EXTRA
V 01.29 No. 47
MATMEN GAIN 2 CROWNS
Ellstrom, Cole Gain Titles
In Finals of Eastern Mat
Tourney at New York City
Lehigh Captures Team Championship With 30
Points—Princeton Places Second,
Penn State Takes Third
By BERNARD 11. ROSENZWEIG ’3l
Penn State annexed two crowns in the Eastern Intercollegiate
Wrestling Tournament this afternoon, whert Bob. Ellstrom de
feated Richter, of Princeton, to gain the 118-pound title, while
“King” Cole unexpectedly received a decision over Snowden, of
iale, to reach the top in the heavyweight division.' Rosy Rosen
berg, the Nittany Lions’ other finalist, lost to HUrwitz, of Cornell,
,by a fall.- . . ' v f
Lehigh, by amassing a total of thirty, points reigns in Eastern
intercollegiate wrestling, while'
Princeton took second honors
with twenty-two points. ' The
Nittany Lions clinched third
place, with "eighteen points.
Dallir)g,' : Lehigh", defeated Valas, of
Yals, to retain, the' 126-pound crowii
f 6* the second successive year. The
biggest -upset of the afternoon came
in'-the 155? pound class, when Captain
Hooker, of Princeton, conquered Le
high’s Ben Bishop, last year’s cham
pion,' and national intercollegiate
champion in the 145-pound weight.
Rosenberg Thrown
Princeton gained one other indiv
idual champion in the . 145-pound
class, when Gregory easily defeated
Valas, of Yale. Hurwitz, of Cornell,
was crowned 135 title-holder, when
he threw Rosenberg, while ' Captain
Pete Peck, Lehigh, defeated Lee, of
Penn, to take the honors in the 165-
pound weight. Ken Mann, Penn cap
tain, easily dispatched Classen,
Princetonian, to gain the 175-pound
championship.
Bill Cramer took second place in
the 145-pound class, when both Rich
ardson, of Cornell, and Haase, Yale,
defaulted to him in the elimination
matches for placing. Rosenberg was
forced down to third place in the
135 weight by M. Peck, of Lehigh,
while Swede Johnston took third in
the 155-pound class, losing to Ben
to conclude the scoring for
Coach Speidel’s team.
COMBINED GROUPS
TO GIVE PROGRAM
Women’s Symphony-Orchestra,* Glee
*' Club Will Present Concert
At 3:30 Tomorrow
Two women’s musical organizations
will combine to present the fourth
of the series of winter concerts in
Schwab auditorium at 3:30 o’clock to
morrow afternoon; --The Women's
Glee club and the Women’s Symphony
orchestra will feature the program.
... Seven songs will be offered during
the program by the Glee club, while
the Symphony orchestra will inter
pret three works by well-known com
posers. Supplementing the Glee club
offerings, the Women's Varsity-Quar
tet will sing three songs. • ...
.Marion G. Blankenship ’35, harp
ist, and Mary Ei-Kerr, ’36, pianist,
wilt accompany the Glee cl-üb, while
.Rosamond, W. Kaines ’34, pianist,
will accompany, the Quartet., Other
individual musicians who will supple
ment the program are William C.
Burry ’33, Martin J. Scheiman • ’36,
Philip E. Turner '33,. and, John E.
Ryan ’34. '
; Prof. Willa C. .Williammge, of "the
departments of music, will* direct the
Glee club, and ’ Prof. Hummel Fish
burn, acting head of the department
.of music, will direct the Symphony
- orchestra. 'An offering taken at the
concert will be contributed to.the Stu
dent Loan fund-.
Prttu #tatr (Eullrgt
Champion
. „ v
JOE tyIORAN
4 MITMEN ENTER
MEET UNDEFEATED
Army, Syracuse Represented by
8 Unconquered Boxers in
Intercollegiales
Fourteen boxers entered in the tour
ney hero are undefeated in dual meet
competition this year. Five'of‘this
number,'however, had had draws with
other ringmen.
Army and Syracuse each have four
men who have not met defeat in dual
meets this year. In addition, M. I. T.,
Penn State,- and Western Maryland
each have two-undefeated boxers.
• Army's undefeated quartet is com
posed of Captain Joe Remus, heavy
weight, Hardin Olson,-'165 pounds,
John. Shinkle, 155 pounds, and John
Cleveland, 135 pounds. Shinkle how
ever has had two draws this season.
>
5 Army Men Entered
in Syracuse's lineup, the unbeaten
boxers are Captain Joe Moran,- 155
pounds, AI Wertheimer, 125 pounds,
and Jack Robbins and Joe Vavra, in
the -light and’ heavyweight classes,
b6th- of whom have had draws. In
addition; George Negroni, Orange 175-
pounder j is undefeated in his own
class,-having lost one fight to a heavy
weight this season..
Captain s “ Red” Carey, M. I. T. wel
terweight, and and Proctor Wetherill,
lightweight; are undefeated, although
the latter has had a draw this sea
son. .Captain Johnny'McAndrews and
Johnny Napoleon are Penn State's un
beaten mitmen.
Captain Bernie Kaplan and Andy
Gorski, who has had one' draw, are
tho. two Western Maryland entries
with perfect 1933 dual meet records.
Kaplan defeated Tom Slusser, Lion
entry who is fighting in the 165-pound
class -for the tournament, last week.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY NIGHT, MARCH 18, 1933
10 MITMEN BOXED
HERE LAST APRIL
Al Wertheimer, Featherweight
Listed Among
Veteran Entrants
Ten of the boxers who are entered
in the tournament here this week
end, competed in the National Col
legiate Boxing tourney and Olympic
tryouts held here last April.
. Only one of these ringmen, Al Wer
theimer of Syracuse, succeeded in
winning a national championship. Al
won the featherweight crown after
disposing of Boerner, Bucknell, in -the
preliminaries; Cleveland, of Army,- in
the semi-finals; and Tardugno, of Co
lumbus, by a forfeit in the finals.
Moran Loses
Only one Penn State boxer entered
in the intercollegiates fought in the
national tourney here. Mike ' Zelez
nock, Lion featherweight, was knock
ed' out by Breese, of Kansas' State,
.in the. preliminaries....; ,j'
> “Tiger "Joe" Moran, .-Syracuse's, ter
ror of the -middleweights, met his su
perior here last April when he lost
the decision to Flynn,- Loyola of the
South, in the finals. Moran had pre
viously beaten. Schricker, of Pitt, and
Pync, of Catholic University, .to ad 7
vance to the final round.
Tony Balash, Syracuse light heavy
weight, lost to Zemurray, of Tulane
in tho preliminary round. Collins, M.
I. T.'s present entry in the 165-pound
class, was defeated by Hawkins, West
Virginia, y in the first fight of the 175-
pound division.
Three boxers on the present Army
team appeared in the national tour
ney. Cleveland and Hagan took
fourth places after winning in the pre
liminaries and -then losing in the semi
finals, while Captain Joe Remus for
feited the heavyweight crown to Hill,
of Tulane* after injuring his hand in
a semi-final victory over Gentry, of
Virginia. v
N 'Captain Del Genio, Yale 146-pound
entry, wns the only one of the present
welterweights to fight in the Olympic
tryouts here. After winning in the
preliminaries, he lost a decision to
Al Lewis, Lion 145-pound N. C. A. A.
champion.
5 Coaches Favor Unlimited
Class, Decision by Referee
Army, Western Maryland, Penn State, M.I. T.,
Syracuse Mentors Endorse Return
Of Heavyweight Bouts
Five coaches who have entered box
ers in the tournament here favor the
retention of the heavyweight clas3 in
the ring lineup and the referee’s de
cision for dual meets, a survey by the
Collegian shows. -
- Coaches William J. Cavanaugh,- of
Army, Richard C. Harlow, of Western
Maryland, Leo Houck, of Penn State,
Thomas Rawson, of M. I. T.,- and Roy
Simmons, of Syracuse, all believe that
decision by a single referee is more
satisfactory in the long run than one
by three judges. They also believe
that the action of the Eastern Inter
collegiate Boxing association in re
instating ths heavyweight class this
season was a' good step. t -
“When well matched, the heavy
weight- class is the most' thrilling of
the lot and no more liable to injury,”
Harlow said. /‘When not well match
ed, no boxing bout should be allowed
to be placed on any college program,”
ho added.
Simmons believes there should be
no discrimination against the heavy
weight, while, Rawson considers it “a
great benefit to a big man to learn
boxing if taught with'a lot of good
footwork.” Both Chvanaugh and
Houck stress tho point that heavy
weight bouts are very popular, and
Intercollegiate Title Winners
JOHNNY NAPOLEON
M’INEREY ELECTED
NEW E.lJt. HEAD
West Point Official Named as
Eastern Ring President
For 1933-1934
Lieut. J. E. B. Mfclnercy, officer
in charge of boxing at the United
States Military Academy,* was elected
president of the Eastern Intercollegi
ate Boxing association at its meeting
this morning. Lieutenant Mclnercy
succeeds Richard. C. Harlow, coach of
the Western Maryland boxing team.
A discussion of the site for next
year's tourney was the primary busi
ness of the association meeting. Al
though a selection was not definitely
made, the tourney next year will
probably be at. Army, association of
ficials have indicated.
A committee was appointed to study
the by-laws of the boxing association
thoroughly in order to eliminate out
of date rules, and reorganize the con
stitution to make it more effective.
The association also proposed the or
ganization of a coaches group,-under
which coaches may make recommend
ations for changes in the rules.
for that reason should riot be barred
from the lineun.
“We have found that the referee is
generally very satisfactory,” Harlow
stated. “Too often the judges dodged
responsibility in. the past and I be
lieve a capable, honest referee is less
swayed by a crowd than are the.
judges. It is always easier to find
ono capable man than, three,” he
added.
Although Simmons favors the ref
eree because of present financial con
ditions, he believes that “three
men are in a better position to judge
a bout correctly inasmuch as the ref
eree is not always able to - sec just
what is happening/
Houck disagrees with -Simmons on
the ability of a referee to judge * a
bout. The Lion coach believes that
the referee can pick the winner more
easily than two judges because he is
in the ring all the time and sees every
thing that is going on.
.. Tho opinion expressed-’ by these
coaches substantially agrees with that
■of sports officials who were inter
viewed . last year. At that time, four-1
teen college coaches and officials pre-;
ferred the referee while nine favored
judges, and seventeen advocated, the
heavyweight class return as eight op
posed it. ;
JOHNNY McANDREWS
Ringside
Ramblings _
Another boxing tournament '. . . .
Rec hall presents a rather deserted
appearance for the first bout . . . But
the few there do plenty of cheering J
. . . Two technical kayos is. a good I
start for any bout . . . And everyone I
wondered Wetherill bother McAn
drews after looking at the M. I. T.
lightweight hope . . . The press had
its usual representation . . . Art Dal
ey of the New York Times , John Web
ster for the Philadelphia Inquirer and
Joe Coakley did duty -for the Syra
cuse Herald . . . Alex Turnbull staged
a great comeback . . . And Pontecarvo
upsets Remus . . . Billy Cavanaugh,
Army coach, cheers up Ledward .
The gentleman in question rubs the
side of his jaw . . . Yes, Mr. LedwanJ,
Collins packs a punch ‘. . . Remember
the Hawkins bout last year
+ + +
Picked up around the ringside
Syracuse travelled down here in two
cars usually the pullntans for a
vaudeville troupe . . . The Orange
men can put on a pretty good act
themselves ... St. Patrick wouldn’t
have liked those Orange victories . . .
But one Hillman remained true to his
clan . . . None other than Dynamite
Joe, who even wore an overcoat in
place of his Orange bathrobe . . .
Moran’s boy admirer, one Jack
Shayes, aged thirteen, was there . . .
Jack even wore a Syracuse jersey and
sat on the pontestants bench when he
wasn’t fighting himself . . . He’s
missed but few Moran fights . . . And
he’s never seen the big boy lose . . .
With all that Syracuse rushing . . .
Jack’ll probably go to Colgate
+ + +
More pickups . . . Dick Rauch, cx-
Lion football star, watching the meet
with Dick Harlow . . . And planning
a bird expedition with the Terror
coach for Sunday . . . A tot off people
arrived here in time to hear the re
sults of the, lust semi-final bout . . .
Burket, Syracuse bantamweight, hud
a lot of fun asking unsuspecting fans
how they thought he’d make out
against Napoleon . . .
+ + +
More punches . . . And a much hot
ter crowd . . . Clainos, one boy who
seemed to enjoy a tough fight . . .
Zelcznock gets a big hand . ; . Weth
crill climbs back into the ring . . .
Al Blaess confesses that he’s-known
Wetherill for a good many, years . . .
But found out only this .week that
he’s a boxer ... Forgot something .. .
They call Clainos “Piccolo Pete” . . .
There’s almost a riot when Cleveland
loses . . . Lt. Mclnercy was the ob
jector . . . But the slips showed Rob
bins ahead*.. . Del Genio didn’t Carey
his opponent . . . Two “toss the coin”
fights in the welterweight class . . .
+ + +
Hippo Gillard came out of retire
ment to act as a second . . . Moran
gets a cheer as he is introduced . . .
Maimed gives up trying to introduce
Slusser . . . “They know who he is
anyway,” he says ... Kaplan’s broth
er gives him a kiss as his fight ends.
mt. EXTRA
Syracuse Captures
Second Consecutive
Team Championship
Al Wertheimer Retains Featherweight Title
To Clinch Orange Victory—Del Genio
Takes 145-Pound Honors
By CHARLES A. MYERS '3l
Two Penn State boxers, Captain Johnny McAndrews in the
135-pound class and Johnny Napoleon in the 115-pound class, won
Eastern Intercollegiate boxing titles as Syracuse University de
cisively annexed the team championship in the finals here tonight.
Six other boxers from six colleges and universities in the
East were presented with championship medals for winning final
bouts in their respective classes. ~ 1 ‘ ~
in the tenth annual intercollegi
ate ring tournament.
In the opening bout of the night
and probably the most exciting,
Johnny Napoleon, Lion bantamweight,
outpointed Ray Burket, furious Syra
cuse 115-pounder whom he defeated
in a dual meet this year, to win a first I
place for Penn State. Johnny danced
in and out, landing terrific right
hooks and straight' lefts, to win the.
decision. He made Burket miss con
-tinuously-and-the-Syracusanylanded*
very few of the punches that knocked
out Thomas of Yale yesterday.
McAndrews Scores Knockout
AI Wortheut\er, Syracuse feather
weight champion, merely had to step
1 into the ring and out again to claim
his third consecutive 125-pound title.
He won by a forfeit from Clainos, of
Army, who injured his. finger in a
semi-final victory over Rabinowitz,
Dartmouth entry, last night.
Captain- Johnny MJcAndrews suc
cessfully defended his -135-pound title
against Jack’Robbins, Syracuse light
weight, in the third bout of the finals.
After flooring the Syracuse boxer for
a nine count in the first round, Mc-
Andrews bounced a left hook on his
jaw which resulted in a technical
knockout in one minute and twenty
seven seconds after the opening gong.
Moran Wins Title
Two hard-hitting boxers, Captain
Del Genio of Yale and Hagan of Ar
my mixed things up in the 145-pound
championship display of clean box
ing. In the first two rounds, both
landed hard rights and lefts, Del Cen
to’s left hooks to the mid-section and
face being especially effective. Con
tinuing his beautiful lefts, Del Genio
outpointed the Cadet in the third
round to gain the decision.
Another 1932 champion who retain
ed his title tonight was Captain “Tig
er Joe” Moran, Syracuse 155-pound
terror. Moran floored Shinkle, of Ar
my, for a nine count as the bell rang
ending the first round, knocked him
down once in the second round and
then swung a powerful overhand
right to the head which gave him a
technical knockout after one minute
and thirty-three seconds. The Cadet,
however, rocked Moran with hard
rights several times.
In the 165-pound finals, Tony Bal
ash, of Syracuse, and Andy Gorski,
Western Maryland ringman traded
blows. The second and third rounds
j went to Balash who won one of the
, closest decisions of the night, v
Captain Bernie Kaplan, Western
Maryland’s savage 175-pounder, won
the light-heavyweight title after he
charged Ed Collins, M. I. T. finalist,
with terrific rights. Collins also dis-
Tourney Champs
115-pound Class
Napoleon, Penn State
125-pound Class
Wertheimer, Syracuse
135-pound Class
McAndrews, Penn State
145-pound Class
Del Genio, Yale
155-pound Class
Moran, Syracuse
165;pound Class
Balash, Syracuse *
175-pound Class
Kaplan, Wfcstem Maryland
Heavyweight
Vavra, Syracuse
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Team Scoring
Syracuse - - - 27
W. Maryland - 12
Army .... 12
; Penn State - - 11
- Yale.-—'— - 6
M. I. T. - - - 4
Dartmouth - - 0
played the same hard right which
knocked out Ledward, of Army in the
semi-finals, but he fared the worse
in an exchange of punches with Kap
lan.
“Big Joe” Vavra, 220-pound Syra
cuse heavyweight, defeated Tom Pon
tecarvo, Western Maryland finalist,
to give the Orange another individual
title. Although’ Pontecarvo had out
pointed Remus of Army in a sensa
tional upset yesterday afternoon, he
could not cope with the ruggedness
of the Hillman.
Third Places
115-pound class —Thomas, Yale, au
tomatically.
125-pound class —Rabinowitz, Dart
mouth, forfeited to Zeleznock, Penn
State.
135-pound class—‘Wetherill, M. I. T.,
forfeited to Cleveland,- Army.
145-pound class Turnbull, Penn-
State, forfeited to Carey, M. I. T.
155-pound class—Keyser, Western
Maryland, defeated Kessler, Penn
State, decision.
165-pound class—-Slusser, Penn State,
forfeited to Olson, Army.
175-pound class—Ledward, Army,
forfeited to Negroni, Syracuse.
Heavyweight class—Anderson, Penn
State, forfeited to Remus, Army.
Semi-Finals
115-pound class —Burket, Syracuse, de
feated Thomas, Yale, technical
knockout in second.
125-pound class—Clainos, Army, de
feated Rabinowitz, Dartmouth, de
cision. Wertheimer, Syracuse, de
feated Zeleznock, Penn State, de
cision.
135-pound class McAndrews, Penn
State, defeated Wetherill, M. I. T.,
technical knockout in second. Rob
bins. Syracuse, defeated Cleveland,
Army, decision.
145-pound class—Del Genio, Yale, de
feated Carey, >M. I. T., decision.
Hagan, Army, defeated Turnbull,
Penn State, decision.
155-pound class—Moran, Syracuse, de
feated Kessler, Penn State, techni
cal knockout in second. Shinkle,
Army, defeated Keyser, Western
Maryland, decision.
165-pouml class —Balash, Syracuse,
defeated Olson, Army, decision.
Gorski, Western Maryland, defeat
ed Slusser, Penn State, decision.
175*pound class—Collins, SI. I. T.,de
feated Ledward, Army, technical
knockout in third. Kaplan, West
ern • Maryland, defeated Negroni,
Syracuse, decision.
Heavyweight Pontecarvo, Western
•Maryland, defeated Remus, Army,
decision. Vavra, Syracuse, defeated
Anderson, Penn State, technical
knockout in first.