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VQL. 37—No. 114
Two State Boxers In National Finals
Baird, Scally
Fjght Tonight
For NCAA Titles
By STAN PoKEMPNER
’ Two of Penn State’s three
semi-finalists defeated their op
ponents by clear margins in the
National Boxing last night to ad
vance . to tonight’s finals. Bobby
Baird, the Lion 145-pound, cap
tain elect and All-College Pres
ident-elect, and Paul Scally, sen
ior 175-pounder will fight for
National titles tonight. Billy
Stanley, after his first victory
in intercollegiate boxing advanc
ed him to the semi-finals, lost by
decision' to Edwin Ourso of
Southwestern Louisiana.
Scally’s fight with Florida’s un
defeated Jimmy DeCourcy open
ed slowly, with neither boy tak
ing the aggressive. DeCourcy
started ■ rushing the Lion 175-
pounder, but Scally countered
with hard lefts to the head and
tied the ’Gator up.
The second round opened more
actively still rush
ing, but being held off by Scally’s
long left. Scally, nearly a head
•taller than the Florida ringman,
landed a stinging right near the.
end of the period that shook De-
Cour'cy. '
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ered Scally at the beginning of
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opponent in the first round, jab- Rsnkm, Wisconsin 135 —-Coffman, Wash. S.
bing often with fast lefts. Jolly- Penn State —l4s Tabiasson, Calif. Ag.
more was unable to place a tell- Belaire, LSU —lss Roth, Wisconsin
ing blow hr the first canto. Erickson, Idaho : —l6s Sanders, N. Carolina
Jollymore sfeemed to come Scally, Penn State — l7s _ Speigelberg, Wash. S.
alive in the second, landing hard, Kimball, N. Carolina —Hvy — Campbell, S.W. La.
looping rights to Baird’s head,
momentarily dazing the Lion
star,
Both 'men exchanged hard
blows in the last stanza,. with
Baird pushing the Badger to his
utmost.; Jollymore ended the
fight'with a desperate rally,-but
Baird ■ held him off.
' - Baird -was so happy when he
heard the decision that he jump
ed out of the ring, ignoring the
steps.
In the first round against
Ourso, undefeated Southwestern
Louisiana star, Stanley was clear
ly outclassed as the southerner
landed a ratio of 14 blows to
Stanley’s three. Stanley’s nose
started to bleed near the end. of
the round.
Ourso opened up his heavy ar
tillery mid-way in the second
round, /rocking Stanley’s head
with stiff rights and lefts.
In a last minute rally Stanley
rushed his southpaw opponent
as the third round closed, but
Ourso’s victory was not in doubt.
Las! Fight Extra
Out Tonight
• The third and last of Colle
gian's fight extras will be sold
in State College immediately
after the final round of the NCAA
boxing tourney tonight.'
Like the first two issues, it
will contain complete results
and summaries of the bouts. The.
price is five cents. /
Tonight’s issue will be a re
make of this paper and will not
be distributed to regular sub
scribers as were the first two.
Two Slugging Entries In Finals Tonight ,
Badger Gen'e Rankin’s, left, victory over Johnny Joca, Florida,
in the 135-pound class brings him into the finals tonight against Les
Coffman, Wash. Laune Erickson, Idaho, will meet Eldon Sanders,
N. C. in the 165-pound class.
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FINALISTS IN TONIGHT'S NCAA TOURNEY BOUTS
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Knocking Around The NCAA
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One of the most interested
spectators at the bouts . this
weekend is Dean Sackett, once
head of the School of Engineer
ing, who came in from New
York state to see the bouts. The
former dean,. who is up- in his
seventies, is one of the greatest
fans of any sport that you could
find. And he thinks there’s
nothing like a Penn State sport
event.
Way ahead of this leather
tossing era, is DeWitt Portal,
mentor of the San Jose State
boys. Maybe you haven’t not
iced, but both Dick Miyagawa,
the little Filipino flash, and
Bob Webber California
school, switched from right to
left stance for each round. It’s
an experiment with Portal, who
believes in befuddling his oppo
nents.
Another trick Portal has tried
is the “honor system,” in which
the boxing bout is carried on
without a referee in the ring.
He used the method in his in
tramural competition at San
Jose with success, and also in
the dual meets with the Califor
nia Aggies and Idaho. It sounds
like a good idea, but a little im
practical unless the fighters are
educated to it.
With gate receipts through the
semi-finals estimated at $3,300,
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA.
With DICK PETERS
the seventh annual NCAA boxing
tourney seemed likely to fall
under last year’s gate receipts of
$6,500, at Sacramento, Cal.
Last night, a crowd of 3,000,
same as Thursday night, watched
the bouts. Tonight’s attendance
is expected to fill the hall to cap
acity. A full house will bring the
receipts within range of last
year’s total.
You can believe it or not, blit
as the semi-finals began last
night, the Nittany Lions were
tied for second place, if the num
ber of men in the semi-finals
means anything. At least, the
Lions were tied with LSU for
second place, each having" three
men in the bout. Southwestern
Louisiana was in first place with
five mitters.
Billy Soose, next middleweight
king of the world, will be in town
today for the finals. Billy the Kid,
who knows more about „ run
arounds than the brass ring on
the merry-go-round, never took
part in a National tourney him
self.
Frankie Goodman ’37, one of
ihe greatest boxers in Plnn State
ring history, is expected here to
tonight to present his third
annual 'Goodman Trophy to the
outstanding senior on this year’s
squad.
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LSU, Idaho, Wisconsin,
Washington State, Lions,
SW La. In Close Race
College boxing’s battle for the mythical national title was
a toss-up after the semi-finals in Rec Hall last night. Southwestern
Louisiana, Idaho, Wisconsin, Penn State, Washington State, and
L. S. U. are all possible winners of the title held by Idaho last year.
Penn State, sending two men to the finals, pulled the biggest sur
prise of the tournament.
Heavyweight
Campbell-Cameron
Louis Campbell, SW La.,
heavyweight, met Ed Cameron,
Miami. The fight was close. The
winner: Campbell, S.W. La.
Kimball-Kendrick
Gates Kimball. N. C., defeated
Herb Kendrick, LSU heavy
weight. Kimball won on better
boxing. The winner: Kimball,
North Carolina.
375-Poiinds
Coe-Speigelberg
Les Coe, Southwestern Loui
siana star, tangled with Red
Speigelberg. Washington State.
Speigelberg had him weakened as
the fight ended. The winner:
Speigelberg, Washington Slate.
Scally- DeCourcy
Penn State’s third semi-final
ist, Paul Scally and Jim De-
Courcy, Florida slugger, paired
off in their first round, with
Scally using his reach to good
effect. The winnerr Scally, Penn
State.
(65-Pounds
Somerville-Erickson
Fenton Somerville, Virginia,
ran ud against last year's national
champ Laune Erickson, Idaho.
Erickson rocked Somerville with
several hard rights and left hooks
in the first. In the second, the
Idahoan was hitting Somerville
with hard blows. The third round
was fairly even. The winner:
Erickson, Idaho.
Logsden-Sanders
Elden Sanders, North Carolina,
met Fred Logsden, Southwestern
Louisiana, in a furious first round,
which saw both lads slugging.
Terrific left hands gave Logsden
an edge in the second. Sanders
came back strong in the third.
The winner: Sanders, North Car
olina.
155-Pounds
Tudor-Belaire
Guice Tudor, West Virginia,
started a hot fight with Rodney
Belaire, LSU, and both boys gave
and took plenty. The winner: Bel
aire, LSU.
Roth-Larson
Billy Roth looked good in the
first round of his semi-final with
Chester Larson, of Superior
Teachers (Wis.), but Larson even
ed things up in the next two
rounds of rugged hit-and-clinch
fighting. The winner: Roth, Wis
consin.
145-Pounds
Baird-Jollymore
The home crowd had its second
field day when All-College Pres
ident Bob Baird stepped into the
ring against Warren Jollymore,
Wisconsin’s journalist-'b oxer.
Baird spent his time trying to
get insfde the Badger’s reach and
took a lot 'of punishment, at the
same time scoring heavily inside.
Baird’s cut left eye was reopened
towards the end of the third. The
winner: Baird, Penn State.
Skerpon-Tobiasson
Lock Haven’s Bill Skerpon and
Elton Tobiasson, California Ag
gies, started in a whirl. Tobias
son’s furious attack brought
By BUD SMYSER
Skerpon to the canvas and the
physician ordered the fight stop
ped in 1:15 of the second. The
winner: Tobiasson, Calif. Aggies.
(35-Pounds
*The' heralded battle of kings
between Gene Rankin, Wiscon
sin’s 1939 ruler, and Johnny Joca,
Florida, champion last year, was
Joca’s in the first round on left
hooks. Always grinning, Rankin
pressed his quest for the crown
he failed to defend last year with
a two-fisted attack in the second.
The third round was cautious,
skillful and hard fought, but
looked like Rankin’s. The winner:
Rankin, Wisconsin.
Coffman-Church '
Joey Church, Miami, runner
up last year, fought for the first
time against Les Coffman, Wash
ington State, having byed into
the semi-finals. Both boys swung
wide, hard punches but Coffman,
who conquered Red Stanko
Thursday, seemed to get the best
of the exchanges and floored
Church with a mile-long right in
the third. The winner: Coffman,
Washington S.
127-Pounds
Stanley-Ourso
The home crowd was with
Penn State’s Bill Stanley as he
started against Southwestern
Louisiana’s veteran Ed Ourso.
Ourso’s left-handed stance was
Stanley’s downfall, although the
fight was reasonably close. The
winner: Ourso, S.W. La.
Miyagawa-F. Kara
Little Dick Miyagawa, San
Jose’s Phillipino star, drew so
much applause as he started his
fight with lanky Frank Kara,
Idaho co-captain, that Referee
Charlie Short had to stop it
briefly to quiet the crowd. Kara’s
longer reach told the story and
Idaho sent its second man into
the finals as San Jose’s second
and last semi-finalist was elim
inated. The winner: F. Kara,
Idaho.
120-Pounds
Harper-Webber
Don Harper, Southwestern
Louisiana, and Bill Webber, San
Jose, opened cautiously in the
first round with Webber trying
to confuse his opponent by shift
ing his stance from right to left
after the second opened. Harper
took the second by landing the
heavier blows. Webber- tried to
keep the Southern star away with
his right but, particularly in the
third, Harper danced inside his
foe’s longer reach to land telling
blows. The winner: Harper, S.
W. La.
Kara-Harger
Cool, as a cucumber, Idaho’s
co-captain and two-time cham
pion, Ted Kara, made- Clyde
Harger, LSU, do the work in the
first round of their fight. Harger
was off his feet in the second. In
the third, Kara’s left was the
whole show, even though Harger
landed occasional blows. The
winner: Kara, Idaho.
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