South Mountaineer Volume 15, Issue 19

              Frick Among Winners In All-Star Mat Meet
Vol. 15 — No. 19
FEBRUARY 13, 1973
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
Cagers Stun Loop Leaders, 72-70
Wrestlers Post 12th Triumph
21-15 Edge
Over Cadets
Six straight victories, from 134
through 177 pounds, powered
Lehigh matmen to a 2145 margin
over Army last Saturday at West
Point, N.Y.
The Engineers also had a draw,
at 126, while losing only three of
the 10 bouts.
Coach Thad Turner's squad
was handicapped by the absence
of lightweight star Mike Frick,
resting a knee injured in practice.
Mike Lieberman clinched the
meet at 177 with a superior
decision, 15-5, over Nage Damas
of the Cadets. This gave Lehigh a
21-6 bulge, more than enough to
withstand an Army fall and
decision in the last two bouts of
the afternoon.
Earlier Engineer victors were
Tom Sculley at 134, Kim
Hagedorn at 142, Dan Santoro at
150, Craig Reimer at 158 and
Terry DeStito at 167. Randy
Biggs had the draw at 126 against
Jim McArdle in a 4-4 bout.
Army winners were Rusty Key
at 118 on a superior decision, 11-0,
over Tom Hirsch who subbed for
Frick, Mike Alden on a 6:45 fall at
190 over Paul Farsetta and
heavyweight Tom Trettin over
George Barkanic, 8-7.
Farsetta worked at 190 with
DeStito and Lieberman each
dropping down a notch from their
usual weights as Turner apparently began to get his EIWA
tournament lineup into action.
DeStito, the EIWA runnerup at
167 last March, took charge
against Mark Grunseth with an
escape, takedown and near-fall in
the second period. The Engineer
sophomore, from Enola, Pa.,
chalked up his 10th victory of the
campaign against four losses and
three draws.
Lieberman's surprisingly onesided bout against Damas, one of
Army's     more-experienced
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'Smoker Scheduled
Lehigh Home Club is planning
its annual pre-EIWA wrestling
"smoker" for Monday, Feb. 19, in
The Bethlehem Club at 8:15 p.m.
It will follow a dinner meeting
slated for 6:30 p.m.
Coaches Thad Turner and
Gerry Leeman will attend along
with team co-captains Tom
Sculley and Randy Biggs.
Bob Reber, phone 867-4389, is
"smoker" chairman.
BIG MOMENT for Lehigh wrestling fans, attending 7th annual NCAA East^West all-star classic at
Grace Hall, came as referee Pascal Perri raised Mike Frick's arm in triumph following 126-pound
bout. Frick handed Martin his first loss in 23 bouts, 7-6. West rallied to win meet, 24-14.
LU Ace Nips Billy Martin, 7-6
Mike Frick, of Lehigh, was
among the winners in the 7th
annual NCAA East-West All-Star
meet held Feb. 5 in Grace Hall on
the Engineer campus before a
capacity turnout of 3,000 spectators.
He upset fellow freshman Billy
Martin, Jr., of Oklahoma State, 7-
6, handing the visiting star his
first loss in collegiate competition. Martin, son of the famed
Granby, Va., High School coach,
took a 20-0-2 record into the meet.
Frick, of Hamburg, N.J.,
gained a 3-0 lead on Martin with a
reverse and penalty point in the
second period. The Oklahoma
State star retaliated with a
reverse, an escape, a takedown
and a penalty point in the third
session to move ahead 6-5, Frick
adding a reversal of his own.
Following the late takedown
Martin clung to the ankles too
long and was penalized a second
WEST 24, EAST 14
..118—Jim   Brown,   Michigan,   and   Dale
Brumit, Arizona, drew 8-8.
..126—Mike   Frick,   Lehigh,   dec.   Billy
Martin, Okla. State, 7-6.
..134—Laron Hansen, Brigham Young, dec.
Bob Medina, Penn State, 12-2.
..142—Tom   Milkovich,  Mich.   State,   dec.
Larry Morgan, Cal Poly, 10-4.
..150—Jarrett   Hubbard,   Michigan,   dec.
Glenn Anderson, Cal Poly, 4-2.
..158— Wade Schalles, Clarion State, dec.
Allyn Cooke, Cal Poly, 5-4.
..167—Jeff   Callard,   Oklahoma,   dec.   Bill
Simpson, Clarion State, 5-2.
..177—Jim Crumley, Oregon State, won by
default over Barry Reighard of Ohio U. in
3:23. Reighard injured ribs.
190—Greg Strobel, Oregon State, dec. Russ
Johnson; Ohio, 13-11.
..Hvy—Chris Taylor, Iowa State, won  by
default over Joel Kislin, Hofstra, in 2:37.
Kislin injured knee.
.. Referee— Pascal Perri.
time. This point, and time advantage piled up in the second
period when Frick rode him out,
enabled the Lehigh ace to get the
nod.
The other bouts which rivalled
the Frick-Martin duel for excitement came at 118 where Dale
Brumit of Arizona tied Jim
Brown of Michigan on a very late
takedown, 8-8, and at 190 where
Greg Strobel of Oregon State
overcame a staggering 10-1
deficit to outlast Russ Johnson of
Ohio University, 13-11.
The West took the last four
bouts,  two of  them  on  injury
defaults, to win 24-14. The East
maintains a 4-3 lead in the series
which began in 1967.
Lehigh sponsored the meet, in
conjunction with the Freedom
High School Booster Club of
Bethlehem, under auspices of the
NCAA Wrestling Coaches Assn.
There was a large press corps
on hand, including Herman
Weiskopf of Sports Illustrated
Magazine and Red Smith,
veteran sports columnist of the
N. Y. Times. WLVT-TV, Channel
39 of Bethlehem, telecast the
bouts for delayed showing.
Special Events For Alumni
At EIWA Test Feb. 24
The Lehigh University Alumni
Club of Pittsburgh is planning
special activities connected with
the 1973 EIWA Tournament at
Pitt Feb. 23—24, in addition to
attending every session.
Related activities include:
Saturday, Feb. 24, between
sessions—Alumni and guests will
meet for dinner at Samreny's
Cedars of Lebanon Restaurant,
4808 Baum Ave., approximately
10 blocks from the Pitt campus;
Saturday, following the finals,
arrangements have been made
for a gathering at The University
Club, 123 University Place, one
block   from   the   Cathedral   of
Learning on campus.
Mike Hay, 5232 Westminister
Place, Pittsburgh, is reservations chairman for the
Saturday night festivities. His
home phone is 687-3585. John W.
Kight, III, of 4 Longfellow Rd.,
and Stewart Early of 36 Collin-
wood Dr., both Pittsburgh, are
president and secretary,
respectively, of the sponsoring
alumni club.
Members wishing to make
group reservations for the
Easterns are invited to specify
"Lehigh Section" on their ticket
applications to the University of
Pittsburgh.
Wisniewski
Is Standout
Don't count anyone, including
Lehigh, out of contention in a wild
scramble for a playoff berth in
the Middle Atlantic Conference's
western division.
The Engineers battled the twro
toughest teams in the section last
week—Delaware and Lafayette—
and remained in the race with a
pair of brilliant efforts which
brought an even split.
Saturday they stunned the loop-
leading Blue Hens, 72-70, after
chasing Lafayette right down to
the wire three nights earlier only
to drop a heartbreaking 74-72
decision at the buzzer.
Coach Tom Pugliese's squad
hasn't put in a better week all
season. Lehigh was a decided
underdog in each contest yet
managed to perform with the
best in the league on both occasions.
The Engineers actually
deserved better than a split.
Against Lafayette they out-
scored the Leopards from the
floor, 32-25 in field goals, but
couldn't survive a rash of personal foul calls which enabled the
visitors to take 33 chances from
the free throw line and make 24 of
them. Lehigh had only nine free
throws, converting eight.
Both teams played scrambling, aggressive defensive ball.
It was Lehigh, however, which
drew the bulk of the foul calls.
The eventual margin of personals
was only 22-15 but in each half the
Engineers found themselves in a
penalty position early.
Lafayette's resultant 24-8 edge
from the foul stripe proved too
much to overcome, even with a
surprising seven-goal edge from
the floor.
Despite the costly whistle-
blowing Lehigh kept coming back
against Lafayette, overcoming
deficits of eight and nine points,
until    a    basket    by    Hank
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Shooters Beaten
Jim Kummer fired a 276 to lead
Penn State's riflemen to a 1,343 to
1,325 win over visiting Lehigh.
The Engineers, who suffered
their second loss against seven
wins, were topped by Ken
Miller's 273.
PENNSTATE
Kummer   276,   Hall   273,   Schleeter   270,
Tenaglia 263, Sterling 261.
LEHIGH
Miller 273, Bodine 270, Bupp 261,
LaFollette 261, Wenrich 260.