TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1948
Drazenovich Captures Crown
In Lions' Sole EIBA Victory
TKO's Ilgenfritz to Win in Unlimited Class;
Tighe, Benglian Upset by Underdog Cavaliers
After being crowned Eastern boxing king Saturday night, Chuck
Drazenovich, the "Brownsville Bombarder," was asked by Coach Leo
Houck to compete 1n the National tourney at Wisconsin, April 1-3.
Other Lions' names submitted to the NCAA Par approval were
Freddie Smith, Johnny Benglian and Bob Keller. Smith will compete
in the 1112-pound division; Johnny Benglian will step into the ring At
127 pounds, the weightclass in
which he won Eastern laurels
two seasons ago, and Bob Keller
in the 165-pound class. Olympic
weights and rules will be ob
served.
Drazenovich, the broad-shou:-
dered \ heavy, had little trauble
annexing his first boxing title.
He knocked out his lanky Coast
Guard opponent Walter Ilgen
fritz after only
had elapse:l in
the first multi.
This lone v;c
tory in the fi
nals gave the
Houckme TA
fourth place in
the tourney be-
hind Virginia,
Syracuse and
Army boxers.
Virginia's CH UCK
30-point total DRA VICH
equaled the
point record set by the 1943 Syr
acuse team.
AU CLAIR LOSS
The upset of the tourney came
in Saturday night's finals when
125-pound NCAA and EIBA
champ of a year agio, Jerry Au-
Clair, lost to Virginia's Al Hol
lingworth.
Early in the second round, Au-
Clair was cut above the left eye,
with the fight being stopped
shortly after Hollingworth, lead
ing ,n points at the time. was
awarded the crown.
Upsets featured the meet, with
Jackie Tighe's defeat by Vir
ginia's Joe Miragliotta, Co a s
Guardsman Clarence Tanners set
pack at the hands of Jack Sheehe,
and John Benglian's elimina don
Swimmers Score
Surprise Fourth
Cal Folmsbee. sophomore swim
mirrg star, finished second in the
diving competition to lead the
Blue and White mermen into
fourth place at the Eastern Inter
collegiate Swimming Tourney
Saturday.
Seven other members of the
Lion tank team were awarded
medals for placing in the first five
In the tourney finals. The Gut
teron►nen, with 11 points, fin
ished far higher than pre-tourney
dopesters had predicted.
Mike Kutsenkow took fifth
Place in the diving competition,
Bill Schildmacher was fourth in
the .50-yard freestyle. Don Peek
finished fourth in the 220-yard
freestyle, and Peck, Schildmacher,
Iry Tenzer and John McGrory.
comprising the relay fourscime,
finished fourth in the 400-yard
relay.
Dave Hughes, young sophomore
who participated in his first col
legiate competition this year, was
eliminated in the 440-yard pre•
lirninaries.
Approximately 700 spectators
saw Rutgers University. tourney
host. sweep firsts in every •vent
but one to annex the team trophy
with 82 points. Temple nixed
second with 29 points. Pitt was
third with 19.
Czokal Coach
Ed Czekaj, Nittany gridiron
end in 1947, has been named
line coach at Johns Hopkins
University at Baltimore, Md.
In adition to his line-coach
ing duties, Czekaj will be
swimming coach and will
teach several phys ed classes.
He will assist head football
coach Howdy Meyers.
THE DAILY
ct the hands of the Cavaliers'
"Bat" Masterson heading the list.
Curt Crookq entered the semi
finals after receiving ri bye in the
quarter-finals. He lost a close de
cision to 135-pound king, Jim
Miragliotta.
Paul Smith also entered the
semi-finals after he had com
pletely outclassed Western Mary
land's John Sgariglio but his bout
with Army's Pete Monfore was
stowed when. in the sacond
round. Smith received a gash on
his forehead. The decision went
to the Cadet boxer.
Jack Sheehe entered the semi
finals against Virginia's .Basil
Miragiiatto. After three Entering
rounds the Cavalier boxer nosed
out a close decision.
EASTERN CHAMPIONS
125 pounds —AI Hollingsworth,
Virginia.
130 pounds—Grover Masterson.
Virginia.
135 pounds—James Miragliatto.
Virginia.
145 pounds Basil Miragliatto,
Virginia.
155 pounds Joe Miraglilito,
Virginia.
165 pounds Jim Rollier, Syr
souse,.
175 pounds—Ralph Shoaf, Vir
gina.
Unlimited—Chuck Dr azenovich,
Penn State.
Penn Haven Wins
In IM Volleyball
In recent intramural volleyball
contests, Penn Haven deeatel
Dorm 33 15-11, 15-11 Stee ers
won by forfeit over Dorm 3?
Dorm 14 topped the Hemlocks by
scores of 15-11 and 15-10 reipec
tively. and Anonymous 6 wo'
over Dorm 25-A 15-7 and 16-14.
Five fraternity entries also rag
istereel victories. Phi Kappa Sig
ma-B won over Tau Kappa Ep
silon-B 15-1 Q and 15-5, Phi Knopf . ,
Psi-B trimmed Sigma Phi Sig
ma-B 15-11 and 15-8, Phi Sigma
Kappa-B nipped Phi Kappa Tau-E
15-11 and 15-'lO, Theta Chi-B won
over Sigma Chi-B 15-9 and 15-13.
and Sigma Nu-B trounced Phi
Sigma Delta-B 15-5 and 15-7.
Tonight's schedule:
7 o'clock: Alpha Chi Rho—Phi
Kappa Tau-A (1), Alpha Phi Delta
— S i gm a Phi Epsilon (2), Ph.
Delta Theta-A—Kappa Sigma ( 3).
8 o'clock: Alpha Chi Sigma .A—
Delta Tau Delta (1), Phi Epsilon
Pi-A—Phi Kappa Sigma-A (2),
Alpha Gamma Rho—Delta Theta
Sigma (3). 9 o'clock: Alpha Ph;
Alpha—Sigma Phi Sigma-A (1),
Kappa Delta Rho-A—Pi Lauttrla
Phi :2), Delta Sigma Phi —Phi
Gamma Delta-A (3),
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Maurey Nosed Out
In EIWA Finals
Penn State's lone entry in the
Eastern Intercollegiate Wr:. , .stlin,7
Tournament finals. Jim Maurey,
was defeated by defending cham
pion John Fletcher of Navy, 8-5,
in a close bout Saturday night at
Lehigh.
Coach Charlie Speidel indicated
yesterday that he is planning to
enter George Schautz. Jim Mau
rey. Laird Robertson or Bob Het
rick, and Earl Long in the Na
tionals at Lehigh this weekend.
Olympic weights and rules will
be observed.
Fletcher. picked as the tourney's
outstanding wrestler for the sec
ond straight year, scored an early
takedown on the Lion 14C
pounder, but Maurey led, 5-4, at
the end of a hectic first period.
The Navy captain picked up
two more points by reversing the
Lion ace in the second period,
and tallied a minute's time ad
vantage to win, 8-5.
Penn State tied for seventh
place in the team scoring with
Yale. by scoring 5 points. Lehign
captured the team title for the
second straight year. tallying 25
Points. Following the champions
were Franklin and Marshall. 16:
Navy. 16: Army, 15; Syracusa. 14;
and Columbia. 6. Maurey was re
sponsible for all the Lion nointa.
EASTERN CHAMPIONS
121 pds.—Scbbie Schell, F.&M.
128 pds.—Stan Mousetis, F.& M.
136 pds.—Dick Kelsey. Le ILA.
• 145 pds.—John Fletcher, Navy.
• 155 pds.—Stan Thevenet, Army.
165 pds.—P asc al Perri, Syra
cuse.
175 pds.--.Yint Jackson, Lehigh.
Heavyweight Newbold Smith,
Navy.
1947 champions.
Two Lions
Annex Titles ,
Bill Meade and Steve Greene,
ace Lion gymnasts, captured in
dividual Eastern titles in tumb
ling and side horse, repsecptively,
in Saturday's championships at
West Point.
Meade won easily in his spec
ialty when Temple's Stout, who
was expected to offer tough
competition, did not enter the
tumbling event. The Blue and
White star was in tough form and
will be one of the principle gym
nasts who return to Coach Gene
Wettstone's fold next year.
By copping the side horse event.
Greene retained his Eastern
crown annexed last year and cli
maxed the recent dual meet sea
son in which he conquered all
opponents.
Although the meet decided in
dividual titles only, the College
was awarded the Eastern team
trophy, won in dual meet com
petition. No team scores were tal
lied in the meet.
Captain Ray Sorensen and Bill
Bonsall placed third and fourth,
respectively, in the horizontal
bar and all-around events.
Rope climbers Joe Linn, Nor
wood Lawfer and Greene finish
ed second, third and fourth in
this event with times of 4.1, 4.2
and 4.4 seconds. Winner was
Marvin Schenker of Navy who
climed the rope in 4.0 seconds.
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