Saturday, March 21, 1931
4 Colleges Comprise
First Boxing League
Naval Academy, Penn,
Penn State, M .I. T.
Initial Teams
RING BODY RECOGNIZED
BY N. C. A. A. IN 1921
Lions Won First Intercollegiate
Tourney—Was Held at
State College
During the vs Intel of 1921-1522,1
boxing received its first great impetus!
as a college sport n hen the Intercol
legiate Boxing Association sins recog
nized by the biationsl Collegiate Ath
letic Association The charter mem
bers of the first boxing league were
the University of Pennsrhania, the
United States Naval Academy, Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology,
and the Pennsylvania State College
Although bo‘ing had been extreme
ly popular as an intramural sport in
many colleges, fen intercollegiate
meets had been held until the season
of 1920 when Pennsylvania, Navy, and
Penn State carried schedules of seve
ral engagements. Before this season,
one of the first college contests took
place in 1919 between Penn and Penn
State. The meet was non by the
Quakers, four bouts to two
The Great War proved an import
ant factor in establishing boxing as
a college sport College men received
experience in training camp. %them
contests Isere frequently held under
expert supervision. "Spike" Webb,
present Navy boxing coach, was act
ive in this work and served as head
coach of the American Expeditionary
Forces.
'Dr. R. Tait' McKenzie, of the Uni
versity of Penn.vhama, Lieutenant-
Commander William A. Richardson,
of the Naval Academy, and Dr. Allan
Winter Rowe, of N I T, were in
strumental in drawing up the first
set of rules to govern intercollegiate
boxing. The by-laws were based on
the rules used by the War Depart
ment Commission on Training Camp
activities. Dr. McKenzie was elect
ed the first president of the Asso
ciation.
In addition to the four charter
members of the league, Yale, Spring
field; Virginia, Carnegie Tech, and
Army, while not In the Association,
had , boxing teams in active compcti
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tion. Teams from Canada, including
Toronto, McGill, and ,Queens, visited
this country and contested Tale, Navy,
and Penn State.
The 1923 season saw intercollegiate
boxing well established, and one of
the main problem , : confronting the
new league was solved. This con-
corned obtaining proper officials to
Judge and referee the meets. Through
the kindness of William Recap,
chairman of the Pennss.hania State
Boxing Commission, the Association
procured the services of proficient of
ficials.
All four of the original members
of the Association presented strong
teams during the 1924 season Through
the help of Latrobe Cogswell and
George Brower, chairmen of the Afary
' land and New York States' Boxing
Commissions, new names were added
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earnest was held at State College
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with a trophy cup to be awarded to
the winning team Navy, Penn, and
Penn State were entered and M. I. T.
was replaced by Syracuse. Penn
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Navy Wins Trophy
Colgate and Syracuse officially en
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season, and M. L T withdrew. The
tournament was held at the Unmer
sity of Penirsylvania. In addition to
the flue member groups Yale entered
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Navy succeeded in winning. The next
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The sea3on of 1928 was the most
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mccessful ever experienced by the developed one of the strongest groups
eogue up until that date. More meets in competition.
acre held than e'er before, George. I Last year the tournament was,
:own and New York University being again won by Penn State at Phila.
active participants. The finals were I dolphin. An experiment was tried
held at the Palestra of the University during this grants at Annapolis where.
of Pennsylvania and the tournament by the referee was kept outside of tho
was again won by the Naval Acad. I ring, having control of the contest
rimy In capturing three of the first iby voice. This plan was designed with
five tourneys, the Navy won'the Balt,- the idea of keeping intercollegiate
more Son 'trophy. The Situ has boxing as far away from the profes.
placed another award up for compete- sional ring methods as possible. This
tion, and the deed of gift under which system, it has been proved, is success.l
this trophy is given is so worded that ful only at schools where the crowd'
it is probable that it will continue on can be kept under control.
competition for a long time.
The 1929 season was a continuation,
of the success of 1928. About one-,
third more meets Nl ere held this yea
than in previous years. The finals
were held at Penn State and won
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year marled the advent of Western! .
Maryland into the sport an d for
three years the Southern school has
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