Boxing Special
Vol. 29 No. 46
Rosenberg, Ellstrom,
Cole To Enter Finals
Of Wrestling Match
Princeton, Lehigh, Yale, Penn, Cornell Place
Men in Last Bouts—lnjury Stops
Kreizman From Entering
By BERNARD H. ROSBNZWEIG *3i
Three Penn State wrestlers, Rosenberg, -Ellstrom, and Cole,
advanced to the finals in the Eastern intercollegiate'tourney as
the result of victories last night at Columbia University.
Flashing great form by easily throwing Dengler of Pennsyl
vania in tKe semi-finals Bob Ellstrom stands out as a potential
champion when he grapples Richter of Princeton .this afternoon.
The other Lion wrestlers to reach the finals are Rosy Rosenberg
in the 135-pound class, and “King” Cole in the heavyweight
division. *
Rosenberg, rolling up a fat ti
son of Pennsylvania, remains as
since he meets Hfanvitz of Cornel
rompetition earlier in the season.*
“King” Cole upset the dope in
reaching the finals when he registered
a victory over Wolcott, of Lehigh
last night. In the finals this after
noon he will lock horns with Snow
den, present heavyweight title-holder
from Yale.
Princeton placed four men in the
finals and rolled up three -extra points
for falls to gain the advantage in the
fight for the championship. Besides
Penn State, both • Lehigh and Yale
stand an even chance of winning the
tourney, each having advanced three
men for the final competition tomor
row. ‘Pennsylvania is represented by
two men, while Cornell has one, Hur
witz who will battle Rosenberg.
Lehigh Leads
- Lehigh, ’ lasl'"‘year’a champion, ,is
leading in points scored for falls, with
a total of five in its! favor. .. Yalc
grapplcrs. managed to throw four op
ponents in thepreliminary matches to
immediately follow, while Princeton
annexed three points and State, two.
Coach Speidel’s team received a
great setback,, when Lou' Kreizman,
the, Lion’s strong bid for the 175-
pound honors, was unable to compete
because of an injured shoulder. Hud
Roe, who took his place lost a tough
match to Classen, of Princeton, by a
time advantage of 4:02, in the opening
round yesterday afternoon.
After registering the first point for
■ the Nittany Lions by easily pinning
Rebcr in the quarter-finals, Captain
Miko Lorenzo was in turn thrown last
night, by Lehigh’s Captain Peck, 165-
pound champion two years ago. Mike
still'has a chance of taking second
place in the consolation matches pro
vided Peck wins the title, according to
the scoring system used in the tour- :
nament.
Clayt Cramer Thrown
•Ellstrom (had his toughest assign
ment in the quarter-finals when he de
feated Tretter of Cornell with a 2:28
timo advantage. Rosenberg, fighting
-in his usual cautious and sure style,
had a comparatively easy match in
♦ dispatching Fisher of. Princeton with
a time advantage of over five minutes.
. Inexperienced and competing in the
second intercollegiate match' - of his
career, Clayt Cramer was thrown by
the fast and clever Snelham of Prince
ton; Bill Cramer was also defeated in
the. opening bracket, .bowing 'to an
other Princeton man, Gregory. Cra
mer'. lost by a 4:06 -minute time ad
vantage.
.Princeton again proved' to be the
Nemesis of the Nittany Lions, when
tho- • Tiger’s pride,.’ Captain Hooker,
threw Swede Johnston in the 155-
pound preliminaries: Cole breezed
through • his quarter-final match in
fine-style winning by_a' big time ad
vantage. >
- All but ono'of the Penn State wrest
lers are ; eligible to fight for second
and third honors tomorrow night, since
their victors managed to • survive the
semi-finals. Of the three Nittany
Lion finalists Cole has the toughest
assignment awaiting him in. Snow
den,,of Yale, undefeated ti'tleholder. '
VAN ATTA ’2B TRAINS WITH
N. Y. YANKEES IN FLORIDA
Rus Van. Atta, former Lion left
hander, has been 'taking his turn on
the mound regularly in spring train
ing with the New York Yankees at
St,.Petersburg,-Fla. Van Atta pitch
ed last year with St. Paul, of the
American Association.
--•After being the mainstay of the
Lion hurling corps in 1928, Van Atta
left •‘intercollegiate competition for
professional ranks. This is His first
tryout.with a major league outfit, but
he has served with several Clnss AA
minor leagues." !
ime advantage of 6:12 over Jame
the Lions' best'bet for the title,
11, whom' he defeated in dual meet
Enters Mat Finals
‘ROSY’ ROSENBERG
COLLEGE TO HOLD
1934MAH0U8NEY
Recreation' Hall Slated as Site
For Eastern Wrestling
IVteet Next Year
Penn State will be the site for the
Eastern Intercollegiate • • wrestling
tournament; next year, according to a
rotation system Used by the - E. I. W.
A. Members tff the association will
officially name Recreation hall for the
1934 tourney at a meeting to be held
at' Columbia University this morning.
•Scheduled for a different school
each year, the tournament is brought
here every eight years. From Co
lumbia, where the tourney is being
held this year, it will go to Penn
State,' Pennsylvania, Princeton, Le
high, Cornell, Yale, and Syracuse in
that order. •
According to the rules of the wrest
ling association" the grappler who
loses in the final match in each-weight
is not automatically awarded second
place. The runner-up is decided by a,
bout' between tho losing finalist and
the winner of* a match between the
two-men ■ previously defeated by’the
champion in : that class. •
■Points are awarded to the first
three wrestlers placing in each weight,
the champion receiving five 'points,
the v runner-up, three, and the third
place man, one. In addition one'
point is awarded to the winner of ,any
match in the tourney by a fall.
Tho 1934 E. I. W. A. tourney will’
be the second to be held in Recrea
tion hall, since the national mat tour
nament was conducted here in 19il0,
when the Oklahoma Aggies won the
national title. The last Eastern in
tercollcgiates hold -here was in 1926.
Penn State Gleemen
Win Seventh Title
The Penn State Glee club won its
seventh Stale title in-competition
‘with seven other colleges at Phila
delphia last night, -according to a
special communication, to the
Collegian...-.
. Thirty gleemcn composed ■ the
Penn State group', under the. direc
tion of Richard W. Grant ’34. The
contest was sponsored by the Phila
delphia Fp'runi.
STATE COLL]
BEN BERNES BAND
TO FURNISH MUSIC
FOR JUNIOR PROM
The Olc Maestro' Will Appear
Here as Part of Special
Trip on April 30
LOWER ADMISSION PRICE
PLANNED BY COMMITTEE
Orchestra Broadcasts Nightly
Over WENR—Recently Won
Popularity Contest
. Ben Bernie, “The Ole Maestro," and
his world-famous band, will furnish
tho music for the Junior Prom on
April 28, Herman C. Brandt ’34, Prom
chairman, announced yesterday.
The well-known radio entertainer
will stop here on a special tour of the
East and the Middle-West before re
turning to the College Inn,- of tho
Hotel Sherman in Chicago, where he
is booked for the next season. His
entire band of fifteen men will offer
the entertainment at the Prom in-Rce
reation hall. ,
To' Lower Price
Whilo the budget for the junior
function has not been completed as
yet, the price for the dance will be
lower than that of last year in ac
cordance with present financial strin
gency, Brandt declared. The admis
sion fee will be announced sometime
next week.
“The Ole Maestro,” who leads the
highest salaried orchestra in America
today, has played at college functions
throughout tho country,' besides ap
pearing on the stage and screen. He
has never furnished music at an all-
Colleg-a . function in Recreation " hall
before.
Broadcasts Regularly
Featuring entertainment in addition
to the dance music,- Ben Bernie for a
time toured the Pantages and Or
pheiim circuits, following which he
played for'five years at the Roosevelt
Hotel, New York. He also' enter
tained at the Kit-Kat Klub in London
for a period.
. “Tho Ole Maestro” and his orches
tra-after filling an engagement in
Hollywood, then went to the College
Inn, where he has been playing for
tha last two seasons. He broadcasts
nightly over Station WENR, and was
recently voted the best master of cere
monies and most popular orchestra
leader on the air in a nation-wide poll.
Ben Bernie also carries with the
band a varied list of entertainers.
Vocalists of 'the organization are Pat
Kennedy and Frank Pierce. Most of
tho members of the orchestra were
selected by the “Ole .Maestro” from
mid-western colleges where the lead
er's popularity among students is very
great.
Syracuse Writer Expects
Titlists To Retain Crowns
McAndrews, Moran, Wertheimer Should Keep
Championships, Scribe Predicts
By WALTEI
Sports Editor. Syrt
Three of last year’s intercollegiate
champions have lived up to all pre-
expectations in the tenth an
nual meeting of the Eastern associa
tion and are now favored to retain
tho crowns they won at Syracuse in
1932. iCaptain Johnny McAndrews of
State and Captain Joe Moran and A 1
Wertheimer- of the-Orange will each
encounter strong opposition this eve
ning in the finals, but still should
hand first placds to their respective
teams.
McAndrews, after his. classy exhi
bition of boxing by scoring a technical
knockout over Wctherill of M. I. T.,
matches blows with Robbins of Syra
cuse. Tho Sait City lightweight, de
spite the fact that he is-fighting in
his first year on the varsity, is capable
of putting up s creditable stand, but
tho Lion leader’s experience has given
him a slight -edge. .
•If there ever was a close bout card
ed in tHo history *of the intercol
legiates, it is the battle listed between
John Napoleon and Ray Burket for
the bantamweight title tonight. The
State entry! has already outpointed
Burket this year in the dual meet
threo weeks ago. Tonight, however,
tho Syracuse 115-pounder will.be in
the ring to give his .best, since it is his
last'fight of his career wearing the
Orange colors.
• A 1 Wertheimer, Syracuse’s national
[titleholdcr is favored to take his third
!GE, PA., SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1933
6 SYRACUSE BOXERS
REACH FINAL BOUTS
16 Boxers toj Compete
In 8 Championship
Bouts Tonight
Sixteen boxers, including two Penn
State ringmen, will mefit in the finals
cf the Eastern Intercollegiate tour
ney tonight as a result of victories
in the preliminary’., and semi-final
rounds yesterday. Third place bouts
will probably be held before each fi
nal fight, beginning at; 8 o’clock.
•.In one of the highlights of the
night, Johnny Napoleon, Lion 115-
pounder who drew a bye into the fi
nals, will meet Ray 'Burket, of Syra
cuse. Burket'showed improved form
yesterday afternoon, in.-knocking out
Phil Thomas, of Yale. j
A! Wertheimer, Syracuse’s boxer
par excellence who wo.n, a close decis
ion from Mike Zeleznoek last night,
will oppose Clainos, Army entry. The
Cadet defeated Rabinowitz,’ of Dart
mouth, in the semi-finals.
Captain Johnny with
a tourney knockout; to his credit,
should have little trouble in' retain
ing his 135-pound title against Jack
Robbins, Syracuse lightweight. Me-
Andrews put Wqtherilli M - . I. T., out
of the running'in thef second round
last night,
To Meet Hagan
In the. 145-pound / finals, Captain
Nicholas Dal G-enio,'. classy Yale wel
terweight, will face Jim Hagan, Army
boxer who blasted -thej championship
hopes of Alex.Turnbilll last night,-
Both ,are great fighters,..'.and,, this
should'be'one of‘t'He'Vibsest- Übnis'of
tho night. ' ' 1:
. Captain Moran, who added another
knockout to his string last night,
meets John Shinkle, of Army, for the
165-pound title. 'Shinkle defeated
Keysor, of Western Maryland, last
night, but Moran should, take him
over. ■
Another sliigfest tomorrow night
will be the 165-pound fight between
Tony BaJash, Syracuse finalist, and
Andy, Gorski, of Western Maryland.
Gorski pounded' out a decision over
Tom §lusser last night and should
Vivo the Orangeman plenty of trouble.
Captain Beraie Kaplan, Western
Maryland light-heavyweight who de
feated Negroni, of Syracuse, in the
semi-finals, will face Ed Collins, M.
I. T. entry, who knocked out the Army
man yesterday afternoon. Ponte
carvo, Western Maryland’s upsetter of
dope buckets who defeated Captain
Joe Remus, of Army, yesterday after
noon, is slated to fight “Big Joe”
Vavra, of Syracuse, for the heavy
weight crown. Vavra knocked out
Anderson, Lion boxer, last night.
:r DIAMOND
acusc Daily ‘Orange*
: successive crown in the Eastern eham
. pionships. Wertheimer’s famous fol
. low-up stylo along with his polished
defensive tactics should bring'him vic
tory, only after a hectic clash.
•Ynle’s only survivor in the final
round is Captain Del Genio. The un
defeated star looms as the new wel
terweight king. 'Hagan .of Army was
at his peak when he beat Turnbull on
a close decision, but a comparison with
Del Genio docs not give him an. ad
vantage over the Eli leader. The
“Dynamite” Moran from Syracuse will
be due for a' second 155-pound title
when he enters the ropes to face
Shinkle, the W)est Point! middleweight.
Andy Gorski of Western Maryland
and Tony Balash, the Olympics con
tender from Syracuse, are rated on
even terms. Gorski is by far the
harder puncher, but Balash’s skilled
foot-work and quick dodging should
cause a real problem for the referee
and judges. The second Wfestminstcr
fighter to represent Coach Dick Har
low in the finals is Bernie Kaplan.
The Western Maryland light heavy
weight meets Captain Collins of M. I.
T. and a victory for the Southerner is
predicted.
Syracuse’s sixth finalist will bring
the 1933 tourney to a close when Joe
Vavra mixcs'with Pontccarvo.of West
ern Maryland for the unlimited hon
ors. The latter can only win after a
stubborn fight from Vavra, the Orange
220-pound football tackle.
To Meet Clainos ]
L WERTHEIi
26 RING ENTRANTS
HAVE MET BEFORE
Participants Boxed Each Other
In Dual Match Competition
Earlier This Season
.Twenty-six, boxers .who .-are entered
in tKo 'tourney here have met before
in dual meets this season,- a survey
of individual records shows.
In the 115-pound division, Johnny
Napoleon, Lion bantamweight, has
scored decisions this season over Ray
Burkett, of Syracuse, and John Dick,
of Army. Burkett knocked out Les
ter Brooks, M. I. T. in the third round,
whilo Dick won by a forfeit from
Brooks.
A 1 Wertheimer, Syracuse feather
weight, defeated Mike Zoleznock, Lion
125-pounder, and John Cleveland, of
Army, this year, in addition to knock
ing. out Bradford, of M. I, T. Cleve
land, however, will meet none of these
men in the intercollegiates, since he’s
fighting in the 135-pound class.
Robbins, Wetherill Drew
Jack Robbins, Syracuse 135-pound
entry, earned a draw with Wetherill,
of M. I. T., in a dual meet this year.
Robbins also drew with Paul Ferroro,
Nittany lightweight, who will not
fight this week-end.
Captain Johnny McAndrews has a
decision this year over Hagan, Army,
in the 145-pounQ class, but Johnny
docs not meet the Cadet this week
end, since he will fight-in the light
weight class. Captain “Red” Carey,-
M. I. T.’s championship hope, disposed
of Herb Ross, Syracuse, by a knock
out in the second round of a dual meet
this season.
Alex Turnbull,'entered jn the 145-
pound division for the tourney,
dropped close decisions this year to
three 155-pounders who will compe'.-e
here. Herb Ross of Syracuse, Shinkle
of Army, and Keyser of Western
Maryland each can claim a dual meet
decision over Alex.
Georgo Negroni,- Syracuse sopho
more flash, knocked out "Mutt" ICess
ler in tho lps-pound bout of a dual
meet, but neither boxer will face the
other this week-end since both are en
tered in different classes. Olson, [ot
Army, also claims -a decision over
Kessler, but he was beaten last year
by Tom Slusser, whom he' may meet
this week-end in the 165-pound class.
Gorski, Western Maryland,- also
beat Kessler in a dual meet, but they
are in different divisions for the tour
ney. Slusser, now in the 165-pound
class, defeated Kendall of Army and
lost to Captain Bernic Kaplan, -of
Western Maryland in light-heavy
weight bouts this year.
‘Collegian’ To Issue
Ring Extra Tonight
Including accounts and sum
maries of all of today’s bouts, a
special edition of the’ Collegian
will be issued immediately follow
ing the conclusion of . the -intercol
legiate boxing finals tonight.
’ The extra will also contain tho
final results of the Eastern Inter
collegiate wrestling tourney at Co
lumbia University which will' be
concluded this afternoon and to
night V.-ij, '
Boxing Special
Captain McAndrews,
Napoleon Remain as
Lion Hopes Tonight
Army, Western Maryland. Trail Orange Team
With 3 Men Each for Championship
Fights—Yale, M. I. T. Last
B> CHARLES A. MYERS '3l
. After placing seven men, the same number as Syracuse, in
tho semi-finals, Penn State dropped out of the race for the inter-
collegiate boxing title here when only two Lion boxers advanced
jto the finals in fights yesterday afternoon and night. Captain
| Johnny McAndrews knocked out Wetherill, M. I. T., in the 135-
! pound semi-finals, as Johnny Napoleon.- Lion bantamweight, drew
a bye into the finals.
Army and Western Maryland each topped Penn State to place
three boxers in the finals tonight, while Yale and M. I. T. each
advanced one man. The Dart
mouth preliminary winner Jost
in the semi-finals.
Miko Zeleznock, Lion featherweight,
fought Champion A 1 Wertheimer
pretty evenly in the first round of the
second 125*pound semi-final bout. But
ho couldn’t keep away from Al’s skill
fully thrown lefts in the second aiid
third rounds, the decision going to the
Syracusan,
McAndrews Scores Knockout
fighting .In his old po
sition at 135 .pounds, floored Wcth
erill; AT.. I. T., preliminary winner,;
for an eight count in the first round.
In the next stanza, Wetherill clinched
continually to avoid being knocked out, :
and Referee Grayber stopped the fight
after one minute and thirty-one sec
onds.
Alex Turnbull, conqueror of Ross of
Syracuse in the preliminaries, took on
Jim Hagan, of Army, in one of the
slugfests of the night. Alex won thej
first round, Hagan the second, but
the third, a continuous exchange* of
rights and lefts, went to the Army
entry to give him a close decision.
“Mutt” Kessler was the victim of
Captain “Tiger Joe”. Moran’s twenty
sixth college knockout. The Syracuse
leader swung powerhouse left upper
cuts and right hooks to floor “Mutt”
in the first and .second rounds, until
the towel was thrown in after fifty
six seconds of the second stanza.
Failing to keep his guard up against
the hard right and left windmill hooks
of Andy Gorski, Western Maryland
entry, Tommy’ Slusser-lost the deci
sion in the second 165-pound bout af
ter a close third ‘round in which both
were groggy and swinging wildly as
tho bell rang. Tom was knocked down
for an eight count in the first round,
but he came back strongly in the
third.
Anderson Loses
. Anderson, Penn State’sheavyweight
entry, was conceded little chance
against Syracuse's man mountain,
"Big Joe" Vavra. After flooring the
Lion boxer twice in the concluding
bout of the night, Vavra won on a
technical knockout after one minute of
the first round.
• In the first semi-final .fight last
night, Rabinovitz, Dartmouth's win
ner in the afternoon bout, and Clai
‘nos, Army 125-pounder, went at it
hammer and tongs with left and.right
hooks. In the second and third rounds,
dlainos, waiting for -Rabinovitz to
charge him, landed enough good blows
to gain the decision.
Jack Robbins, Syracuse lightweight,
advanced to the finals by gaining a
very close decision over Cleveland cf
Army, who had moved up a weight
for the tourney. Robbins was the
aggressor throughout, but he took
luite a little punishment from Cleve
land;
Del Gcnio Wins Decision
Two captains with undefeated rec
ords, Carey of M. I. T. and Del Genio
of Yale, met in the first semi-final
145-pound bout. The Yale leader won
the decision after he had outpointed
Carey with left uppercuts in the last
two rounds.
In tho second 155-pound semi-final,
Shinkle, of Army, gained the decision
over Keyser, of Western Maryland,
after an uneventful three rounds. •
Opening hostilities in the 165-pound
class, Tony Balash, of Syracuse, out
boxed Hardin Olson, Army entry, to
advance to tho finals. . Balash threw
right hooks and straight lefts to
Olson's face in the last round, receiv
ing little in return.
'Captain Bernie Kaplan, of Western
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Tonight’s Finalists
115-POUND CLASS
Rurket, Syracuse
Napoleon. Penn State
125-POUND CLASS
Clainoß, Army
Wertheimer, Syracuse
135-POUND CLASS
McAndrews. Penn State
Robbins. Syracuse'
145-POUND CLASS
Del Genio. Yale-
Hagan. Army
155-I’OUND CLASS
Moran. Syracuse
Army
165-POUND CLASS
Balash. Syracuse
Gorski, Western Maryland
• 175-POUND CLASS
Collins, M. I. T.
Kaplan. Western Maryland
HEAVYWEIGHT
ponlccnrvo. Western Maryland
Vavra, Syracuse
Maryland, gave Negroni, Syracuse
' knockout artist, some of his own medi
cine to gain the decision in the only
175-pound semi-final bout last night.
Kaplan has one of the wickedest rights
in'tho whole tourney, and the Syra
cusan got a generous sample of it in
tho first two rounds.
Turnbull Defeats Ross
Seven fights, four preliminaries and
threo semi-finals', were held yesterday
afternoon. As a result of these bouts,
two M. I. T. and two Syracuse boxers
advanced to. tho semi-final and final
rounds, while Penn State and Dart
mouth each got a semi-final entry and
■Western Maryland one finalist. All
the other boxei's entered in the tour
ney drew byes to the night fights.
In the only bout in which a Penn
State man competed yesterday after
noon, Alex Turnbull settled an old
score by gaining a close welterweight
decision over Herb Ross, of Syracuse,
who defeated him here in a dual meet
several weeks ago* Ross shaded the
Lion entry in the first round,, but in
the second Alex swung a right cross
which knocked the Syracuse man down
for a count of eight and won the votes
of tho referee and a judge.
The biggest upset of the afternoon
session was the defeat of Captain Joe
Remus of Army at the hands of Tom
Pontecarvo, of Western Maryland, in
tho first semi-final round of the
heavyweight division. Pontecarvo
was the aggressor throughout.
Negroni Defeats Munson
In tho only preliminary match in
tho 175-pound division, George Ne
groni, Syracuse entry, pounded Mun
son of Yale with right hooks and left
uppercuts, but could not knock him
out. At the beginning of each round,
Munson came back strong, but weak
ened under the blows of the Orange
man to lose the decision.
‘Collins, M. I. T., scored a technical
knockout over Ledward, of Army, in
ono minute and forty-eight seconds of
the third round of the first light
heavyweight semi-final bout. Collins
floored the Cadet with a right, Referee
Grayber stopping the fight a few sec
onds later.
Ray Burkel, Syracuse bantam
weight, showed that he will put up a
whale of a fight against Johnny Na
poleon in the finals tonight by knock
ing out Phil Thomas, of Yale, in one
minuto and forty seconds of the'sec
ond round yesterday afternoon. Af
ter dropping the Eli entry for a nine
count in the first round, Burket tore
in with rights and lefts to make his
opponent helpless. Veres ’of Dart
mouth and Brooks of M. 1.. T, did not
make the trip and Dick, Army entry,
was overweight,- giving Johnny Na
poleon a bye into the finals.