. . . . , .. . ~ . . . . .. . , , H:4,..4) ,„7 „ . .i.- j.7 * . - '-' 2 ,4 , , ?, 7. - . EXTRA Cattratailt* E. \Z-'•.-' < ;' , ~! !•/85. .• ..... _ , . Vol. 30 No. 47 3 - -.LIONS.RE.: . .CII.FINALS Ciiiw64l,-ZolOr;otek:fhtor Mit 2 Nittany Fighters Win Decisions Over Harvard, Penn Men Criswell Will Encounter Rhoades; Army; "Mike" Zeleznock Slated to Face Harris, Syracuse, in Meet Tonight By JAMES R. BEATTY jr. '33 Special to the ..Collegian" Two Penn State mitmen, Russ Criswell, 115 -pound contender, and Mike Zeleznock, 125-pounder, went into the semi-final-round of the Eastern Intercollegiate meet at SyracuSe last night. Criswell won a fast fight from Lamb, of Harvard, to qualify to fight this afternoon against Rhoades, of Army, Zeleznock took a close de cision from Bockman; Penn 125-pounder. Syracuse, with five . men, Harris, 125-, Wertheimer, 135-, But ton, 145-, Negroni, 155-, and Jeffries, 175-, in tthe semi-finals, should retain their. team title/ Running second is Western Maryland, with four men, Key ser, '155, Gorski, 165- Kaplan, 175-,• and Pontecarvp, unlimited,. in the semi-finals.' Both M. I. T.' and Pehh State have two men in the'semi-finals, with.Criswell meeting.. RhOadesi of Aimy, ; and I •,Zele.znocK:grneeting:LiHaiii4=Of- Syracille, 'to uphold 'the' Lion banner, while Carey, 145-, 'and Wetherill,• 135-pounderS, ar e fighting for M. I. T. Army has one man; Rhoades, in the semi final , round, while no Harvard or Penn men placed Criswell Snares 115-Vound Bout !In the .115-pound division; Criswell took all three rounds, one, two; three, to. beat T.amb, of Harvard, who was run in at the last minute to replace Curtin, Harvard's man originally scheduled for the quarter-final bout through a bye. 'Criswell snapped into the fight at the gong and held the ad vantage all the, way, displaying ex cellentboxing farm, and putting every thing he.had into every punch. The other .1.18-pound quarter-final was won by Rhoades, of Army, who beat Bennett,. of ' Western Maryland, by virtue of a fast comeback in the third round.' Bennett split the first, three rounds with the Army man, but couldn't keep up the pace in the last frame. . Mika Zeleznock, Lion 125-pound hope, took a close decision from.Bock man, of Penn.' Mike Zeleznock start ed.off fast, took the first two rounds decisively, and then slowed up so that it looked during the third round as if the Lion hopes ..for two champions Ellstrom, Johnston, Cole Placed on All- Time Team Captain Rosenberg, Cramer, Kreizman Named As Second Best Men by Coach Speidel Three 'members' of this year's Lion wrestling squad are included on an all-star State team chosen by Coach Charlie Speidel. Theca other Lions of the current edition are given,hon orable mention. , Bob Ellstrom; "Red" Johnston, and "King" Cole are rated their Spoider as the best Men in their classes since he began his tutor ing here, 7 "Cheerful" Charlie also named Captain Rosenberg, Bill Cramer, and Lou Xreizman as the second best men- in their respective divisions. The squad was selected from the teams Charlie has coached since he carne to Penn State in 1927: "I'll 'choose Bob Ellstrom, for the 1.1.8-pound class in. the grounds of his achieeements," Speidel said. "He's al ready-won One•title 'and stands to re peat again, this, year. But then you must consider Capt. Freddy Kaiser '27 who went through undefeated save lor, the:lntercollegiates." In the 126-pound cldss, Conch Spel del placed Teddy •Wilion '29; captain his senior year and twice Intercolleki ate champion. ,Cond place in • this division goei to Larry Cowell '9O, now 165-pound metropolitian champion of New •York '• • :" • Capt:: Hal lubler. '3O Was Charlie's might be dubious. Bockman fought Zeleznock after winning from Dick, of Army: This afternoon Zeleznock will, fight Harris, of Spaces; who beat Kunen decisively last night: Harris took all three rounds—had the, jump from tho .bell.:. In the , 135-pound „,elass, Wetheril), Zovon: on, a : stir,' irise!'iiiichnidah:'kUblikaita'frehf nett, of Army; in'• one. minute and , thirty-five'seconds of the third round: Ward, Harvard 136-pounder, default ed to Wertheimer, of Syracuse, who fought Myers, of Western Maryland, taking all three rounds to - win a de cision. Criswell, Wins in Afternoon In the preliminary matches yester day afternoon, Criswell, Lion 115- pounder, picked off the only Nittany victory when he won a close, hard-, boxed fight over Elfant, of Penn. Criswell took, the fight by a• narrow margin, only his perfect boxing sav ing the preliminary from sliding out from under his feet. He split the first two' rounds with the 'Penman, but took the third deciiively. Mike Zelez sock, Lion 125-pounderdrew a bye. Bob Watkins, Lion 135-pounder, dropped an extremely 'close decision to Myers, of Western Maryland. In the welterweight frame, Alex Turnbull, Lion contender•, dropped un der a technical knockout to Button, of Syracuse, in one minute and forty seconds. The crowd booed the stop ping of the fight—they seemed to be pulling for Turnbull. Frank Nebel, Lion 155-pound con tender, lost to Hines, of M. 1. T., in a hard, slug-fest which ended • with both men almost out on their feet. choice for the 1:15-pound•class by vir tue of his championship his senior year. Capt. "Rosy" Rosenberg is rat ed a close second the only thing bar ring hint from first consideration in Speidel's opinion being the fact that a broken rib in last year's finals de prived him of a title. "Chuck" Eisenman '3O gets the cull in the 145-pound division. One of the highest point winners the Lion grapplers ever had, he gained second place, in the Intercollegiates in 1928. Bill Cramer, a regular , this year, is Charlie's choice as Eisenman's an: derstudy. Paul Campbell ':3O, another' champ ion, would be placed on the all-star Lion team in the 155-pound class. He narrowly missed another title his jun ior year on a referee's decision. Capt. "litike7 Lorenzo of last. year's team was awarded alternate position in this Weight. -"Red" Johnston, undefeated to date this year, is Charlie's selection for the 165-noupder. Ted - Reybitz '32, who could hold his own in any class from 156 pounds to heavyweight, was given honorable mention in this class to gether with Paul Long '29, one of the great Longs 'of days gone nast:.. STATE COLLEGE, PA`., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1934 Captains of Mat Teams*epresenting- 8 Colleges COLLEGE GLEEMEN WIN CHAMPIONSHIP Given Permanent Possession of Trophy Cup After Third Consecutive Victory By amassing 130 points out of a possible 150, the Penn State Glee Club, winner of six former State championships, captured first place at the eighth annual State Intercollegiate Glee Club contest in Mitten Memorial hall, Philadelphia, Thursday night. This contest, which marked the third consecutive victory since 1930, entitled the gleemen to permanent possession of the-State trophy. By singing three songs, one selected by popular choice, one named- by the three judges, and one, - a popular col lege. song, the thirty-five gleemen were graded on the basis of tone, pitch, interpretation, diction, and en- semble singing. It. Webster Grant '3l, directed the singers as student leader. Temple University.. Second The three judges awarded place ments on "0 Peaceful Night" by Ger man, the prize song, and "The Bugle Song" by Foote, the choice song. Di rector Richard W. Grant, of the de partment of music, who trained the gleemen for the contest, used his own arrangement of "Blue and White" as the popular College song. By winning first prize this year, the champion singers gained the third leg of the State trophy, thereby se curing permanent possession of the State cup. Although a national com petition was held in former years, it has been eliminated this year because of financial exigencies. Temple Uni versity, host of the five competing colleges, placed second in the meet. While on tour of the State, the nice st= gave concerts before approxima tely 6,000 high school students. At Reading Monday afternoon, 2,600 stu dents attended the concert offered by the singers, while the second largest crowd of about 2,000 appeared at the North East High School in Philadel 'Ohl. Tuesday. Grapplings Ree Hall held only about five hun dred spectators as. Tommy Stott an nounced . the first matches at 2:15 Bob Ellstrom, first Nittany Lion to wrestle, wins essay . . . with his mother looking on from the Penn State bench .. . and _rushing out to give her son a big kisi after his victory : . Former Lion wrestlers, Lorenzo, ' Maize, Roe, and Reybitz right in. front of us . .. .Giseat contrast in referees with one . short and dapper, another old and bald, * and the other big and tough Eisenman's dad with a proud grit on his face as the Lion 126-poundeOvins with ens:. . . . ..The Lehigh grapplers get few cheers from the crowd- 4nd Cra mer pulls the first big upset by' de feating Gregory ... . We give lots of credit to Nathan for his staying power . . The crowd goes wild as Johnston wins a fall from the favored Lee ... . Rosenberg'o.brother sitting right beside us .. ...He makes about two of Rosie; mid -,all scholastic wrestling champ and' . football guard at Bethlehem School . . .He already has offers to go to Columbia and Lehigh, but is thinking seriously of coming here . Lazy Hordines putting on a slow match against Yo der .... And Cole sitting on the Yale bench talking to Snowden,. whom he heat I'm' the title last year . Fry takes a punishing defeat from Bishop, but sticks in there all' the, time . . Peterson, Columbia'coach, promised to give King his car, if the 175-pounder wins the title , And now is'afraid he will Efficient management comes the whole string.of bouts to go off smoothly .... 'And,.o. short inter view with Chancy Speidel just before we left . . . . He's very hopeful of grabbing the champiOnship .. . But says that Lehigh is coasting smoothly along, while tht.ether,,teams arc bat• tling hard at each other As John ston walks by,'the.Lion Coach waves at him and yells 'There's my boy." SEMI-FINALS FATAL TO '3 NITTANYMEN Eisenman, Cramer, Xreizman Drop Behind—Lions Second In Team Scoring Three Nittany Lions qualified fur tonight's finals lust night, just half the number that made their way to the semi-finals yesterday afternoon. Ellstrom, Rosenberg, and Johnston, pre-tourney Lion favorites will battle for titles tonight, while Eisenman, Cramer, and Kreizman were eliminat ed in the second round. The Lions scored three falls yes terday afternoon and one last night to climb second place to date in the team scoring. Eisenman, Rosenberg, Johnston threw their preliminary op ponents, while Bob Ellstrom was the only Nittany grappler to pin his man in the semi-finals. Rosenberg Scores Quick Fall Ellstrom disposed of Frankel, liar -1 card 11S-pounder, by a time advan tage in the afternoon and came back at night to throw Lustbader, Colum bia, in five minutes. Eisenman toss ed Travis, of Cornell, in the 126-pound class in a little snore than three min utes, but was defeated by Vales, Yale, by four minutes' time advantage. Captain Rosenberg disposed of Gor don, of Penn, in two minutes, fifty ' two seconds, and secured a two min ute, thirty-seven second time advan tage over Lavigne, Syracuse in the semi-final bout. Cramer took Greg ory, of Princeton, into camp in the afternoon, but Richardson, Cornell 145-pounder, threw him last night in five minutes, forty seconds. .Civitts, Lion 155-pounder ; was toss ed by Brownell. Cornell, in his first bout. "Red" Johnston, 165• pounds, surprised by throwing Lee, of Penn, lin four minutes, eighteen seconds, and followed up with an eight and a half minute time advantage over Crockett. After defeating Trick, Yale; by more than six minutes' time advan tage, Lou Kreizinon was eliminated from further competition in the. 175- pound class by Aronson, of Harvard, who threw him in a little over seven minutes. ; Semi - Finals Captain Rosenberg, Johnston, Ellstrom Will Fight Tonight Nittanymen To Meet Hurwitz, Elliott, Meixell in Finals—Kreizman Tossed by Aranson After Gaining Time Lead By JOHN A. BRUTZMAN '35 Three Lions, Bob Ellstrom. Captain "Rosy" Rosenberg, and "Red" Johnston are included in the sixteen finalists that will battle for the thirtieth annual Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association titles in Recreation hall at 7 o'clock tonight. Prince ton upset pre-tournament dope by qualifying four men for the championship bouts, the best record of any of the nine team's entered. Lehigh and Yale also will have three title contenders tonight, while Cornell' has two and Harvard one. There were five falls in the semi-final bouts, Lehigh' getting two to put them in the lead with six points: Penn State and Cornell are tied for second position with four points each while Yale, Harvard and Colum bia have two points each. e'Princeion Men•stili-in•the cOM 'Th - petition are Snelham, 126 pounds, and Hooker, Elliott, and Triede in the 155, 165, and 175-pound divisions. Lehigh's finalists are Meinll, 118 pounds, Bishop, 155 pounds, and Sco bey in the heavyweight division. .Led by Captain Haase in the 145- pound class, Yale has three men who will compete tonight. Vales, 126- pounder, and Snowden, heavyweight champion two years ago, are the other Bulldogs, Ellstrom, Meixell To Mix Hurwitz, Cornell 135-pounder, will defend his title while his teammate in the next heavier class, Richardson, also placed. Aranson,' 175-pounder, will be Harvard's lone representative in the finals. Bob Ellstrom and Meixell, Lehigh 118-pounder, will clash in the first match tonight. 11(4801 threw both of his opponents today, while Ells trom threw Lustbader and secured a time advantage over Frankel, Har vard. Rosenberg To Meet Hurwitz Vales, of Yak, and Snellium, of Princeton, tonight's featherweights, have a fall and a decision apiece in the 126-pound division. Both secured four-minute time advantages in last night's semi-finals and appear evenly matched. For the second time, Captain "Rosy" Rosenberg will meet Hurwitz, of Cor nell, for the 135-pound crown. Hur witz disposed of Taylor, Lehigh, by a fall yesterday afternoon, and Bo wie, Princeton, by a four-minute time advantage last night. "Rosy" had little trouble in tossing Gordon, of I Penn, in the preliminaries, and beat Lavigne, of Syracuse, by a•time ad vantage in the semi-finals. Hooker To Defend Title Richardson, Cornell 145-pounder, looks to be a slight favorite over Haase, of Yale, by virtue of falls over Gonzales, of Lehigh, and Bill Cramer, of Penn State. Haase has time advantages over Servis, of Sy racuse, and Farley, of Harvard. , History again repeats itself in the 155-pound division when Hooker, of Princeton, defends his title again against Bishop, Brown and White rep resentative. Bishop scored a time Tonight's Finalists 116-Pound Chas slcixell. Lehigh El!strum Penn State 126-Pound Clews Talus. Yale Snelhant. Princeton 135-Pound Chew itooenherx. Penn State Hurwitz. Cornell 115-Pound Chow Hanne, Yale Richardson. Cornell 155-Pound Class Hooker, Princeton Bishop, Lehigh 165-Pound Cl.en Elliott. Princeton Johnston. Penn State ITs•Pound Clams Aronson. Ilarnerd Triede, Princeton Heavyweight . Realm), Lehigh • Snowden, Yale XTRA! PRICE FIVE CENTS decision over Hooker in dual compe tition last year—Hooker won the championship bout. 'Bishop scored a fall in dual competition this year— can Hooker repeat last year's perfor mance? Johnston Considered Favorite When "Red" - Johnston outclassed Oeltett.,Pl4..j,ehiih: , 3qlt: pighti..;he became a''Slight favoritg over Elliott, of Princeton. Johnston also threw Lee, of Penn, while Elliott threw Nebel, of Columbia, and squeezed out a time advantage over Emery, Har vard, after two extra periods. Aronson, Harvard dark horse, ad vanced to the finals by throwing both Krotts, of Cornell, and Lou Kreiz man, Lion entrant in the 175-pound class. He will be opposed by Triede, of Princeton, who has a time advan tage over Basmajian, Penn and over Ed King, of Columbia. Seobey Given Odds Snowden, Yale heavyweight, will at tempt to gain another title against Scobey, of Lehigh. Scobey threw Gil man, of Cornell, and had a wide time advantage against Barrows, of Har vard, who had not been defeated in eight previous starts. Snowden threw Davenport, Columbia Lion, and de feated Hemlines, of Syracuse, both by comfortable margins. On paper Sao bey looks the stronger, but Snowden is more experienced. Meixell, Lehigh 118-pounder, made short work of Giglio, Syracuse, when he threw• him in five minutes. By the fall, he chalked up another of those precious team points. Thirty sec onds later, Bob Ellstrom tossed Lust bader, of Columbia, and Penn State, too, had another point. Yulas, Yale, shaded Eisenman in the 12U-pound class with a time ad vantage of a bit over four minutes. Although Eisenman was in danger several times, he averted being thrown. In the other bracket of the 125- pound division, Case, of Lehigh, and Snelham, of Princeton, had to go for two extra periods when a split bout produced insufficient time - advantage. Princeton took the defense, and broke away in less than a minute. Case was underneath for the last for min utes, and Snelham shoved hint all over the mat to win with four minutes, thirty-one seconds time advantage. Rosenberg Beats Lavigne .Hurwitz, Cornell, earned the right to defend last year's 135-pound crown when he ran up a time advantage of more than four minutes on Bowie, of Princeton. Lion Captain Rosenberg and Lavigne, of Syracuse, were grayi piing on the other mat, and when two minutes had passed without a hold, Rosenberg took the defense, but broko away within a minute. Ile also dom inated the second period and won with more than two and a half minutes' time advantage. Captain Haase, of Yale, eliminated Farley, of Harvard, when he rolled up five minutes and five seconds' time advantage to enter the 115-pound fi nals tomorrow night. In the other bracket, Richardson, of Cornell, was too powerful for Bill Cramer, Penn State, and throw him in five minutes and forty seconds with a bar and chancery hold. Bishop, of Lehigh, completely out classed Brownell, of Cornell, in the (rontinwoi on patio throe)
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