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
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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
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by
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GERSHWIN
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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
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