John Lee Wrestles in Japan

Johnny Lee, this year's National A.A.U. 121-pound champion wrestling captain elect, was selected as a member of the six-man U.S. team that will tour Japan this summer, the National Wrestling Committee announced yesterday.

The team will leave July 8 and return on August 25. While in Japan, it will compete against 12 Japanese universities and all-start teams.

Olympic rules and weight classes will be used. Lee will wrestle at 125 1/2 pounds and will go to Iowa to practice for a month before leaving the U.s. Olympic rules many handicap him, since he is unfamiliar will wrestling for touch pins. Where every touch counts as a pin.