SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1041
WM!HouckNantes All-Time Lion Ring Team
lion*Set Pace
!n College Boxing
~ Organized collegiate ’ boxing,
which- 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 In
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
- fee 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",
-: boxing became an outstanding
;■ sport in 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 university. 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
event colleges competed in the
: two-day affair, which .was held
; at. State College. After- a lapse of
-■ three years, national tourneys
were begun again in 1936 and
have continued each year since
.■•.then'. ......
IM Cage Season
Ends Next Week
' . Intramural eagers 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
. j and . Walt .Parsons ’42.
! * ,v ' 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.
Blues Will Meet Orange
In Grid Battle Today
Coa til Bob Higgins’ gridders
- will have their first taste of .real
action when the first (blue)
team! scrimmages the second
(orange) 1 team on the New Bea
ver Field practice gridiron at 2
O'clock : this afternoon.
r-The Blue backfield will be
made.up of Sparky Brown, Bill
’ Smaltzr'Paul Weaver, and Hank
; Day. Will Vanlenten and Bob
Dfcvis will be first team ends.
Blue-tackle positions will be fill
ed by Ken Schoonover and Mike
: Items. Mike Garbinski and Sol
Schlegel will be the guards and
Pot) Wear the center for the
Blues. '.
, r Grange backfield men will be
Sonny Rice, Ralph Ventresco,
[ Aldo Cenci, and, Lem Gramley.
: Ends for the second team will
be John Potsklan and Bucky
: .Walters, or - Bob Wallace. In
: the tackle, fstats will be Bob
t'. Halpiiran3 r ßarpey-Brosky. Don
i -;;Y@fao mid Jim will-be in.
r%tbe guard positions"and Chuck
gSftaysor nvlll -ttersnapper-backr *
These Four Men—
DAVEY STOOP
■ Davey Stoop, boxing captain in
1932; was State’s first national
champion. Billy Soose, another
Nittany champion, will finally
get Jiis crack at a world’s pro
fessional title when he meets Ken
Overlin in May.
Alexander Wins Title r
Hess Places Second
In IAU Mat 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 tKe 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 Meet
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
yesterday£>*M<->
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 coaches,
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 won EIBA titles. Wolff
held three titles during his Penn
State career.
Billy Soose, leading profes
-sional middleweight champion
ship contender, won the 155-
peund 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
champ and Lion captain in 1930.
Houck selected alternate box
ing alumni for each, position.
At 120, Frankie Mann was
chosen; Johnny Napoleon and
Russ Crisswell 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 Richter,
heavyweight.^.
Sixty-two colleges had boxing Army recreation at Indiantown
teams in intercollegiate competi- McAndrews was a
tinn last- V ph- former Lion boxing captain and
now coaches frosh football.
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Were Lion Aces
AL LEWIS
MARTY McANDRRWS
A 1 Lewis, brother of Jim
Lewis, was another national title
holder. He is now in charge of
in the
DAILY COLLEGIAN
EXTRA!!
Final Fight Summaries
TONIGHT
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, hd 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
champ.
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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FIGHTS
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Lion Trio Has
Won NCAA Tides