2 MATMEN WIN CROWNS EXTRA! run ,tatr• TOlrgiatt. CAPTAIN JOHNSTON, Voltime 31—Number 45 CHAMPIONSHIP FOR LIONS CAPT. ZELEZNOCK, RITZIE, CRISWELL WIN; RICHTER, GOODMAN ARE BEATEN W. Md. Fighters Take 2nd; Syracuse Comes in 3rd. By HARRY HENDERSON Penn State won the twelfth Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing tournament tonight. Western Maryland was second, and Syra cuse third. Penn State gained individual championships in ihe 115-pound class, 135-pound and 155-pound class, when 'Criswell, Captain Zeleznock and Ritzie won. ' Izzy Richter, Penn State heavyweight entrant, met Tom Pontecarvo, defending champion from Western Maryland, in the final bout of the tournament.• The match decided the team championship. Pontecarvo defeated Richter in three rounds. Tony Sala, Villanova's lone tournament entrant, met Cadet Janzan, of Army, for the 175-pound Intercollegiate championship. Sala was fighting for the second time today and showed the effects of his brawl which dethroned Bernie Kaplan, of Western Md., this afternoon. Janzan drew a bye through last night's bouts, but also fought this afternoon. Sala won the decision. Andy Gorski, 165-pound defending champion from Western Maryland, met Bill Smith, of Harvard, in a battle between the Green Terror's dynamite right hook and Smith's corking good left. - Gorski was the agressor.from the start. . . Smith won the decision. New•chaMj).... ,the third State man to' capture a championship when he out-boxed Georgo Regan, of Syracuse., Regan, took the offensive immediately in the first round when be rushed out and shoved Ritzie in the face several times without damage. Ritzie broke these rushes up with clinches. Ritzie took the offensive in the second and forced Regan to the rope several times. Most of their exchanges ended in tie-ups. In the third Ritzie landed a series of damaging, body blows which drove Regan all over the ring. The round ended with Regan barely able to stand up duo to Ritzie's hammering to his face 'and jaw.• Art McGivern, Syracuse's mighty 146-pound K. 0. artist, won the cham pionship in that weight when he deci sinned Frankie Goodman of Penn State. : Goodman started out landing a nice left 'on McGivern's nose. He boxed cleverly for the first round, pecking away at McGivern with a straight left and staying out of his reach. He was unable to stay away from him in the second and was all but K. o.ed when the Syracusae land ed one bf . his - hammer-like blows. In the last round McGivern knocked Goodman down but the State boy re covered to make McGivern miss one that sent him hurtling across the ring. Goodman started boxing again and.McGivern looked considerably worse. He staggered the Orangeman seriously several times towards the Zeleznock On Offensive Penn State's. Captain Mike Zelez cock, last year's 125-pound champ, decisively defeated Parmelee, Prince ton; in three rounds to gain the 136- pound championship. He is the first fighter ever to move up a weight and Individual Champions 115-Pound Class Criswell, Penn State 125-Pound Class Volk, Rutgers 135-Pound Class gcleznack, Penn State 145-Pound Class 111cGivern, Syracuse 155-Pound Class l'enn State 165-Pound Class Smith, Harvard . 175-Pound Class Sala, Villanova Heavyweight Pontecarvo; Western Isld STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY, 'MARCH 16, 1935 capture, - a -- championship. Zeleznoek as points•went. •‘• pummeled the bloody Parmelee cilously, striving desperately for a K.' 0. which barely failed to materia lize. Both Parmelee and Zeleznock threw r.. lot of wild mits around the ring. The Penn State man remained on the offense, handing out some very hard left jabs. Both fighters piled every thing they had behind each blow. They opened the second round pretty well tied up but soon broke out to open fighting: Zeleznock struck Par melee a staggering blow with his left, knocking him against the-ropes. Suffering from a bleeding -nose, Parmelee fought desperately against the terrific - onslaught of lefts and rights. Zeleznock never left up, and pummeled the Princeton man all over the ring. Russ Criswell, Penn State, retained his championship, repulsing Bennett, ! Western Maryland, in three rounds. The bout opened in a - little slug-fest, with both men hitting hard. Bennet drove Criswell'hard to the ropes in the second round, but the State man, ! after numerous tic-ups, floored Ben nett with a right cross to the jaw. Criswell carried the fight in the third round. The first round Crisivell wils much more aggressive than' Bennett, but neither waited for the other. Cris well carried tln; fight to Bennett with driving lefts and hard right crosses to Bennett's chin. Both boxers tied one another up often in the last round. . In the 175-pound class, Johnny Saw clink forfeited third place to Bernie Kaplan, Western Maryland, former Intercollegiate champion in that class, who was defeated in the Semi-final round this afternoon by Sala, Villa- Ave. Reddy, Western Maryland, defeated Montercllo, Coast Guard, to take third place in the. 145-pound class. Keyser, Western Maryland, took third place in the 155-pound class by virtue of 'a' forfeit " from Westbrook, Coast Guaid. Finer; Harvard, forfeited to Black, Syracuse, for third place in the 115- pound class, while Francie Mc- Andrews, Penn State, forfeited to Solomon, Syricuse, for third place in the 125-pound class. Crampton, Harvard, defeated Meany, Army, for third place in the 135-pound class. "Red" Volk, Rutgers, gained a de cision. over Gardner, Yale, to win the 125-pound championship. The first round was colorless. 'Volk opened the second round with a rush, continued it in the third, and punished Gardner about the body severely. Gardner re mained on 'the defensive throughout the fight. Bardacke, Syracuse, forfeited to Cramptom, Harvard, for third place in the 135-pound class. Loses Tough One 5 STATE BOXERS GAIN FINAL ROUND OF MIT:MURRY •In. the Send4inal bouts this after noon 'Russ Criswell, State, had little trouble in decisioning Finer, of Har vard, in the opening bout. Three other State boxers gained victories in these fights. Criswell took all three rounds of his bout with Finer giving more opposition in the second than in the other rounds. In the" first 125-pound bout between Benny Solomon, Syracuse, and Gard 'nor, of Yale, the stocky Orangeman was defeated by the far-reaching left jabs of the very level-headed Gard ner. The Yale boxer had the great est advantage over the Syracuse mun during the first round. Francie McAndrews, State's 125- pounder, was eliminated from compe tition by a comparative unknown, Red Volk, of Rutgers, who handled him self as well as any fighter in this af ternoon's bouts. He carried the fight to McAndrews almost entirely thru out the bout with his left doing the most damage to the Lion boxer. Volk definitely proved himself to be Mc- Andrews superior early in the see— mid and third rounds. McAndrews' wild sivings accounted somewhat for Volk's victory. Zelcznock Beats Crampton Captain Mike &lemma:, State, gained the decision over Crampton, of Harvard, after three rounds of the toughest going Mike has had in some time. Crampton's long reach enabled him to hold oil the Penn State cap tain effectively and Zeleznock's at tempts .to slug it out usually ended in his taking the worst of the deal. Zeleznock's most effectiVe punch was a left to Crampton's jaw, and then, after he had - gotten inside the Har vard man's guard, hard rights to the stomach and heart. Fighting in the second 135-pound bout, Cadet Meetly, of Army, was de feated by, "Dirty Pants" Parmalee, of Princeton, in one of the closest fights of the . afternoon. Parmalee carried the fight to Meanyin every round but both fighters missed frequently be cause of poor timing. Except for the aggressive attacks of Parmelee the fight might have been called either way. • Frankie Goodman, State's 145- pounder, decisively defeated Kaddy, of Weitern Maryland, when the Mary lander's blows began to miss more and more frequently as the fight pro gressed. Goodman out-boxed and out-smarted the stocky Green Terror at all times and wisely didn't try to slug it out With Kaddy. Ills left re peatedly found Kaddy's jaw.. It was easily apparent that as long as Good man boxed Kaddy was licked. McGivern Beats Sailor Art McGivern, • Syracuse's 145- pound showman, tried hard to K. 0. Monterollo, Coast Guard Academy, but didn't quite make the rip*. The sailor was patted on the bank with a good many of "Body Beautiful" Mc- RINGSIDE IMPRESSIONS Fans booed one 'minute and twenty three seconds after Penn State's Saw chak got the decision .over Princeton's Brown, Friday night to no avail. The Lion 175-pounder got, both referee's votes because Brown hit in clinches, fouled. After seeing how many Western Maryland men .reached the semi finals and beyond; in comparison to Harvard men, we wonder if John Harvard now knows "where is Western Maryland?" The Princeton, Harvard, and Yale fighters, with low body concentration, contrast sharply with'systems taught at Syracuse, Western Maryland, and Penn State, where the crouch is out and the left plays the chief part. The old question of a fighter who must fight both . : in the afternoon and evening is uji again. But the consensus of opinion seems to be that it is an advantage,rather than a disadvantage, since it aids in timing and helps wear off the nen , ousneis. Negroni, although, losing, scored the first point of 'the tourney, for Syracuse. He fought. in place of Cap tain Tony Balash, 'who broke his ankle early this week. Negroni was 155-pound champion'7until now. Francis McAndrews, third of line, wins over favored Dick, Army, and Brother Marry opines, "He's the best one of the three of us." Since both souttipawsYwere in tho 155-pountkelass,,Ritzli+hailhileaty , ':of chanco to practice• against West brook's style before facing Regan for the title.—f. w. w. Givern's wild swings which failed to find their place. McGivern was obvi ously the victor from the start, but the sailor did not lack any courage. He waded right into•the face of Mc- Givern's attack exchanging blow for blow. MeGivern nearly had a K. 0. at the end of the third, largely due to Monterello's inexperience. The Syracusan's timing was bad and his attack showed, nothing more than a rather brutal left followed by a hard right to the body r an upper cut. From the way McGivern fought one might be lead to believe that he expected those blows to stun an op ponent beyond any thought of coming back. Regan Wins Close One George Regan, Syracuse's south paw 155-pounder, took a close deci sion over Keyser, Western Maryland, after three rounds of swing-miss swing. Keyser seemed to be greatly handicapped by Regan's method of fighting. The Syracusan based his attack on rights to the body. The two of them tied up frequently throughout the bout, much to Regan's advantage.- Lou Ritzie, State's 155-pounder, had all but kayoed Westbrook, of the Coast Guard Academy, when the third round ended. It took Ritzie almost two full rounds to accustom himself to the tactics of the southpaw, but once he did, he had little trouble in slamming rights and lefts to West brook's jaw until the sailor could .hardly stand up under the punish ment. Had the round gone another half minute Ritzie would have scored the first K. O. of the tournament. Janzan Pounds Sawchak In the Sawchak-Janzan set-to in the 175-pound class, the Army cadet jabbed his way to a decision over Sawchak, who took the first round by his aggressiveness. Sawchak, how ever, took a terrific facial beating from Jargon's lefts and surprised everyone by his ability to take the bombardment of the Army boxer. In the biggest slug-fest and upset of the afternoon, Bernie Kaplan, Western Maryland, lost his fight and chance to defend his 17b-pound crown to Tony. Sala, Villanova's, lone en trant in the tourney. Last week Sala got an extremely questionable draw in a bOut with Kaplan. It was Kaplan's fight during the first round and at the end of that round he was very near to scoring a knock-out over the Villanova boxer. However, Sala came back strong in the second and, refusing to box, trad ed blow for blow with the Terror champ, to come out slightly ahead at the end of the round. In the last round both Kaplan and Sala forgot all about boxing and hammered away at each other mercilessly with Sala leading by an edge. PRICE FIVE CENTS RICHTER, KAPLAN HURDLE BARRIERS IN PRELIMINARIES Last night's preliminary bouts which sent three Western Maryland boxers, one Harvard man, and one Lion directly into tonight's finals, were climaxed by the brilliant boxing and ring generalship of Izzy Richter, State, in his victory over Big Jim Brown, Syracuse's man mountain, in the heavyweight class. • ...................... Bernie Kaplan, Western Maryland, successfully repulsed the attack of Ray Jefferis, one of the leading pre- I fight contenders for the 175-pound crown, decisioning him in three rounds. Jefferis failed to find any way to protect himself from the vi cious left jabs and right crosses of Kaplan, and also failed to follow up his openings. In the first 175-pound bout, Johnny Sawchak, State, was given a decision over Joe Brown, Princeton, who was very definitely the victor. Sawchak got the nod because of fouls com mitted early in the fight by Brown. Sala, Villanova's lone entrant, defeat- eel Gordon Robertson, Harvard, in a three-round slugfest, Sala was par-. ticularly threatening at first, but he petered out before the round was over. Robertson took a terrific amount of punishment, especially from Sala's left to his face. Smith, Harvard 165-ptionder, deci sinned George Negroid after three rounds in one of the biggest upsets of the evening. Smith's damaging left jab kept Negroid from any chance to work on the rangy Smith frame. Ritzie V'ins Lou Ritzie, State, had to push him self to earn a decision over Pete Olney, Harvard, in the second 155- pound bout, although he took the first round easily. Ritzie was more ag gressive than Olney, but was slow and failed to take advantage of openings. In the other 155-pound bout, George Regan, Syracuse, a southpaw, won over Jim Cassale, M. I. T., in one of the best bouts of the evening, with Regan taking the third round deci sively. Art McGivern, Syracuse's K. 0. king and showman deluxe, failed to score a K. 0. and went to bed with a decision chalked up over Leftus, M. I. T., who, after a bad two rounds, conic back in the third. Kaddy, West ern Maryland, in the second 145- pound bout, defeated Miles, Princeton, after all but knocking him out in the second, 145-Pound Bout Close Frank Goodman, State's 115-pound er, finally showed his superiority over John Brassil, Harvard, emerging with the decision. Brassil carried the fight to Goodman in the second round. Syracuse's 135-pounder, Bardacke, took a shellacking from Parmelee. Cramplon, Harvard, jabbed his way to a decision over Ilinky Haynes, Western Md., in the other bout. McAndrews, State, was given the decision over Cadet Somers Dick in the 125-pound class. Benny Solomon defeated Konen, Harvard, in the other 125-pound bout after a close fight.. Bennett, Western Md. 115-pounder, decisively defeated Black, carrying the fight to hint at all times. Finer, Harvard, in the other 115-pound class, won over Norton, M. I. T., with a sure-hit left and a sudden low right swing to the stomach. . LIGHT GET 165, 135- POUND E.I.W. TITLES Lions Still Maintain Excellent Hope for Tourney Title By VANCE PACKARD SPECIAL TO THE COLLEGIAN BULLETIN Penn State's chances of winning the eastern Intercollegiate wrestling tournament tonight went glimmering when the score stood; 22 for Lehigh to 15 for State half way through the third il:tce bouts. PHILADELPHIA, Palestra, March 18. 8:5(i p. m.)—Jack Light, Penn State's undefeated 135-pounder defeated Bill Conrad, of Lehigh, with a time advantage of four minutes and forty-five seconds, in the Eastern Intercollegiates here tonight. The match was rough and tumble, with Light definitely superior. Light had the edge throughout the match, marked by hard fighting all the way. A large Lehigh delegation saw championship hopes given a set-back with the defeat of the second Engineer in a row. Ashman of Lehigh won the HS-pound class title, but Col umbia's Bill Chilvers, in the 126-pound class, beat Roy Case, of Lehigh, in extra periods. Johnston won over Triede with a time advantage of eight minutes and ten seconds. Although Triede put up a game battle, managed to keep him under control. Triede stood up and dived backwards twice when Johnston had a scissors, but Red clung and was not hurt. At the end of the finals bouts, Lehigh led, 18 points to 15 for State. King of Columbia had a time advantage over Emery, Har vard, so Yoder, State, could possibly only get a third place. Scobey of Lehigh threw Crotty of Syracuse, in two minutes. Semi• Final Round In. the 118-pound class, : Sammy WolfsinirPenn - State; - was - thrown433r I Shellenberger, of Cornell, in two min utes with an arm lock and body hold. Jack Light, Penn State, defeated Pete Brown of Columbia in a 115- pound clas bout, with a time tMin tage of three minutes and' thirty-six' seconds, for his opportunity to enter the finals. Bill Cramer, Lion 145-pounder, lost on a referee's decision, after two extra periods, to Hadlai Hull, of Yale. In the class vacated by Cramer, the 155-pound division, Paul Civitts, of State, lost to George Brownell, of Cornell, by a referee's decision after two over-time periods. Captain "Red" Johnston, Penn Speidel Will Enter, 5 Men in National Mat Tournament By VANCE Special to the PHILADELPHIA. Palestra, March 16—(9:10 p. m.)—Pleased with the showing of his team at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Tournament here, Coach Charlie Speidel planned to enter at least five l'cnn State wrestlers in the National Interco!. legiates next week-end at. Lehigh Uni versity. The five men who will probably be entered are: Captain Howard (Red) Johnston. 165-pound class; Bill Cra mer, 145-pound class; Jack Light, 135-pound class; Sammy Wolfson. 115-pound class; and Ray (.10-jo) Yoder, 175-pound dabs. Just whom Coach Speidel will enter will depend on an analysis of the sit uation early next week when the hub bub of the Eastern tournament will have been over. Coach Speidel is ex pected to confer with College athletic officials as soon as he returns to Penn Slate with a view toward arranging the entries. This marks the first thee in the history of Penn State wrestling that a team will be entered in the Nation als. Only two men have entered the Nationals previous to this time, none winning. In 1930, the Nationals were held here in Recreation hall, but no Penn State men were entered. Of the five men which Penn State will enter this year, at least two are definitely potential National cham pions. The two arc Captain Johnston and Cramer. Captain Johnston is the reigning Eastern Intercollegiate champion. He has lost only one bout in his last two years of competition. An unusually aggressive wrestler, • Johnston has State, earned his right to enter the Lehigh. Johnston was topside for eight minutes and forty-five seconds. Of all those in the tournament who won by time advantages, only two others had greater margins. In the 175-pound class, Ray Yoder, Penn State, lust to Dick Emery, of Harvard, on a referee's decision after two extra periods. Joe O'Dowd, Lion heavyweight., lost to Ken Crotty, of Syracuse, who piled up a time advan tage of three monutes and forty-four seconds. Of the fifteen bouts that• Penn State had engaged in up to that point, the O'Dowd-Crotty scrap was the only one lost by the Lions on a time advantage. P ICKARD COLLEGIAN often amazed his audiences with his audacity in applying precarious holds. Without question, the most spectac ular wrestler on the Penn State team is Cramer, now a 115-pounder. He often appears to be wrestling - reck lessly, but those who have studied his style know that he is particularly Expert in what he calls "loose" wrest ling. Ile unquestionably has the largest repertoire of holds of any man on the Penn State team. Yoder, a senior, developed into a brilliant wrestler only this season. Before this year, he never fought. in an Intercollegiate meet. Coach Spei del terms Yoder a "natural" in that his psychological make-up makes it possible for him to stand the strain of competition so admirably in -so short a time. Yoder is high scorer on the team this year, winning ail but one of his dual-meet bouts by falls. Light, a junior, is also a newcomer. Ile is powerful, smart, and knows his wrestling thoroughly. Ile lacks the finesse of a finished wrestler, how ever. Inc also was undefeated in dual meets this season. Wolfson, a junior, is also unde feated in dual meets this season, his second of collegiate competition. He is the only nun on the team who seems to worry before a meet, but he forgets his anxiety once he gets on the mat. Ile takes his opponents to the mat by lifting them up and then bouncing them down. Penn .State will be facing the na tionally-famed Oklahoma A. & M., holder of four individual champion ships in addition to the National team championship. The AggieS have held the team championship for the past four years.
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