Semi eekly dr EXTRA ‘*\. 955 Volume XXXIV, Number 48'.'Y6... MATMEN:: . TOPPLE Lions Nose Out Orange To Criswell Keeps Crown; Goodman, Sam Donato, Richter All Win Titles Syracuse Gets 2 Individual Titles As Harvard Takes Third Place. Penn State won the E. I. B. A. title here tonight with 24 points. Syracuse was second with. 21 points, and Harvard was third with 14 points. Penn State had 4 individual champions, in the" 115-pound class, the 135-pound class, the 145-pound class, and the unliMited class. This is the sixth title for Penn State. Izzy Richter won his first intercollegiate championship when he out-pointid Tiny Jim Brown of Syracuse in a close, hot battle. Richter's victory won the title for the Lions. Tony Sala of Villanova retained his 175-pound champion- ship _lehen he out-slugged Harvard's Bill Smith. Smith out-point ed the husky 7 7 111rioian in the first round, *hen Sala:.eame back swinging in the second and third to win the fight by a long mar gin. - Tony Ortenzi; of Western Maryland, defeated Rhoda to _win third. place Jefferis Retains Title Captain Ray 4efferis won the 165-pound title whin he shad- ed Arnly's Jim Luper in a close three-roUnd decision. Both started slow and, fought an even first round. Jefferis knocked Luper down in the second' round with a hard right from which the West Pointer quickly recovered and carried the remainder of the round. Saw•chak, of State, Ritzie Loses Title Fighting at a disadvantage because of an injured right hand, Lou Ritzielost his 'title in the 155-pound class to Ord Fink, of Syracuse, in a close three round decision. Fink carried the first_ and second rounds by a very - slight margin, relying sole ly on his left' jab.• The .welterweight champion apparently won the final round by a wide margin, staggering Fink with hard lefts which had the Orangeman groggy by the end of the fight. York of West Point' won third place. Donate Shades MeGiveeli Sammy. Donato was crowned Inter collegiate champion in the 145-pound class when he usurped the crown from title-holder Artie McGivern, of SyracUse, in a close three-round de-, cision. . Early 'in .the second. round Sammy forced tbe champion to the ropes and a slug-fest ensued. For the remainder of tile round,- both fighters traded punches; clinching frequently. , The sturdy Lion . welterweight again forced the Orangeman to the ropes in, the third, and then came out -to carry the fight to his opponent. Penn State won another champion ship when Franlcie Goodman defeat., ed Peter Ward, of Harvard, in three rounds to annex the 135-pound title. Frank lacked the punch which char acterized his victories, visibly weak ened by the cold from which he has been suffering. ' After a close first round, in which Goodman slightly shaded the Crimson fighter,' Frankie came out strong to take te second, his long-range punch es. finding their mark with apparent success: The Nittany fighter settled down to hold his „opponent on even terms in the final round. Crampton Takes Title In the '125-pound class the cham pionship 'went to Walter Crampton, of 'Harvard,. who battled out a clean est decision over Ben Soloman of Syr acuse. Crampton was undefeated in two years of meet competition. • Both fighters battled fairly even in the first round, but Crampton widen ed the breach by out-pointing Solo man in the second and third rounds. Tony . Clunienewski; of 'M I. T., de. By 808 GRUBB won third place on,a forfeit feated Bob Donato, of State, to take third place. Captain Russ Criswe:l, of Penn ! State, Won his third, Intercollegiate crown in the 115-pound class when he decisively defeated Alexander Va lois, of Harvard, accomplishing a fent that has been duplicated only twice in . Eastern Intercollegiate history. Russ opened his attack early in the first round with a hard right to Valois' head, continuing to batter the. Crimson fighter with staggering lefts and rights. He pummeled Va lois in the second with Staggering blows, but the Harvard man came back strongly at the opening of the third. Both fighters boxed around early in. the round, Russ effectively keeping out of the way of Valois' few long range punches. Valois was groggy and bleeding profusely as the fight ended. Mullins, of Syracuse, won third place in the 11:5-pound class, scoring, a decision over Norton of M. I. T. Mastrella, of Syracuse, won third ! place in the 135-pound division by a forfeit from Cox of Western Mary-' land: In the unliimited class Polite corvo, of Wester!? Maryland, was au tomatically awarded third place. 6 State Boxers To Fight at NCAA Tourney Coach Leo Houck will said six,'and possibly seven, of his Nittany Lion boxers to the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament at the University of Virginia, Char lottesville, iklarch.27 and 28. The N. C. A. A. tourney will serve as the basis for selection of qualifying• col lege mitmen for the Olympic try outs. Captain Russ •Criswell, 116-pound er; Frankie Goodman, 136 pounds; Sammy Donato, junior welterweight; Lou Ritzie, senior welterweight; Bill Rhoda,. light-heavyweight,. and lazy Richter, heavyweight, are the Penn State mentor's choides - to compete in the nationals. Bob Donnto, 126-pound er, may also, be included, depending upon his showing in the semi-final and final round of the eastern tour nament- STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY; MARCH 14, 1936 Wins Third Title CR/SWELL. •• PENA./ STATE Poe..wo. CHAMPION . . . State, _S'yiacuse.: tio.ce:s.s'fightei..s. Ili.i':llsiiiii.g:Fiiials Penn State and Syracuse each sent frie.tnen•into the final round' of the tournament as n result of this after noon's semi-finals. Harvard retained four men. to compete in the wind-up bouts. • .Penn State's Captain Russ 'Cris well' repeated his dual meet victory, over 'Francis Mullins in the 'bantam- Weight - encounter, easily taking all three-rounds in the semi-final. Both fighteis started slowly, but Criswell opened up in the last half of the round, rushing Mullins to• the ropes three times with straight lefts. - Mullins landed a hard left and fol lowed with a clean right as the sec ond round' opened and Criswell re taliated, again driving the Orangeman to the ropes with hard lefts. ,The Syracuse. fighter Started fast in the third, but both settled down early in the round, with Criswell holding Mul lins off to take the - round by a safe margin. Walter Crampton, Harvard 125- pounder was too much for Bob Do nato of Penn State and gained three-round decision which sent him into the finals to meet - Bed Solomon (Continued on . page fou79 Retains 135-Title I.lc/fr, PENN STATE 135 POUND. CI/AMP/ON THROUGH THE ROPES By WALT FBEUNSCII The Goodman-Mietrella go gets the nod as the closest fight of the fifteen last night. The - Rhoda-Smith fuss could have gone either way up to, the last minute. + +, + Army's Layer bas a fighting stance that makes you think of somebody lost thought—until he lets go with that left. ' Then the opponent gets ;lost. + + + Best. indoor sport'of yesterday af ternoon: watching'the coaches as they insPect the 'weighing-in Process. Jef feris came within..the limit by the margin of one deep, exhalation—and then everybody sighed. BERCI Handicap ',department: Syra cuse fighters held their Thursday workout - In the• corridors of-the ',yearning Hotel in Williamsport. That's one' reason why ilt.leris almost failed to make the weight. + + t Harvard% strategy in switching Smith and'Robertsownetted them lit, tle—but it certainly-disappointed-the fans who wanted to see Smith and Jefferis tangle. EZECI Four Syracuse fans waved fist fuls of bucks around the Corner yesterday for purpose.of wager ing. Yougel, - with a touch )of grim' humor, tags their car out side with a ticket; the violation space said, "In the,red." &Mart money. says all bets are off for those boys. +++ We don't know what to make of Harvard theSe days. Not only did their 145-pounder'sport tattooing, but it 'Wan a bird on his LEFT WING! What do you think, Mr. Crichton? INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS 115-Pound Class Criswell, Penn State 125-Pound Class Crampton, Harvard 135-Pound Class Goodman, Penn State 145-Pound Class S. Donato, Penn State 155-Pound Class Fink, Syracuse 165-Pound Class Jefferis, Syracuse 175-Pound Class Sala, yillanova Unlimited Class Richter, Penn State Drops To Fink 'IT.Z7E,IVNAISTArE I. 5•4•• POUND CIIIMPIoAI 118-Pound Champ SIIOI.KcoN, PRO! STATE 118 PO <Nag - PENN . MERMEN - DEFEATS LIONS Sprciu/ to Mc COLLE:GIAN PHILADELPHIA, March .1.4.-;--Penn State's swimming team found the strong Penn squad too powerful for them as they dropped their final con test of the season 51-to-18 in a meet at Hutchinson pool here this after noon.' Captain Dick Geiger, former Phila dolphin high school star, scored 'the only State victory when- he won ,the 150-yard back-stroke. Jim Cumming, - with a second in this event and a third place in the 220-yard freestyle, was the second high scorer for the Lions. Bob Dcwalt took second place in the 440-yard freestyle and ,Johnny Walker was third in the 50 and 100- yard . freestyle events. Gil Burleigh, another Philadelphian, took second in the 200-yard breast-stroke. Ray Parks was third in the fancy diving. • The times for all the events were unusually fast and Penn's crack team was extended to the utmost in nearly every event to win from the less ex perienced State swimmers. Outpoints Brown LEHIGH Retain Title Wolfson, Light, Waite Get Grappling Crowns In Princeton Tourney Lehigh Grapplers Take 3 Individual Titles; Tigers Win 3rd Place SPECIAL TO THE COLLEGIAN , By E. TOWNE SWALM Penn State won the, Eastern Intercollegiate wrestling cham pionship at Princeton tonight, nosing out the favored Lehigh grap plers by a single point. The score was Penn State Sammy Wolfson defeated Harkness of Harvard won the championship for Penn State when he defeated Sterngold of Lehigh for third in the 165-pound class in the spectacular last bout of the day. Had Sterngold .thrown Harkness, Lehigh would have won with 32 points. the 118-pound championship by a time advantage of 5 minutes, 39 seconds. Capt. Jack Light easily defeated Bowie of Princeton to win his second consecutive E. I. W. championship in the 135-pound class. Light won on a time advantage of 4 minutes, 59 seconds. Sully Waite defeated Gonzales of Lehigh for - the . litle in The 145-pound class. Waite took Gonzales in a tough match by a.l - 37-second time advantage. Ross Shaffer, Lion sophomore 175-potr:der, was defeated by Capt. George Triede of Princeton who had a time advantage of 1 minute, 18 seconds. This was a wild, tense bout, with Triede being extended to the limit. Penn State's victory in the thirty-second Eastern Intercol legiate wrestling tournament marks the seventh State cham pionship since 1905. It is the first time State has won the crown since 1925. Seven out of State's 31 points were scored by falls. Sam my Wolfson accounted for one, Jack Calvin two, Ross Shaffer three, and Joe O'Dowd one. State Gets 3 2nd Places Joe Krupa, Nittany Lion 165-pounder, took second place aft er being defeated in the semi-final bout by Emory of Princeton. He defeated Fry of Penn in a tough match and Lindeke of Yale easily by a decision. Ross Shaffer gained second place by throwing Sterngold of Lehigh with a half-nelson and body roll in 3 minutes, 15 seconds. Joe O'Dowd, unlimited contender, won second place by get ting the decision over Chew of Princeton. • Ashman of Lehigh .threw Stoddard of Harvard to win the championship in the 126-pound class. Ashman pinned his opponent in a tough match which lasted 7. minutes, 42 seconds. Bishop, Lehigh 155-pounder, took the title away front Hull of Yale by a 3-minute, 27-second time advantage. The 165-pound championship went to Emory of Princeton who defeated Lindeke by a decision. The unlimited title went to Lehigh's gigantic grapp ler &Obey. Scobey, who had defeated O'lowd in the semi-finals by a full, threw Chew of Princeton in 2mimites, 52 seconds. Wolfson, Light, Waite, Shaffer Reach Finals Wolfson added the fifth point of the day by throwing Palmer, Prince ton, in 8 minutes, 25 seconds, with a single' bar and body hold. Princeton's 118-pouger had reached the semi final round by throwing Kinne, cf Yale, last year's runner-up. Captain Light continued his quest )f the 135-pound championship by de feating Ploros, of Cornell, with a time advantage of J minutes, 54 seconds. Waite defeated Elmes, of Columbia, by a time advantage of 2 minutes. 40 Seconds. Gonzales of • Lehigh became Waite's opponent' in the finals by de feating Driscoll, Syracuse, with u time advantage of 6 minutes, 57 sec onds. Dick Bishop, Lehigh, defeated Cal vin fairly easily with a time advan tage of 9 minutes, 10 seconds. Calvin evidently was feeling the strain of having wrestled twice before that; day, and couldn't cope with Bishop's superior condition. Krupa lost to Princeton's 105- pounder, Emory, by the . extremely narrow margin of a 1 minute, 17 second time advantage. Krupa also felt the strain of being compelled to wrestle three times in one day, and this fact had much to do with his de feat. Shaffer continued his way to the finals by pinning Harkness, Harvard, with a bur and body hold in G min utes, 36 seconds. This accounted for PRICE FIVE CENTS 31; Lehigh 30 Gregg Shallenberger, Cornell, for Richter, Cris well, Goodman Upset Foes in Prelims lazy Richter scored the most sen sational victory of his two-year in lereollegiate boxing career . when he decisively defeated Toni Pontecorvo of Western Maryland, heavyweight champion, in the preliminary round Jf the tournainenilast night. lazy started fast and landed the lirst clean blow of the light, a hard left to Pontecorvo's head. Both fight ers slugged hard, Pontecorvo driving Richter to the ropes early in the round. The champion was unable to find an opening in the second round and many of his blows went wild. Both lighters maintained their fast pace as the last round opened, with Richter maintaining his aggressive ness and giving no quarter to his op ponent who outweighed hint by over (Continued on nog,. lire) Stute's sixth team point of the duy Triode of Princeton, last year's run ner-up to Captain Howard Johnston Won his right to meet Shaffer by do footing Sterngold of Lehigh. Howell Scobey, Lehigh's captain and heavy champ, practically assured himself of reWining the title when he threw o•Dowd in 5 minutes, 12 sec onds, with a cradle hold.
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