THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1948
Between the Lions
By George Vedas:
Jackie Tighe, Nittany ring lead
er, is the second man in Lion box
ing history to captain a team for
two consecutive seasons; Allie,
Wolff, who led the Blue and White!
in 1928 and 1929, was his only
predecessor.
Born in Scranton o r , November
1.2, 1924, and living the average
youngster's life, Jackie attended
Central High School in Scranton,
where he participated in basket
ball and baseball, earning varsity
letters in both sports.
Jackie enrolled at the College
in the fall of 1941 and shortly
thereafter donned the gloves for
the Ath Hall waiters in the intra
mural boxing tourney. Fighting in
the 145-pound class Jackie knock
ed.out all four of his opponents to
win his weight division but in the
fourth bout a smashing blow,
landed on his opponent's iaw,
broke his hand.
But a broken hand couldn't stop
Jack! Working out daily with the
freshman boxing team, Jack was
in good enough shape to score a
TKO against West Point's Mullins
only four days alter the doctor
took the cast from his hand.
Tighe finished the season by win
ning his other two bouts against
Virginia and Syracuse boxers.
VARSITY COMPETITION
His sophomore year, Jackie
won a t t , berth on Coach Houck's
varsity boxing team. Tighe won
seven dual bouts that season, los
ing none. He entered the Eastern
Intercollegiate boxing tourney and
was tagged a pre-tournament fa
vorite. Advancing into the finals
after two successive victories, he
was decisioned by Hal Wells of
Syracuse whom Jackie had beaten
earlier in the season. Billy Rich
ards, now boxing mentor at Buck
nell, captained that year's team to
three victories, three defeats and
one tie.
Jackie entered the service in
March of 1943. He boxed on the
Camp Wheeling, Ga., Army team
for eighteen months, winning 30
bouts and drawing one. Complete
ly outclassing all his GI oppo
nents, Jackie walked off with the
Southeastern Army title at a
tournament held at Camp Stewart,
Ga.
Jackie then went to OCS and
upon receiving his commission as
a second lieutenant in the infan
try, shipped overseas with the 7th
Infantry Division. After VJ-Day,
Tighe was assigned to referee at
the Japan-Korea Boxing Olympics
held at Sendai, Japan.
While there he met Alexander
Alex, one of his former sparring
partners from the Nittany school.
In fact, it was Alex who just re
cently reopened a cut on Tighe's
nose during a hectic sparring ses
sion.
After refereeing the olympics,
he was assigned to coach the
Japan-Korea Army boxing team.
Jackie took his team to the All-
IMA Opens Second Half
Bowling League Season
Two newly-organized teams, the
Btyplysks and the Ale and Quails,
made their debut in noteworthy
fashion by garnering sweeping
victories in the opening matches
of the second hall of the MIA
Bowling League recently.
Other clubs opening auspiciot sly
were the first - half champion
Beaver House, the Stellar Five,
and the Lazy Five.
All five teams won by shutout
scores.
High single game scorer of the
night was Thomas Dilley. Nittany
Co-op. followed by V. DeLt:ca,
BtralYsks. with 222 and 202
scores, respectively.
Tri-game high was turned in by
Theodore Petry. 7-11 Club, wjtn
545 total. Closely behind was Dil
ley with a 544.
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Pacific championships at Hawaii,
winning second place honors.
Trainer of the team was Al Hos
tak, former middleweight champ
j f the world.
Upon receiving his discharge in
June, 1948, .Tighe returned to his
alma mater to resume his studies.
Coach Houck's first postwar box
ing team was relatively weak. To
give the team better balance,
Jackie was moved up a weight.
JACKIE TIGHE
He won five, drew one and lost
only to Wisconsin's John Lenden
ski, 165-pound n ational champ.
That loss was the only one he has
suffered in four years of dual
meet competition.
Climaxing his successful season,
the hard-hitting Tighe won the
Eastern Intercollegiate laurels in
the finals. It looked as if Jackie
might also be the new national
champ but after winning two
fights in the Nationals, he lost a
close decision in the final bout to
the Pacific Coast champ, Wayne
Fontez.
Last June, Jackie married his
childhood sweetheart, Maureen
Loftus. Mrs. Tighe is a real box
ing enthusiast and goes to all the
bouts at Rec Hall; however, when
Jackie steps into the ring she
hides her head. She says that she
can't bear to see her husband
fight!
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Sports Schedule
SATURDAY HOME
Gym—Navy 1 p.m.
Wrestling—Cornell. • .2:30 ran.
Wrestling (JV)—Cornell.
4.30 p.m.
Boxing—Mich. State....Z
Basketball—Colgate...B:3o P.m.
SATURDAY AWAY
Fencing—Lehigh
Swimming—Temple
4 Quintets Gain
IM Loop Crowns
Titieholders for all fraternity
and independent basketball leagues
where the regular league race
ended in a tie, were decided in
playoffs at Rec Hall. Tuesilay
night.
In the best game of the eve
ning. Phi Epsilon Pi. sparked by
sharpshooting Marc Claste r,
downed the hard-fighting Sig,mi
Pi five 27-16 to win fraternity
league "C" honors. Claster, who
added 11 more points to his total
Wednesday, ended the regular
season as top scorer in IM com
petition.
Another feature of Tuesday's
program was the three way play
off to determine the independent
league "G" champion. Newman
Club won the first, topping Mur
gas 24-11, but after an hour's rest
dropped an 18-17 decision to Cody
Comets.
GAIN TITLE
A basket scored in the last 30
seconds of play gave the Comets
the win and the leagu crown. The
aefeat was the first loss suffered
by the Newman Club since the
Initial contest of the season.
In other contests. Architects de
feated the Phi's 26-21 to win the
independent league "D" title, and
Berletacs copped a 25-13 decision
from Dorm 13 to become independ
mt league "C' champions.
Tonight's schedule:
B:45—S igma Nu - Beta Sigma
11ho. Cody Comets-Architects.
9:2s—Berletics-Dorm 33, Berks
Independents—Dorm 28.
Gym NAAU's
Early inquiries indicate a rec
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AAU gymnastics championships
are held at the College May 3.
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Rampaging Red Raiders
Level Sights on Cagers
AveragAng 65 points a game, the Colgate Red Raiders will visit
Rec Hall Saturday determined to avenge the one point setback hand
ed to them by Penn State earlier this season.
Only three losses mar the otherwise perfect record of the New
Yotk State team, with two of the contests, being one point decisions.
Besides the 35-34 Nittany loss, Colgate dropped an 80-79 game to
Rutgers last week and a, 64-59
contest to undefeated NYU.
Heading Coach Karl Lawrence's
team is Ernie Vandeweghe, who,
playing against Rutgers last Sat
urday, marked up 29 points. The
6-11oot 3-inch center fiound the
Lawther defame much more diffi
cult to crack in the Penn State
contest, and although high man
for his team, scored only nine
points.
SEASON RECORD
Colgate started its season off
with a bang by swamping St.
Ronaventure 79-43 and Niagara
71-61 but then slowed up slightly
to top Cornell 47-45. Alter taking
Rochester 61-40, the Raiders tan
gled with Penn State and lost
their first game of the season.
Mohawk and Allred bowed be
fore the Colgate rush, but NYU
snapped the win streak with a
five point decision.
Bowling over Pitt, St. Law
rence, Clarkson, Hobart and Syra
cuse, the Lawrence team made a
fatal mistake in the closing min
utes of the Rutgers game which
caused the Red Raiders' defeat.
Leading by a 3 to 5 point mar
gin throughout the contest, Col
gate, with three minutes remain
ing, decided to freeze the ball.
But Paul Lynner, Scarlet forward,
racked up three baskets in the
final two minutes to give Rutgers
an 80-78 lead at the end of the
regulation game.
OTHER REGULARS
Ed Brett, Colgate forward, was
awarded two foul shots at the
final whistle but missed one to
give Rutgers the victory.
Flaying with Brett and Vande
weghe are three cagers who are
well over six feet tall. At the
other forward spot is Fred Dair,
6-loot 2-inch junior who placed
fifth in the team's scoring last
year, and at the guard posts are
6-foot 2-inch Fred Dair and 6-foot
2-inch Bob Plunkett.
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Take on Cornell
Pen s -, State's wrestling forces—
the varsity and the jayvees, are
preparing for their Saturday af
ternoon tussles with Cornell. It
will be the first time in two
weeks that the varsity team will
wrestle at home, having dropped
successive away engagements to
Lehigh and Navy.
Faced with two similarly tough
opponents, Lehigh and Syracuse,
Cornell lost both tilts. The Big
Red bowed to Lehigh by a 26-10
score, and to Syracuse by 19-11.
The Lions lost by the identical
score to Lehigh, but succeeded in
tying Syracuse.
Thus far, the Nittany varsity
sports a record of 1 win, 3 losses
and 2 ties.
Charlie Ridenour will be send
ing his jayvee matmen out for
their second win in three starts.
Earlier in the season, the Lions
cubs trounced Bucknell's varsity,
21-liO, while Lehigh's juniors
came from behind to win, 16-14,
in the jayvees' other match.
Track Slate
Four dual meets, the University
of Pennsylvania Relays and the
IC-4A championships are listed on
the 1948 Nittany Lion track and
field schedule announced by Har
old R. Gilbert, graduate manager
of athletics.
The schedule:
April 23-24, Penn Relays, at
Philadelphia.
. May 1. Ohio State: 8. Michigan
State. at East Lansing: 15, Pitts-
A3urgh, 22. Colgate: 22-29. IC-4A
championships.
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