SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1941
Teo Houck Names All-Time Lion Ring Team
j|»nj Set Pace
In College Baxing
Organized collegiate boxing,
whicb came into national' prom
inence following. the World War,
has progressed steadily since 1921
when Penn State, Navy, M.1.T.,
and Penn first organized the lir
' tercollegiate Boxing Association.
• ■ During the war,-Dr. J. E. Ray
croft, of Princeton, was in charge
of training camp activities of the
War Department. Through his ef
forts, boxing became one of the
most popular sports among serv
: ice ■ men, and ■ after the war, this
'interest was carried over by the
influx- of soldiers into colleges.
'The first college boxing match
on record took place in 1919 when
Penn defeated -Penn State, 4-2,
in Philadelphia. In 1922 and 1923,
:bo.xing 'became an outstanding
Sport hi" Eastern colleges and in
1924 Penn State won the first
intercollegiate tournament, which
.was held at State College.
\ Boxing was introduced in the.
South in 1922 by the University
of Virginia and Washington and
Lee Since 1926, an
annual" boxing tournament has
been held by colleges of the
Southern - Conference.
In order to select a group to
compete in the Olympic , trials, -
NCAA officials"' conducted the
first national tournament in 1932.
Seventy-five boxers from 30 diff
erent colleges .competed in the
two-day affair, which_was held
at. State-College. After a lapse o-f
. three .years, national tourneys
were-" begun again in 1936 and
' have continued each year since
', then. ■.. ■
IM Cage Season
Ml Next Week
Intramural cagers will wind up
: their-.. season next week with
finals’ in both, fraternity and in
dependent brackets slated for
Thursday night> it was announc
ed.by co-managers “Red" _Yoho
'■'42and Walt Parsons ’42
Tuesday night’s schedule is as
•follows:, . . ■
Fraternity '
Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Sigma
Pi:. ■-.■■■
■ Delta Upsilon vs. Delta Tau
Delta.
Delta Sigma. Phi vs. Sigma Nu.
Phi Sigma Kappa vs. Beta
Theta Pi.
Independent
Watts Hall Blues.vs. Colonial
Hotel;
BRB No. 2 (Billetts) vs. Rocky
Ramblers.
Bines Will Meet Orange
In Grid Battle Today
Coach Bob Higgins’ gridders
will have their first taste of real
action when the first (blue)
; team scrimmages the second
: (orange) team on the New fiea
| ver Field practice gridiron at 2
; o'clock this,- afternoon.
■ The Blue backfield will be
j. made up of SparKy_BroWn, Bill
j: Smaltz,’Paul Weaver, and-Hank
i Daiy. Will Vanlenten and Bob'
; Da’vis will be first team ends.
[/Blue tackle positions will be fill—
I ed> by Ken Schoonover and Mike
; Kerns. Mike Garbinski and Sol
~ Schlegef will be the guards and
•' Bo.b’ Wear the center for the
c BIUeS. /
i t Orange backfield men will be
: Sonny Rice, Ralph Ventresco,
;* Aldo Cenci, and Lem Gramley.
| Ends for the second team will
v be John Potsklan and Bucky
i Walters or Bob Wallace. In
X the tackle slots will bd Bob
/.'Hatpin dnd Barney •'Brosky. Don
T Yoho and Jim Jaffurs will be in
guarcf positions and Chuck
"hffahphri-babk:'* - ’
These Four Men—
DAVEY STOOP
BILLY SOOSi
Davey Stoop, boxing captain in
1932, was State’s first national
champion. Billy- Soose, another
Nittapy champion, will finally
get his crack at a world’s pro
fessional title when he meets Ken
Overlin in May.
Alexander Wins Title,
Hess Places Second
In AAU Haf Tourney
Glen Alexander, varsity Penn
State wrestler, won the 158-
pound championship of the Al
leghny Mountain Association of
the AAU in Pittsburgh on Wed
nesday.-
Of the other two State repre
sentatives at the tournament.
Claire Hess was runner-up 'in
the 123-pound class, and Joe Val
la placed third at 174.
In the semi-finals, .Alexander
defeated Andy Sapp of Greens
burg, champion of the 158-pound
division for the past 22 years,
and member of 2 Olympic teams.
The Nittany matman won over
Stoner of the Pittsburgh down
town YMCA for the title.
Hess was pinned in the finals
by Harold . Sullivan, the Inter
scholastic tate. Champion, after
a furious battle.
After going strong for most of
his- bout with Pedroni, Valla was
thrown to the floor outside the
mat. and sustained a cut over his
eye. The dazed Lion grappler
continued the fight with three
stitches on the cut, but was edged
out. - -
Training Band To ideei
The training band, for stu
dents who failed to make the
ROTC band, will meet in Room
423 Old Main at'4 p. m. Mon
day, Prof. Frank Gullo of'the
department of music announced
•-yesterdayr* *
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Three NCAA Champs
Listed In Lineup
Of Nittany Greats
Three national boxing cham
pions received recognition on
Coach Leo Houck’s All-Time
Penn State Boxing Team select
ed for the Daily Collegian.
Davey Stoop, captain of the
1932 boxing team that played
host to the -first national tour
nament, was selected for the
120-pound position at which he
won the national title. A 1 Lew
is, brother of Jimmy Lewis, won
the 145-pound national crown
that year and received Houck’s
recommendation to hold that
post on his all-time team.
Frankie Goodman, donor of
the annual oustanding senior
boxer award and national 135-
pound champion in 1936, was
named to Houck’s team in his
championship class.
Two college .boxing __coach.es,
Allie Wolff, now at Cornell, and
Mike Ronman, North Carolina
mentor, hold down the 165-
pound and 127-pound berths re
spectively on the honor team.
Both woij EIBA titles. . Wolff
held thi-ee titles during his Penn
State career.
Billy Soose, leading profes
sional middleweight champion
ship contender, won the 155-
pound assignment by virtue of
his brief but meteoric college
career.
Heavyweight honors on
Houck’s all-time eight go to
Steve Hamas, Lion star who en
tered the pro ring after leaving
Penn State.
At 175. Houck placed Marty
McAndrews, now coach of Penn
State’s freshman football
squads. McAndrews was EIBA
cliamp and Lion captain in 1930.
Houck selected alternate box
ing alumni for each position.
At 120, Frankie Mann was
chosen; Johnny Napoleon and
Russ Crissvell at 127; Johnny
McAndrews, Marty’s brother.
135; Sammy Donato. 145; Lou
Ritzie,_who, though he fought,
most of his bouts at 165, was' a
natural at 155 according to
Houck; Bill Stubel. 165: “Hap”
Frank, 175; and Izzy Ridvter,
heavyweight.
Sixty-two colleges had boxing
teams in intercollegiate competi
tion last year.
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Were Lion Aces
AL LEWIS
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MARTY McANDREWS
A 1 Lewis, brother of Jim
Lewis, was another national title
holder. He is now in charge of
Army recreation at Indiantown
Gap. Marty McAndrews was a
former Lion boxing captain and
now coaches frosh football.
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DAILY COLLEGIAN
EXTRA!!
Final Fight Summaries
TONIGHT
Lion Trio Has
Won NCAA Tiites
Lewis, Stoop, and Goodman—
three “golden” names in the
Penn State boxing annals. Each
was a National Intercollegiate
Boxing Champion; each gained
his title during a colorful career:
each gained it rightfully.
A 1 Lewis, “big brother” to Jim
and national welterweight cham
pion in 1932, was a colorful and
hard-hitting converted left hand
er of the class of ’32. In 1930
he won seven fights but lost the
intercollegiate title to Hall of
Navy when the referee stopped
the fight because of a cut over
Lewis’ right eye.
In 1931, A 1 drew with Hall and
in another bout defeated him, to
win the welterweight title after
a string of seven victories in dual
meets. Repeating his undefeat
ed season in 1932, he marched on
to win the -145-pound champion
ship in the first NCAA meet held
here.
Davey Stoop, also from the
class of ’32, came to State from
Altoona and, in his sophomore
year, gained the EIBA 115-pound
championship after a four win
one loss year. In 1931, he lost
the championship to Wertheimer
of Syracuse. Then, going unde-,
feated through dual competition
in 1932, Davey gained his nation
al championship title in the 115-
pound class.
Frankie Goodman ’37, donator
of the Goodman Trophy which
he awarded first in 1939, came to
Penn State* from Philadelphia
in 1934. In 1935, a tried .and
proved 145-pounder of the box
ing squad, he defeated Art Mc-
Givern of Syracuse in an upset
dual competition meet.
Gaining the EIBA title in 1936,
he retained it again in 1937. His
greatest victory, however, was
over Johnny Mastrella of Syra
cuse at Charlottesville in 1936,
when he became the NCAA
cjiamp.
Frankie was pointed out as a
particularly good boxer because
of his excellent foot work, his
clever maneuvering, and his
clear "boxing” head.
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