PAGE FOUR
Harry, Crabtree, Morgan, Score. Quarter-Final Falls
Lions Garner
3 Fall Poll*
(Continued from Page One)
• Two bantam favorites in the'
121-pound division advanoed to
the semi-finals when Little Char
lie Ridenour, EIWA champion,
vanquished Sheridan Bannon, Le
high, 6-2, and undefeated Carl
Sparke, Penn, trounced Joe Little
ton, Cornell, 10-5. A dark horse,
Van Sant Brewer, Princeton, will
meet Ridenour this afternoon after
pinning both Jim Huddleston,
Army, and Donald Kuntze, Col
umbia, yesterday.
Penn's Captain Jim Laggan and
undefeated Sam Harry, Penn State
sophomore, dominated 128-pound
competition by throwing their
men. The 136-pound division
promises to be a closely-fought
group with Penn's Bill Levering,
former champion, Penn State's Al
Crabtree, defending champion
Warren Taylor, and Ernie Miller,
Cornell grappler, furnishing a
merry-go-round of talent.
Another closely-bunched class is
offered by the 145-pounders 'with
Joe Mount of Cordell and Cap
tain Glen Alexander, Penn State,
rated , an edge. Alexander fought
a crowd-stirring battle when he
snared Penn's Andy Melgarde, 10
to 4, in a rough tough match. An
Army-Navy scrap in the 155-
pound class was probable if the
favorite and defending champion,
Mickey Bennett of Navy over
comes Columbia's Patsy Pellecci
and Cadet Glenn Ingwersen con
quers' Andy Turnbull, Princeton,
tomorrow.
The laurels of the 165-pound major tournament is complete
class rested upon the brawny without the selection of an all
shoulders of Navy's Bill Car- time team. From its own files,
michael and stays •there after he from old-time wrestling fans, from
pushed Dick Benson, Penn; for a Charlie Speidel's "History of Penn
79-3 win and took an easy triumph State Wrestling;" and from vet
over Captain Vic Zaro, Columbia, eran sports writers who have
7-I.' He meets Ralph Sayre, Penn watched Nittany Lion mat
State, this afternoon. , "greats" over a period of years,
Bearing Penn's brunt of attack The Daily Collegian presents its
and defending his 175-pound all-time wrestling team.
crown, Dick Di Battista, winner of In many of the weights it is im
-71 consecutive bouts, invades the Possible to say who was or is the
Nittany lair when he grapples "greatest" without first seeing
Bob Morgan. His leading chal- him in a bout. 'Where one wrest
lenger, Lehigh's Captain Dick ler excelled in speed and strength,
Brenneman, faces a strong Cor- another may have been his equal
nell opponent, Fenton Brown. in mat strategy and style. Other
Brenneman lost to Di Battista by complications have developed
a 2.1 edge this season. with the change in weight classi
lii the "grunt and groan" divi- fications.
sion, the heavyweight situation Nevertheless, the attempt will
will be a battle to the finish. Four be made to cite outstanding Lions
striing contenders grapple on even from 'past and present history.
terms this afternoon. Cadet Joe Charlie Ridenour seems to be
Hennessee meets an undefeated the 'best lightweight Penn State
midshipman, Shuford Smith, has produced so far, although Fred
while Mike Kerns, Nittany Lion Kaiser,• Lion captain in 1927, and
heavy, combats Bill Medcraft, Bob Ellstrom '34, two-times EIWA
Penn grappler. title-holder are also considered
among the best.
i -
• • ' Ted Wilson, Lion captain in
'O!f The Mats'
crown twice in a row, stands alone
Al :Wrestling Tourney • in the 128-pound classification.
(Continued from Page One)
— ln . the 136-pound weight it is a
4 ,_
and is rated among the best, per- -- , p' between Jack Light,
formers in the tourney.
wrestling captain in 1936, who
Conspicuous by their absence
won three EIWA titles and Harold
Hubler,. Lion captain in 1930 who
. . . Penn State coeds were almost won two crowns.
extinct as far as last night's tour
ney was concerned. Undoubted- ' Dick. Waite '36, assistant wrest
ly, it takes a boxing meet to brini ling coach at University of Cali
out the fairer fans. fornia-at the present time, is con-
Burly Dick Di Battista, Penn's sidered - the best 145-pound man
175-pound national champion and although he never won a title.
most hler4ded entrant in the In the 155-pound weight Paul
tourney, failed to live up to ex- Campbell, EIWA title winner in
pectations, despite his victory 1930, is at the top of the list.
over Midshipman Emersan......,Dlek,„ Captain Howard Johnston '35,
attributes his success to constant won the national championship
training, but in the fans' eitiMa and two EIWA titles, at the 165-
tion, he was too cautious and lack- Pound' slot, is rated one of Coach
ied ithe fire that is necessairy for a Speidel's best grapplers.
...
goad show. Ross Shaffer, captain and EIWA
. , ,
The three-ring circus arrange-. title-wlnner in 1936 and Ernie
ment of mats kept Penn State's ,•Horl7 o . ,,e,aptain and EIWA winner
coach, Charlie Speidel, •guessing. .1949 ,share honors in the 175-
He just couldn't keep track of all pound classification.
his "does." After the bouts, Char- Unlimited wrestler Joe O'Dowd,
lie. was the one with the big team captain in 1937 and EIWA
smile . . . reason—seven of his champion, will be forced to split
"does" were victorious, and on his position with Clyde "King"
Fridaly the 13th, too. Cole, EIWA title winner in 1933.
Two Champs To Go ` Dick Di Battista of Fenn; last year's EIWA 175-pound , champion and never
defeated in collegiate competition, will meet Nittany Lion Bob Morgan in the semi-finals this afternoon.
Defending titlist in the 136-pound division, Warren Taylor of Princeton is conceded the likely winner in
the semi-final with Cornell's Erie Miller. If Allan Crabtree can defeat Bill Levering of Pennsylvania,
he will meet the present 136-pound champion in the finals at 7:30 p. m.
Collegian Names All-Time Team;
Ridenour Selected Al 121 Slot
By DICK McNAUL
No major athletic contest, no
who copped the EIWA
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Summaries Of Last
Night's Bouts Listed
(Continued trom Page One)
Charles Joslin, Navy, 6-0; Roy
Zackey, Lehigh, defeated Ira Grif
fin, Princeton, 6-2; Sam Harry,
Penn State, threw Bob Kenerson,
Cornell, with a cradle hold in 5:07.
136-pounds: William Levering,
Penn, defeated Alan Baum, Co
lumbia, 8-3; Allen Crabtree, Penn
State, threw Ignatius Veescera,
Syracuse with a body chancery in
4:39; Warren Taylor, Princeton,
defeated Wendell Bevan, Army,
6-0; Ernie Miller, Cornell, defeat
ed Kenneth Swaye, Lehigh, 3-0.
145-pounds: Arthur Marston,
Army, defeated Richard Bird, Le
high, 3-2; Joe Mount, Carnell, de
feated Hamilton Carothers,
Princeton, 9-1; Glenn. Alexander,
Penn State, defeated . Andrew
Melgard, Penn, 10-4; James Hol
loway, Navy, defeated Norman
Wiedersum, Syracuse, 12-6.
.155-pounds: Andrew Turnbull,
Princeton, defeated John Henry,
Penn State, 11-10; Glenn Ingwer
sen, Army, threw Sutton, Syra
cuse, with a body chancery and
forearm in 2:18; Patsy Pelleci,
Columbia, threw Bob Harris, Cor
nell, with a body press in- 1:41;
Milt Bennett, Navy, defeated
Frank McKenna, Lehigh, 9-1.
165-pounds: Ralph Sayre. Penn
State, defeated John Stockbridge,
Lehigh 11-5; Bill Carmichael,
Navy, defeated Dick Benson,
Penn, 7-3; Ralph James, Prince
ton, defeated Fred Schaeffer, Cor
nell, 6-2; John Buckner, Army,
threw Joe Abruzzo, Syracuse,
with reverse body lock in 2:12.
175-pounds: Dick Dißattista;
Penn, defeated . Arthur Emerson,
Navy, 7-1; Bob Morgan,. Penn.
State, threw—John Cunningham,
Princeton, with a crotch and half
nelson in 7:32; Dick Brenneman,
Lehigh, defeated Raymond Blatt,
Army, 8-1. :
Heavyweight: Joseph Hennes
see, Army, defeated Jim Barrett,
Cornell, 4-2; Shuford. Swift, Navy,
defeated George Snyder, Lehigh,
12-4; Bill Medcraft, Penn, threw
Ray Makofske, Columbia, with a
figure four, scissor, and half nel
son in 5:25; Jack. Kerns, Penn
State, defeated Kenneth Chap
man, Syracuse, 4-L
Past Team Champs
In Tourney Listed
1935
1936
1937
Totals: Cornell 11; Lehigh 10%;
Penn State 8; Yale 6; Prince
ton 11/2.
Lagers Refuse Baffle
With East Stroudsburg
Small East Stroudsburg Teach
ers College, recognized as Penn
sylvania's mythical basketball
champion as far as the win-loss
record is concerned, has issued a
challenge to meet the mighty
Lions in a post-season game which
Would decide the actual titlist. of
the 'Keystone State: •• ' •
Because of Penn State's previ
ous decision to enter the NCAA
tourney in New Orleans, the Lions
had to flatly but politely. refuse
to accept• the smaller college's
challenge.
During the past season, East
Stroudsburg .won 18 out of 19 in
comparison to Penn State's record
of 17 victories in 19 starts.
Ya 1.21
Yale
Yale
Yale
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..Princeton
....Cornell
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....Cornell
....Cornell
....Cornell
....Cornell
Penn State
Penn Sta Ne.
Penn State
Penn State
....Cornell
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Penn State
Penn State
....Cornell
Yale-Lehigh
....Lehigh
Penn State
Penn State
Lehigh
Princeton-Yale
BUY. DEFENSL STAMPS
AND aONDS,..-•,.
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1942
Ridenour, Sayre,
Kerns Win' Decisions_
. _
• (Contiritted . from , eage Om)) ' r
duplici.ted in the •thArd•pericid. Ire
will now ineet ROy Zackey
Le
high; :whom' •he .beat dual. corn- *.
petition' earlier this season.
Apparently_ little the worse for,
his preliminary match
. with Earl •
Buckwalter of Navy•yresterday af
ternoon, Allan Crabtree threw
Ignatius Vescera of Syracuse with
a half nelso nand body chancery
in 4:39. In his match with Buck
waiter, 'Crabtree had compiled a
7-0 score while completely out
classing the previously unbeaten
Midshipman.
Rugged bull-doifng and dogged
determination accounted fOr
Ralph Sayre's 165-pound victory
over John Stockbridge ,of Lehigh'
and gives him opportunity to chal
lenge the great Bill, Carmichael,
undefeated Navy junior. Sayre
compiled most of his 11 points in
the finall period when he scored
a take-down, two reverses, and
an escape to add to a .two-minute
time. advantage: in the second per
ibd.
In contrast to the continuous ef
fort which Sayre found necessary, -
Bob Morgan ended his match in a
hurry when he picked John Cun-
ningham of Princeton off the mat
and laid him neatly into a fall
position early in the first period.
Despite all the groans •and bridg
ing which the Tiger m - atman could
muster, he was pinned with - a•
half-nelson and crotch hold in .
1:24, the best time of the session.
Although both Mike Kerns and
Kenneth Chapman of Syracuse
seemed to
. have a healthy respect
for each other in the initial per
iod, the Nittany grappler took the
initiative time after time withoilt
downing his man. Both men tug
ged, and muscled but without re
sults.
In the third period with Chap-.
man on top, Kerns capitalized on
an arm roll to take matters into
his own hands for the rest of the
fray. He threw the 'Ora - lige sen
ior al over the mat and 'utilized
his weight in a punishing manner
to - gain the decision, 4-1. '
This .afternoon the. Nittany
heavyweight will tangle with Bill
Medcraft of Pennsylvania who
threw Ray Makofske of Columbia
in 5:25. If he survives the semi
finals, he will be matched with
either Shufizird Swift - t3if Navy or
Joseph Hennessee of Aimy in. the
finals which begin at
.7:30 -p.
lie,high
Lehigh
Cornell
Lehigh
Penn Sfafe Plays Host
To Grapplers For 4th
Lehigh
!Lehigh
Lehigh
lime In EIWA History
Lehigh
When 72 wrestlers from 9
teams converged on Rec Hall . in
* the 88th :annual - EIWA tourney
yesterday,- 'it marked the fourth
time in the history of the Eastern
Intercollegiates that Penn State
dressed - up . to play host.
The first occasion was in 1919,
the'• second in '1926, - and the last
in 1934. Twice, in 1930 and 1938,
National competition • was held
here: _ • • •
Lehigh
The year 'lO6 went down In
the; records . 'as . a poor •year, for
State was o.kind 'to its' visitors
that it claimed only fifth plaCe
as Cornell won.
Coach Charley - Speidel predict-.
ed correctly in .0. Collegian article
that Lehigh - , would take, honors
when the Intercollegiatei came to
this campus in 1954..
he ' - failed to meption his oiw_ l. prote
ges for the runner-up' Positien
which they • wen.. '. •, - •
Statistically speaking,
.for Penn
State' to' maintain its scoring ave
rage. as host, the, Lion Wrestlers
would have to win - one and one
'half • championships. Biit since
it's hard to, split a, championship,
the Speidelmen will have to take
two • titles to .keep• up its record