); Doug Agnew (115 lbs.); Charles Reeder (120 1bs.); Tom Bonham (180 1bs.). They also picked up three decisions by Skip Bonham, Sorber and Gary Naugle. Meyers picked up one pin and six decisions, with a draw at the eight lb. weight class. The Knights’ final match and victory thus far was at Lehman against Abington Heights by a score of 42-15. The Knights »u'oby Dave Kozemchak picked up only two pins in this dual meet by Skip Bonham and Fred Weber at the 105 Ib. and 154 1b. class respectively. The Knights racked up the points, however, by picking up nine decisions and one draw while Abington Heights had four decisions only. Decisions for the Knights came lo Zaleskas (80), Naugle (85), Klemunes (90), Higgins (100), Agnew (115), Reeder (120), Naugle (125), Maye (145) and Smith (165). The remaining schedule for the junior high wrestlers of Lake-Lehman will find the grapplers at Coughlin Feb. 5 (1 p.m.); at Dallas Feb. 10 (4 p.m.) and on their own mats against Wyoming Valley West Feb. 19 (10 a.m.). The district Lehman School. contest with West Side Tech. In the last game of the first half of the 1972 basketball season, the Lake-Lehman Knights came out on top in a squeaker against West Side Tech’s Titans. The Knights took the lead and kept it, leading at the end of the first quarter 19-13. They lost this lead, however, with Tech scoring 19 points to Lake- Lehman’s 17. At the end of the third quarter, the Knights held a slim lead, 52-51. The fourth quarter ended with a score of 66-64, the Knights reigning as victors in a quarter that saw the Titans ahead many times. Shurmaneck was lead scorer with 21 points, with Padavan and Worlinsky both scoring 18 for the Titans. LL 19.17.16 14.766 WST 13.19 7°19 13 64 Snuff It Out Approximately 64,000 Amer- icans died last year of lung can- cer which could be cut drastic- ally if people stopped smoking cigarettes. The American Can- cer Society says if you smoke, quit; if you don’t smoke, don’t start. BRAKING ON DRY FROM PAVEMENT 7 ET. (WR ON SNOW TIRES GLARE ! ICE AT 25 F. STUDDED SNOW TIRES REINFORCED TIRE CHAINS ON LOOSELY | PACKED SNOW 38 FT. REIN 1 25’ 50° DISTANCES 20 MPH 149 FT. 151 FT. 75’ 100’ 125° The above chart, prepared by th summarizes latest test findings cil’s Committee on Winter Drivi e Safe Winter Driving League, of the National Safety Coun- ng Hazards. These tests have ping on glare ice. Studded tir es, however, reduce braking by 13% and tire chains by 37%.
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