TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY. 19, 194$
State Gymnasts
Whip Army, 5340
' Duplicating his feat of a week ago, Steve Greene captur
ed, three first places as Gene Wettstone's gymnasts defeated
a powerful Army squad, 53-40 at West Point, Saturday alfter-
The defeat was the “kadets” second in-four years, and
State turned the trick both
times
In the side horse event,
Greene, Glover, and ~ Neiger of
State took first,' second and fourth
respectively. Robinson and Stock
of Army took third and fifth in
this event. • •
Steve Greene did it again in the
parallel bars contest as he. grabb
ed ■ another 6-polnts for the Nit
tany Lions. Walt Glover perfor
med well, capturing second posi
tion. Woods of Army was third
and Lu’bdell of Army was fourth.
Hal Frey gained another point for
State as he held fifth spot.
As in last week’s meet against
Navy the redoubtable Steve Gree
ne-fell one-tenth of a second short
of the record in the rope climb,
performing in 3.9_ seconds. Stan
Wirtschafter was in fine fettle, be
ing in the runner-up spot. Wolf
and Mason-of Army were tied for
Boxers Drop Fifth Straight
As Badgers Take Six Bouts
Putting on one of the greatest
displays oj slam-hang action ever
witnessed'in the local gym, Penn
State and the University of Wis
consin’s boxers hooked up in
eight grueling battles Saturday
night with the more aggressive
Badgers clubbing out six wins and
a 6-2 decision.
Only winners for the Lions
were Johnny; Benglian, who right
jabbed his way to his third
straight in - the 127-pound class,
anid "Gentleman" Jim Cassidy,
who- scored his second win in a
bruising slugfesi in' the light
weight class;
'-..ir-Tfiei first close decision was'the
opening bout between the ban
tams, Polansky , and Gibson, in
which the Badger received the
judges verdict, 28-27. Gibson,
who was more feinting, than slug
ging (Wisconsin Coach John
Walsh’s boxing theory), would
sneak in a blow or two and jump
away, until- Ray finally caught up
to him and had him ready for a'
knockout late in the third round.
Captain Paul Smith again mov
ed; up a .weight to 145 and wag
ed- a slugging affair with his Bad
ger opponent. The cool and .smil
ing Badgei-, however, took;. every
roundiby close, margins and- cop-:
ped the decision, 30-26.
Bill Christmas, victim of two
TKO’s. in his only appearances,
and John Slusarc'zyk, loser of four
straight, made things lively for
their opponents although dropping
two .other bruising slugfest?.
Christmas, fighting the second
156-pound battle,, was a much im
proved battler as he fought his
way oiit. of the ropes from'his ag
gressive, rushing opponent; and in
the third round became top man
and took the round “by softening
up the Badger with lefts arid
rights to the head.
LION'S WAGE HARD FIGHTS
©engliah arid ■ Cassidy ..put up
whirlwind fights against f their, op
ponents. Cass i d y, , especially,
fought, a terrific .blow-by-blow
bout with the Badger (Paxil ‘in. 1
which more punches were thrown
than the eyes could follow. At
one stage of the second foundj,
both boys flailed away with lefts
arid rights for fully-ten seconds.
A rushing, slugging Badger with
short, piston-like arms kept Beng
lian from getting started, in the
first round, but once the Lion sol
ved his opponent’s style, the out
stretched right was continually
halting his advance, while a few
hard lefts aided also in stalling
his opponent.
FIRST KNOCKOUT RECORDED
‘'Buzz” iFahringei’, holder of one
win, couldn’t solve the feinting
an£ slugging,pf his Badge?:Qppp
nenf and 'he .was -the' firfit ‘ yiriUm
of. the*- season • to suCfer ‘clean’
thud- and State's Hobart added
another point for the Lions.
Army won its initial first as
Quinn was victorious in the hori
zontal bar. Glover helped State’s
cause immensely, taking another
second, his third of the afternoon.
Cronin and Mac Gill .of Army were
third and fifth respectively. Hal
Frey, Le.highton ace, added two
more points with his fourth place.
Quinn ’of Army took another
first for U. S. Military Academy
in the flying rings.. Warren Neig
er of State was runner-up in this
event. Mason, Army, was third,
Glover, State fourth, and Whit
son, Army fifth.
Army’s Blazina won first place
in the tumbling event. Frey, Na
tional A. A. U. tumbling champ
in 1944, was in the second slot.
Tim PetrofL' captured a third
place for Gene Wettstone’s men.
knockout, in .50 seconds of the
second round.
Another knockout, although
technical was rung up in the last
bout df the evening against Ed-
Kniaz, Lion newcomer. As in the
Fahringer match, the undefeated
Badger light heavy, using the
rushing, slugging style, caught up
with the inexperienced ICniaz at
the start of the -second and pep
pered him with lefts and rights
against the ropes until the bout
was stopped after 1.10.
SUMMARIES
120-pound: Gibson (W) decisioned
Polansky, 28-27.
127-pound: Benglian' (PS) decis
ioned Konoshima, 30-26.
135-pound: Cassidy (PS) decision
ed Paul. 30-24.
145-pound: Humphreys (W) decis
ioned Smith, 30-26.
155-pound: Dickinson (W) knock
out over Fahringer, .50 seconds,
of second ro.und.
155-pound: Cullen (W) decisioned
Christmas, 29-25.
165-pound: Leridenski (W) decis
ioned Slusarczyk, 30-26.
175-pound: Kuzussik (W) TKO
over Kniaz, 1.10. of second round.
(Penn State wrestlers won their
first ‘(Eastern intercollegiate team
title in 'l9lB.
THE COLLEGIAN
Polansky Gets
Boxing Award
Ray Polansky, 120-pound ban
tamweight on. the Lion boxing
team, was awarded the Frank J.
Goodman trophy at the conclusion
of Saturday’s boxing meet with
Wisconsin.
The trophy was started seven
years ago by Frank Goodman,
who was Eastern Intercollegiate
135-pound champ in. ’36 and ’37.
It is awarded annually to the out
standing Lion boxer, with the
only requirements being that he
is a senior, is earnest and con
scientious in his training, and a
good student.
Although this is his first year
of college boxing, Polansky gave
good accounts of himself in losing
five close decisions. He started! in
his first two fights as feather
weight, but later gave way to
Johnny Benglian ancl moved down
a weight.
Preyious winners oC the trophy
were At Teaman, Mike Cooper,
Paul Scally, Jackie Grey, Frankie
Serago, and Paul Smith.
Bks. 37 Sure Winners;
Lasl NROTC Game Today
With the last game of the cur
rent NROTC basketball league set
for 5 o’clock this afternoon, bar
racks 37 has the championship all
sewed up, winning eleven out of
eleven,
The closest competitor, barracks
9, dropped two out ol twelve
starts. (Barracks 22, for a long
time down at the bottom of the
league, staged a rally in its last
games. It now holds fourth place,
and may bring its score up to a
par with that of the squad from'
barracks 13 (first team) if it can
defeat barracks 37 today.
Barracks 36, the Navy band,
although by games won and lost
the worst in , the league, actually
was a rough competitor. A major
ity of the games it lost were.', de
feats by only one or two point
margins.
For a last minute roundup of
standings, you have:—
W L
Barracks 37 11 0
Barracks 9 10 2
Barracks 13 (1) 6 6
Barracks 22 5 6
Barracks 26 5 7
Barracks 13 (2) 2 10
Barracks 36 2 10
Penn State ! Club
. . . keys were presented to the
following officers who have serv
ed this - semester: Robert Moore,
president; Michael Halikis, vice
president; Clayton Wilson, secre
tary;' Walter Pascoe, social chair
man; Lawrence Marcella, treas
urer; Herbert Kean, athletic chair
man; and Michael Horen, histor
ian.
Defeat Ends
Cagers Season
The Penn State court squad
ended the 1940 season with a .406
average when Temple’s sharp
shooting Owl’s pounded out a 54-
38 victory over the Lion cagers
before a capacity crowd in Con
vention Hall, Saturday night.
Johnny Rusinko, Lion guard
and Jack Hewson, Owl center tied
for scoring honors with 15 points.
Joyce garnered 14 and Hatkevieh
was fourth high with 10.
The Owls jumped to an early
seven point lead before the State
five scored in the first quarter.
Temple FG F T
Hullo, f 4 2 10
Bechtloff, £ 0 0 0
Lerner, fi 3 4 10
Joyce, f 6 2 14
Hewson, c 6 3 15
Rosen, c . 0 0 0
Budd, g o 0 0
Wharton, g 0 0 0
Fox, g i; 3 5
McLaughlin, g 0 0 0
Totals 20 14 54
Penn State FG F T
Simon, £ 1, i 3;
Light, f 0 0 0
Nugent, f 1 2 4
Currie, c -I 1 3
Rusinko, g 7 1 15
Hatikevich, g 4 2 10
Funk, g 1 1 3
Maticola, g 0 0 0
Totals 15 8 38
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Cadets Down
State Matmen
State -wrestlers went down in
defeat, 21-11, as they ended their
1946 mat season at West Point
Saturday. Sam Harry, Nittany cap
tain, remained undefeated by pin
ning his Cadet opponent, as the
West Pointers captured five of the
eight bouts.
Freshman Grant Dixon, 155-
pound Eastern Intercollegiate
champ, losti to Stan Thevenet and
Gale S'tockdale defeated 165-
pounder Don McKeeby,
Captain Harry scored the fastest
fall of the day when he pinned
Army’s Chuck Hall with a chan
cery and arm bar in 2:4'5 minutes.
Previously, Dave -Falcon, 121-
pounder, was pinned iby Ralph
Raaibe, 'Army’s champion, with a
body press in 4:03 minutes of the
opening bout.
In the 136-pound division, Stale’s
Joe Steel, concluding his collegiate
mat career, decisionedl Army’s Ed
Robertson, 4-0, for his second win
over the Cadet in the past two
weeks, having defeated him in the
Intercollegiates.
Recovered from an injury which,
prevented him from entering the
Intercollegiates, Hal Greene out
pointed Array’s Chuck Stewart,
6-0, to win in the 145-pound class.
Captain Bob Land and Jack
Green of Army pinned their Nit
tany opponents, Bert Taylor in the
175-pound class and -Fred France
in the unlimited division, both
with a body press.