::I:iiclay, Mai& 8; .1940
These Athletes Carry Penn State Hopes In Weekend intercollegiates
•et er 4 an anyone else. Look
closely. perhaps you can read the FRANK (RED) STANKO
answer in their eyes. 135 Pound Boxer
Lions Dream Again
Of Double Victory
Boxers, Wrestlers Seek 3rd Twin Championship;
'24, '36 Teams Gained Only Nittany Dual Titlei
A full college generation has gone by since State last achieved the
goal it seeks this weekend—Eastern Intercollegiate championships in
both boxing and wrestling.
, twice has the Lion sports dream come thiough = in 1924,
when the first boxing intercollegiates were held here, and in 1936
The Old timers still talk about the fight Navy and State waged foi
the title on Match 22, 1924. With the outcome hinging on the heavy
weight final, "Rags" Madera, State's captain, outpunched Middie Lent
fork cleari-cut decision that gave the Lions the championship by two
points, With Navy second, Syracuse third, and Penn fourth
:,On the same evening, State's
wrestling team successfully-defend,
ed its .tltle at New Raven, this
ending a perfect season and' taking
its ,Ilfth .crown since the tourney
was
monster
seven years before
A monster,mass meeting, parade
and bonfire the following Monday
night topped off a day of celebra
tion, after the Council of Admin
istration, had granted a x one day.
iabahoii
lion boxers and wrestlers have
had plenty of chrimpiOns and team
086 sitice then, but not until 1936,
When both Leo and Charlie devhl
oped wonder teams, did the NA
tatfynien pchieve a double vietEd'y
As for 1940—it may be true that
Houck Designs New Boxing Glove
71 new type boxing glove designed by Leo Houck, Penn State
beach, win be used for. the fait time in 'an intercollegiate tourna
4, Merit at the Eastern Intercollegiales here this weekend.
The glove was mit put on the market lastinerith. It weighs
id ounces : has a iciunded overall contour Which keeps the thumb
in line with the rest of the fist and prevents possible eye winging;
has a ,braider pocket lei the palm of the hand, and does away
with the - excess padding around the wrist. This last is moved ufi
", to the hitting surface of The fist Where it gt a greater pretection
and a Wider hitting iiiirface..
COnies, on Sta te
Win That
rophy
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All Our Meat
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history - repeats„ but it is also tke
that championships are settled in
rings and on mats, not by maiiints
Fresh Courfmeii
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tot and increased its lead to 21-15
at the half The cubs fought to
keep ahead as Dickinson kept them
scoreless except for a foul shot In
the third quarter in making the.
match 22-21, and took a substantial
lead in the fourth quarter once
more to win the game
808 BAIRD
145 Pound Boxei
Collegiate Boxers
Vie For [IBA Title
In Ret Hall Today
Army Defends,CrOwn
From State, Syracuse
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of the Intercollegiates The first
session at 8 p m tonight; the
semi-finals and third place bouts
at 2 p m tomorrow, and the fi
nals and third place bouts at 8
p m tomorrow
14 Fights Tonight
Tonight's' schedule - Calls for 14
fights, liOuts in
the 120, 127, 135, and 175 pound
Classes, and eight semi-final bouts
the 145, 155, 165, and heavy
weight classes Competition will
begin in Rec Hall at 8 p m with
weigh-ins scheduled at 4 p
In competition beginning at 2
p- m tomorrow 12 bouts will be
conducted four third place fights
between the losers of tonight's
TONIGHT'S BOUTS
Preliminaries
120 pounds Captain Rouse
(W Md ) v Sullivan (Y), Han
kins (P S) v Reid (A)
127 pounds Gluckson (C) v
Rowland (S)
135 pounds Stanko (P S) v
Willmins ,(Y), Clement (A) v
Captain Fine (C)
175 pounds Woycaesjes (S) v
Urbanowitz (C)
Semi-Finals
195 pounds Selloff (S) v Ris
ing (A), Van Sand (Y) v Baird
(PS) ~
155 pounds• Sandson (P S) i v
Denna (A)`, Estridge (S) v Clarke
(C)
165 pounds Peace (S) v Al
len (A), , Healy (S) v Lewis (P
S)
Heavyweight Stella (A) v
Schott CM, Alter (P S) v La-
Vine (S)
semi-finals, and eight semi-final
bouts In the 120, 127, 135 and 175
poimd classes
Highlight of the tournament
will be the 12 "bouts at 8 p m
tomorrow These include the fi
nals in all eight classes and third
place bouts in the 120, 127, 135
and 175 pound classes.
Gold, silver, and bronze medals
will go to the three individual
leaders in each class. The winner
of the team championship won by
Army for the last two years will
receive the Baltimore Sun Tro
phy. Both Penn State and Syra
cuse can retire the trophy by win
ning it this, year Each has won
it four times in the past, Army
has won It twice
Out of 590 colleges and univer
sities of the U S and Canada, 268
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BERNIE SANDSON
155 Pound Boxer
Between :The Lions
With 808 WILSON
Out of the Frying Pan
Assuming my familiar poiition behind the eight ball, or out on a
limb (if you will), I am ready to stake everything from my collar but
ton to a date with Madeline Carroll that the predictions which follow
will be at least 33 per cent correct.
Without any help whatsoever from Sahib Smailliw and Madame
Zucara, here are my first, second and third choices for both the box
ing and wrestling intercollegiates this weekend
Boxing
120-pound class
1 Fahey, Syi acuse
2 Brown, Cornell
3 Reed, Aimy
127-Pound class
_ 1 Lavendusky, Army
2 Cooper, Penn State
3 Roland, Syracuse
135-pound class
1 Stanko, Penn State
2 Fine, Cornell
3 Clement, Aimy
145-pound claSs
1 Schofr, Syracuse
2 Baird, Penn State
3 Rising, Army
155-pound class
I Sandson, Penn State
2 Clarke, Cornell
3 Denno, Fumy
165-pound class
Healy, Syracuse
2 Peace, Cornell
3 Lewis, Penn State
175-pound chisi
1 Woyciesjes, Syracuse
2 Clay, Army
3 Scally, Penn State
Heavyweight
I Stella, Army
2 Alter, Penn State
3, LaVine, Syracuse
Darn That Dream
- Last Monday night I had a nightmare so provoking, so aggravat
ing. so damned unpleaSant that I haven't gone to bed since, lest the
thing would return to torment me.
, I dreamed (and it's the gospel truth, minclia) that Penn State lost
the boxing mtercollegiates to Syracuse by one point Can ya beat that 9
And by one point,
Of course, it's silly to believe that such a thing could happen. I
don't believe it myself ... or do I?
The fact of the matter is that it did happen here three years ago
But that was three years ago. Doctor Leo Lemuel Florian Fred (et
cetera) Houck only had the BEST team he has ever coached at Penn
State that year And the doctor has been coaching here now for 18
years
Yep, The team went through its dual meet season undefeated in
1937: , the doctor produced three individual champions that year: and
the Seine lost the EIBA title to Syracuse by one point.
But that's no reason to believe it could happen again or is it,
Paragraphs On Boxing
If a heavyweight bout between Harry Stella, Army football cap
tain, and Spike Alter, Lion grid captain, materialises kind by all the
laws of boxing, one should), a lot of old scores will be settled once and
for all Spike and Harii , have been hAing each other athletically since
they were freshmen, and both would like to relieve last Fall's 14-14
football tie
The Intercollegiates this weekend are back home where they
began. The first tournament was held at Penn State 16 years ago
In what is now the Armory. „
Under Coat Leo Houck, Penn State has had 25 different men
a total of 37 Eastern Intercollegiate titles and three national titles, In
18 years the doctor's teams have won 73 dual meets, lost 35, tied 9
Now It Can 8e told
Because a sports scribe once spelled it wrong, Florian 0.
Houck hatcOniiitued to keep the "0": in his last name. The right
way to spell it is HAIICK. Al least that'll the way everybody back
,
, home fit Laiicastei 'Spent it.
HoWard Galusha Anderion, present boxing manager and high
inuekety-miiek in Charge of this yeaCT , :tOuinatnent, is the only mar
ried manager in the history of the sport atPenn State
„Bobby, Baird, 145-POund Lzoti' sophomore, was the nation's
youngest CIO president before coming fo Stale. He headed a steel
workers' local, SWOC 1557, near Pittsburgh when he was 21.'
JIM LEWIS
165 Pound Boxer
Wrestling
121-pound class
I Matheis, Cornell
2 King, Penn State
3 Harding, Princeton
126-pound class
1 - ' - Laggati7Pennsylvania
2 Eberle, Princeton
2 Reid, Ai my
136-pound class
I Gleason, Penn State
2 Level mg, Penns lvania
3 Mount, Caine]]
145-pound class
1 Masora, Lehigh
2 Scalt'o, Penn State
Guber, Yale
155-pound class
1 Tiousdell, Cornell
2 Genslei, Penn State
3 Sinklei, Pennsylvania
165-pound class
I Daughaday Harvard
2 Si enneman, Lehigh
3 Rohrer, Penn• State
175-pound class
1 Boric Penn State
2 Hauer, Yale
'1 Zeit:), Columbia
Heavyweight
1 Hooper, Syi nose
2 Pickett, Yale
3 Wolfe, Penn
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
TODAY
1 p. m.—Meging of managers
4 p m.—Weigh-ins
8 p m.—First session: Quarter
final§ In 120, 127. 135 and 175.
pound classes; semi-finals in
145, 155, 165, and Heavy
weight classes (14 bouts in
all). Admission $.55.
TOMORROW
10 a. m.—Weigh-ins.
11 a. m —Annual meeting of
EISA, Nilfany Lion Inn.
2 p. m.—Second session: Semi.
Lnals in 120, 127, 135 and 17S
pound classes. Third_ place
bouts in 145, 155, 165 and
heavyweight classes. (12 bouts
in all) Admission 5.75.
8 p. m —Third Session: Finals in
all classes. Third place bouls
in 120, 127, 135, and 175-
pound claSses. (12 bouls in
all) Admission 51.10
1939 MIT tHAMPS
120—Lavendusky. Army'
127—Goldbas, Cornell
135—Hanna, Perin Slate
145=Shanley, Army
155—Hull, Army
165—Healy, Syracuse'
175—Woymesies, Syracuse
Hvy —Siemer. Cornell
'—Competing this year
Eight Grapplers
Enter EIWA Meet
At Syracuse, N.Y.
12 Matmen From Nine
Schools Vie For Crowns
(Continued from page 1)
be outstanding contender in the
121-pound class, with Midge King,
Caicione of Lehigh, and Ely of
Yale expected to provide him with
stiff competition
Defending 128-pound titlehold
er Bob Eberle of Princeton will
be the favorite in that division,
with Laggan of Pennsylvania al
so a powerful competitor
.Penn State's only intercollegiate
champion Frank Gleason, unde
feated this year, will be battling
against such star matmen at Lev
ering of Penn, Boyer of Lehigh,
Mount of Cornell, and Harding of
Princeton, when he attempts to
ietain the laurels in the tough
136-pound class
Scalzo, Masem Meal Again
The 145-pound tussle will prob
ably bring together two old rivals,
titleholder Harold Masem of Le
high and Joe Scalzo or Penn State,
with Captain Dave Gerber of Yale
an outside possibility in this divis
ion.
Tiousdale of the Big Red will
lead the wide-open scramble for
the 155-pound crown Bob Alex
ander, Blue and White sopho
more, should be able to give a
good account of himself in the
middleweight class, although he
will be competing against more
e • pei ienced grapplers
At 105 pounds, Harvard's
Daughaday looms as the probable
champion, with Chuck Rohrer of
Penn State leading a field of
"darkhorse" candidates from Yale,
Lehigh, and Cornell
Boris Has Edge
Undefeated Captain Ernie Bortz
holds a slight edge for the Nit
tany Lions in the 175-pound tilts,
with Dick Brenneman of Lehigh,
and Hauer of Pennsylvania close
on the Lion leader's heels
The heavyweight battle may
develop into a dogfight between
Orange captain George Hooper,
defending champion, and Larry
Pickett of Yale
With the completion of the pre
liminary rounds tomorrow after
noon, the semi-finals will begin
in the evening, with the finals,
and second and third-place con
solations slated for Saturday.
Because of the equal strength
of five or six teams, it appears
that 20 points may be sufficient
to win the title. In the past four
years Penn State and Lehigh have
mustered from 25 to 30 points
in winning the Intercollegiate
I crown.
In the scoring five points is giv
en for a. winner, 3 for a second
place, and 1 for a third, with one
point being awarded at any time
for a fall.
Three referees, Dick Voliva of
Indiana, Mui le Thursh of Michi
gan, and Dick Cole of lowa State
will handle the officiating
Cornell's surmising victory over
Lehigh in a dual meet last week
end has heartened the supporters
of Big Red,• who although they
haven't won a title in the last
eight years, hold the best inter
collegiate record in the thirty-six
years of championship competi
tion.
JOE SCALZO
145 Pound Wrestler
Masem-Scalzo Renew
Old Rivalry For Title
Lehigh Leader And Lion 145-Pounder Meet
For Fifth Time At Syracuse; Engineer Holds Edge
By 808 LANE
Two wiestlets, their suits soaked with peispnation Stood on the
stairs leading to the dressing loom of Taylor Gym at Lehigh last
Pelnuary 10 at the conclusion of a typical Penn State-Lehigh wrest
ling dogfight, which had ended in a 12-12 deadlock
The fist one, clad in the Brown and White of the Engineers,
hesitated a moment, then said, "Tough luck, Joe, see you at the
Eastern Intercollegiates at Syracuse "
The second one, clad in the Blue',
and White of the Nittany Lions
gazed intently at his opponent,
then in - a half-choked %Thee said"
"OH, Harold "
Immediately, the two men
shook hands and departed Cap
tam Harold Masem, the winner
that night, headed for the Lehigh
dressing room amid the cheers of
his admirers
Joe Scalzo, the loser, headed
for the Hotel Bethlehem with sev
en other dis-heartened Nit fany
Lions
They'd Met Before
This wasn't the first time that
the two had battled on the can
vas Perhaps Joe could not help
recall the Nationals only a year
before, when under exactly op-
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136 Pound Wrestler
Above and at the left are Iwo of
Penn State's most dependable
wrestlers, both conceded excel
lent chances of winning indi
vidual titles in the Eastern In
t ercollegiates at Syracuse today
and tomorrow Gleason was the
eastern 136-pound champion last
season and is unbeaten this year
Scalzo was runner-uo for the na
tional 145-pound title last year.
1)C/site ui cumstances he had
scoied a surpi ising victory over
Masenf, — wlfen 'lie - placed in the
unno-up position foi the Nation
al Collegiate title
Pei haps Joe was thinking of
his sophomme yeas when twice
the more-experienced Masem had
defeated him by scant margins
Saturday at Syracuse, Captain
Harold Masem will be striving to
retain his 145-pound title against
Joe Scalzo, the only man who has
defeated the Lehigh leader in
three years
Immediately after the Intercol
legiates are over Saturday, two
men will be shaking hands, one
will say, "Congratulations," the
other will probably answer, "OK,
see you at the Nationals"