THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1950 46th Annual Eastern Mat Show Draws 128 Syracuse Favored to Retain EIWA Crown; Barr, Hunte, Gebhardt Seek to Repeat '49 Wins (This is the second annual prevue on the forthcoming EIWA. tournament. The material need in this pre-meet story was obtained from Ridge. Riley, Executive Secretary of the Alumni Association). By ED WATSON The keenest competition in the history of the oldest athletic con ference in the United States—the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association —is expected this• weekend. Princeton, N.J., is the site of this year's 46th annual EIWA• tourney. Evidence of the close competi tion that . is expected is shown in the season's records of the 128 grapplers entered in the two-day mat circus. Only three men— Syracuse's Ken Hunte and George Gebhardt and Penn State's own Homer Barr—went through the regular dual meet season unde feated and untied, and all three are defending champions. • Syracuse, the 1949 kingpin, is the team favorite, but both the Lions and Lehigh are expected to give the Orange a bitter battle for the crown. Rutgers and Frank lin arid Marshall, other well-bal anced squads, are capable of up setting the dope chart and must be ranked as dark-horse entries. OTHER TEAMS The eleven other teams in the Association, including Navy, Princeton, Army, Brown, Temple, Cornell, Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Pennsylvania and - Virginia, each have one or more strong contend ers for individual titles, but are not considered strong enough ' ) win the team trophy. Under' Association rules, the runner-up for each title automa tically receives, second place, while the losing semi-finalists duel for third and fourth places. Under this system, the four en tries with the best records in each weight are seeded. Thus the "luck of- the draw" often goes a long way in eventually determining . the team champion. Syracuse boasts three defend ing champions and at least three grapplers who have outstanding records. Coach Joe McDaniels' Orange is the only undefeated ag gregation in the Association. Lehigh, always a powerful tournament team, will be in the running if Dick Kelsey, 136-pound king for the past two years, and John Mahoney, unbeaten 145- rounder, can shake off the in juries which have dogged them the last couple of weeks. LION HOPES The two Maurey brothers, Don and Captain Jim, Barr and Mike Rubino, the Dormont Dandy, are the reasons for Coach Charley Speidel's wishful thinking. These four vvrestlers have dropped a total of only three bouts among them. Seven 1949 champions will be back to, attempt to retain their titles. Bart DoWnes, Navy's 145- poUnder, is the only absentee. The returnees are Mike Filipos, Le high, 121; Dave Poor, Thinceton, 128; Kelsey,. Lehigh, 136; Hunte, Syracuse, 155; Pas Perri, Syra cuse, 165• Gebhardt,* Syracuse, 175, and Barr, Penn State, heavy weight. In addition, three former title holders are among the competi tors. Wayne Smith, Navy, won the 136-pound championship in 1947, , while Bobbie Schell and Stan IVlousetis, both of Franklin and Marshall, won crowns at 121 and 128 pounds, respectively, in 1948. HEAVY GUNS The heaviest artillery is loaded in the first three weight classes. At 121 pounds, Filipos, Schell, Bob Gerbino of Syracuse, and Lou Bowers of Rutgers are out standing men. Bill Morse, Vir ginia, and Dave McAlpin, Prince• ton, are strong contenders. The Nittanies' representative, John Reese, is the only wrestler to de feat Filipos this year, but only owns a 5-and-3 record. Despite the presence' of two former champs at 128 in Poor and Mousetis, George Feuerbach, Lehigh's sophomore sensation, is the favorite at that weight. Dom Procopio, Rutgers, is a possibility, while Captain Bob Stedge, Cor nell; captain Bob -Debono, Yak THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Football Call All students interested in a second assistant football man agership are urged by Manager George Avery to sign up in 107 Old Main. All managers are requested to report to the team locker room Monday afternoon. and Stan Glossner, Temple, also have good logs. BATTLE-ROYAL The battle-royal of the tourna ment is expected at 136 pounds, where no less than ten men have better-than-average records, and no less than five men are possible champions. They are Lehigh's Kelsey, Smith, Navy; Don Mau rey, Penn State; Joe Settanni, Syracuse and Pete Bolanis, Cor nell. Maurey has beaten both Kelsey and Smith and lost only to Settanni on a last-second take down: Penn State followers believe that Jim Maurey will have things his own way at 145 pounds, but Lehigh fans play up the fact that Jim's only loss was via the fall route to the Engineers' John Ma honey. Lion backers, however, are confident and have the "wait un til the next time" attitude. These two appear to have the situation pretty well in hand. KEN HUNTE, Homer Barr, and George Gebhardt, only three dc through the regular dual meet season undefeated, will haye the cha7 Intercollegiates at Princeton tomorrow and Saturday. Barr's Record Best of Matmen Homer Barr, who recently com pleted his second straight unbeat en wrestling season by decision ing Princeton's Redmond Finney, owns the best record on the 1950 squad. The Nittany heavy, who won 8 times this year, has won 15 straight dual meet matches and his record against Eastern cqm petition is 19 straight victories. This includes the four triumphs which earned him the EIWA heavyweight title as a sopho more in 1949. TOTAL WINS However, Barr takes a back seat to Captain Jim Maurey in total number of wins during his collegiate career. Maurey has won sixteen battles and dropped but 2 in three seasons. He was injured last season and failed to wrestle in most of the meets. This sea son, Captain Jim won 7 and lost 1. Johnny Reese, Lion 121-pound er, is next in line. Reese, holder of a 5-and-3 13g this season, has a total of 8 victories to his credit. He won three and tied 1 before bowing out because of an injury in 1949. Following closely behind Reese are newcomers Don Maurey, 136- pounder, and 175-pound Mike Rubino. Both ran up records of 7 wins and .1 loss in their first calaiaLate seaw‘ STANDS ALONE Hunte stands alone at 155 pounds, but the NCAA runner-up can expect some trouble from Eric Erikson, Lehigh; Frank Man sell, Yale; Gene Manfrini, the blind Columbia wrestler; Dean Mulder, Army, and Bill Cope, F & M. Two-year titlist Perri carries the Syracuse hopes at 165 pounds. Perri lost a decision to Rutgers' Mike Perona this season, and the latter looms as a threat to Perri's two-year domination. Other front rankers are Lou Scalzo of Army, a brother to Penn State's Joe, who placed in the NCAA's in 1939; and George Graveson, Yale, while Bill Santel of the Blue and White is conceded an excellent chance at placing. Only the Lions' Rubino has giv W L T Yrs. W L T Jim Maurey 7 1 3 16 2 0 Homer. Barr 8 0 2 15 0 0 John Reese 5 3 2 ' 8 3 1 Don Maurey 7 1 1 7 1 0 Mike Rubino 7 1 1 7 1 0 Jack Dreibelbis 2 1 2 6 1 0 Bill Santel 5 2 2 6 4 1 Cec Irvin 3 3 2 4 .5 0 Bill' Corman 0 1 3 5 5 0 Dean Harbold 2 1 1 2 1 1 Mickey Silverman 1 0 1 1 0 0 Jack Waters 0 1 • 1 0 1 0 Bill Slabonik 0 .1 1 ' 0 1 0 AFTER 8 YEARS ON BROADWAY . . . "LIFE WITH FATHER" COMES TO SCHWAB AUD. MARCH 16-17-18 Tickets on Sale Monday MARCH 13 at STUDENT UNION Thurs. 60c Fri. & Sat. $l.OO (Tax Incl.) Dorms 3 and 12 Capture IM Basketball Titles Dorm 3 and Dorm 12 captured titles in Leagues A and B, re spectively:Tuesday night as both leagues closed out their intramural basketball season. Dorm 3 downed Dorm 43, 12-7, for its sixth win while Dorm 13 was taking a forfeit game from Dorm 41 in the League A contests. Dorm 12 had to come from behind to dispose of Dorm 6, 18-12. en Gebhardt of Syracuse any trouble at 175 pounds this sea_Jn, bowing by 5-3 to the Eastern king in a dual match. Gebhardt is a heavy favorite to retain •his crown. Rubino, with a 7-and-1 record, should be seeded second. Other contenders are Brooks Naff ziger, Yale; Bob Claflin, Harvard; Herb Agocs, Penn; Charley Taft, Cornell; Bill McLarnin, Virginia, and Russ Schelling, F & M. 'PEOPLES' CHOICE" :fending champions who • went nce to retain their titles in the TOTAL A Musical Comedy by GEORGE GERSHWIN R • MARCH 23-24-25 A7:30 p. m. Schwab ZSaturday Matinee 2 p. rrt. PAGE THREE In the league finale, Dorm 4 whipped Dorm 42, 18-14, in the same league. Nittany Co-op dropped from the top spot in League J when the Whiz Kids surprised with a 14-10 upset. Also in J, the Shrimps knocked off the Bullets, 19-17, and Jordan Hall dropped a for feit game to the Barons. In the fraternity half of the tournament,• Phi Kappa Psi won game number six, 16-14, from Sigma Phi Sigma to agaiji dead lock Alpha Phi Alpha for the lead position in League B. Phi Gamma Delta downed Sigma Phi Alpha, 13-9, in the same league. League D ended the season with Alpha Gamma Rho and The ta Chi tied for first place. AGR forced a playoff by edging Phi Sigma Delta, 16-13. Sigma Phi Epsilon dropped the other League contest to Theta Xi, 32-24. Kappa Delta Rho 20, ATO 12 Beth Theta Pi 18, Phi Kappa Sigma la CM Phi 19, Delta Theta Sigma 10 Alpha Sigma Phi 22. Sigma Chi 4 Phi Kappa. Tau 18, Delta Tau Delta IT Laiubda CM Alpha 21, Kappa Sigma 11 Phi Kappa 21, Phi Sigma Kappa 18 TWO ALONC..NEVMOON A PERFECT 4IO Enjoy the perfect privacy of a cottage all your own (automatically heated, with bath) at a friendly guest house deep in wooded hills. Open all year for newlyweds only. Hates include meals (breakfast until 11:00). Mention dates if you wish our Three Honey moon Plans and other folders. The Farm on the Hill. Swiftwater, Pis. Do 8 o'clock classes bother you? If so, remember: " "TIME IS A DREAM" at CENTER STAGE Tickets at • OLD MAIN 90c Friday $1.25 Saturday (Refreshments) NOW! 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