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VOL. 37—No. 114 A
Scally Wins 175-Pound National Title
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Final Results
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TEAM SCORES
Idaho
Southwestern Louisiana
Wisconsin
Penn State
Louisiana Slate ..
Washington State
North Carolina ..
California Aggies
Florida
Miami
San Jose
Lock Haven Teachers
West Virginia
Virginia :
Superior Teachers '..
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THE WINNAHS!
120-Pounds
. ,T. Kara, Idaho
Harper, SW. La.
CHAMPION
Second
Harger, LSU
Webber, San Jose
Third .
Fourth
127-Pounds
.F.-Kara, Idaho
Ourso, SW. La.
CHAMPION
Second
Thirdi. •Miyagawa,.San, Jose
T?ourtn‘ .. Stanley^P.-S-
135-Pounds
CHAMPION .Rankin, Wis.
Second ......Coffman, Wash. S.
Third . Joca, Fla.
Fourth Church, Miami
145-Pounds
CHAMPION Tobiasson, Calif. Ag.
Second .Baird, P. S.
Third .
Fourth
Skerpon, Lock Haven
Jollymor&, Wis.
155-Pounds
CHAMPION
Second ..
Tudor, W. Va.
Fourth Larson, Sup. Tchr.
165-Pounds
CHAMPION ... .Erickson, Idaho
Second .-Sanders, N. C.
Third Somerville, Va.
Fourth Logsden, SW. La.
175-Pounds
CHAMPION Scally, P. S.
Second Speigelberg, Wash. S.
Third : DeCourcy, Fla.
Fuorth Coe, SW. La.
Heavyweight
CHAMPION .Campbell, SW. La.
Second Kimball, N. C.
Cameron, Miami
. .Kendrick, LSU
Third .
Fourth
Riflemen Gain Third
In NRA Matches
"WASHINGTON, D. C. March
29—Nittany Lion varsity rifle
men, held third place in the first
round 'of the National Rifle: As
sociation matches, here today as
they garnered a total of 1359.
■Lehigh took first with a 1385
tally, while George Washington
University' shot a 1373 total. "
- "Co-captain Gil Gault led the
Lions with a 277 tally out of 300.
Co-captain Ben Stahl blazed 276
to tie with Bob McCoy. Dick
Cuthbert shot a 270, while Hal
..Yount .peppered the target for a
.260. 'll.
Idaho Mlllmen
Win Team Title;
SW. La. Second
Idaho’s four-man team pro
duced three champions to upset
the dopesters and retain its my
thical national crown in the fin
als of the NCAA boxing tour
ney in Rec Hall tonight.
Fighting off «a strong South
western Louisiana bid. Idaho
barely edged the pre-touma
ment favorites, by placing three
kings: Co-captain Ted Kara at
120-pounds winning his third
crown. Co-captain Frank Kara
at 127-pounds, who took fourth
place last year; and Laune Erick
son, who repeats as 165-pound
king.
Previous national ’ team cham
pions were Idaho in 1940; Wis
consin in 1939; Catholic Univer
sity. Virginia, and West Virginia
deadlocked in 1938; Washington
State in 1937; Syracuse in 1936;
and Penn State in 19321 . All but
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Frank at 127, took the first two ,
national titles by repeating then
dual meet victories over South
western Louisiana’s two entries,
Don Harper at 120, and Ed Ourso
at 127. Ted had an easy time win
ning his third crown but Frank
barely edged Ourso and there
was considerable booing from the
crowd
Smiling Gene Rankin, Wiscon
sin 135-pounder, rallied in the
third round of his quest to re
gain the title he vacated after
1939 and managed to overcome
a lead that Coffman, Washington
State, had built up with looping
-founds in the first two rounds.
The decision was unpopular.
Belaire, LSU
~ .Roth, Wis.
Floored in the first and second
rounds, Bob Baird, State 145-
pounder, failed' to recover until
the very end of the fight and lost
to Elton Tobiasson, of the Cali
fornia Aggies.
Rodney Belaire, LSU puncher,
nearly kayoed Billy Roth. Wis
consin, with furious rushes sev
eral times in their 155-pound
championship and the methodi
cal Belaire easily won out.
Laune Erickson, Idaho’s de
fending champion at 165, had the
team title in his hands as he start
ed against North Carolina’s Elden
Sanders. Both boys fought fur
iously but Erickson’s right hand
told the s and he clinched for
Idaho its second successive team
championship.
Paul Scally and Washington
State’s Red Speigelberg warmed
up in the last two rounds of their
175-pound championship, both
jabbing and pulling their lefts.
Scally had the edge..
In the' heavyvveight, Louie
Campbell of Southwestern Loui
siano beat Gates Kimball of North
Carolina; .
The first round was close with
both boys slugging hard.
In the second Kimball' was
knocked dowh. The third round
was Campbells.
After the bouts, the Goodman
Boxing Trophy was presented to
Paul Scally and a special award
was given to Mrs. H. Kara,-the
mother of Idaho’s two cham
pions.
SATURDAY NIGHT, MARCH 29, 1941, STATE COLLEGE
By BUD SMYSER
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
A Loser And A Winner In NCAA Ring Tourney
808 BAIRD
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Ted Kara, Idaho’s 120-pound
ace and co-captain of the Vandals
slugging outfit, claims that the
biggest thrill he ever got out of
the leather business was the time
he forgot the oath which athletes
take before competing in the
Olympic games. Kara, who was
captain of Uncle Sam’s 1936 box
ing team, got half way through
the oath and had to start over
again.
It looked like a lesson in past
Lion boxing history as A 1 Lewis,
Davey Stoop, Frankie Goodman,
Billy Soose, Mike Cooper, Mike
Zeleznock,. and Bernie Sandson,
milled among the crowd in Rec
Hall tonight.
The little guy sitting among the
cheerleaders last night was Jackie
Grey newly-elected sophomore
class president, who skipped up
from his job at one of the local
restaurants, up to Rec Hall for
the fights tonight without chang
ing his uniform. Little Jack is
quite a boxer himself, but hasn’t
had time to get out for the sport
this year.
Bobby Baird, Lion’s finalist in
the 145-pound, division, had his
political side-kick and vote-get
ter, Jerry Doherty on the bench
pulling for him. But votes
couldn’t do the trick against the
hard-hitting California Aggie,
Elton Tobiasson.
Ted Kara, in retaining his 120-
pound crown against Don Har
per of Southwestern Louisiana
for the third consecutive year,
was a smooth boxing machine as
he had been throughout the en
tire tourney. Hsfrper tried hard,
but- the Idahoan was just too
polished an article.
When Rankin won his title to
night he was added to the list
of two-time winners in NCAA
competition. The Badger ace
was 135-pound champ in 1939,
but didnt defend it last year. He
Lion in history - to win a national
title as he topped Fred Speigel
berg of Washington State to
night. Bob Baird, the other
Nittan'y finalist, lost to Elton To
biasson of the California Aggies.
With DICK PETERS
himself eliminated Johnny Joca,
Florida, who had captured the
diadem in 1940.
Johnny Walsh, who tells the
Wisconsin sluggers how to do it,
is also boxing advisor to the Wis
consin Interscholastic Athletic
Association. Walsh holds clinics
for the high school kids, referees
their matches, and generally is
credited with starting scholastic
fisticuffing in Wisconsin.
Gee Mitchell, Southwestern
Louisiana coach, and Ed Khoury,
LSU mentor, played football to
gether for the latter school in
1931. Khoury was captain of the
team and Mitchell was just a
sophomore.
The pictures being taken
throughout the finals, with
States ace cameraman, Ray Con
ger, ,at the controls, were taken
for the National Intercollegiate
Athletic Association.
Dean Sackett, former head of
the Engineering School, and one
of Penn State’s most enthusiastic
boxing followers, predicted fif
teen of the sixteen semi-final
bouts on Friday night.
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The new electric scoreboard
in Rec Hall, was one of the most
interesting highlights of the
three-day session. A great help
to the spectators, the only draw
back we found was that some of
the participants kept their eyes
on the clock, which may or may
not be good.
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. Baird’s comeback in the third
round after being nearly knock
ed out in the first two stanzas,
was a thriling affair, but to no
avail. The lead piled up by To
biasson in the early rounds took
Baird’s chances for a national
crown, but the State crowd ac
cepted the fair decision in a cre
ditable way.
PAUL SCALLY
Paul Scally became the fourth
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EXTRA!
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Baird Conquered
By Tobiasson
k 145-Pound Tilt
By STAN POKEMPNER
Paul Scally, Lion 175-pounder,
added his name to the roll of
Penn State national boxing
champions by defeating Fred
Speigelberg, Washington State,
in the finals of the seventh an
nual NCAA tournament in Rec
Hall last night.
Bobby Baird, only other State
finalist, lost to Elton Tobiasson,
California Aggie, by a decision.
Scally-Speigelberg
With the home town fans
wildly cheering . him, Scally
opened his fight jabbing to Spei
gelberg’s head. The round open
ed up with a flurry of blows, but
slowed up towards the end.
Scally tossed a few lefts, follow
ed by a looping right before the
bell sounded.
The Washington State light
heavyweight came out in the
second round, bobbing and
weaving for an opening which
he was unable to find. Scally
caught him on the ropes and
rocking Speigelberg’s head with
three rights.
Speigelberg’s right hand start-
ed to find its mark about the mid
dle of the round and he landed
"short midsectior,.
The Penn State crowd was
ready for anything as the bell
rang starting the last round. The
West Coast star started sharp
shooting his long right into Scal
ly’s middle, but the Lion senior
kept his left in Speigelberg’s face.
At the bell, pandemonium
broke loose in Rec Hall; When
the decision was announced,
hoarse throats were roared hoars
er.
Baird-Tobiasson
The first round opened with
both Baird and Tobiasson cau
tious, but they soon started mix
ing it with a vengeance. Baird
opened a slight cut over the
Californian’s right eye, but re
feree Joe McGuigan permitted
him to go on.
Baird landed hard several
times to the midsection, but To
biasson countered with stiff lefts
to Baird’s head. Near the end
of the round, Baird was floored
by a hard left jab but was able
to get up again almost immedi
ately.
Action started fast in the sec
ond round, with Tobiasson land
ing hard rights to Baird’s head.
Baird landed only occasionally to
Tobiasson’s stomach.
The third round saw Baird, in
a tremendous attempt to wipe out
the margin Tobiasson had estab
lished, rushing the Californian.
Tobiasson managed to keep Baird
from doing much damage, but in
the last minute of the round,
Baird scored with rights to the
head. .At the end of the round,
Rec Hall was in an uproar over
Baird's strong comeback.
Annual Goodman Trophy
Presented To Scally
The Frank J. Goodman Tro
phy, awarded annually to the
outstanding Penn State boxer,
was presented to Paul Scally,
Lion 175-pound senior, tonight
by Adam A. Smyser '4l.
Goodman was a former na
tional collegiate champion from
Penn State.
Scally is the third recipient of
the award. A 1 Tapman ’39 and
Mike Cooper ’4O are the previous
winners.