Page Four
Between
the
Ropes
Captain “Tiger Joe” 'Moran, the
Syracuse steamroller, never boxed be
fore he entered college. Coach Sim
mons discovered him in his freshman
year and immediately picked him for
the Hill mit team. Undefeated in
dual meets, he has knocked out
twenty-five men in his twenty-nine
fights.
Word comes from Syracuse that Al
Wertheimer. Orange featherweight
champion, thinks Captain Johnny Mc-
Andrcws is the best 135-pounder en
tered in the tourney, lie also has
great respect for the Yale welter,
Captain Del Geivio.
Incidentally. Al must be as skilled
with words as he is with his fists.
Immediately after the finals here, he
will leave for Syracuse in order to
participate in an intercollegiate* de
bate Sunday morning. Several weeks
ago he supported the cancellation of
war debts as a member of the Syracuse
varsity debating team.
Tony Balash, Syracuse 165-pounder,
is a half-brother to Steve Haliko, one
of New York state’s outstanding
lightweight professionals. Tony left
a sick-bed to enter the National Col
legiates here last April, but lost to
Sam Zemurray, of Tuhine. Before
entering Syracuse, he had won sev
enty-two out of seventy-four amateur
fights, losing to Ring Larson in the
semi-finals of the national A. A. U.
championships at Boston in 1920.
ißoy Simmons, coach of the 1932
championship Syracuse team, was a
varsity boxer for the Orange back iu
1925, but lost the intercollegiate title
in the finals.. One of the best-liked
coaches on the campus, he is also
kackfield mentor for the, football team
and spends some time coaching la
crosse.
Al Grayber, one of the referees for
the tourney here, and Leo Houck, Lion
boxing coach, nearly met in. a profes- 1
sional middleweight fight fix 1916. A
clipping from a Pittsburgh newspaper
in October of that year says that
Houck, who was scheduled to fight
Grayber, had injured his knee in a
football game and would be unable to
enter the ring.
Herb Ross, Syracuse welterweight
and loser to Al Lewis in the finals of
the intercollegiates last year, was one
of eleven Liberal Arts seniors elect
ed to Phi Beta Kappa at the New
York institution recently. Herb took
up boxing when friends chided him for
being a “sissy.”
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Coach
Captured World’s
Title in 1911
Leo Houck, former Lancaster pro
fessional boxer and present Lion ring
coach, won the middleweight boxing
championship of the world from
Harry Lewis in Paris, France, on the
night of M,ay 3, 1911.
Houck had already beaten the Phil
adelphia middleweight twice in Amer
ica, but Lewis’ manager had publicly
termed the decisions “flukes.” This
nettled Leo, according to an article
appearing recently in a Lancaster
newspaper, and he and his manager
went to Europe to force Lewis to a
showdown.
After agreeing to all sorts of con
ditions about weight, purse, and ref
eree, Houck’s manager finally ar
ranged a twenty-round bout. The
result* according to an observer; was
the best fight ever witnessed in
France.
At the opening bell, Leo shot in
a straight loft which caught Lewis in
the mouth. He continued with left
jabs until the fifth round when he
swung a terrific right uppercut which
landed on Lewis’ chin and made it
bleed. The right uppercut was used
by only two men in the ring at that
time, but Leo proved the effectiveness
of both it and a straight left.
■More right uppercuts in the ninth
round sent the Philadelphian, to the
ropes, and he had to clinch to save
himself from a knockout. In the'
seventeenth, Leo shot in straight lefts
which bounced Lewis l head back as if
his neck had hinges.
Realizing thatj the only way he
could win now was by a knockout,
Lewis stepped out of his corner in the
nineteenth and began giving Houck
all he had in hard rights and lefts to
the face. Leo took a terrific,punish-!
ment in that round but his excellent*
physical condition withstood the on
slaught. N
Lewis had played himself out, and
in the twentieth round Houck in turn
tried to score a knockout. As the fi
nal bell rung,- Leo was pummeling
him on the ropes. When Referee
Maitroit. patted Houck on the back
as the winner, there was a tremen
dous ovation. *
That night Leo,was the toast of
Paris cafes. As he and his managers
left the scene of the fight, sidewalk
crowds cheered “Bravo, Leo! Bravo,
Houck!” The victory was celebrated
at the Excelsior Cafe, where Leo ate
dish after dish of strawberry glacee,
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tho only thing that seemed to satisfy
his parched lips and mouth.
Upon returning to his hotel, Leo
found numerous congratulatory mes
sages and cards awaiting him from
American officials in Paris, news
paper sports editors, London business
men,' and other friends. “It is not
likely that a champion in any branch
of" sport has ever‘received so much
spontaneous commendation from men
of rank in all walks of life,” concludes
the writer who covered the fight.
. Although he still jtets as a referee
for numerous bouts; Leo gave up pro
fessional boxing in 1922 when he be
came coach here. iHc has guided the
Lions to four intercollegiate team
championships and twenty-one in
dividual crowns.
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THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Al Wertheimer
Known as Best
General in Ring
Al Wertheimer, Syracuse’s national
collegiate featherweight champion
and the unanimous choice of five
coaches as the all-time 125-pounder,
is generally known as the best ring
general in collegiate ranks today as
well as being noted for his effective
left jab.
Al is a senior this year and is un
defeated in the college ring. He has
a victory and a draw with Dave
Stoop, 1932 Lion captain, to his
credit, as well as a decision over
IVCike Zeleznock- last month, and a
knockout victory over Herb Minnich,
1932 Lion featherweight.
Other ring honors to which the
Syracuse athlete may.lay claim include
the Niagara district championship,
runner-up in the national A. A. U.
championship in 1929, Eastern inter
collegiate champion for the past two
years, and captain of the Orange mit
team last year. In addition, he is
now treasurer of Syracuse’s senior
class and interfraternity council,, as
well as an active participant in in
tercollegiate debating.
Pointing out- that Wertheimer is
the sort of boxer often overlooked by
the spectator seeking sensationalism,
the Daily Orange t student newspaper
at Syracuse, characterizes him thusly;
“The master workman of the college
ring, he is the cool, calculating type
of ringman who always has a def
inite objective for every punch and
knows exactly where he is every min
ute of the time.” Al seldom trys for
haymakers, since he is usually con
tent to outpoint his opponents.
3 LETTER MAN GETS LEAD
, Christie Harris, Boston University
three letter man, member of the foot
ball, basketball, and baseball teams
this year,' will play the juvenile lead
in an English drama, “Lilies of tho
Field,” to be presented before stu
dents there March 30. I
Lion Mat Squads Average
Only One Loss Each Year
35 Wins, 7 Defeats, Tie
Recorded Daring
7 Seasons
j With the close of the current season
Penn State wrestlers under the tute
lage of Coach Charlie -Speidel have
established an average record of one
defeat per season, athletics statistics
disclose.
During the seven years that “Cheer
ful” Charlie has mentored the team
thirty-five victories have been record
ed as against seven defeats and one
tie. The only teams to register vic
tories over the Nittany Lions during
this period were Navy and Cornell,
while the one tie match was with Cor
nell, last year, when a strong -Red
team held the Blue and White grap
plers to a 14-to-14 score.
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1927 from the Panzer College of . Phy
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where for some time he acted as stu
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