FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1947
Six Teams Vie in 24th EIBA
Schedule 16 Bouts
On Tonight's 'Card
(Continued from page one)
Western Maryland's Carlo Or
tenzi, 1942 champion, and Vir_
iinia's Ralph Sheaf.
I Both men are undefeated in dulal
ineets. Houck will enter Nick
13.anieri in the light heavyweight
etas.
Red Crame r will carry Penn
State's colors in the 1 , 254p0und
class with Jerry AUClair of Syra
cuse and John Burch leading the
field in that weight. AuClai r has
lost one decision to Wisconsin's
Steve Gremb'an. •
Jclhn McArdle of 'Syracuse leads
the heavyweight field with the
most opposition exp'ecited from
Army's St. Clair land coast
Guard's llgenfritz.
Jerry Sitkin, in his second
steaighlt ELBA tournament, well be
the Lion entry in that class.
' Virginia's undefeated!, Jimmy
Miragliotte will be defending his
1135-pound title he ',won in_l944.
His chief competition will come
from Cadet Hazard and Syracuse's
Joe Bongo, libuick Will use new
denier Battista Soster in this
weight
145-POUNDS
Clarence Tannel of the Coast
Guard Academy and holder of last
year'S 145_vound title will meet
stiff apposition in Virginia's Willie
Barnett and Army Cadet Heis
tand.
Coaeh — Banc& rates Lion J'iin
Cassidy as a dark horse in this
. In the 155-Ipound _dlasHs, Syra
cuse's Billy Byrne, title-holder in
00,is fiaVorite with Virginia's
Joe Miragilotta and Airiny Cadet
Howell as runners-nip.
Penn .State' s - Jblin Slusser, fresh
from a TKO victory at Michigan
State last week, may prove. sur_
prise in this' weight.
Slusser, however, was ill earlier
in this week and 01:meth - Hon* Was
uncertain if the
155: --po.und -
Would be sib]
Pght.
Army wil
defending
team title it
last yeatat":
Po i nt. Virj
'and. Syracusi
CaVorites for
crown this yt
In determi;
the' team
five points are
awarded for each.
dhampion with Cassidy
three points given for the runners-
Medals will be awarded to the
first., second 'and third place box
ens in each. weight. Third place is
given to. the man defeated by the
dhampionin the semi-ifinals.
Frank J. Goodman will be pres
ent at the bouts tomorrow night
to present the Goodimtan Trophy
to the outstanding senior Lion
boxer.
Beta Theta 'B' Team
Downs Lambda thi Alpha
Beta 'Theta, Pi's "B" squad kept
Pace with th,, Beta "A" team
davining Lambda Chi: Alpha
"B' '11543, i 11345, and 1 1 0=7, as in
tramural volleyball.moved intolts
third night of play at Rec
Chi Phi m,ade short work of
Pi . Kappa Phi "B" by . notching
15-9 and 15-2 victories, and Alpha
Zeta had little trouble with pi
Kappa Alpha "A", •registering two
quick 15-8 and 15-12 , triumphs.
In their thre e game series the
Kappa Sigma volleyballers capped
the last two matches to eke out
a 13-15, !15- 1 5, and 15-10 win over
Delta Chi.
Other results were Tau Kappa
Epsilon "C" over. Alpha Chi
Sigma "B", 15_11, and 15-13, and
Kappa Delta Rho "B" over Phi
Delta Theta "B", 15-7 and 15-8.
•
Sunday 3 p. m.
HE MAN CLUB INITIATION
All Catholid students are tordially Invited by'the Newman
Club to attend the initiation cerernonies to be held at
Wiiodarian's Hall, corner of Hamilton avenue and Allen
street, Sunday afternoon, IVPatidh 9, at 3 p.m. All new stu
dents wishing to join the Newman Club should be present
at this time.
WOODMAN'S HALL Corner Allen and Hamilton
LION COACH LEO HOUCK holds the distinction of being the
only coach to field a team for all 24 years oil the CEIBA tourney.
Ball, Ortenzi, and Jimmy Miragliotta are three of the title holders
in this year's tournament.
Lions Seek Individual Titles
Gyrnnastic Interco'legiates
Coach Wettstone and 'lO gymnasts leave (for Annapolis at noon'
today to compete fo x individual honors tin the Eastern Intercollegiate
Pityannestic Championships.
,Penn State, Tenn e, AinnlY and Navy will, enter the conipetition—
the first Since the 1944 season.
In that year the Lions Carried away lhree titles, Greene taking the
side horse event, Valentino the tumbling match end Hal Frey-the all
around. honors_
SORENSEN AND BONSALL
Captain Ray Sorensen and Bill BonSall wtigil mite,. the 'all-ariound
coinpetition; 'participating in all'
sox matches,The , v,,rinner is' deterrri r
iried • 11". y. the - -highest aggregate
score from all events.
(Four other Nittany 'gymnasts
will .compete in the .rope
with Rossi, Greene, Eddy and
Wi'rtschafter 'completing the Blue
and White entry.
Meade and 'Petroff will be out
to cop the tumbling crown, but
Teinple's McKinney, who placed
second ' against Penn State last
Saturday. is another favorite.
'Steve Greene, Meade and Em
ery are scheduled, for the paral
lel bars event, with Jim Clark
and Greene competing on the side
horse,
RINGS, HIGH BAR
Bonsall and Sorensen, all-around
contestants, are the only Lions en
tered for the flying rings and hor_
izontal bar events. Sorensen is
favored for the high bar title.
Competition will b.. extremely
keen this year, as most squads
are bolstered by veterans. Temple
and Penn State ar. favorites for
most of the crowns.
Navy's Hoffman, who tied the
world's rope record at '3:B seconds
against the Nittany squad, is
picked as Rossi's chief competitor
for the title.
The husky Lion, 'against Army
and Temple in Rec Hall, twice
tied the world's mark. At Minne
sota Rossi climibed an unofficial
3.6, and against the Owls he was
timed by on. olicial at 3.7 sec
onds.
NEW RECORDS
"I predict a new record Satur
day since Hoffman and Rossi
have been doing 3.8 all season,
and under pressure either one can
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
do it," .said .Coach Wettstone.
'ilimveyer, don't -count out
Wirtschafter an d Eddy, 'f o r
they've both !been hitting closp. to
the mark," he added.
Temple's captain Reiff, who
scored ,12 points against the Lions
last weekend. is favored for the
all-around title.
Sorensen may cop the crown
with a few breaks, however, as
the Lion captain has been doing
well all season, Wettstone . re
marked.
B o n's a 1 l , 1946 NAAU ring
&tamp, mfay have a little edge
over .his teammate because of his
experience on the tumbling mats
Which Sorensen lacks.
The Blue and White squad cap
tured the eastern leagup crown
by deeating Temple last week.
The Lions also took the league
title in 1942 and 1943.
• Penn 'State's gymnasts have
taken 10 'individual crowns since
'Wettstone began .coaching the
sqUad in 1940.
Included in those-victories is the
present rope climbing record of
3.8 seconds established by Chick
Lebow in Ree Hall in '1943.
Reverting to the policy used
before the war, all officials,
coaches, managers and report
ers will dress formal for to
morrow night's finals.
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Tourney
Earnshaw Trips Lenker
In IM Handball Opener
George Earnsh:w, DU, tripped
Lenker, TKE, 21-19, 21_17 to
highlight the opening of intra
mura.l handball play Wednesday.
In another match, Joe Colone,
Sigma Nu, trounced McDonald,
Phi Delt, 21-5, 2.1_5.
Other winners were Jack
Tighe, DU, over Lerman, Phi Sig,
21-5, 2tl-4; L. Henry, Phi Gam,
over Cunningham, Sigma Pi, 21_7,
21-10; Holder, Phi Psi, defeating
McKim, Sigma Chi, 21-45, 21,16,
and Berg, Beta Sig, over Dun
away, Phi Delt, 21-14, 21-11.
Forfeit wins were posted by
Antolick, Pi Kappa Phi, over H.
James, Beta, and Totura, AGII,
over Blauch, Theta Chi.
Scheduled for Monday on court
1 at 7 p. m. are H. IMeihken vs. F.
Taucher; at 7:45 B. Mclntyre vs.
G. Maneval; at 8:30 ; Gray vs. K.
Cook; at 9:15, W. White vs. N.
Marlin.
On court 2 at 7 p. m., G. Smith
fencers Close Season
. With two matches in Philadel
phia today 'and tomorrow, the
Nittany fencers will close their
current season when they cross
blades with Temple and the
Philadelphia Fencers Clulb.
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