TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1942
Trackman Wallop
Cornell Sans Ewell
Despite a leg injury suffered
by Barney Ewell
. in the broad
jump, an event he won withia leap
of 22 feet, 7 inches, the INittany
track team swamped Cornell in
the Big Red's Barton Hall Satur
day night by 63 1-8 to 40 2-3.
By sweeping the 'broad jump,
first event of the program, the
Blue and White was never head
ed in a meet featured with the
breeking of five records and ty
ing of one other.
Norm Gordon, declared eligible
for IC4-A competition over the
weekend, scored nine points with
a first in the mile in 4:28.1, a sec
ond in the half to Cornell's star
Art Smith, and a third in the
broad jump -to replace Ewell,
withdrawn from all events, as the
high scorer for the first time in
three years.
Close second in- the nice for in
diVidual honors was Barney Pless
pr, junior hurdler, who tied the
75-yard low hurdle record of 8.3
set by Ewell in the 1940 meet at
_lthaca, and finished second to
Kncierl of Cornell in the high
. 1 - .l3xrdles to garner eight points.
,One of the best finishes from
the Penn State standpoint was
the dead heat turned in by Curt
Stone, Herm Goff berg and Alex
Bourgerie in the two-mile in the
good time of •9:49.3.
A judges' decision nosed out
Don *Dolbin in the 75-yard dash
event for the second tr . & in a
week. Shaw was .the winner in
1.7, while Marty Schiff, Nittany
newcomer, took A surprise . third:
Ed Miller, sophomere middle
distancer, starred with a second
'in the mile and a third in an ex
ceptionally fast .880.
Yx9§. l .lse,gr.g.a Micto_KlPS .An
.t4P S,PASI:O I '41 5 4eYtgq4 SS:SP
:won . the §:Opt and
tale }Wile relay ream of :St. Clair,
;Williams, Karyer and Shusna i n
won in 3:31.2.
1 Lion :Gymnasts
Win fig frowns
Two diminutive sophomore
gymnasts, Hal Zimmerman and
Charlie Warrington, brought new
honors to the Penn State campus
Saturday when they captured
three individual titles between
them in the Eastern Intercollegi
ate Championships at Temple.
Outstanding performer for the
league champions, Zimmerman
was In top form when he captured
the parallel bars and tumbling
crowns. Warrington's victory on
tt* side horse upset all predictions
as he outclassed star contenders
from the other league squads and
nosed .out his teammate, Sol-Small,
who took : second place ;honors. •
Zimmerman won the tumbling
by . repeating a dual meet victory
over . 1941 champ George Szypula
of Temple and displayed top form
on the parallel bars ,for his : double
triumph.
Sol : Small gained third place in
all-goAnci , pompetition and was
followed ;by gd Vryhaja. •
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Summaries 01 EIWA
Finals, Place Bouts
121-pounds '(title bout)—Charlie
Ridenour, PS, defeated Carl
Sparke, Penn (9-2). Second plate,
Sheridan -Bannon, Lehigh, defeat
ed Sparke (7-1). Third place,
Sparke (automatic.)
128-pounds (title bout) Sam
Harry.. PS, defeated Jim Laggan,
Penn (9-5). •Second place, Laggan
defeated Roy Zackey, Lehigh (2-0)
Third place, ,Zackey defeated Jim
Changaris,' At!my (7-6).
136-pounds (title bout) War
tren Taylor, 'Rrindeton, defeated
Bill .Levering b , Penn (3-2); Second
place. iLev,ering defaulted to gric
, Colpell- Third Place, Lev.:
eying (automatic).
145-pounds (title bout)—Glen
Alexander.... ..E.S,‘ defeated Joe
Mount, Cornell'(B-3). SeCond place
Mount defaulted to Andy Melgard,
Penn. Third - place. Mount( auto
matic.)
155-pounds (title bout)—Mickey
Bennett, Navy, defeated Andy
Turnbull, Princeton (7-2). Second
place, Frank.McKenna, Lehigh,
defeated Turnbull (7-4). 'bird
place—Turnbull (automatic).
165-pound (title bout) Bill
Carmichael, Navy, defeated Ralph
James, .Princeton (6-0). Second
place, Ralph pare PS, defeated
James (6-5). Third place, James
(automatic.)
175-pounds (title bout) Dick
Dißattista, Penn, defeated Dick
Brenneman, Lehigh (11-2). Sec
ond
. place Brenneman default
ed to Bob Morgan,y,s. Third place
Brenneman (automatic.)
geavyweight (title bout)— Shu-
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MADIsp,N,. wis:;; pfrarch Iq—
IT sk able to cope with the solid
punching of an undefea l ted Wis
.consin boxing ; team, Leo Boucles
mittmen were overwhelmed by
the Badgers 1. 1 / 2 - 1 / 2 . here tonight
in their last dual meet of the sea
son.
The Lions gairDgi the one-half
point when the Joe McCormick-
Bob Ellis bout was stopped in the
first round after the boxers had
bumped heads_qlng the Nittany
southpaw was unable to continue.
"Hard Luck" Horner Hoffman
met his match in the Cardinal's
"Smiling" Gene Rankin in the 135-
pound battle when the two-time
NCAA title-holder floored him in
1:42 of the second round.
It took Vierdayne -: John just 46
seconds -tor dispose of the Lion un
limited contender;7: Aldo Cenci.
Cenci .was overpowered by the
Wisconsin flash and his inexper
ience proved fatal as he fell be
fore John'S
Jess Fardello And Captain Bob
Baird, who are. to represent Penn
State at the pationpl Collegiates
this weekend, botb—vicent down in
dete4t. F4r.44 4',4$ .ooisioned
by 127-poundsr John Collentine in
a close fight ,while the Nittany
captain was outpointed by veteran
Warren Joliymore in the 145 tus
sle.
Diminutive Jaclcie grey, Bill
Richairds, and Bob - Perugini also
were decisively outscored by Bad
ger punchers as the team suc
cumbed to its worst defeat of the
season.
Grey's 120-pound bout was
marked by fast and solid punch
ing while Cliff Lutz had little
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
BRILLIANT UPSET—Sam Harry,
Lion 128-pound EIWA champ, out
pointed Penn's Captain Dick Lag
gan, 9-5, during Saturday night's
finals in one of the deciding bouts
of the tourney.
ford Swift, Navy, defeated Bill
Medcraft, Penn (8-6). Second
place, Medcraft defeated Joe Hen
nPss.ee, Army, (referee's decision
in oy,r.tixne). Tpird place, Jack
Kerns, PS, pinned Hennessee at
3.47..
I- - . S el e ven Cager Will totraip
pring Grid Ele
Starts Workouts Tomoirow Night
Dartmouth's basketball quintet,
With 15 former Lion gridders which has averaged 57 points per
absent becausle of draft or pros- game this season, will stack its
pective graduation Coach Bob
NCAA title hopes against those of
Higgins will send liis pigskin pro- '
Penn State when the two teams
pro
teges through their paces in the
first drill of Spring football pra,c-
clash in the Eastern Regional
tice on New Beaver Field this af-
playoffs in New Orleans on Fri
ternoon.
day night.
-
About 40 or 5b candidates are Coach John Lawther's Lions
expected to report to the first have been holding the stiffest
session and work out daily until drills of the year in preparation
the start of May.
for their first entrance into a na-
Leaving via the diploma route tional post-season tourney.
are Captain Len Krouse, Bill The Nittany title drive will get
Smaltz, Pepper Petrella, Bob underway tomorrow evening
Wear, Red Yoho, and Chuck Ray-
when the team entrains on the
first part of its southern trip.
sor.
Thursday afternoon, a short stop
at •the University of t Louisville
will give the Lions a chance to run
through light practice sessions be
fore embarking on the final hop
to Tulane University, where the
playoffs will be held.
Dartmouth, on the other hand,
has a game scheduled in Philadel
phia tomorrow night. The Indians
will battle Princeton for the East
ern Intercollegiate l A eap s e title.
;Pon Stick Wielders
Make Last Minute Rally
To Nip -Lehigh Icemen
Staging a brilliant last period
rally, the Lion hockey team came
from behind to down a fast Le
high outfit, 4-2, in the Hershey Ice
Palace Saturday night.
The game was the final one of
the season for the Lions who boast
a season . record of five wins in six
intercollegiate starts. Lehigh was
the third member of the Eastern
Intercollegiate Hockey League to
fall victim to the Davismen, F&M
and St. Joseph's having bowed to
the Lions earlier in the season.
trouble in handling Bill Richards
in the 155 go.
Perugini lost his match against
George Makris when the veteran
opponent displayed more exper
ience and better boxing ability to
get the judges nod in the 175 di
vision.
Summaries Of EIWA
Semi-Final Bouts
121-pound Charlie Ridenour,
PS, threw Vansant Brewer,
Princeton, with a double bar and
leg scissors in - 4:08; Carl Sparke,
Penn, threw Nelson Samson, Syr
acuse, with a reverse nelson and
body hold in 6.39.
128 - pound James Laggan,
Penn, threw James Changaris,
Army, with a crotch and a far arm
hold in 3.40; Samuel Harry, PS,
defeated Roy Zackey, Lehigh, 4-0.
136-pounds William Lever
ing, Penn, defeated Allen Crab
tree, PS, 7-4; Warren Taylor,
Princeton, defeated Ernie Miller,
Cornell.
145-,pounds Joseph Mount,
Cornell, defeated Arthur Merts.op,
Army, 4-0; glen Alexander, PS,
defeated James Holloway, Navy,
7-0.
15.5 . -poiancis—Andrew Turnbull
Princeton, threw Glenn Ingwer
sen, Army, with a reverse bar and
body chancery in 7.40; Milton
Bennett, Navy, threw Patsy Pel
lecci, Columbia, with a half nelson
and arm lock in 7.09.
165-pounds Bill Carmichael,
Navy, defeated Ralph Sayre, PS,
6-2; Ralph James, Princeton, de
feated John Buckner, Army, 8-4.
175-pounds Richard Dißat
tista, Penn, threw Robert Morgan,
PS, with a body press in 1.40;
Richard Brenneman, Lehigh, .de
feated Fenton Brown, Cornell, 8-3.
Heavyweight Shuford Smith,
Navy, threw Joseph Hennessee,
Army, with a reverse nelson and
body hold in 8.19; William Med
craft, Pe,nn, tbrAw John Kerns,
with a half nelson and crotch
hold in 6.48.
NYIJ Whips Fencers
In Dual Meet Finale
Ending its dual meet season
with a loss to New York Univer
sity, the Nittany fencing team is
preparing for its first invasion of
the Eastern Intercollegiate Fenc
ing Tournament scheduled for
New York this weekend.
The Lions lost to the powerful
Violet squad by a score of 181
to 8 1 / 2 in their Saturday afternoon
meet in Rec Hall to close the sea
son with a record of three wins
against four losses.
PAGE THREE
Mahen Cop EIWA
Team Title; Three
Lions Take Honors
(Continued from !'age One)
with a lightning takedown and
devoted the rest of the bout to
giving the sturdy Penn man a
thorough working over.
Liveliest match of the finals
came when Harry clashed with
previously undefeated Captain Jim
Laggan of Penn. The lanky Red
and Blue grappler walked into a
takedown after a lengthy period
of muscling and hauling.
In a rolling, twisting second
Veriod where first one and •then
the other appeared on top, Harry
squirmed into a favorable posi
tion and almost scored two points
on a near fall but Laggan was off
the mats.
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Charlie Ridenour, repeating
121-pound EIWA champ; was
awarded an individual trophy as
the most outstanding wrestler at
the 38th annual tournament Sat
urday night following the final
matches.
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With frantic energy Harry scor
ed a takedown 15 seconds before
the match ended to decisively de
cision his foe, 9-5.
Although Warren Taylor of
Princeton assumed the initiative
all through •the 136-pound title
bout he was barely able to edge
Bill Levering of Penn, 3-2.
Captain Glen Alexander con
tinued the Penn State tradition of
aggressiveness in wresting The
145-pound championship . from
powerful Joe Mount of Cornell,
8-3.
Milton Bennett of Navy repeat
ed his last year's chainplonship in
the 155-pound division. Prince
ton's Andy Turnbull' fell before
the midshipmen's onslaught, 7-2.
Captain Bill Carmichael was the
second Navy grappler to take
pharnpionship laurels. klie out-
P9lnted E alph James, 6-0, as the
Princeton 165-pounder took a ter
rific beating but refused to be
pinned.
Lehigh's Dick Brenneman ex
perienced great difficulty with an
injured knee but put up a skillful
and game resistence to Penn's Di-
Battista who won his 74th straight
bout in retaining the 175 pound
crown.
In. an evenly matched contest,
Shuford Swift of Navy gained the
heavyweight laurels on a time ad
vantage which broke a 6 point tie
with till Medcraft of Penn for a
final score of 8-6.
An, Irvin Place
In IM Cage Finah
Three outstanding intramural
cage contests placed two teams
In the finals of the league play
and one in the serni-Ilnals. The
games were played before .a crowd
of, about 100 people in Rec Hall
last night. •
Alpha Chi Sigma and Irvin Hall
battled to the finals after surviv
ing a gruelling elimination. Phi
Sigma Delta eked out a close win
over Beta Sigma Rho to advance
to the semi-finals of the frater
nity division.
The AXS quintet will play the
winner of Thursday's battle be
tween Phi Sigma Delta and Tri
angle for the fraternity league
title Sunday afternoon while the
Irvin Hall basketeers tangle on
the same afternoon with Penn
State Club for Independent hon
ors.